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- Green County, KY Circuit Case #1132 21 april, 1875 Hillery S. Johnson vs. Jeremiah Skaggs
Hillery S. Johnson obtained a judgment against Jeremiah Skaggs on 10Jan,1874, but the Sheriff could not find enough property ofJeremiah's(Jeremy) to pay the judgment.
Johnson says that Skaggs owns 80 acres on Brush Creek that he boughtfromWilliam C. Thonpson. Thompson is now deceased. Thompson did notmake adeed to Skaggs, even though Skaggs had paid in full. Johnsonwants toclaim this land for the judgement.
Children of William C. Thompson: (Listed in the lawsuit) 1. James F. Thompson, died during the suit, before 18 July, 1883 andlefta widow. a. W. E. Thompson b. Jesse M. Thompson c. Robert Thompson, gdn is W. H. Milby d. Franklin Thompson, gdn is W. H. Milby e. David Thompson, under 14, gdn is W. H. Milby f. Susan Thompson married James F. Warren between July-Nov. 1883 2. C. R. Thompson 3. Jesse T. Thompson 4. Thomas J. Thnopson 5. Isham Thompson 6. Hobson Thompson, has gdn (gr-child?) 7. Susan H. Bloyd married E. J. Bloyd 8. Edward Thompson, deceased a. James F. Thompson, jr b. Chapman Thompson c. William T. Thompson 9. Elizabeth L. Thompson married John D. Scott, deceased 10. Drucilla Salsman married Robert Salsman 11. Sarah M. Bloyd married Thomas Bloyd 12. Lucinda E. Thompson married Elzy Elkin 13. America Thompson married Garrett Warren 14. Alice T. Thompson, guardian (gr-child?) 15. John B. Thompson, lives in Missouri, cannot be found.
Depo. of Hillary Johnson (16 Nov. 1877) age 50; lives in Hodgenville. Hillary was appointed guardian in 1858tothe children of William Bowling. They are: 1. Cecellia Bowling married -- Howard 2. Catherine Bowling 3. Manerva Bowling 4. Julia Bowling 5. Joseph Bowling 6. Hillary Bowling 7. Ann Bowling married -- Roberts
Depo of J. B. Gore (16 Nov., 1877) age 35; lived Hodgenville. He says there is a suit on file, #484,inHodgenville, of William Howell vs. H. S. Johnson in connection withtheBowling heirs.
2nd Depo. of Hillary S. Johnson (19 June 1883) age 56; lives Hodgenville. I am the owner of the debt sued on. Iwasguardian at the time of the note and my wards have long since comeof ageand I had to pay them off. I could not collect this debt or paythem withit. I don't owe the ward a cent.
3nd deposition of Hilary S. Johnson ( 5 Dec 1883, LaRue County, KY) age 56; lives Hodgenville. I'm the plaintiff. There's a suit on fileofWilliam Howell vs. Myself as guardian of the Bowling children.
Jeremiah Skaggs denies that he bought the land from William C.Thompson.
Depo of Friend Carter (16 Nov. 1977 At the farm of Joseph Warren)ageabout 64 years old. I have known Gabriel Warren about 15 years. Ilive1/2 mile from the land in contest. There's about 80 acres. Icarried thechain to run the land. The land was owned by Bill Thompson.JeremiahSkaggs and his boys have been cultivating the land 10 to 15years.Sometimes Skaggs claims it and sometimes Gabe Warren claims it.
Gabriel Warren denies that Jeremiah Skaggs purchased the tractincontroversy from William C. Thompson. Jeremiah's wife isGabriel'ssister. Skaggs became involved in debt and owed Gen. W. T.Ward anattorney fee. He purchased 50 acres from Skaggs many years agoand paidhim, and Skaggs paid the money to Ward. Afterwards, on --Feb.,1862, heexchanged the 50 acres to W. C. Thompson for the 80 acres inthis suitand Thompson gave him a title bond. He brought suit againstThompson forthe deed. Skaggs and his sister were without a home so helet them liveon the land for 3 or 4 years. He told his sister that ifshe would paythe taxes on the land that she might tend a portion ofthe land. Skaggshas not lived on the land for 16-18 years. He haspermitted Skaggs andwife to tend a portion as agreed. It is wrong forHillary Johnston tocharge fraud on him or any other person in coveringup their property toprevent creditors from making their debts. Heforgot that people who livein glass houses ought not the throw stones.
