Middlesboro, Ky., Feb. 13.—Six are dead and as many more are dying as the result of a battle between officers from Middlesboro and mountaineers. The battle, which was one of the most desperate things of its kind in the history of mountain warfare, occurred between 4 and 6 o’clock Wednesday evening at Lee Turner’s “Quarter House” saloon, three and a half miles from Middlesboro. Last month some mules and other goods of Turner’s were levied on payment for a debt and a few night ago, it is alleged, he with others went to Virginia where the property had been taken, secured what was formerly his and returned to the “Quarter House.” Wednesday Deputy Sheriff Wat Thompson summoned a posse of ten or fifteen men for the purpose of arresting Turner at his “Quarter House” saloon

Turner had heard that an attempt would be made to arrest him and he and his men, 15 in number, gave the officers a warm reception. The saloon is well suited for an attack like this. It is built of huge logs and is surrounded by a 30 foot fence in which loop holes are cut so that the inmates can shoot outsiders. Turner’s surrender was demanded. His reply was a round of shots. Charley Cecil, of Middlesboro, was riding a palfrey in plain view of the Turner men. Some one raised a window of the log house and shot Cecil, who fell dead. Instantly the man at the window fell back pierced by half a dozen bullets. Then the firing began in earnest.

The officers scattered and hiding behind trees and roots poured a galling fire into the mountain fortress. In the fight John Doyle, a former railroad man was badly wounded, perhaps fatally, and Simon Bean, another ex-railroader was shot in the hand. The town men gathered closer around Turner’s place, undaunted at the shots which whizzed around them. As soon as Cecil was killed his companions determined to burn Turner’s rendezvous , and in the midst of the battle a man applied a torch to an exposed side of the building. A few minutes later the building was in flames. Several of the mountaineers came to the window and were immediately shot down. Lee Turner and several of his friends in some manner escaped and he is now at Mingo mines, eight miles from Middlesboro. Several of his men perished in the flames.

The Winchester Democrat, Tuesday, February 18, 1902

Middlesboro, Ky., Feb. 14.—It was reported on the streets Thursday night that Lee Turner, proprietor of the burned “Quarter House,” who escaped from the palisades with his brother “General” during the battle Wednesday afternoon, has been all day scouring the mountains for the purpose of gathering around him enough men to come against the Middlesboro fellows who burned his fort and killed his staunchest supporters. The Middlesboro men are greatly alarmed and have mustered into service all who are available. The band that went after Turner Wednesday have remained together all day. Wednesday night ten coal miners from Excelsior went to Mingo mines, where Turner is staying, and offered him their services.

Mrs. Turner, Lee’s wife, who lives here was seen Thursday night by a press correspondent and asked for an opinion on the situation. She said that she had not heard from her husband since the battle occurred, excepting once, when he telephoned her that he was safe, but she would give an authentic that Turner will remain in the mountains and will rebuild his place. She also said that Turner was a man who did not know what defeat is, and if it were necessary he will put a standing army of 500 mountaineers in his fort.

The precise number of dead as a result of the battle at Lee Turner’s “Quarter House” saloon Wednesday at sunset is now believed to be five, although there are still reports that ten men were killed.

The Winchester Democrat, Tuesday, February 18, 1902

Life Term For Elisha Hoskins

Pineville, Ky., Oct. 23

Elisha Hoskins was Wednesday sentenced to imprisonment for life for alleged participation in the murder of Charles Cecil in the “Quarter House” battle on the Kentucky-Tennessee line.

The Winchester Sentinel, Wed., Oct. 29, 1902

Charles Powers Gets Life Sentence

Pineville, Ky., Oct. 24

Charles Powers, indicted for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Doland in the “Quarter House” battle, asked to see the judge and pleaded guilty, throwing himself on the mercy of the court. A jury was called and he was given a life sentence.

The Winchester Sentinel, Wed., Oct. 29, 1902

The Winchester Democrat, Fri., Dec., 19, 1902

The Winchester Democrat, Tue., June 4, 1901

Last October a man committed suicide in the Cincinnati Workhouse to which he had been committed to serve out a fine for drunkenness. He was identified as W. P. Quinn, a well-known shoemaker of this city. The people with whom he boarded were positive the dead man was W. P. Quinn, and so the coroner’s jury declared, and under this name he was buried. Mr. Quinn had never heard of the affair and when in the city last week, he was very much astonished to find that he had been dead and buried several months.

The Winchester Democrat, Wed., 3-9-1892

The Winchester Democrat, Fri., Nov. 15, 1901

Order Book 20; P. 218; November Court 1888

Bettie A. Quisenberry & co. on petition

Clerk order designating Winchester Democrat as newspaper in which the notice shall be published Oct. 16^th, 1888 noted.

