Notes for James Standiford

Notes for James Standiford

!EARLY KENTUCKY SETTLERS - Records of Jefferson Co., Kentucky; [The Filson Club History Quarterly] 1988; p. 449: "James STANDIFORD estate - At the December 4, 1826, Court, on motion of Nathan STANDIFORD, it was ordered that Arthur McCAWLEY, John MURPHEY, Samuel M. QUERTERMOUS, John C. BEELER, Joshua McCAWLEY, Alexander L. WOODROW, Robert W. WOODROW divide real estate of James STANDIFORD, deceased, into two equal parts, and allot one-half to Nathan STANDIFORD and divide the other half into seven equal parts, allotting one part to each Elisha STANDIFORD, Nancy HINCH, wife of Samuel HINCH, Elizabeth ROBB, wife of Henry ROBB, William, Nathan, and David STANDIFORD and Matilda McDOWELL, wife of John McDOWELL, deceased. Alexander WOODROW, John C. BEELER and Samuel M. QUERTERMOUS qualified on December 30, 1826, before John MURPHEY, J.P.J.C., and met at the residence of the late James STANDIFORD then occupied by William H. RANDALL. Alexander WOODROW, Jr. surveyed the land and found the tract contained about 153 acres and made division, allotting 49 2/3 acres, including mansion and spring to Nathaniel STANDIFORD in his own right and in right of Matilda McDOWELL, and about 21 acres to each of the other heirs, above named."
Recorded March 5, 1827. [Book 1, page 145]