The first image in this post in a plat of an estate division from Nicholas County, Kentucky in the 1830s for the estate of Thomas Sledd. Several things worthy of note here
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:- Thomas Sledd's estate was actually probated in Bourbon County, shortly after his death in 1814.
- This plat is actually upside down (which I learned when I used DeedMapper to plat the properties out using the legal descriptions)
- This document was recorded in Nicholas County, Kentucky.
This image was made from a microfilm scan I made while at the Family History Library last May on our annual trip. I have only reproduced the part of the deeds that show the map.
Thomas Sledd was my 5th great-grandfather, his daughter Belinda (Melinda) married Augusta Newman in 1815 and is my 4th great-grandmother.
Another helpful scan I made was the "title" page from the microfilm. I then saved that image along with the scan from the deed books so I could track my source. And we all know how important that is.
In a future post, we'll talk about how DeedMapper was used to plat the properties out "correctly."