Depo. of Jeremy Skaggs (13 Nov., 1877) age 65 or 68; reside in Green County. I am the defendant in the suit.Ihave never purchased any land from W. C. Thompson and I don't own the80acres in question. I don't own any land at all. I owned 50 acresabout1860-1861 and I sold it to Gabe Warren for $125. Isham Thompsonlives onit now. I lived on the land about 5 years under a lease fromGabrielWarren. I left there about 5 years ago. I now live on the landof my sonAlfred Skaggs, and have for over 10 years. My wife pays thetaxes on the80 acres. She was to pay them and tend the land andimprove it forthe-----
Land transaction of Willam C. Thompson:
DB. 20, p. 52 Green Co, KY 6 August, 1845 William Thompson and wife. Lydia to Francis Graves -- $587.25 - tractinGreen Co.-- Little Brush Creek. part of the land conveyed to mebyWilliam H. Holland -- Abbott's Fork--195 acres--.
DB. 21, p. 329 Green Co., Ky 25 May, 1848 John Wood and wife, Harriet, Levi Wood and wife. Rebecca of TaylorCountyand William Thompson and wife, Lydia of Green County toJesseWood---$300--Abot's Fork of Little Brush Creek-- WilliamConner'sline--Owens line--100 acres-- our interest in same which isherebyconveyed, being the undivided 3/4 of above tract.
DB. 22 p. 279 Green Co., Ky 4 October, 1851 John Barbee, exec. of Elias Barbee, deceased, to William ThompsonofTaylor county--the decedent in his lifetime sold to William Thompson137acres on Little brush Creek--southside of said creek in Maysoldline--Lee's Ferry Road. They now convey it.
DB 22, p. 281 Green Co., Ky 6 October, 1851 William C. Thompson of Taylor County to William A. Elkins and MiltonF.Pearce of Green Co., --$811.30--Green County on Little BrushCreek--137acres--Mays old line--. Signed: Wm Thompson, Lydia Thompson.
DB 24, p. 138 Green Co., Ky 12 February, 1858 William C. Thompson and wife, Lydia to WilliamSutton--$411--BrushCreek--98acres--James Skaggs--.
DB. 25, p. 549 Green Co., Ky 26 October, 1845 William Thompson and wife, Lydia to James L. Renfro--$60-- LittleBrushCreek--Abbot's Fork--Francis Graves--19 acres.
Curley and his wife, Lydia sold James G. Renfro a parcel of landonLittle Brush Creek in Green County, Kentucky for $50 on October 26,1848.The deed wasn't recorded until July 30, 1862. Curley Bill farmedall ofhis life and the 1850 census taker valued his farm at $1,140,which wouldbe equal to about $19,000 in today's money.
The following entry is from William T. Smith's Thompson book: In the Census of 1850, Curley Bill was listed as a head of householdinGreen County, Kentucky. He is reputed to have had 27 children.Thiscensus lists his wife, Lydia and 12 children. In the 1860 census,theyare still living in Green County and have a 13th child, AmericaThompson.He had two more children with his second wife, Martha, but ifthe 27children legend is true, the mother of the other 12 was not hiswife! Hisgrandson, Arvin Thompson said he alwayhs heard he was apretty wild oldbird and "that there were old women back in thatneighborhood, who saidthey had some kids by him." Various Howell andPerkins researchers havetold me that Curley was their ancestor. Theirfamilies have told themthat he had children with Cindarella Howell andwith Mary Ann Perkins. Bill was the plaintiff in a lawsuit against Leopold Hartfield andLouisElmore April 14, 1859 in Green County, Kentucky. The defendants,James B.Wright and William S. Thompson failed to appear and Curley wasto recover$500 from them. The records don't tell us what the case wasabout. Curley Bill fought against the Confederate guerrillas, who found himinhis living room. He had married Martha Houston after Lydia's deathandthey had two small children. He had one of these children(AmericaThompson) on his lap when he looked out the window and saw theguerrillascoming. He tried to get away by going through the back, butthey caughtup and shot him. They then went up and shot him two orthree more times,killed his horses and burned his barn. One of theGuerrillas, who hadgone the other way around the house, got in theline of fire and he waskilled also. They say, they took a good's box,broke lthe deadGuerrillas's arms and legs and wadded him in there andhe's buried by theside of the road, up there near Ward's store. CurleyBill's greatgranddaughter, Beatrice Thompson Smith recalled, withshivers, that whenshe and her friend's walked to school they alwayswalked on the otherside of the road when they passed the "Guerrilla'sgrave." That was inthe early 1900s; I wonder if the Green County kidsof today still havethat phobia? Bill's grandson, Arvin Thompson, who recalled this story, said thatBenDruin, whose dad lived down the road in a hollow, confirmed it. Benwashome on furlough and had part of his uniform on. They came by theirplacebecause they thought he was Curley Bill. He said that if theyhadn't seenhim with his uniform on they would have killed him.
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1808 - 1865 (57 years)