Order Book 20; P. 218; November Court 1888

Order Book 16; P. 244; May Court 1876

In 1896 the Ky. Society of the Sons of the American Revolution published (Jno. P. Morton & Co., Louisville) a Year Book 286 pages, the greater part of which was compiled by me from original sources in Washington, which contained a roll of the Officers of the Virginia Line who received land bounties; a Roll of the Revolutionary Pensioners in Kentucky, a list of “the Illinois Regiment” who served under Geo. Rogers Clark in the Northwest Campaign, and a Roster of the Virginia Navy in the Revolution. In each of these rolls or rosters are the names of men who afterwards settled in Clark county, but they are not “divided off” in the lists so as to show in what counties of Kentucky they settled, except in the “Roll of Pensioners,” which shows that, first and last, 59 men lived in Clark county, who received pensions as Revolutionary soldiers. The list gives in each case the date on which the pension was granted, its amount, the age of the pensioner on that date, and the name of the State from which he served. As no Revolutionary pensions were granted until 1818, and then only to a very limited class and as the first “service” pensions were not granted until 1832—or about 50 years after the close of the war, you will see that there must have been a grant many Revolutionary soldiers who lived in Clark county, and died there, without ever getting on the pension rolls. “Joel Hickman, private of the Virginia Line, pensioned ($80 a year) on May 7, 1833, at the age of 73,” is on the list. So also, is Stephen Holliday- another one of the junior editor’s kinsmen- and several of the others may be his kindred also. If I had a spare copy of the Year Book I would gladly send it to you. But if you want a copy (and it is well worth having, if I do say so myself), I think John P. Morton & Co. sell them at $2.

Anderson county had 18 Revolutionary pensioners, John Penny (which may be a misprint for Perry), among them, admitted Nov. 28, 1832, age 75—Va. State Troops. Benjamin Perry, of Henry county., and John Perry, of Pulaski county, are also on this list. I am laid up with the grip and can hardly write.

“May the Lord be with you till we meet again.” Yours faithfully, A. C. Quisenberry.

The Sun-Sentinel, Thursday, September 21, 1905

Our War Stories.

We complete this week the story of the Battle of Winchester by Mr. A. C. Quisenberry.

We have before us the manuscript of a story which shows that there was another battle in the city and suburbs in 1863 a year later. It is written by one who was a participant on the confederate side. It will appear in a later issue. There was an engagement on Stony Creek in this county that an eye witness will describe. It is not probable that these   articles will appear until after the first of the year.

The Sun-Sentinel,   Thursday, December 14, 1905

Elizabeth Quisenberry’s heirs to Talitha Grigsby house and lot on Boone Street, for$1,450

The Winchester Democrat, Fri., April 7, 1899

MARRIED-Wednesday, at the residence of Squire Jas. D. Lisle, Mr. Waller Quisenberry and Miss Emma Lisle, Rev I. T. Creek officiating.   Attendants Mr. J. L. McCord and Miss Reed Haggard. After the ceremony a reception was tendered them at the home of the groom near this city, where they will reside. The groom is one of our best farmers, a highly cultivated gentleman, while the bride is one of the most gently and lovable of Clark county’s fair daughters.

The Winchester Democrat, Friday, December 14, 1894.

DEATH OF MRS. QUISENBERRY

Mrs. Emma Quisenberry, wife of Waller Quisenberry, died Saturday at her home on the Boonesboro Pike, of Peritonitis, aged thirty-seven years. The remains were buried yesterday morning in the Winchester Cemetery with services at the grave by Rev. Richard French. Before her marriage she was Miss Lisle, a daughter, of the late James D. Lisle, She is survived by her husband and seven children ranging from two to fourteen years of age. Her mother and several brothers and sisters also survive her. She was a lady of most attractive disposition and leaves a host of friends to mourn her death.

THE WINCHESTER DEMOCRAT, JULY 19, 1910

The Winchester Democrat, Friday, July 20, 1894.

THE Chenault-Quisenberry land suit, which has attracted considerable attention, was decided last week at Campton in favor of the Quisenberry heirs. In 1838 Lewis Grigsby, Zeke and Enoch Elkin patented 10,100 acres of land in what is now Wolfe and Powell counties at various times, beginning half a century ago. The late Fielding Quisenberry bought 6,200 acres of this land, and early in the fifties sold half of it to John D. Spencer. Spencer refused to pay for it on the ground that Quisenberry’s title was not good. A long suit followed, which went to the Court of Appeals, and was finally decided in Quisenberry’s favor. In 1874 G. W. and E. C. Chenault got out a patent on this land, which was covered with valuable timber, most of which is now gone. The present case has been on hand for some time, and the decision of the court recently again asserts the rights of the Quisenberry heirs to this land, now reduced to about 1,700 acres. They secured a judgement against the Chenaults for something over $ 1,400. An injunction with a bond of $ 2,100, given by them, still remains unsettled. The parties are related, the mother of the Chenaults having been a Quisenberry.

The Winchester Democrat, Friday, October 12, 1894.

For a number of years a suit has been in progress in the Wolfe Circuit Court between the heirs of Fielding B. Quisenberry, of this county, and Messrs. Chenault, of Montgomery county, involving the ownership of a large lot of land in Wolfe and Powell counties. The Quisenberry’’ won in the lower court but last week it was reversed on a technicality by the Court of Appeals and will be tried again on it’s merits.

