I came upon a most interesting deed in Nelson County in which William Y. Linton sold thirteen and a half acres of land to Gethsemani Abbey. Both William and his brother Moses Linton owned land adjacent to the abbey as seen in the photo below. This large photo hangs in the Visitors Center of Gethsemani Abbey.
The land, mentioned below, was located on the north fork of Pottingers Creek, containing seven acres of bottom land and 6+ acres of hill land. From the photo below, included in the deed, it shows the land and also markings showing north and true north. You can see the same marking on the first photo.
William Yerby Linton and Moses Filmore Linton were sons of Moses Lewis Linton, eldest son of Captain John Hancock Linton and wife Ann Mason Linton. Moses Lewis Linton married Ann Nancy Pead in Orange County, Virginia, December 17, 1800. The couple were in Kentucky before September 12, 1807, when they purchased 77+ acres of land from Robert and Catherine Howsley for $320 – less than $5 per acre. I believe the two oldest children – Benjamin Clark Linton and Nancy Millie Linton – were born in Virginia a few years before starting the journey to Kentucky, and the other three – William, Moses and Frances – born after the arrival in Kentucky – since there is quite an age gap according to census records. Of course there could be other children born who died at a young age.
In 1850 the elder Moses and Nancy lived with daughter Frances and her husband, James Hagan, in Washington County. Moses was listed as a school teacher. Frances Linton Hagan died February 15, 1853, and Moses died in August of 1854, at the age of 84. After the deaths, Ann Nancy Pead Linton and James Hagan lived with William Y. Linton per the 1860 Nelson County Census.
In searching for wills for Moses Linton I found none in Nelson or Washington County. Division of dower land for Nancy, widow of Moses, Sr, gave her 1/3 of land October 11, 1859…