Notes for Simon FRENCH

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Notes for Simon FRENCH

See 1810 Census Hopkinsville, Christian Co., Kentucky.
French William and Simon French were brothers and lived in South Carolina William died leaving a widow and seven children viz Hugh John Jane Sally Hannah Mary and Susan The widow and her children removed to Warren county East Tennessee in 1795 Her son
Hugh married his cousin Sally French of Christian county Ky and settled in Boone county Mo in 1820 His children were Simon L William H John N Caroline M Mary J Susan A Sarah J and Emily E John French settled in Callaway Co Mo in 1820 He was married
first to Jane Clark of Montgomery county by whom he had William H Bryant Milton and Sally A His second wife was Isabella DiJlard by whom he had Hugh Thomas and Lucy Jane French married John Dutton Sally married Joseph Elledge Hannah married Samuel Cox
Mary married Isaac Clark of Montgomery county Susan married Samuel McRunnels Simon French Sr settled in Christian county Ky His children were Lewis Pinckney Andrew J William N Isaac C Sally Susan and Mary A Lewis married Louisa Simpson of Montgomery
county Mo and settled in Callaway county in 1821 Pinckney was married first to Devonia Clark of Christian county Kentucky and settled in Callaway county Missouri in 1836 They had Henry Isaac Edward and William After the death of his first wife Mr
French married Elizabeth Jones of Christian county Ky and they had Albert and Virginia Andrew J French married Sally Towley William N married Comfort E Parks Isaac married Nancy Monroe The three last mentioned all settled in Morgan county Mo Sally
married her cousin Hugh French Susan married Enoch French of Morgan county Mo Mary A married Bell Mure of Christian county Ky [V, pp. 329-330]
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http://hatcherfamilyassn.com/getperson.php?personID=I39255&tree=WmTheIm
Lon Arneld Bostick, Sr. 1987. County Court Order Book "B" Part 1 for Christian County, Kentucky, for the years 14 Oct 1805 - 12 Sep 1809 for a County Court held at Town of Hopkinsville. Christian County Family and History Research Society (4465 Cadiz
Rd., Hopkinsville, KY 42240). Number in first column is the page number in Bostick; number in the second column is the page number in Court Order Book B.
p. 138-139, p 309-A, 12 Jun 1809: On motion of Samuel Smith and Amos Hatcher who took the oaths of administration and entered into bond with Isaac Clark and Benjamin Reeves their securities in the sum of ten thousand dollars conditioned as the Law
directs letters of administration was granted them in due form on the estate of Obadiah Hatcher deceased and that Henry Clark, Isaac Davis, Simon French and John Gilmore or any three being first sworn do appraise said estate and return an inventory
thereof to our next Court.
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County Court Order Book "B" Part 2 for Christian County, Kentucky for the years Nov. 1809 - 6 June 1814 for a County Court held at Town of Hopkinsville
By James Taylor Killebrew, 1897.
Book B2, Page 17
At a County Court began and held for Christian County at the Court House in the Town of Hopkinsville on Monday the 11th day of December 1809...
On the motion of Polly Hatcher, infant and orphan of O. Hatcher, came into Court and with the approbation of the Court made choice of Samuel Smith as her guardian, whereupon the said Samuel Smith entered into bond with Isaac Clark, Simon French and
Henry Clark his security in the penalty of 4000$ conditioned as the Law directs.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY DEED ABSTRACTS 1797-1817, (1987, Christian
Co., Gen. Soc., Inc., Hopkinsville, KY)
DB C:413. 13 Mar 1812. Indenture betw. Wm. S. Wilson & Samuel Wilson and
James Berry. $1750. tract of land on Spring Creek 500a.
S/ James Berry & Rebekah Berry. Wit: Young Ewing,Ben H. Reeves & A.B.
Carr. C:414. Rebekah Berry relinq. her right of dower.
DB D:440 Samuel Berry being of lawful age says Jonathan Berry settled a
400a tract in Ch. Co. on 2 Feb 1803 on waters Red Riv. beg. at an oak
marked JB leading from Anderson B. Carrs to a distillery. Wit: James
Berry & Simon French. S/ Samuel Berry.
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Christian County, KY Deed Book B-228; Simon French of Christian County, KY sold to Peter Boucher of Warren County, KY, August 2, 1809, for $100, 125 A. in Warren Co. land part of Peter Boucher, Sr., military survey of 2300 A on Big Barren River near
isaac Clark's land. Signed Simon French.
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Will Book F, p. 422 [Christian Co., KY]
SIMON FRENCH WILL
DATE Nov. 6, 1830; Probated July 4, 1831
HEIRS Widow - Mary French EXECUTORS - Wm. H. and Andrew J. French
DAUGHTERS - Sarah French, Susannah French
SONS - Lewis French, Pinckney French, Andrew Jones French, William H. French, Isaac C. French
GRANDSON - John W. Mure (son of Beal Mure)
WITNESSES: Henry Clark, John M. Townley, S. W Fletcher
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Possibly son of Joseph French and Hannah Horn.
Possible middle name "Horn/Horne"
Revolutionary War veteran?

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