The Winchester Democrat, Tuesday December 28, 1897

Lower Court Reversed

The Court of Appeals Monday, by Judge Paynter, reversed the decision of the lower court in the case of Chenault, etc., vs. Quisenberry, etc., appealed from the Wolfe Circuit Court. The action was brought about ten years ago by the heirs of the late Fielding B. Quisenberry, of this county, of which Mr. C. C. Quisenberry, of this city, is one, and involves a large body of land in Wolfe county. This was the third appeal in the same case from the lower court. At the last trial the plaintiffs secured a verdict for $2,000 damages, which the higher court holds to be excessive and the case is therefore remanded for rehearing.

The Sun-Sentinel,   Thur., June 23, 1904

The Winchester Democrat, Tue., June 5, 1900

J. W. Poynter vs. H. G. Quisenberry & co.

…..action revived against J. L. Grigsby as administrator of H. G. Quisenberry decd…

Order Book 19; P. 255; May Court 1886

J. N. Poynter vs. H. G. Quisenberry

The defendants, all whom are the heirs at law of the original defendant H. G. Quisenberry who has died…..court to set aside judgment….

Order Book 20; P. 1; November Court 1887

J. N. Poynter vs. H. G. Quisenberry & co.

…..that the interest of the decedent H. G. Quisenberry in the lands of his deceased father….continued.

Order Book 20; P. 191 – 192; May Court 1888

Deaths

December 25^th, at Ford, Hazel May, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Quisenberry.   The remains have the sympathy of a large circle of friends.

The Winchester Democrat, Fri., Jan. 2, 1903

Quisenberry, infant son

Wife                              Elizabeth                     Executor (s): Brothers John and Jeff

Daughter (deceased)     Elizabeth Prewitt     Witnessed by: James Bush, George Graves

Son-in-law             William Prewitt                  Codicil dated July 17, 1862

Daughter               Amanda Marshall                            Witnessed by: William Cooper, George Fox

Daughter               Sally Bush

Future grand-children         No names

Son                         Franklin Quisenberry

Son                         Hiram Quisenberry

Daughter               Talitha Quisenberry

Daughter               Alice Quisenberry

Daughter               Prudence Quisenberry

Grand-son             James Prewitt

Grand-son             William Prewitt

Chairman Of Revolutionary Soldiers Graves

Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky, Library

Research Room

Quisenberry Graveyard   (off Flanagan Station Rd.)

Epitaph reads: “In memory of James Quisenberry born in Orange County, Va. Of English parentage, June 13, 1759. In the 18^th year of his age he intermarried with Jane Burris of the same county by whom he had seven sons and six daughters. On the 24^th of Dec., 1811 he married to Chloe Shipp of Clark Co., Ky. By whom he had 11 children. In the early part of his life he professed religion.   In 1783 he moved to Kentucky and not long after commenced preaching the Gospel of the Redeemer which he continued zealously to do until his departure the 5^th of August, 1830 whose soul made meet for glory was taken to Immanuel’s bosom being 71 years, 1mo. And 22 days.

Like all good men by some despised

Like them by many others loved and

prized.

But theirs shall be the ever lasting

crown

Not when the world, but Jesus Christ

Will own”

Old Graveyards of Clark County, Kentucky Compiled and Edited by Kathryn Owen, 1975

Motion of Colby B. Quisenberry ordered that Benjamin J. Taul, Thomas Wornall, and David Hampton be appointed commissioners to allot unto Cloe Quisenberry widow of James Quisenberry decd. her dower in the Negroes and real estate of her said decd. husband and make report.

Order Book 10; P. 2; October Court 1830

Allotment of dower of Cloe Quisenberry ordered to be recorded.

Order Book 10; P. 25; April Court 1831

Inventory and appraisal of the estate of James Quisenberry decd. ordered to be recorded.

Order Book 10; P. 26; April Court 1831

Amount of sales of the estate of James Quisenberry decd. ordered to be recorded.

Order Book 10; P. 26; April Court 1831

Ordered that William Hickman, William C. Sympson and Washington Miller settle and adjust all accounts with the administrator of the estate of James Quisenberry and make report.

Order Book 10; P. 79; July Court 1832

Ordered that Tandy Quisenberry be appointed guardian to Sopha, James, George, Polly Ann Quisenberry infant orphans of James Quisenberry decd. with Roger Quisenberry security.

Order Book 10; P. 111; February Court 1833

Settlement with the administrators of the estate of James Quisenberry decd. ordered to be recorded.

Order Book 10; P. 136; August Court 1833

Ordered that Cloe Quisenberry be appointed guardian to James H. Quisenberry infant orphan of James Quisenberry dec. said infant being over the age of 16 years and being present in court and with the approbation of said court made choice of the said Cloe Quisenberry as his guardian giving security whereupon she together with Tilman Bush Allen A Elkin Peter Evans Jr. and Lewis Quisenberry entered into and acknowledged their bond in penalty of $2000 conditioned as the law directs Tandy Quisenberry former guardian being present in court and consented thereto.

Order Book 11; P.16; April Court 1840

George Quisenberry infant orphan of James Quisenberry dec. came into court and with the approbation of the court made choice of Cloe Quisenberry as guardian of his estate giving security whereupon she together with Tilman Bush Allen A. Elkin Peter Evans Jr. and Lewis Quisenberry entered into and acknowledged their bond in penalty of $2000 conditioned as the law directs.

