Bassett Family Association Database

Thomas M. Claxon[1]

Male 1815 - 1874  (59 years)


Personal Information    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Thomas M. Claxon 
    Born 12 Sep 1815  , Owen, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    AFN SNM6-QR 
    _UID C8DFBF7707195B4BBA3967A5BF0BEA8DE326 
    Died 27 Oct 1874  Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Marion, Owen, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Provided by: A David Distler

      DEATH: The Carrollton Democrat, Carrollton KY 31 Oct 1874, reprinted an article from the Louisville Courier-Journal of 29 Oct 1874 reporting the death of a Thomas Claxon in Louisville on 27 Oct 1874. States he is to be buried 1 mile below Marion in Owen Co, where his mother and father were buried many, many years ago. He was born near that place in 1812. First worked on the river in 1837; has been a pilot on the Ky and Ohio Rivers for 32 years (i.e., since about 1842). He was the 4th of 6 sons.


      DEATH: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/owen/deeds/h325-002.txt
      DEED: Hodson to Bates, 1840 - Owen County, KY Deed and Mortgage Indenture from Hodson to Bates transcribed from Owen County, Kentucky Deed Book G, page 104 This indenture made this 31st day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty between John B. Hodson of the county of Owen and state of Kentucky of the one part and John C. Bates of the county of Franklin and state aforesaid of the other part witnesseth the said John B. Hodson for and in consideration of one dollar and the consideration hereinafter mentioned in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath granted bargained and sold and by these presents doth grant bargain and sell unto the said John C. Bates his heirs and assigns forever all that tract or parcel of land situated and in the county of Owen and state aforesaid and bounded as follows to wit: beginning at three small hickory saplins standing on the north side of Clarks branch thence north 158 poles to two beeches and sugartree thence east 185 poles crossing Cedar Creek to three sugartrees thence south 30 poles to two ironwoods standing on the bank of Cedar Creek thence down the same 72 west 94 poles to two small sycamores thence across the creek to the mouth of Clarks branch and with the meanders of the same south 10 west 20 poles, south 40 west 25 poles, south 31 west 50 poles, south 49 west 34 poles, south 80 west 20 poles to the beginning containing ninety-eight acres one rood and thirty five poles also the following property to wit: one bay mare five years old, one two year old roan colt, 1 black one year old colt, one bay (suckling?) colt, twenty head of sheep, one two year old steer and red milch cow, two beds and furniture, one (ca--?) and two shovel ploughs, two tables, one bureau, one cupboard and eight head of hogs together with all and singular the appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appurtaining to have and to hold the land and personal property hereby conveyed with the appurtenances unto the said John C. Bates his heirs or assigns forever. And the said John B. Hodson for himself his heirs executors and administrators the aforesaid tract of land and appurtenances conveyed unto the said John C. Bates his heirs and assigns against the claim or claims of all and every person or persons whatsoever do and will forever warrant and defend by these presents promised that the grantor is indebted to the grantee in the sum of three hundred and forty (?) one dollars and seventy five cents due on the 21st day of July 1840 as will appear by note bearing that date and if he shall on or before the first day of April next or any person for him well and truly pay said sum of money with interest agreeable to the demand thereof then this indenture to cease and be of no effect otherwise to remain in full force and virtue in witness whereof the said John B. Hodson hath hereunto set his hand and seal the day and date first above written. Nathan Haster John B. Hodson (seal) Thomas M. Claxon Kentucky, Owen County Court I. N.M. Bacon Clerk of the Court for the county aforesaid do certify that this deed of mortgage from John B. Hodson to John C. Bates was produced to me in my office in Owenton on the 31st day of July 1840 and was proven by the oaths of Nathan Haster and Thomas M. Claxon witnesses thereunto to be the act and deed of said Hodson. Given under my hand the date above. N.M. Bacon, Clerk by James Ford, D.C.
    Person ID I877  7B William Bassett of Cross Plains, Indiana
    Last Modified 28 Nov 2007 

    Father Cassius Claxon,   b. 7 Apr 1782, , , Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1872, ,Owen, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Nancy Roe Bassett,   b. 27 Aug 1782, ,Franklin, Kintucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1858, ,Owen, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 18 Oct 1803  , Franklin, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • Marriage Records, Early Franklin Co, Kentucky, 1795-1810, pg 221:
      18 Oct: Cassius Claxon and Nancy Roe. Bondsman: William Claxon. Statement as to Nancy Roe's age by William Bassett.
      "18th - Oct. - Cassious Claxon and Nancy Roe. Bondsman: William Claxon. Statement as to Nancy Roe's age by William Bassett"

      http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kyfrankl/mar-1795-1810-AQ.htm
      Marriage Bond Index , 1795 - 1810
      FRANKLIN COUNTY MARRIAGE BONDS, are available on microfilm for years 1795-1865
      CLAXON, Cassius; ROE, Nancy; October 18, 1803



      Other Sealings: 10 Jun 2003, BOUNT - Bountiful Utah
    Family ID F523  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S73] Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).

    2. [S80] International Genealogical Index.

    3. [S1079] Kuntucky Marriage Records; Early Franklin Co 1795-1810, (on Genealogy.com), pg 221.