5825. William Matthew
BABB was born about 1790 in Barren Co Ky. He died on 11 Feb 1842 in
Stoddard Co Mo. Mrs Stanley Hill Route 1 Box 3644 Nyssa Oregon 97913 1984, Prepared
, Fgs , DATE Of William Babbs DEATh Listed As 2/22/1842 William and Temperance
had possession of her mother's lands in 1818 when they sold 100 acres. By 1820
they were living in Crawford Co, IN. "William's father was living there
then". By 1826 their son Stephen had been born in Tennessee. By 1830 the
y were in Cape Girardeau, MO.
When William died in Stoddard Co, Mo in 1841, he did not name his children in
his will. It was up to the surrounding Babb families to fill in the blanks. By
1850 Temperance was living with her son Stephen in Stoddard Co. Her death date
is unknown
The following can be found in Deed Book F, page 334, Barren County,KY
This indenture made this 25th day of February 1818 between William Babb and Temperance
his wife of the county of Barren and State of Kentucky of the one part and Hezekiah
Davidson "Guardian or trustee for a free man of colour by the name of Sampso
n" of the other part witnesseth that the said William Babb and Temperance
his wife for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred dollars current
money in hand paid by the said Sampson to the said Babb the receipt whereof is
hereby acknowled ged have bargained and sold and by these presents doth bargain
and sell unto the said Hezikiah Davidson in trust for the aforesaid Sampson and
his heirs a certain tract or parcel of land situated in said county of Barren
containing one hundred acr es be the same more or less it being moiety "Latie
for onehalf" or one equal half of a survey supposed to contain two hundred
acres and bounded as followeth to wit: Beginning at a post oak marked D.S. Daniel
Shipman and beginning corner thence wes t 204 poles with his line to four hickorys
thence south eighty poles to two black oaks in Conways line thence with his line
south 63 degrees east, sixty poles to his corner two sweet gums and hickory thence
with another of his lines south eighty p oles to a black oak and chesnut in said
line thence east 34 poles to a post oak and black oak corner of a Military survey
thence with said line east 155 poles to a stake in said line thence North 11
degrees west 190 poles to the beginning which co ntains the two hundred acres
aforesaid whereof the said Sampson and his heirs is entitled to one equal half
to have and to hold the aforesaid moiety or half of the aforesaid tract or parcel
of land unto the said Hezekiah Davidson his executors adm inistrators in trust
for the benefit of the said Sampson and his heirs forever and said William Babb
and Temperance his wife for themselves and their heirs doth covenant and agree
to warrant and defend unto the said Davidson in trust the aforesai d moiety or
half of the aforesaid tract of land against the claim of all persons in witnesseth
whereof the said William Babb and wife have hereunto set their hand and seal
the day and year above written. William Babb/ Temperance "her mark"
Babb
Barren County--To wit County Court Clerk's office February 25, 1818. This indenture
from William Babb and Temperance his wife to Hezekiah Davidson was on the dy
of the date hereof acknowledged before me in office by the said William Babb
and wif e to be their act and decision. The said Temperance being by me privately
examined apart from her said husband saith that she thereby intends to convey
her whole estate in the said land and designs never to retract nor reverse the
same and there u pon the same was entered of record in said office.
"This land was originally a part of Warren County until the new County of
Barren was formed. The free man of colour that the deed mentions "Sampson"
was a slave inventoried in the estate of Daniel Shipman when he died in 1798.
Apparently Phoebe ha d him set free at her death or sometime after her husband's
death in 1798. After selling the property in Barren Co., William and Temperance
Babb moved to Crawford Co., IN."
He was married to Temperance SHIPMAN
on 2 May 1808 in Barren Co Ky. Bond Of William Babb And Temperance Shipman Know
All Men By, These , Present , That We William Babb And John Clarby Are____, And
Firmly Bonds Unto , Christopher Grun??? Esq ____ Of The, State Of Kentucky And
His S____ , (CHILdren?) In The Sum Of, Temperance SHIPMAN
was born on 17 Dec 1792 in Warren Co Ky. She died about 1850 in Stoddard Co
Tx. William Matthew BABB and Temperance SHIPMAN had the following children:
7251 i.
Daniel Shipman BABB was born on 27 Feb 1809 in Barren Co Ky.
+7252 ii.
William H BABB.
+7253 iii.
Sarah BABB.
+7254 iv.
David Walden BABB.
+7255 v.
Temperance BABB.
+7256 vi.
James W BABB.
+7257 vii.
Stephen P. BABB.
+7258 viii.
Andrew Jackson BABB.
+7259 ix.
Francis BABB.
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