Tandy Quisenberry former guardian being present in court and consented thereto.

Order Book 11; P.16; April Court 1840

Polly Ann Quisenberry infant orphan of James Quisenberry dec. came personally into court and with the approbation of the court made choice of Cloe Quisenberry as guardian of her estate giving security whereupon she together with Tillman Bush and Peter Evans entered into and acknowledged their bond in the penalty of $2,000 conditioned as the law directs.

Order Book 11; P. 207; July Court 1843

Settlement with Cloe Quisenberry guardian of George W. Quisenberry was produced in court and ordered to be filed until next court.

Order Book 11; P. 274; May Court 1844

Settlement with Cloe Quisenberry guardian for George W. Quisenberry being filed at last court is again being produced at court approved of and ordered to be recorded.

Order Book 11; P. 279; June Court 1844

Settlement with Tandy Quisenberry guardian for Polly Quisenberry was produced in court and ordered to filed until next court.

Order Book 11; P. 287; August Court 1844

James H. Quisenberry came personally into court and stated that he has arrived at the age of twenty one years and that Cloe Quisenberry his guardian has settled with him in full and that he has no claims against her as such. This order made at the request of said Cloe Quisenberry.

Order Book 11; P. 289; August Court 1844

Settlement with Tandy Quisenberry guardian for Polly A. Quisenberry being filed at last court was again produced in court approved of and ordered to be recorded.

Order Book 11; P. 301; October Court 1844

Settlement with Cloe Quisenberry late guardian of Polly Ann Quisenberry was produced in court and ordered to be filed until next court.

Order Book 11; P. 391; November Court 1845

Settlement with Cloe Quisenberry, guardian of Polly Ann Quisenberry begin filed at last court was again produced in court approved of and ordered to be recorded.

Order Book 11; P. 395; December Court 1845

Wife                       Emma Quisenberry   Executor: Wife Emma

4 children             Mrs. Alice Hinkle         Witnessed by: Luther Dykes, James C. Richards

Anderson Quisenberry

Waller Quisenberry

Francis Quisenberry

Is thus consecrated ours forever,

And no change can rob us of our dead.”

James Francis Quisenberry, late junior editor of this paper died of typhoid pneumonia on Wednesday, the 4^th day of February 1880, after an illness of three week’s duration. He was born in this county on the 23^rd day of February 1855, and consequently lacked nineteen days of completing his twenty-fifth year.

During his last illness he was assiduously and unremittingly attended by physicians and friends who lovingly did all for him that human power could do, but the disease was deeply seated, and successfully resisted every effort to abate it. Throughout all his illness and suffering he was patient and resigned. Whatever pains he may have suffered and they must have been many, he made no sign, but he endured them with that uncomplaining fortitude which had ever been a characteristic of his life and he approached the dread hour of desolation as peacefully and as quietly as one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams. He died like an infant sinking to sleep.

Francis was educated at Georgetown College, Ky., and was perhaps more thoroughly informed and had achieved a wider and more general course of reading than any young man of his age in Kentucky.   But he was modest, reticent and retiring and lived pretty much within himself. It required a very intimate friendship to draw out his brilliance and his accomplishments. He was full of promise and had with in him the germs of true greatness, but he did not seek to be seen or known of men. He preferred rather to direct his course “far from the maddening crowd’s ignoble strife,” and sought and found his chiefest pleasures among the cool shades of the forestry and amid the universal beauties of nature.

He had a rare literary gift, being a poet of no mean pretensions. He published a poem in the Christmas number of the Louisville Argus which received the hearty encomiums of competent critics. As a prose writer he was terse, forcible and brilliant. His ideas were always fresh, crisp and sparkling, and were expressed in pleasing, striking language. He became connected with the Sun on the first day of last January and would have made its columns a power had he lived. But, alas for human expectations within a week after he mounted the tripod the Death Angel brushed him with her wing and soothed him speedily into the sleep that known no waking.

We will not pretend to deny that Francis had faults, for he had many, but they were the faults to which the brave, the noble and the generous are mostly addicted. He was high principled and impetuous. His honor was of the true, chivalric order.   His high strung soul could not look upon an act of injustice with the least degree of allowances. He was brave as a lion, yet gentle as a little child, and always championed the cause of the weak and the opportunist.   We have known him throughout life as a brother and a friend, and feel that a sudden or more blighting affliction than his death could hardly have befallen his family. We all know him for what he was worth and he was our favorite and the object of our tenderest solicitude. His death leaves us all beret of one whose like we shall not look upon again, and whose untimely death we shall mourn with ever freshening grief as long as the grass grows, the water runs and the blue sky canopies the earth. We will cherish his memory while life endures and take comfort with the blessed thought that “no change can rob us of our dead.”

Francis lived a moralist and died a philosopher and we can not close this last tribute to his memory without adding a quotation which he fervently admired. ”Life is a narrow vale between the cold and barren peaks of two eternities. We strive in vain to look beyond the heights. We cry aloud and the only answer id the echo of our wailing cry.   From the voiceless lips of the unreplying dead there comes no word, but in the night of death hope sees the glimmering of a star and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.”

