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Individual Page


Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Rachael Sheets: Birth: ABT 1793 in <Berkley, Virginia>. Death: ABT 1824 in Franklin Co., KY

  2. Henry Sheets: Birth: ABT 1795 in Woodford Co., KY.

  3. Rebecca Sheets: Birth: ABT 1797 in <Woodford, KY>. Death: ABT 1830 in Franklin Co., KY

  4. William Sheets: Birth: ABT 1798 in Woodford Co., KY. Death: ABT 1847 in Franklin Co., KY

  5. Mary Sheets: Birth: ABT 1800 in <Woodford, KY>.

  6. John Sheets: Birth: 15 AUG 1801 in KY. Death: 01 FEB 1878 in KY

  7. Benjamin Sheets: Birth: ABT 1803 in Franklin Co., KY. Death: 11 JAN 1880 in Callaway Co., MO

  8. Martin Sheets: Birth: ABT 1807 in Woodford Co., KY. Death: BEF 1859

  9. Nancy Essey Sheets: Birth: ABT 1807 in Woodford Co., KY. Death: 05 MAR 1874 in Franklin Co., KY

  10. Mariah Sheets: Birth: ABT 1809 in KY.

  11. Charles Sheets: Birth: ABT 1811 in KY. Death: in KY

  12. Granville Sheets: Birth: ABT 1813 in Woodford Co., KY. Death: BEF 1880 in Franklin Co., KY

  13. Samuel L. Sheets: Birth: ABT 1816 in Franklin Co., KY.


Sources
1. Title:   SheetsWorld Home
Page:   http://www.sheetsworld.com/geneology/individual.php?pid=I1878
Author:   Mike Sheets
Publication:   Name: http://www.sheetsworld.com;
Link:   http://www.sheetsworld.com
2. Title:   Bsheets.FTW
3. Title:   SheetsWorld Home
Page:   http://www.sheetsworld.com/geneology/geneology/family.php?famid=F0786
Author:   Mike Sheets
Publication:   Name: http://www.sheetsworld.com;
Link:   http://www.sheetsworld.com

Notes
a. Note:   Contact: Phyllis Shackelford Hedges (Rootsweb World Connect)
  Children's names: LDS Family Search
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 Franklin Co.,Ky. Migrations Page
 Benjamin SHEETS 1773-1841 VA
  Additional Notes Migration Steps
 Benjamin Sheets, son of Henry and Mary Sheets was married to Sena Litten 03 January 1793 in Berkeley County, VA. They were in Franklin County, KY by March 1796 when Ben was asked to work on a road (Franklin County Order Book ^A^). Ben and Sena owned land on Benson Creek. Ben died around December 1841 (Franklin Co. Will Book 2, page 134, probated Jan 1842. to Franklin County, KY in 1795
  Researcher: Anne Lamden
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 Kentucky Census, 1810-90
  Name: Benjamin Sheets
 State: KY
 County: Franklin County
 Township: No Township Listed
 Year: 1801
 Record Type: Tax list
 Database: KY Early Census Index
  Researcher/ PSH
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 NOTE; IN THE WILL BELOW, BENJAMIN SHEETS DOES NOT MENTION ANY DAUGHTERS. HE DOES HOWEVER, MENTION RACHEL & POLLY AS BEING HIS GRANDDAUGHTERS (not daughters). IT IS POSSIBLE THAT REBECCA, NANCY, & MARIA PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH AS DID THE OTHER SONS MENTIONED IN THE CHILDREN LIST. HOW DID IT COME ABOUT FOR HIM TO HAVE STEP-SONS? ALEXANDER MOSS WAS ACTUALLY HIS SON-IN-LAW.
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 Franklin County, KY Will Book 2 ----1824-1854 ----Page 134
  In the name of God Amen. I, Benjamin Sheets of the County of Franklin, State of Kentucky of sound mind & memory, this my last will and testament, hereby making void all other wills previously made.
 1st I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Lena (?) Sheets all my real and personal estate, of which I am now in possession, during her natural lifetime.
 2nd I give to my beloved grandchildren; Rachel and Polly Moss the same as there father would have been entitled to and each is to have one bed and bedding.
 3rd I give unto my beloved sons, Charles, Granville and Samuel Sheets one horse each to be worth fifty dollars, the same as my other sons, John, Benjamin, Martin, and Henry Sheets have received.
 4th I give unto my step-sons, Reuben Ford and Alexander Moss one shilling each to be paid by my executor upon my decease.
 5th It is my wish that my beloved wife and children pay unto Mr. John J. Crittenden the just sum of thirty eight dollars with interest from the date of this my last will and testament.
 6th It is my further wish that, after the death of my beloved wife, all my children except, Reuben Ford and Alexander Moss have an equal share of all that my wife my have in her possession at the term of her death. In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and affixed my seal this 30th day of September in the year of our Lord 1830.
  Ben Sheets
  Test:
 Hedgeman Triplett, Jr.
 John B. Fulks
 George Todd
  A writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Benjamin Sheets, decd... was produced in Court and was proven by the oath of Hedgemen Triplett, Jr. a subscribing witness thereto and was fully proven by the oath of said Triplett that John B. Fulks and George Todd the other subscribing witnesses signed their names in his presence and in the presence of the deceased. Whereupon it is ordered that the said will be made as the last will of said Benjamin Sheets, decd..., which is done accordingly.
 Attest: A. H. Rennick, CFCC
  Submitted by, Harleigh & Shirley Winkler
 sew@goldrush.com
 

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