The Commonwealth of Kentucky : to the sheriff of Jefferson county : this thirteenth day of February 1799 ... : partially printed document, signed
1799
MSS L1984.1.39
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Title
The Commonwealth of Kentucky : to the sheriff of Jefferson county : this thirteenth day of February 1799 ... : partially printed document, signed
Variant Title
Summons ordering George Rogers Clarke [sic] to appear before ... our Lexington district court on the third day of our next March
Published
[Lexington?] 1799
Description
1 leaf ; 11 x 20 cm.
Call Number
MSS L1984.1.39
Note
Kentucky became a state in 1790, and Lexington was its capital. A year later, however, the capital moved to Frankfort which may have been the document's origin.
Orders that Clark be summoned "to answer a bill in chancery exhibited against him and others by Henry Purviance"
Ms note on verso: This suit ... bought vs. Robert Morris, Humphrey Marshall, George Rogers Clarke [and others] shall enjoin and restrain the defendant Clarke [sic] from paying, conveying away or secreting the debts by them owing to or the lands or other effects in his hands the property of the defendant Morris until the further order of our Lexington District Court.
According to Lowell Harrison, George Rogers Clark and the War in the West, Clark's life-long financial difficulties and growing debt made it difficult for him to continue holding his land which had been granted to him as a result of his Revolutionary War service. In an effort to protect those lands from the increasing number of creditors, he deeded many to friends or transferred ownership to family members where lands could be held for him. This summons may be one effort by a creditor (Henry Purviance) to claim funds or land owned by Clark.
Partially printed form
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Orders that Clark be summoned "to answer a bill in chancery exhibited against him and others by Henry Purviance"
Ms note on verso: This suit ... bought vs. Robert Morris, Humphrey Marshall, George Rogers Clarke [and others] shall enjoin and restrain the defendant Clarke [sic] from paying, conveying away or secreting the debts by them owing to or the lands or other effects in his hands the property of the defendant Morris until the further order of our Lexington District Court.
According to Lowell Harrison, George Rogers Clark and the War in the West, Clark's life-long financial difficulties and growing debt made it difficult for him to continue holding his land which had been granted to him as a result of his Revolutionary War service. In an effort to protect those lands from the increasing number of creditors, he deeded many to friends or transferred ownership to family members where lands could be held for him. This summons may be one effort by a creditor (Henry Purviance) to claim funds or land owned by Clark.
Partially printed form
Vertical chain lines
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