Brave, noble, generous heart, hail, and farewell, Thou hast passed beyond the heights, Rest thee and abide thee. Thou art better now!

The Semi-Weekly Sun,   Tue., 2-10-1880

Joel Quisenberry’s heirs vs. Joel Quisenberry’s heirs

This cause is now submitted to the court to be heard in part.

Order Book 9; P. 495; November Court 1857

Joel Quisenberry’s heirs vs. Joel Quisenberry’s heirs

On motion of Jefferson Quisenberry it is ordered that the Master commissioner on behalf of the other heirs of Joel Quisenberry dec. execute to him a deed for the tract of land denied to him by his father and set apart to him by this term of the commissioners a decree in this suit.

Order Book 9; P. 504; November Court 1857

Harrison Thomson vs. Jane Chenault; Joel Quisenberry’s heirs vs. Joel Quisenberry’s heirs

These actions again being heard and the court being advised it is ordered and adjudged that the report of the Master knew of further sale of slaves as filed herein on 29 December 1857 be and the same is approved and confirmed except ………………………………………actions continued …………………

Order Book 9; P. 602; May Court 1858

Joel Quisenberry Curator (Geo. Fox) vs. A. M. Thomas

Order Book 9; P. 614; May Court 1858

Joel Quisenberry’s Heirs vs. Joel Quisenberry’s Heirs

The commissioner J. W. Craddock’s report of settlement with Fox as Curator filed ………

Order Book 10; P. 5; July Court 1858

Joel Quisenberry’s Heirs vs. Joel Quisenberry’s Heirs …………Equity

Order Book 11; P. 10; July Court 1858

Joel Quisenberry’s Heirs vs. Joel Quisenberry’s Heirs …..Equity

The defendant Roger J. Quisenberry filed exceptions to the report of Commissioner J. W. Craddock.

Order Book 11; P. 18; July Court 1858

Joel Quisenberry Heirs vs. Joel Quisenberry ………..Chancery

…..report filed by Harrison Thomson…………. The commissioner J. W. Craddock allowed $…………..A. H. Buckner receiver ………..

Order Book 11; P. 34; July Court 1858

Joel Quisenberry’s Heirs vs. Joel Quisenberry’s Heirs ……Equity

Order Book 10; P. 43; July Court 1858

Joel Quisenberry’s Heirs vs. Joel Quisenberry’s Heirs …..Equity

…..reconsider it’s judgment upon it’s exceptions ……..

Order Book 10; P. 44; July Court 1858

Joel Quisenberry’s Heirs Vs. Joel Quisenberry’s Heirs …………Equity

………..George Fox curator of Joel Quisenberry dec. deliver to A. H. Buckner, Receiver ………..bonds ……………

Order Book 10; P. 60; November Court 1858

Joel Quisenberry’s Curator vs. A. M. Thomas

………stricken from docket …………..

Order Book 10; P. 89; November Court 1858

Joel Quisenberry’s heirs vs. Joel Quisenberry’s heirs &c …………….Equity

…………….submitted to court for a decree…………

Order Book 10; P. 151; May Court 1859

Joel Quisenberry’s heirs vs. Joel Quisenberry’s heirs ……..Equity

Order Book 10; P. 151; May Court 1859

Harrison Thomson &c vs. Jane Chenault &c ……….Equity

…….the share of Pamelia Evans dec. in the proceeds of land …………..of Joel Quisenberry dec. belongs to Silas Evans her husband ………Receiver Buckner to collect ……….recover from Curator Fox …balance of the estate………collect sale bond of James F. McKinney ………………

Order Book 10; P. 191; May Court 1859

Harrison Thomson vs. Jane Chenault &c …………..Equity

………….on behalf of the heirs of Joel Quisenberry dec. convey to Thomas Evans the tract of land purchased by him, ……….in like manner convey to Marcus J. Quisenberry the tract of land devised to him by survey…………

Order Book 10; P. 208; May Court 1859

Joel Quisenberry’s Heirs vs. Joel Quisenberry’s Heirs ……..Equity

Order Book 10; P. 222; July Court 1859

Claiborne Lisle vs. A. M. Thomas …………..Equity

……….a portion of the debt paid by Julian B. Thomas to George Fox Curator of Joel Quisenberry was paid by Augustin M. Thomas or out of his property ……… dispute as to amount ……

Order Book 10; P. 241; July Court 1859

Joel Quisenberry Heirs vs. Joel Quisenberry’s Heirs ……..Equity

….receiver’s settlement with George Fox Curator ……

Order Book 10; P. 247; November Court 1859

Joel Quisenberry’s Heirs vs. Joel Quisenberry’s Heirs …….Equity

Harrison Thomson &c vs. Jane Chenault &c Equity

Order Book 10; P. 254; November Court 1859

Joel Quisenberry’s Heirs vs. Joel Quisenberry’s Heirs ……….Equity

…….submitted to court for decree………

Order Book 10; P. 256; November Court 1859

Joel Quisenberry’s Heirs vs. Joel Quisenberry’s Heirs ……….Equity

Harrison Thomson &c vs. Jane Chenault &c ……Equity

…………George Fox ………distribute ………amongst the 8 heirs entitled ………to wit, James Quisenberry, Roger Quisenberry, John H. Quisenberry, Talitha Watts, Chenault & wife, Silas Evans, Harrison Thomson & wife and W. N. Thomson as Guardian of Benjamin F. Thomson and Joel V. Thomson …………

Order Book 10; P. 279; November Court 1859

Joel Quisenberry’s Heirs vs. Joel Quisenberry’s Heirs ………Equity

Harrison Thomson &c vs. Jane Chenault &c ………..Equity

……..Buckner produced in court …..deed of conveyance to Thomas J. Quisenberry ..approved by court ordered certified to record.

……Buckner produced in court ………..deed of conveyance to Thomas Gaines …approved and ordered to be certified for record. …………..

Order Book 10; P. 321; November Court 1859

Joel Quisenberry’s heirs vs. Joel Quisenberry’s heirs &c

Harrison Thomson &c vs. Jane Chenault

The plaintiffs attorney suggests the intermarriage of the Plaintiffs Silas Evans & Talitha Watts. The report of the Receiver Buckner filed …..

Order Book 10; P. 326; May Court 1860

Joel Quisenberry’s heirs vs. Joel Quisenberry’s heirs &c

…….cause submitted to court for judgment……

Order Book 10; P. 338; May Court 1860

Harrison Thomson &c vs. Jane Chenault &c …….Equity

Joel Quisenberry’s heirs vs. Joel Quisenberry’s heirs &c ………Equity

…..causes heard another court advised adjudges receivers report filed be confirmed …………continued.

Order Book 10; P. 347; May Court 1860

Joel Quisenberry’s heirs vs. Joel Quisenberry’s heirs

……….cause continued……….

Order Book 10; P. 407; July Court 1860

Joel Quisenberry’s heirs vs. Joel Quisenberry’s heirs &c …….Equity

Ordered that the papers in these causes be filed away.

Order Book 10; P. 438; November Court 1860

Settlement with the guardian of Ann E. Quisenberry was produced in court and ordered to be filed.

Order Book 12; P. 27; June Court 1847

Settlement with James F. Quisenberry guardian of Ann E. Quisenberry being filed at last court was again produced in court approved of and ordered to be recorded.

Order Book 12; P. 32; July Court 1847

Settlement with the guardian of Ann E. Quisenberry was produced in court …….filed.

Order Book 12; P. 407; October Court 1851

Settlement with the guardian of Ann E. Quisenberry being filed …..again produced …….approved …..recorded.

Order Book 12; P. 415; November Court 1851

Settlement with the guardian of Ann E. Quisenberry was produced ….filed…..

Order Book 12; P. 577; August Court 1853

Again produced ……approved …..recorded.

Order Book 12; P. 581; September Court 1853

County Court Items

Will of Mrs. Elizabeth Quisenberry probated. It is dated October 20^th, 1887, and makes an equal division of her property among her children. N. T. Bush, W. G. Berry, Geo. H. Fox appointed administrators with will annexed and J. N. Conkwright, S. Dinelle and W. P. Azbill appraisers of the estate.

The Winchester Democrat, Tuesday, June 28, 1898

The house of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Quisenberry, on Boone street, was sold Thursday afternoon at public auction and was bought by Mrs. Talitha Grigsby for $1,425.

The Winchester Democrat, Tuesday, July 5, 1898

Commissioner’s Sales.

To Zeke Conner, the farm of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Quisenberry containing 212 acres, at $40 per acre.

The Winchester Democrat, Tuesday, November 29, 1898

In Memorial.

Mrs. Emily Cameron Chenault Quisenberry, who died July 12, 1904, at her home near this city, where she had lived for more than fifty years, was born in Madison county, Ky., Feb. 15, 1832, on the old plantation which her grandfather, William Chenault, bought in 1785 from George Boone, the brother of Daniel Boone. She was the daughter of Anderson Chenault and Emily Cameron, his wife; and Emily Cameron was the daughter of Robert Cameron of Pennsylvania, who was the son of Robert Cameron, of Inverness, Scotland, who fought with the Young Pretender, Charles Edward Stuart, at the battle of Culloden, in 1745, after which he fled to America, and settled first in Connecticut. Anderson Chenault, though of the third generation of his name born in America, was of pure French blood. His father, William Chenault, was born near Monakin-Town, Virginia, in 1749, served in the Revolutionary War in the 5^th Virginia regiment of the Continental line; fought at Germantown, Stillwater and Saratoga; and spent that terrible winter of 1777-78 in the historic camp at Valley Forge. He was the grandson of Estenne Chenault who, in the year 1700, came on the ship “Nasseau” with some two hundred families of French Huguenots and settled at Monakin-Town, Va., where their descendants intermarried with each other for two or three generations, and kept their church and town records in the French language.

The subject of this sketch was left motherless when but four years old; on Oct. 15, 1846, she was married to James Francis Quisenberry, of this county, son of Colby B. Quisenberry and Lucy Bush, his wife; and grandson of Rev. James Quisenberry, who came from Orange county, Va., and settled in this county in 1788, being among the earlier settlers of Kentucky, as his ancestors had been in Virginia, where the first Quisenberry, coming from County Kent, England, had settled in 1624.

Mrs. Quisenberry survived her husband for more than 27 years. She bore him four children:–Mrs. Alice Hinkle, of McKenzie, Tenn.; Anderson C. Quisenberry, of the War Department, Washington, D. C., who lives in Hyattsville, Md.; Waller Quisenberry, of this county; and James Francis Quisenberry, Jr., who died in 1880. Of numerous brothers and sisters she is survived by two:–Mrs. Mary Burgin, of Madison county, and Hon. A. T. Chenault, who has represented that county in the Legislature a number of times. Her brother, Dr. William J. Chenault, died in Port Lavacoa, Texas, while serving with   the 1^st Kentucky Cavalry in the Mexican War; another brother Colonel D. Waller Chenault, of the 11^th Kentucky Confederate Cavalry, was killed at the head of his regiment in the charge at Green River Bridge, in the early days of General John H. Morgan’s famous “Ohio Raid;” and still another brother, Dr. Robert Cameron Chenault, was for many years the medical Superintendent of the Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum, at Lexington.

Personally Mrs. Quisenberry was of a deeply and sincerely religious nature, as well as of lovely character and disposition. That she should possess a high sense of honor and the finest traits of lofty character was but the inevitable result of the instincts grounded into her ancestry through centuries of right living. As a neighbor she was unexcelled; and she spent herself unceasingly and unsparingly for her friends. When, a few months ago, she was stricken with that dread disease, lympho-sarcoma, from whose ravages there is no release but death, the estimation in which she was held was freely testified to by the solicitude of her friends, who came   every day in hosts from all over the county, with flowers to brighten her room, and gracious words of comfort to cheer her. Day after day her spacious yard was filled with the carriages of her friends who came to tenderly inquire about her; and she insisted to the last in personally seeing all who came. One son and his family were with her constantly, ministering to her needs; and her absent children hastened from far distant States, with loving but bleeding hearts, to be with her at the end, and to receive as the last and best of her innumerable sweet and gracious gifts, her dying benediction. Her patience, resignation, and cheerfulness under affliction were remarkable. Knowing that death was inevitable she met the grim reaper bravely; and almost until her last breath her thoughts continued—as they had all through her life—to be constantly for the comfort and happiness of others. Her mind was unclouded to the end; and she was cheered by the thought that soon she was to meet again in the Higher Life all the loved ones gone before. At the very last she passed gently and quietly away from the Night of Death to the Morning of Life.

“And with that morn those angel faces smile

Which she had loved long since, but lost awhile.”

The Sun-Sentinel,   Thursday, September 8, 1904

Quite a number of relatives and friends from a distance were here on last Friday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Frances Quisenberry, who was one of the most estimable ladies that ever lived in this community. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Richard French in a most impressive manner.

The Winchester Democrat, Tuesday, November 26, 1895

Death of Mrs. Frances A. Quisenberry

Mrs. Frances A. Quisenberry died at her home near Flanagan Thursday after a long illness, aged about sixty-three years. Burial at the family residence Friday funeral services being conducted by Rev. Richard French. She was a daughter of the late James Bybee and the wife of T. Jeff Quisenberry who died some fifteen years ago. She leaves one son, Joe T. Quisenberry and seven daughters, Mrs. W. W. Thomson and Mrs. D. L. Proctor, of Mt. Sterling, Mrs. Christie Bush, of Tullahoma, Tenn., Mrs. Charles B. Stewart, Mrs. Woods McCord, Misses Illa and Lou Quisenberry, of this county.

The Winchester Democrat, Tuesday, November 26, 1895

The remains were brought to this city for interment, services being conducted by Eld. J. W. Harding.

The Winchester Democrat,   Fri., Feb. 1, 1901

The Winchester Democrat,   Friday, May 21, 1909

Mrs. George W. Chinn, of Frankfort, attended the funeral of her cousin, Mrs. H.L. Quisenberry, on Wednesday.

The Winchester Democrat,   Friday, May 21, 1909

The Winchester Democrat,   Tue., Nov. 6, 1900

The Sun-Sentinel,   Thur., Aug. 11, 1904

Owingsville – Omar Quisenberry, aged 18 years, son of Roger Quisenberry, of the Preston neighborhood, attended church and on his way home he failed to hear the approach of a train on the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad, and was instantly killed.

The Winchester Democrat,   Tuesday, May 31, 1910

He leaves eight children, Samuel J., Tandy Q., and Philip, the result of his first marriage, and John M., F. Bush, William and Rachel Hodgkin, and Mrs. Joe R. Martin, by his last wife.

Mr. Hodgkin was an earnest, devoted Christian, and for half a century, perhaps, had been a consistent member of the Christian church, much of the time as an officer of Providence Christian church and afterwards of Forest Grove church.

He was a man of practical benevolence, and perhaps no man who has lived here for a long time has done more to help poor and deserving young men to prepare for useful lives.   Quiet and unostentatious, he was one of the most trusted and influential men in his church and community.

He was a fine financier and for many years was Vice President of the Clark County National Bank.   All in all, he was one of our best citizens and his death is a loss to the whole community.

The funeral will be held at the family residence this afternoon, the services being conducted by Eld. I. B. Grubbs and the remains will be interred in the cemetery.

The Winchester Democrat,   Friday, July 19, 1895.

Merritt

Died, on Saturday April 23, Prewitt, the little son of Mrs. Lizzie Quisenberry, aged about two years. The remains were interred in the family burying ground at Mrs. Henry Brock’s on Sunday. The family have the sympathy of the entire community in their sad bereavement.

The Winchester Democrat,   Tuesday, April 26, 1898

Administrator.

The Democrat, Wednesday,   November 2, 1892.

L. B. Nunnelly trustee vs. L. B. Nunnelly & others

….adjudged by the court that Claiborne Lisle, C. B. Quisenberry and James H. French administrator of Roger Quisenberry deceased…..

Order Book 17; P. 246 – 247; May Court 1879

He was about twenty-five years of age and unmarried. He was a son of William Quisenberry, formerly of this county, and was a half brother of Roger Quisenberry, late candidate for Assessor.

The Winchester Democrat,   Tue., April 16, 1901

They met at a spring between their respective positions and a few pleasant words at first passed between the principals, but the subject at issue was soon introduced, the “d-d lie” passed and Quisenberry advanced with uplifted cane, when Embry drew a pistol and fired, the bullet striking him in the stomach, inflicting a would from which he died in a few minutes. Embry came to town and gave himself up to the Sheriff in whose custody he remained until Saturday when he was tried before Squire Bloom and acquitted.   The decision met with almost universal approval.

Each of the parties were about 25 years old and unmarried. The deceased was a member of one of the oldest and largest families in the county and was generally liked. Mr. Embry is a grandson of Ed Browning, Sr., a family whose members are among our very best citizens. He is a very quiet, hard working young man and one who is universally esteemed.   He greatly regrets the circumstances that led to the unfortunate affair and doubtless believed his life to be in immediate danger. In justice to Messers Rhodes and Robert Quisenberry, it must be said that they took no part in the affray and claim that they did not believe a serious difficulty was imminent.

The Democrat,   Wednesday, July 2, 1890.

The Democrat,   Wednesday, October 5, 1892.

Will Book 1, Page 191

Dated: September 23, 1867

Recorded: No date given

The Winchester Democrat,   Friday, June 3, 1898

Thacker Quisenberry, by will dated April 15^th 1895, leaves his estate to his wife, and at her death to his children, with regard to advancements.

The Winchester Democrat,   Tuesday, June 28, 1898

James P. Quisenberry and other on Petition

…..tract of land be divided among the heirs at law of William Quisenberry decd……

Order Book 13; P. 537; November Court 1869

Ordered that Ezekiel Elkin, Enoch Elkin, Allan Duncan, William Tate Sr. or any 3 of them being first sworn do appraise in current money the slaves if any and personal estate of William T. Quisenberry dec. and make report thereof to the court.

Order Book 10; P. 323; October Court 1836

An inventory and appraisement of the estate of William T. Quisenberry dec. was produced in court examined allowed and ordered to be recorded.

Order Book 10; P. 332; February Court 1837

Settlement with Tandy Quisenberry administrator of the estate of William T. Quisenberry dec. was produced in court approved and ordered to be recorded.

Order Book 10; P. 390; December Court 1837

Settlement with Trudy Quisenberry administrator of William T. Quisenberry was produced in court examined allowed and ordered to be recorded.

Order Book 10; P. 421; July Court 1838

Settlement with Tandy Quisenberry guardian to Sophia Quisenberry was produced in court examined allowed and ordered to be recorded.

Order Book 11; P.15; April Court 1840

Settlement with Tandy Quisenberry guardian to Polly Ann Quisenberry was produced in court examined allowed and ordered to be recorded.

Order Book 11; P.15; April Court 1840

Settlement with Tandy Quisenberry guardian to James Quisenberry was produced in court examined allowed and ordered to be recorded.

Order Book 11; P.15; April Court 1840

Settlement with Tandy Quisenberry guardian to George Quisenberry was produced in court examined allowed and ordered to be recorded.

Order Book 11; P.15; April Court 1840

Settlement with Tandy Quisenberry late guardian for James Quisenberry was produced in court approved of and ordered to be recorded.

Order Book 11; P.25; August Court 1840

Settlement with Tandy Quisenberry late guardian of George Quisenberry was produced in court examined allowed and ordered to be recorded.

Order Book 11; P.27; August Court 1840

Settlement with Tandy Quisenberry guardian for Polly Quisenberry was produced in court approved of allowed and ordered to be recorded.

Order Book 11; P. 65; February Court 1841

Settlement with Tandy Quisenberry guardian for Sophia Quisenberry was produced in court examined allowed and ordered to be recorded.

Order Book 11; P. 69; April Court 1841