Can anyone help me understand the boundaries of Jefferson County, Indiana,
and its relationship to Kentucky at the beginning of the 19th century?
I've located references to a Benjamin Whitson who is named in the Indiana
county as "Lister of Taxable property for the county of Jeffsn for the year
1817--" and he is listed as an author and candidate for a place on the
Indiana constitutional convention 1815-1816. He was campaigning on his
anti-slavery beliefs.
I can't find any census reference to him in Indiana or Kentucky. The brief
bio I found on him says that he came to Jefferson County from the Carolinas
by way of Trimble County, Kentucky. I find him as an executor of a will in
Henry County, Kentucky in 1818 (will of Michael Humble who was married to
Ben's daughter, Margaret aka Peggy).
It's obvious that he was a man committed to his moral beliefs and politically
active, but I cannot find him!
His descendants lived in Louisville, Kentucky; Scott County, Indiana and
Clark County, Indiana (as well as Texas and Louisiana...but that's another
story). If anyone can help direct me in my research, I would be very
grateful.
Georgia Whitson
Philadelphia, PA