Individual Details
Armstead Parrott
(13 Apr 1776 - Bef Jul 1863)
Info from Hazel Roche: Armstead Parrott migrated from Lee County, Virginia to Knox County, Kentucky between 1800-1810. He was head of one of 912 families in Knox County, