PETER HELMS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KY
AND
HIS DESCENDANTS
Revised JUNE 1999
CONTENTS:
Generation One
PETER HELMS
Research information
Generation Two
"daughter" HELMS ANDERSON
JOHN HELMS
ANDREW HELMS
THOMAS HELMS
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Born | c. 1767 | Franklin County, VA.(?) | . |
Married | 5 October 1792 | Rowan County, NC. | Marriage Bond |
Died | 18 April 1844 | Montgomery County, KY. | . |
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(unknown) | (GIRL) | 1794-1800 | NC/KY ? |
(known) | JOHN | 19 May 1799 | Montgomery County, KY |
. | ANDREW | c. 1802 | Montgomery County, KY |
. | THOMAS | 26 Feb 1805 | Montgomery County, KY |
This is the history of my great-great-great grandfather, PETER HELMS. He may have been the son of JACOB HELM of Franklin County, VA and maybe the grandson of MOSES HELM of Bedford County, VA. (1) According to a copy of a Bible record, at his death, he was 77 years old in 1844. This would place his birth between 1766 and 1768.
One family tradition says he was orphaned young and was sent to live
with "relatives"....probably the Jacob Prillamans who had land in the Blackwater
River area of western Virginia.(2) Jacob is believed
to have married a Walburga Helm, sister of Elizabeth Helm who married John
Snidow.(3)
This supposition is supported by the first
record of Peter Helms: Peter, Jacob and John Prillaman witnessed the will
of Jacob Hickman in Franklin County, VA in February 1789.(4) It
is of interest that Peter Helms signed his name completely, not just an
"X", so it is obvious that he had some education.(5)
Peter migrated to North Carolina prior to October 5, 1792 when he married
Leah Shoults (sic).(6) Surely he had been
in the area for some time previous to the marriage, time to court and win
her hand! Leah's parents are unknown.(7) William
Bedenhamer was the bondsman and Jno. Monro (sic) the witness for the Marriage
Bond. Peter Helms went to the extra trouble of obtaining a bond promising
to marry Leah and thus legally register and obtain a license for that marriage.
(8)
There are some good circumstantial data that Peter may have had some
family connections in Rowan County. John Helm, a Revolutionary soldier
from Botetourt County, VA had settled in Rowan as early as 1782/3.(9)
By 1794, Peter was witnesses to a deed for John's land which was described
as adjoining Peter's land.(10) Peter's deed
for 100 acres of land, purchased from Elijah Merrell on both sides of Garren
Creek was witnessed by John in 1794.(11) Peter soon sold
this land and another parcel, of which there is no purchase record.(12)
Additional ties between Peter and John occurred when John named a son "Peter"
in 1796 and Peter named his eldest son "John" in 1799.(13)
After selling his North Carolina land in August 1795, Peter and
Leah traveled to Kentucky. Peter was listed on the first tax roll of the
newly formed Montgomery County in 1797.(14) He
had no land at that time, but owned 3 horses. From 1797 until the time
of his death in 1844, Peter was found on the Montgomery County tax rolls.(15)
Perhaps no state in the union has suffered more than Kentucky
from land litigations. The laws of Virginia for the appropriation of lands
were the greatest curse that ever befell Kentucky. Sometimes as many as
five or six patents concerned the same piece of land and the occupant,
besides the title under which he entered, frequently had to purchase the
land two or three more times or lose his home and land.(16)
Deed Book 1 of Montgomery County is lost, but an extant Grantee Index
indicates that Peter had purchased some land prior to 1803. Peter was taxed
on 128 acres of land on Slate Creek from 1800 until 1819.(17)
This land was described as being part of Jacob Myers' patent. An 1804 deed
recorded that Peter purchased 60 acres on Slate Creek, part of Jacob Myers'
patent, from Zebulan and Caty Brinson and added to that parcel in 1806
with a 50 acre purchase from John and Sabai (sic) Melroy.(18)
The tax rolls show that Peter's estate grew from 128 acres in 1800, to
186 acres in 1805, to 236 acres in 1807. His total acreage remained at
236-225 until 1818. So it would seem that each of these deeds described
a new parcel of land.
However, in 1813, Peter purchased from Martin Quay 185 acres on main
Slate Creek for $400.(19) This may be a re-purchase
of land since his taxable acreage stayed at 225-8 until 1817 when he purchased
200 acres on Spencer Creek for $4000 from Joseph & Elizabeth Young.(20)
The inflated price of this last purchase must surely indicate the prosperity
of the area.
Three years later he picked up 100 acres on Anderson's Fork of
Small Mountain Creek for $2000 from Samuel and Annis Hadden.(21)
In that same year, 1820, Peter bought interest in 60 acres from the Morgan
Station Tract, the old Jacob Myers patent, from Harry Farain(22)
and sold 10 acres on Slate Creek to Isaac Evans for $30.(23)
The deed with Harry Farain makes reference to "Peter Helms Survey", but
I have been unable to trace the survey. The largest tract of land, 200
acres on Spencer Creek, was Peter's primary residence for the rest of his
life.
Peter sold the Slate Creek land in 4 parcels of 160 acres, 60 acres,
10 acres and 40 acres to Abihu Anderson in 1820 for $2000.(24)
Leah, his wife, released her dower rights to the property.
The tax rolls of Montgomery County are helpful in tracing Peter's land
acquisitions and sales. His movements are reflected in them year by year,
as is his growing wealth. His assessed valuation rose from $2940 on 288
acres in 1814 to a high of $17,520 in 1838.(25)
Both census and tax records show that Peter Helms was a slave
holder. He owned a maximum of 17 in 1837. He had 40 cows valued at $350
and 13 horses worth $390 in 1840.(26) Peter was
among the most prosperous farmers in the county, according to the tax rolls.
The location of Montgomery County and its county seat of Mt. Sterling,
where the Bluegrass Region meets the mountains, combined with good dirt
roads and turnpikes to make the area a lively trading center in Eastern
Kentucky. "Court Day", the third Monday each month became the commercial,
legal and social focus of the county when one and all would come into town
to conduct their business.(27) Montgomery County
is particularly noted for its fine saddle horses, trotters, mules, hound
dogs and sour mash whiskey, so it is easy to imagine the lively exciting
times when our ancestors came into town those Mondays.
Peter played an important part for Court Days between 1827 and
1830 when he served as Sheriff for the county. This was one of the more
important jobs in frontier government and was usually filled by an influential
and respected man in the area. His sons John and Andrew and Thomas' father-in-law,
John Hally, assisted as deputies.(28)
Peter was a member of the Old Spencer Creek Church organized in the
year 1796 with ministers of the Baptist persuasion. Brother John "Racoon"
Smith came to the church around 1827 and soon followed the teachings of
Alexander Campbell, preaching the doctrine of the reformation and became
even more strongly Baptist. This caused a split in the church all over
Kentucky. The Spencer Creek Church and Peter stayed with Brother Smith
and reformation.(29) Two of Peter's children and
at least one grandchild were married by Smith(30)
and Peter was a member from 1828 until he was "excluded" in November 1841.
Peter and Leah Helms had four known children, a daughter (name
unknown), John, Andrew and Thomas Helms. We do not know the name of the
daughter who may be the eldest. She was born between 1794-1800, probably
in North Carolina(31) and married an Anderson before
1819.(32) They had two children who lived to maturity:
Peter Helms Anderson and James H. (Helms?) Anderson.
John Helms was the eldest surviving son of Peter. He was born in Montgomery
County on the 19th of May 1799 and married Larue Caldwell, 25 June 1821
in Bath County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Walter Caldwell and Mary
(Polly) Breckenridge.(33)
Andrew, their second son, was born around 1802 and married Malinda Wyatt,
daughter of Francis Wyatt on 3 May 1821 in Montgomery County.(34)
The youngest son of Peter and Leah, Thomas, was born 26 February in
1805 and married first Mary (Polly) Hawley/Halley, daughter of John Halley
and Nancy Douglass.(35) His second marriage was
with Amanda Ricketts on 12 April 1841.(36) She
was the daughter of Thomas Ricketts and Polly Mitchell.
Peter's family was very close, his sons John and Andrew did not
have their own farms immediately after marriage as most of the other young
men did. John is first charged with 100 acres on Spencer Creek in 1830,
nine years after his marriage.(37) Peter and Leah
sold John 100 acres on Anderson's Fork of Small Mountain Creek for $1.00
in September 1835.(38) John and his wife Larue
promptly sold this tract to Samuel D. Everett for $25 per acre(39)
and moved to Lewis County, Missouri(40) and then
on to Ralls County, Missouri.(41) Peter only split
his holdings to give John his patrimony when John planned to leave Kentucky.
Andrew Helms purchased some land on the Lulbyand(?) and Hinkston Creeks
from the Duree heirs.(42) Peter, in turn, bought
this land from Andrew in 1831 for $10 per acre(43)
and sold it to George Black the same year.(44)
There are no more records for Andrew in Montgomery: no deeds or no tax
records.
Thomas, alone, purchased land when he was married and is listed
on the 1829 tax rolls as holding 59 acres on Busch Creek.(45)
By 1839 Peter and Leah had only one son living in Montgomery County
- John was listed as a property owner in Ralls County, MO and Andrew had
died.(46) Their daughter Anderson was probably
dead also, since there were two boys living with Peter in the 1830 and
1840 census who matched the Andersons' ages.(47)
Leah died between February 1838, when she released her dower rights on
a deed,(48) and the 1840 census.
In 1840 Peter and Thomas paid a joint tax bill under Thomas' name.(49)
The census that year placed Peter between 70 and 80 years old. Peter died
on 18 April 1844 and according to a lost family Bible, was some 77 years
old. The date of his death is supported by documents pertaining to his
estate which were recorded in May 1844.
Peter died intestate. Thomas Helms was an administrator until his death
in 1848. The court records have several references to Peter's estate beginning
with the deed from Peter H. and Emily O. Anderson and James H. Anderson
which sold their rights to the estate of "Peter Helms, Esq." to John Helms
for $1000.(50) The Andersons also relinquished
their right to the estate's real and personal property to the infant children
of Thomas Helms.(51) No heirs of Andrew were mentioned
in these records and it is assumed that his line has died out by this time.
Josiah Anderson purchased an undivided interest in the estate
lands of Peter Helms from John Helms,(52) and paid
Thomas Helms $500 for the choice of the division of those lands.(53)
Lewis D. Wilson, administrator of the Peter
Helms estate in 1849 (after the death of Thomas Helms), recorded a final
settlement of $59.08.(54) One final item is most
curious - in Thomas Helms' estate administration there is an input listing
" To Cash Collected of Peter Helms of Virginia: $100.00".(55)
Does this imply some connections, still, with Virginia, the home of Peter's
ancestors? And might it be a clue to his true parentage?
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1767 | Birth, probably in Franklin County, VA area. Family records from a lost Bible gave death date and PETER'S age as 77 years. | (AHM) |
1789 | Witnessed the will of Jacob Hickman in Franklin County, VA | (WB 1, p. 37) |
c. 1790 | PETER HELMS went to North Carolina | . |
1792 | Married LEAH SHOULTS (sic) in Rowan County, NC. William Bedenhamer, bondsman & Jno. Monro (sic) witness. | (Marriage Book 21,
p. 430) |
1794 | PETER HELM was witness to deed from Christian Sears to JOHN HELM in Rowan County, NC PETER HELMS wrote his own name. | (DB 13, p. 736-7) |
1794 | PETER HELM was witness to deed from Elijah Merrell (Merrill?) to JOHN HELM on "PETER HELMS corner". Rowan County, NC | (DB 13, p. 790-1) |
1794 | PETER HELM was witness to deed from Elijah Merrell to John Bradburn in Rowan County, NC | (DB 13, p. 803-4) |
1794 | PETER HELM purchased 100 acres of land from Elijah Merrell, part of a tract of a 640 acre grant. On the waters of Hury(?) on both sides of Garren Creek and adjacent to JOHN HELMS and Daniel Brown. Price was £20. Rowan County, NC Witnessed by JOHN (X) HELMS & Daniel (X) Brown. | (DB 13, p. 804-5) |
1795 | PETER HELM sold 100 acres of land to John Embler on Croatland (?) Run of Calswan(?) for a price of £20. Witnessed by Abraham (X) Frisby & Will Embler. Rowan County, NC | (DB 14, p. 86-7) |
1795 | PETER HELM sold 100 acres of land to William Wright on the waters of Mary (?) on both sides of Garrins Creek, part of 640 acre grant to Elijah Merrell, on a conditional line between PETER HELMS & JOHN HELMS. Price was £100. Rowan County, NC Witnessed by A. Parr & Solomon T. Goodman | (DB 14, p. 644-5) |
1797 | PETAR HELM first appeared on the Tax List for Montgomery County, KY. He owned no land, but had three horses. 1797 was the first tax roll for the new county of Montgomery. | (Tax Lists, 1797,
Bk 1, p. 21) |
1800 | PETER HELM was taxed on 128 acres of land on Slate Creek (Jacob Myers entry or patent). No deed for this transaction. Grantee Index for DB 1, p.56 refers to this deed. | Montgomery County, KY
(Tax Lists, 1800, Bk 2, p. 11) |
1804 | PETER HELLMES bought 60 acres on Slate Creek from Zebulan and Caty Brinson for £5. Montgomery County, KY Witnessed by James Hughes, Ralph Morgan & James Howard. | (DB 3, p. 288-9) |
1806 | PETER HELMS bought 50 acres on Slate Creek from John and Sabai (sic) Melroy for 63 pounds. Part of a tract of 5000 acres granted to Jacob Myers and adjacent to Henry Livingston survey, PETER HELMS survey of 10 acres, Dick Holin, plus another of HELMS' lines. Montgomery County, KY Witnessed by: Fr. Triplett, D.C. | (DB 4, p. 56-7) |
1810 | Census record for PEATER HELMS: 3 males under 10 years of age (ANDREW, THOMAS and ?), 1 male 10-16 years (JOHN), 1 male 25-46 years (PETER), 1 female 10-16 years (GIRL), 1 female 25-46 years (LEAH) and 5 slaves. | (Montgomery County, KY
Census, p. 364) |
1813 | PETER HELMS bought from Martin Quay and his wife 185 acres on main Slate Creek for $400. Part of 5000 acres granted to Jacob Myers, known as Morgan Station Tract. Adjacent to John Bartons' 1000 acres, Montgomery County, KY Witnessed by no one. | (DB 6, p. 389-90) |
1817 | PETER HELMS bought from Joseph & Elizabeth Young 200 acres on Spencer Creek for $4000. Adjacent to Nicholas Anderson, Robert Botts in Montgomery County, KY No witnesses. | (DB 8, p. 238-9) |
1820 | Census record for PETER HELMS: 1 male 10-16 (THOMAS), 2 males 16-26 (ANDREW & JOHN), 1 male 45 & over (PETER), 1 female under 10 (?), 1 female 45 & over (LEAH) and 4 slaves. | (Montgomery County, KY
Census, p. 233) |
1820 | PETER HELMS bought from Samuel & Annis Hadden 100 acres on Anderson's fork of Small Mountain Creek for $2000,adjacent to James Bradshaw's line in Montgomery County, KY | (DB 9, p. 359) |
1820 | PETER HELMS bought from Henry Farain (?) interest in 60 acres, part of Jacob Myers' 5000 acres, Morgan Station Tract, on waters of Slate Creek for $120. Interest found in deed to P. Farain from David Trimble, George Peterson & Joseph McMurtery. Tract adjacent to Henry Livingston's 110 acres, by another of HELMS' lines, by 10 acre survey for HELMS. Another tract is included. | Montgomery County, KY
(DB 9, p. 397-8) |
1820 | PETER HELMS sold to Isaac Evans 10 acres on Slate Creek for $30. Wife did release her dower, but was not named. | Montgomery County, KY
(DB 9, p. 402) |
1820 | PETER HELMS sold to Abihu Anderson four parcels of land containing 270 acres for $2000. 1st: 160 acres on Slate Creek, 2nd: 60 acres, 3rd: 10 acres on Slate Creek and 4th: 40 acres on Slate by Henry Livingston's 110 acres. LEAH HELMS, wife, released her dower rights. | Montgomery County, KY
(DB 9, p. 404-5) |
1827 | PETER HELMS, Sheriff, and ANDREW HELMS, B.F. Thomas, Jacob C. Butler, Aquilla Young, Edward Stockton and Joseph Nelson, Deputies, were bonded in the sum of $10,000 to collect taxes and duties of Montgomery County, KY also all penalties which shall be authorized | (DB 13, p. 162) |
1827 | Same as above, bonded for $4000 to collect county dues for Montgomery County, KY | Montgomery County, KY
(DB 13, p. 163) |
1827 | PETER HELMS, Sheriff, and ANDREW HELMS, JOHN HELMS, Edward Stockton, Jesse Daniel, Aquilla Young, JOHN HALLY, Thomas Connelly, Thomas Petitt, B.F. Thomas, James Means, John Tipton and G.W. Thomas, deputies were bonded for the sum of $4000 to collect Montgomery County, KY dues as levied at the last court of claims. | (DB 13, p. 252) |
1828 | List of male members of Old Spencer Creek Church for 1828 includes the notation "PETER HELMS - excluded Nov. 1841". This seems to indicate that PETER joined in 1828 and then stopped in 1841. | (MSS: Abstract from
Original Session Book of Old Spencer Creek Church 1825, Mt. Sterling, KY Public Library, Genealogy Room) |
1830 | Census record for PETER HELMS: 1 male under 5 (?), 1 male 10-15 (?), 1 male 20-30 (ANDREW?), 1 male 60-70 (PETER), 1 female under 5 (?), 1 female 5-10 (?), 1 female 50-60 (LEAH) and 11 slaves. This record may show the Anderson boys living with their grandfather. | (Montgomery County, KY
Census, p. 28) |
1831 | PETER HELMS and wife LEAH sold to George Black 100 acres on waters of Lulbegrand(?) & Hinkston being part of Edward Williams' preemption of 400 acres for $1850. Land formerly owned by Edward William and sold to ANDREW HELMS, adjacent to Nicholas Anderson. Dated 5 September 1831. | Montgomery County, KY
(DB 15, p. 376-7) |
1831 | PETER HELMS bought from ANDREW HELMS 100 acres on the Lul--- & Hinkston, as described above, for $10 per acre. Witnessed by Robert Dickey, JOHN HELMS and THOMAS HELMS. Dated 2 February 1831. but produced in court on 5 September 1831. Proven by the witnesses. | Montgomery County, KY
(DB 15, p. 436-7) |
1835 | PETER HELMS and wife LEAH sold to JOHN HELMS, 100 acres on Anderson's Fork of Small Mountain Creek for $1. Land adjacent to James Bratshaws line. | Montgomery County, KY
(DB 17, p. 125-6) |
1838 | PETER HELMS and wife LEAH sold to George Black, a strip of land thirty feet wide, running along HELMS' line for $115. Land was on Spencer's Creek. Witnessed by James Howard. | Montgomery County, KY
(DB 18, p. 220-1) |
pre 1839 | ANDREW HELMS and his wife died prior to 1839 when their daughter, LEAH, was married in Lexington, KY. | (Kentucky Register,
V.37, p. 139) |
pre 1840 | LEAH SHOULTS HELMS dies. | . |
1840 | Census record for THOMAS HELMS: 2 males under 5 (ANDREW & URIAH), 1 male 5-10 (THOMAS), 1 male 15-20 (? JAMES H. ANDERSON), 1 male 20-30 (? PETER HELM ANDERSON), 1 male 30-40 (THOMAS SR.), 1 male 70-80 (PETER HELMS), 1 female under 5 (NANCY), 1 female 5-10 (CAROLINE), 1 female 10-15 (LEAH, dau THOMAS) and 14 slaves. | (Montgomery County, KY
Census, p. 289) |
1840 | PETER HELMS doesn't pay Montgomery County, KY taxes for the first time since 1797. His land is merged with that of his son THOMAS HELMS. | (1840 Tax List, p.13) |
1841 | PETER HELMS reappears on the Montgomery County, KY tax list. | (1841 Tax List, p. 12) |
1844 | PETER HELMS died 18 April 1844 according to a copy of a lost family Bible. | (AHM) |
1844 | Dated 25 May 1844, PETER H. and wife EMILY O. ANDERSON and JAMES H. ANDERSON, of Montgomery County, KY, relinquish their interest in a tract of land which PETER HELMS, ESQ resided on at the time of his death to JOHN HELMS for $1000. Tract contained 200 acres, more or less, on the headwaters of Spencer's Creek. | (DB 21, p. 145) |
1844 | Dated 27 May 1844, PETER H. and wife EMILY O. ANDERSON and JAMES H. ANDERSON, of Montgomery County, KY, relinquish their interest in the estate of PETER HELMS, Deceased, both real and personal, according to the expressed wishes of said PETER HELMS, for $1 and other "good and valuable considerations". This interest was relinquished to LEAH, CAROLINE, THOMAS, NANCY, ANDREW and URIAH HELMS, infant children of THOMAS HELMS. | (DB 21, p. 149) |
1849 | Settlement with Josiah Anderson, administrator for the estate of THOMAS HELMS, deceased, an item of credit "to cash collected of PETER HELMS of Virginia". | Montgomery County, KY
(Record Book B, p. 99-100) |
1849 | L.D. Wilson, administrator for PETER HELMS deceased produced a settlement in the court of Montgomery County, KY, as THOMAS HELMS, one of the heirs & distributors of said estate was also deceased. These were debts owed to the estate. | (Record Book B, p. 101) |
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Born | 1794-1800 | Rowan County, NC (?) | . |
Married | by 1819 | Bath/Montgomery County, KY (?) | . |
Died | prior 1844 | Bath/Montgomery County, KY (?) | . |
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PETER HELMS ANDERSON | 1819 | Bath County, KY |
JAMES H. ANDERSON | c. 1821-3 | KY |
Little is known for certain about Peter & Leah's daughter. These are the data that have been collected so far. The daughter did exist because two children, Peter Helms and James H.
(Helms?) Anderson relinquished their rights and undivided interest to Peter
Helms' estate to John Helms for $1000 in 1844(56) and
to the children of Thomas Helms at the same time.(57)
Peter H. Anderson and his wife Emily O. signed both deeds. Research shows
one Peter Anderson married Emily O. Nelson prior to 1852 and secondly Peter
Helms
Anderson married Mrs. Mary Carpenter in 1861.(58)
Peter Helms Anderson was buried in Machpelah Cemetery, Mt. Sterling, KY.(59)
From these facts it can be concluded that there was indeed a daughter "Helms" who married an Anderson boy and that they had two children, one, Peter, whose middle name was Helms, as inscribed on his tombstone and a second, James, whose middle initial was H. This may stand for Helms, but there is no proof. The daughter Helms' birth date was derived from the 1810 census listing of Peter Helms' household: one female between 10-16. Her birth would have been between 1794 and 1800. Since John Helms was born in 1799, the girl, most likely, was born between 1794-1797 and was the eldest live child of the 1792 marriage of Peter and Leah. Following this line of reasoning, her birth was also placed in the North Carolina area, rather than in Kentucky. The marriage of "daughter" Helms and Mr. Anderson would have taken place
prior to 1819 when Peter Helms Anderson was born, according to his tombstone,(60)
thus the c. 1818 date. This marriage date is compatible with the Helms
girl being born 1794-1797. James H. Anderson first appears on the Montgomery
County tax rolls in 1845(61) as the possessor of
one gold watch and as a male of 21, therefore he could have been born in
1824, again a date compatible with the marriage date of his parents. Possession
of a "gold watch" leads to speculation: Who gave him the watch? Grandfather
Helms, Grandfather Anderson or his father?
Determining Mr. Anderson's first name is a problem. There may be two
possibilities for the name. Checking the names of the children of Peter
H. Anderson on the 1850 census: Mary A., Joseph M., William, James and
Leah are found. Joseph is the name of Emily O. Nelson's father. Leah is
the name of Peter's grandmother and also of several nieces. Naming the
children for grandparents was still popular in the early 1800s, therefore
both "William" or "James" are possible names of the Anderson boy's father.
Neither William nor James Anderson had a will probated in Montgomery County,
KY before 1850.(62) An investigation needs to be
made of the Bath County Andersons.
One further lead rests in the 1830 census. Peter Helms had two boys listed in his household--1 under 5 and 1 10-16 year old. These would fit the ages of Peter and James Anderson, who could have been living with their grandparents because their parents had died. Again this is speculation and would require definite proof. Peter Helms' original home was sold to Josiah Anderson in 1844 and Josiah acted as administrator for the estate of Thomas Helms: what is his connection with the Helms family? In Kentucky Biography Sketches, V 6, Josiah is listed as the 4th of 9 children of John Anderson and Mary Ramey Anderson.
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PETER HELMS ANDERSON b. 1819 Bath County, KY(63)
d. 1895 Montgomery County, KY
m. 1) EMILY O. NELSON (1822 - 1858) dau. Joseph & Polly Nelson(64) c. 1840 Montgomery County, KY
m. 2) Mrs. MARY CARPENTER (b. 1833 in Mississippi) 18 May 1848
Montgomery County KY(66)
Child: JAMES H. ANDERSON b. 1821-3 Montgomery County, KY
d. ?
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DATE | ITEM | LOCATION |
1799 | JOHN HELMS born in Montgomery County, KY. . | . |
1820 | JOHN HELMS on Montgomery County, KY tax records for first time. Had 2 slaves and no acreage: total value $98. | . |
1827 | JOHN HELMS bonded as a deputy of Sheriff Peter Helms in Montgomery County KY | (db 13, p. 252) |
1829 | JOHN HELMS buys 100 acres of land for $81 from the estate of John Henderson and John Smith in a court ordered sale. | Montgomery County, KY
(DB 14, p. ) |
1829 | JOHN HELMS and LARUE sell to Samuel B. Duree a tract of 100 acres for $81 on the Lullagrid & Spencer Ck. | Montgomery County, KY
(DB 14, p. 382-3) |
1830 | JOHN HELMS paid taxes on 100 acres of land, held 4 slaves, 3 horses and 15 cows: total value $2150. | . |
1835 | JOHN HELMS bought 100 acres of land on the Anderson Fork of Small Mountain Creek from his father PETER for $1. | Montgomery County, KY
(DB 17, p. 125-6) |
1835 | JOHN HELMS and his wife LARUE sold 100 acres of land on Anderson Fork of Small Mountain Creek to Samuel D. Everet for $25 per acre. | Montgomery County KY
(DB 17, p. 126-7) |
PRE
1840 |
JOHN HELMS owned a piece of land in Lewis County, MO. Tsp. 60, range 8, section 10. | . |
1836 | JOHN HELMS bought 109 acres and 80 acres from James M. and Eliza B. Parks in Ralls County, MO for $700. S 27, Tsp 56 R 5W & S 34, Tsp 56 R 5 | Ralls County, MO
(DB C, p. 247) |
1841 | JOHN HELMS bought 30 acres from Oney Carstaphen in Ralls County, MO for $50. S 34, Tsp 56, R 5W | (DB E, p. 85-6) |
1844 | JOHN HELMS bought undivided interest in the real & personal estate of PETER HELMS, Deceased from Peter H., Emily O. (wife) and James H..Anderson for $1000. | Montgomery County, KY
(DB 21, p. 145) |
1846 | JOHN HELMS and LARUE sold part of undivided home and lands of PETER HELMS to Josiah Anderson for $3000. | Montgomery County, KY
(DB 21, p. 495) |
1850 | JOHN HELMS sold to his son Peter C. Helmes in Ralls MO, two tracts of land, one a quarter section and the other 15 acres for $800. Both pieces in S 34, Tsp 56, R 5. | (DB G, p. 519-20) |
1851 | JOHN HELMS bought 42 acres of land from the Carrico estate for $210. S 14, Tsp 55, R 5. | Ralls County, MO
(DB H, p. 90-1) |
1858 | JOHN HELMS and LARUE sold granddaughter ELIZABETH BRISCOE tracts of land two half-quarter sections plus a 15 acre tract, total 175 acres for $1250. Acreage was available after their deaths. S 34 & 27,Tsp 56, R 5. | Ralls County, MO
(DB N, p. 151-2) |
1858 | JOHN HELMS and LARUE sold daughter MEICKEY COX 80 acres of land where John and Larue ow live. They will live there during their natural lives, and M. Cox will get the property after their deaths. Sold for $1200. S 23, Tsp 55, R 5 | Ralls County, MO
(DB N, p. 153) |
1858 | JOHN HELMES and LARUE sold two parcels of land, 80 and 42 acres to son JOHN ROBERT HELMES for $800 S 14, Tsp 55, R 5. | Ralls County, MO
(DB N, p. 154) |
1870 | PETER C. & JOHN R. HELMES petitioned Ralls County, MO court to declare JOHN HELMS to be "of unsound mind and incapable of managing his affairs". | (Loose papers in
Will Box 515, New London, MO) |
1870 | JOHN HELMS died testate on 12 October 1870 at the age of 71. | (Will Box 515, New London, MO) |
WILL OF JOHN HELMS In the name of God, Amen. I, JOHN HELMS, of the County of Ralls in the State of Missouri, being in health and of sound mind and disposing memory and knowing the uncertainty of this life, being anxious to dispose of my estate real and personal, wherewith it hath pleased the Almighty God to bless me, Do hereby make and publish this as my last Will and Testament, as follows to wit: FIRST: It is my special will and order that all my just debts and demands against me be fully paid out of my estate previous to any distribution thereof among my heirs SECOND: I will and bequeath to my wife LARUE HELMS during her lifetime, an equal portion or share of my estate, with my children, as it is my intention to divide my estate equally among my heirs in the manner hereinafter mentioned and my wife is to have a share equal to a child's part during her lifetime. THIRD: I will and bequeath to my children and heirs an equal portion and share of my estate, after the payment of my debts, to them and their heirs forever, after my decease. Provided, however, and I wish it to be expressly understood, that the portion of my estate real and personal hereby bequeathed to my female heirs or children, is intended for my said female heirs and their bodily heirs or offspring, so that their husbands or other of them, shall not have, hold or possess the same in any manner whatever, to sell, hire, lease or in any other manner to have the control or management of the same, nor the profits, increase, rents or income arising therefrom, nor shall the same or any part thereof, be in anywise made or become responsible for or subject to the payment of any of the debts or contracts of the husband or husbands of my said female heirs or children. FOURTH: It is further my will and order, that after the death of my said wife LARUE HELMS, the portion of my estate hereby bequeathed to here then remaining on hand shall be equally divided between my heirs in the same manner and under the like provision as above stated. And LASTLY: I hereby revoke all the former wills by me made or codicils thereto and declare and publish this as my only last will and testament. Witness my hand and seal this 16th day of August A.D. 1841. The word "not" between "shall" and "have" in the 32nd line of this will was interlined before the execution hereof JOHN HELMS seal Signed & acknowledged in our presence by JOHN HELMS to be his
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I, LARUE HELLEM (sic) of the County of Ralls and State of Missouri do hereby dictate the following to be my last Will and Testament: FIRST: I direct that all my just debts & liabilities be paid out of my estate including my funeral expenses and the costs of the Administration of my estate, also including the costs of tombstones at my grave. SECOND: I will and bequeath unto ELIZABETH R. BRISCOE my Dress & Beds & Bedding excepting such articles of bed clothes as I shall hereafter dispose of, also one dress or safe(?) also my buggy & horse THIRD: I will and bequeath to MICEY COSC(sic) my Clock & Family Bible also my small table FOURTH: I will and bequeath to WALTER C. HELLEMS one double coverlet. FIFTH: I will & bequeath to JOHN R. HELLEMS my carpet sack SIXTH: I will & bequeath that all of my wearing apparel, books & all articles of household furniture not hereafore assigned of to be equally divided between MICEY COX & ELIZABETH R. BRISCOE SEVENTH: I will & bequeath to PETER C. HELLEMS, JOHN R. HELLEMS, WALTER C. HELLEMS, MICEY COSE & ELIZABETH R. BRISCOE the remainder of my estate to each on an equal share thereof. EIGHTH: I hereby nominate & appoint ROBERT B. CALDWELL Sr.
to be the Executor of this my last will & testament and I hereby revoke
& annul all former wills or codicils made by me at any other time and
declare this to be my last will & testament whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed by seal this 31st day of December 1877.
We attest the above & foregoing will of LARUE HELLEMS by subscribing our names hereto as witness thereof in the presents of the testatrix LARUE HELLEMS and at her request and in the presents of each other and that she signed the same C.F. Kirtley A.J. Green
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FAMILY BIBLE ORIGINALLY OWNED BY PETER HELLEMS present owner, his son, JOHN L. HELMS Published by H & E Finney, Cooperstown, N.Y., 1831
Marriages: Robert S.W. Fike was married to McKey C. Hellems on the third day of Sept. A.D. 1846 Peter Helmes was married to Leah Helmes on the 11 day of Aprile A.D. 1847
Births: Andrew Helms was born the sixteenth day of March 1833 Walter C. Helmes was born the sixth day of April 1835 Robert B.C. Helmes was born 22 day of May 1837
Sheet inset: John Hellems was married to LaRue Caldwell on the 28th day of June 1821 Mary Hellems was married to John Bolin on the 11 of Feb, 1841 Mekey Hellems married to Robert T.W. Fike on the third of Sept. 1846 Peter Hellems was married to Leah Hellems on the 11th day of April 1847 Larue C. Helmes was born Dec. the 16 1855 Walter C. Helmes was married to Nancy Helmes on the 21st day of Dec A.D. 1854 Mariam Lucretia Helmes was born Dec 17, 1879 John Hellems was born May 19, 1799 Larue Hellems was born Dec 12th 1800 Mary Hellems was born July 10, 1822 Elizabeth Hellems was born Jan 22, 1824 Peter Hellems was born February 3rd 1826 Mekey C. Hellems was born June 11th 1830 Andrew Hellems was born March 16 1833 Walter C. Hellems was born April 6, 1835 John R. Hellems was born May 22, 1837 Sandi I Hellems was born Sept 22, 1841 Elizabeth Boling was born Feb. 11th 1842 John Boling was born Nov. 10, 1818 Nelson Petey Fike was born Sept. the 28 1849 Ausey H. Fike was born March the 28 1849 Edward S. Helmes was born Jan the 8 1849 Charles T. Helms was born Dec the 15 1851 Mary E.I. Helms was born Sept 20, 1853 Caroline F. Helms was born Nov the 14 1855 Margaret Ann Clayton, Daughter of Charles F. and Ann Elizabeth Clayton was born June 2nd A.D. 1849 Elizabeth Leah Helms was born Dec the 13th 1873
Deaths: Elizabeth Helmes died Oct 14, 1842 aged 18 years Sandi I Helmes died Oct 12th 1843 John Boling died Oct 2, a.d. 1842 aged 24 years Robert S.W. Fike died Sept the 27th A.D. 1850 Ann Elizabeth Clayton died Aug 28, 1849 aged 2 months Mary Breckinridge Caldwell died Sept the 28th 1846 Walter Caldwell Died May the 17th 1842 aged 64 years 4 months and five days Andrew Helms died Feb the 7th 1861 John Helms died Oct the 12, 1870 Larue Helms died May the 25 1879
Age of the Negros: Henry was born June the 10th A.D. 1836 Solomon was born Feb the 26 1836 Lida was born Feb the 12th 1838 Louis was born July the 6th 1854 Sarah A. bornd April the 25th 1857 |
1. Who was Robert B.C. Helmes b. 22 May 1837? This was the same day the John R. Hellems was born -- noted on the extra sheet. Were they twins or was there a name change after the first Bible entry? Family group sheets of the ensuing generations of JOHN HELMS' line are available, if desired. More documentary proof is also available. Ms. Bostwick is a very exacting researcher.
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Born | 1801 | Montgomery County, KY | . |
Married | 03 May 1821 | Montgomery County, KY | . |
Died | prior 1839 | KY (?) | . |
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LEAH ANN HELMS | b. 11 March 1823, Montgomery County, KY (?)
d. 18 December 1830 m. Jacob Ingram 30 May 1839 Lexington, KY |
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Andrew Helms, second surviving son of Leah Shoults and Peter Helms, was born c. 1801 in Montgomery County, KY. The 1821 and 1822 tax lists for Montgomery County list only one male over 21 in the Peter Helms household, Peter himself. Andrew married in 1821 without parental consent, implying that he was 21 years of age. Yet his tax record in 1822 stated there were no males over 21 in his household. Either there was a mistake on the tax record or the marriage permission has been lost. He was married to Malinda Wyatt by "Racoon" Smith in May of 1821.(97) She was the daughter of Francis Wyatt, another Montgomery County farmer.(98)
Andrew appeared regularly on the tax rolls from 1822 til 1830, but he
was only listed as a land owner in 1830 with 200 acres on Hinkston
Creek.(99) He had purchased
100 acres from
the Albert Duree heirs on Lullegand and Hinkston Creek for $11 per acre.(100)
By February 1831 Andrew sold this tract to his father Peter for $10 per
acre.(101) Andrew is styled "of Montgomery County" in
the deed and his wife Malinda did not resign her dower rights. This leads
to the suspicion that she had died by this time. Peter may have purchased
the land in order to give Andrew some of his inheritance prior to the son's
leaving the county. In any case, Andrew dropped off the Montgomery County
tax rolls in 1831 and does not re-appear. He has either moved or died.
Like his brother John, Andrew served as deputy sheriff in Montgomery
County for several years while his father was sheriff.(102)
Andrew and Malinda had at least one daughter, possibly two. In the 1830
Census Andrew was not listed as a "head of household" in Montgomery County,
but he was there paying taxes and one year later, selling land. Peter Helms'
listing included one man 20-30 and two girls under 10.(103)
It is possible that Andrew's wife had died and he was living with his parents?(104)
Leah Helms is the only known surviving child of Malinda and Andrew
Helms. The Lexington paper carried an announcement of her marriage to Jacob
A. Ingram on 30 May 1839.(105) The article said that
Andrew Helm was deceased, thus placing his death prior to that 1839 date.
A copy of the Thompson Bible said that Leah had died 18 December 1839...shortly
after her marriage.(106)
No provision or interests for the heirs of Andrew were charged
in the settlement of the estate of Peter Helms, as in the case of the Anderson
children. Thus it seems that Leah and his other daughter(?) had died. Jacob
A. Ingram was listed on the 1850 census in Bath County, KY with two boys,
J.A. Ingram, aged 7 and J.W. Ingram aged 5. Neither could be Leah's child.
The Ingrams were living in the household of one Elizabeth Ralls aged 80.(107)
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Date | Item | Source |
C. 1801 | ANDREW HELMS born in Montgomery County, KY | . |
1821 | ANDREW HELMS married MALINDA WYATT in Montgomery County, KY | (Montgomery County
Marriages, H.M. Boyd) |
1822 | ANDREW HELMS appeared on Montgomery County, KY Tax Rolls 0 males over 21, 2 blacks, a horse, valuation: $675 | (Tax Rolls 1821, p. 18) |
1827 | ANDREW HELMS named deputy sheriff of Montgomery County, KY | (DB 13, pp. 162, 252) |
1830 | ANDREW HELMS bought 100 acres of land on Lulbegrad(?) and Hinkston Creek, being part of Edward Williams' preemption of 400 acres from Albert Duree heirs for $11 per acre. | (Montgomery County, KY
DB 15, p. 130-2) |
1830 | ANDREW HELMS taxed on 200 acres on Hinkston Ck. Shows 4 blacks, 2 horses and $5000 valuation. | Montgomery County, KY
(Tax rolls, 1830, p. 24) |
1831 | PETER and LEAH HELMS sold 100 acres of land, purchased from ANDREW HELMS to George Black for $1850. | Montgomery County, KY
(DB 15, p. 376-7) |
1831 | ANDREW HELMS sold 100 acres of land on Lulbegrad(?) and Hinkston Creek to PETER HELMS for $10 per acre. Montgomery, County, KY. Deed made prior to above sale, but not recorded until after the sale. | (DB 15, p. 436-7) |
pre 1839 | ANDREW HELMS died, city or county unknown. Presumed he was in Kentucky. | . |
1844 | No apparent heirs of ANDREW HELMS alive to claim interest in PETER HELMS' Estate. | Montgomery County, KY
(DB 21, p. 149) |
THOMAS HELMS
m. 1) MARY (POLY) HAWLEY/HALLEY dau John & Nancy Douglass Hawley/Halley (6 Feb 1808 - 14 Feb 1840) m. 2) AMANDA MITCHELL RICKETTS dau Thomas & Polly Mitchell Ricketts m. 2) James Huffman, 23 January 1848, Pike County, KY |
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Born | 26 February 1805 | Montgomery County, KY | . |
Married | (1) 6 November 1828
(2) 12 April 1841 |
Montgomery County, KY
Montgomery County, KY |
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Died | 26 May 1847 | Montgomery County, KY | . |
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LEAH HELMS | 17 Oct 1829 - KY | pre 1866 - MO | . |
CAROLINE HELMS | 5 Oct 1831 - KY | 25 Mar 1853 - MO | . |
THOMAS J. HELMS | 26 July 1833 - KY | 26 June 1909 - MO | . |
NANCY HELMS | 26 July 1835 - KY | 6 June 1907 - MO | . |
ANDREW HELMS | 7 July 1837 -KY | 26 June 1909 - MO | . |
URIAH HELMS | 22 May 1839 - KY | 8 Apr 1924 - MO | . |
Child of 2nd marriage
JOHN PETER MADISON HELMS |
21 Feb 1842 - KY | . | . |
Thomas Helms was the third known son of Peter and Leah Shoults Helms and my great-great grandfather. He choose a Virginia girl, Mary "Polly" Hawley, for his first wife and they were married by Elder John "Racoon" Smith,(108) a Campbell dissenter in the Baptist faith. Polly was the daughter of John Hawley/Holley and Nancy Douglass who had come to Montgomery County about 1812 from Bedford County, VA.(109) Her grandfather, John Hawley, survived the Battle of Monongalia (Braddock's Defeat) and captivity by the Shawnee Indians with Daniel Boone's saltmakers.(110)
Thomas purchased 249 acres on Brush Creek(111) and
7/8 of an adjacent 12 acres(112) from Westley Hensley
and his wife for $1501. This seems to be a rather large amount of money
and we can only speculate how Thomas was able to pay such a price..did
his father Peter lend him the money or did his father-in-law, John Hawley,
settle this amount with the newlyweds?(113) The
tax rolls validate this land purchase and also show Thomas' growing prosperity.(114)
He owned as many as 14 horses, 40 cows and 5 slaves during the years 1820
to 1840.
Polly Hawley Helms died in 1840 leaving Thomas with 6 young children.
Thomas and his father Peter must have joined households that year since
they were both widowers. The tax records and 1840 census support such a
move.(115)
Six Children between the ages of 2 and 11 plus a large farm to work
were very pressing reasons for THOMAS to remarry quickly. In 1841 he married
Amanda Mitchell Ricketts,(116) daughter of Thomas and
Polly Mitchell Ricketts, but not in Racoon Smith's church.(117)
Again, in the 1841 tax rolls, he appeared in his own household.
The settlement of Peter's estate in 1844 fell mostly on Thomas, since
he was the only Helms child still in Montgomery County. Some of the actions
may not have been exactly "by the book"(118) but
everyone seemed to get their fair share and Peter's rich land was sold
to Josiah Anderson by 1846.(119)
Thomas died intestate in 1847 at the age of 42 leaving 6 orphans from
his first marriage and 1, John Peter Mitchell Helms from his second. Various
Hawley aunts and uncles took Polly's children and Amanda went home.(120)
Leah and Caroline were in Ralls County, MO. Leah had married Peter C. Helms,
her cousin, and Caroline was living with them. Nancy and Andrew were living
with their uncle Uriah Holley, Thomas J. Helms was living with James F.
Jones, a Holley uncle by marriage, and Uriah Helms was living with his
uncle, John Holley. John Peter was living with his grandparents, Thomas
and Mary Ricketts, all in Montgomery County.
No records remain concerning Amanda's dower rights, nor the portion
of the estate for John Peter. It is unlikely that they were not provided
for in some way, since there are many records of the guardian accounts
for the older children. From these records(121) Thomas'
account seemed sizable enough. His personal estate was inventoried at $962,
excluding a Negro Girl, Smithy. There was a considerable amount of livestock:
2 oxen, 12 cows, 43 head of sheep, 16 geese, 38 head of hogs and 2 horses.(122)
In addition to farm equipment he seemed to have a well stocked kitchen
and some rather good furniture with some luxuries as books, linens, towels
and silver tea spoons. The sale of these properties netted $1032.25 (excluding
slave?).(123) Various notes totaled another $800
and the slave was valued at $450.(124) Thomas would
have had his own piece of land on Brush Creek plus his children's share
of Peter Helms' land. Thomas' land was carried on the tax rolls as "Josiah
Anderson, estate of T.Helms dec'd" for 1848, 1849 and 1850 and the estate
including one slave was valued at about $6800.(125)
The guardians seemed to be conscientious and thrifty with their ward's
money. John Holley had to mortgage his Bay Mare, 2 horse wagons and yearling
and one black man to serve his guardianship in 1850.(126)
THOMAS' farm was rented out for 1-2 years and then apparently sold as per
a Circuit Court decree on 17 June 1850.(127) Another
source of income was a court decision in the case of Helms vs. W. Chinault
in which Mr. Chinault paid $116 into each child's account.(128)
B.J. Peters and Walter Chiles also received money for the Chinault accounts,
but no reason was given for the collection.(129)
The children from the first marriage had an account of around
$830 by January 1852.(130) From this the living
expenses of the orphans were deducted. It is interesting to think of "clothing,
tuition, etc" for 4 years equalling the sums of $17.57, $20.28, $13.87
and $16.96, as they did for Uriah Helms from the ages of 8 to 13.(131)
These figures give some perspective on the real value of the estate in
practical terms.
One by one the Kentucky orphans moved to Missouri where they all set
up new lives for themselves. John Peter went to Missouri after 1860, but
his trail was lost.
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1808 | THOMAS HELMS was born in Montgomery County, KY (Lost family Bible record) | . |
1828 | THOMAS HELMS married MARY (POLLY) HAWLEY 6 November in Montgomery County, KY (Marriage Book of Elder John "Racoon" Smith) | . |
1829 | THOMAS HELMS bought 249 acres on Brush Creek, part of 2500 patent to William Haynie, now deceased, from Westley & Mary Ann Hansley for $1500. Adjacent to George Barnett, Hansley, John and Robert Gilkey. | Montgomery County, KY
(DB 14, p. 290-1) |
1829 | THOMAS HELMS bought 7/8 part of 12 acres and 52 poles of land on Brush Creek a branch of Slate Creek, part of 32-35 acre tract entered by Edwan Payne & William Calk, from Westley & Mary Ann Hansley for $1.00. Adjacent to original Wm. Haynie, William Yocum. | Montgomery County, KY
(DB 14, p. 291-2) |
1829 | THOMAS HELMS appeared on the Montgomery County, KY Tax rolls for the first time. He had 259 acres in Brush Creek with 3 blacks and 3 horses Valuation: $2163. | (Tax Rolls 1829, p. 27) |
1833 | THOMAS HELMS bought 22 acres and two rods and 26 poles from Wm. K & Mercie Ball in Montgomery County, KY. | (DB 16, p. 496 &
DB 17, p. 31) |
1834 | THOMAS HELMS paid taxes on 287 acres of land on Brush Creek in Montgomery County, KY. This would seem to reflect that he had purchased an additional 20+ acres of land in 1833. 3 blacks, 10 horses and valuation of $4330. | (Tax Rolls 1834,
p. 22) |
1840 | First wife of THOMAS HELMS, POLLY HAWLEY HELMS, died. THOMAS taxed jointly with his father Peter Helms | Montgomery County, KY
(Tax Roll 1840) |
1841 | THOMAS HELMS married AMANDA RICKETTS in Montgomery County, KY (Boyd, Montgomery County Marriages) and family data | . |
1845 | THOMAS HELMS sold to Joshia Anderson the choice of division to the farm of PETER HELMS for $500. Anderson had purchased 1/2 the farm from JOHN HELMS. This deed divided the original land that Peter had lived on. | Montgomery County, KY
(DB 21, p. 238-9) |
1846 | THOMAS HELMS' CHILDREN received interest in the estate of Peter HELMS from Peter H. and James H. ANDERSON, their cousins. | Montgomery County, KY
(DB 21, p. 144-5) |
1847 | THOMAS HELMS died intestate in Montgomery County, KY | . |
1847 | THOMAS HELMS' estate was inventoried by Wm. Baldwin, Robert Thomas and William Cockrell. Valuation: $1413.98 Notes due to the estate amounted to $798.75. | Montgomery County, KY
(Court Record Book A, p. 396-400) |
1849 | THOMAS J. HELMS' guardian Wesley O'Rear gave receipt of funds ($116) that he received from --- Chinault. | Montgomery County, KY
(Court Record Book B, p. 93) |
1849 | Josiah Anderson, Administrator of THOMAS HELMS, dec'd gave a settlement of the estate. Income, after the sale: $1676.81 1/2. Bills were presented and the estate was valued at $998.14. | Montgomery County, KY
(Court Record Book B, p. 99-100) |
1850 | JOHN HOLLEY gave mortgage to URIAH HOLLEY for his share of the guardianship bond for the heirs of THOMAS HELMS. (JOHN and URIAH are uncles of the orphans) | Montgomery County, KY
(DB 23, p. 469-70) |
1850 | Census showed: NANCY & ANDREW HELMS lived with their uncle, Uriah Holley; URIAH HELMS lived with his uncle, John Holley, Thomas HELMS lived with his uncle, James F. Jones in Montgomery County, KY. LeahHELMS lived with her husband and cousin Peter C. HELMS and CAROLINE lived with them in Ralls County, MO, John Peter Madison lived with his grandparents, Thomas and Mary Ricketts in Montgomery County, KY. | (Montgomery County, KY
1850 Census, pp. 82, 310, 381, 383) (Ralls County, MO 1850 Census, household 583) |
1850/1 | James Franklin Jones, uncle and guardian of THOMAS J. HELMS, filed an accounting of his guardianship. | Montgomery County, KY
(Court Record Book B, p. 292-3) |
1851 | Peter C. Helm, husband of LEAH HELMS, daughter of THOMAS HELMS, gave Power of Attorney to Uriah Holley to collect all money due to LEAH from the sales of the Brush Creek land to JosiahAnderson and two slaves. | Montgomery County, KY
(DB 24, p. 128) |
1851 | Josiah Anderson, administrator for the estate of THOMAS HELMS, filed an accounting of said estate. $640 remained in Anderson's hands. | Montgomery County, KY
(Court Record Book B, p. 317-8) |
1851 | Thornton (?) M. Cox, guardian of CAROLINE HELMS, requested an audit of her accounts etc. $320.21 remained in Cox's hands. | Montgomery County, KY
(Court Record Book B, p. 353-4) |
1852 | John Halley, guardian of URIAH HELMS, requested an audit of his accounts etc. $552.30 remained in Halley's hands. | Montgomery County, KY
(Court Record Book B, p. 387-9) |
1856 | Peter C. Helms, LEAH HELMS, his wife, James Caldwell, guardian and widower of CAROLINE HELMS CALDWELL, dec'd.appoint one William C. Splawn(?) Ralls County to act as their attorney to gain, by suit, all their interest and monies in the estate of ANDREW HELMS, dec'd. and THOMAS HELMS, dec'd. | Montgomery County, KY
(DB 25, p. 446-7) |
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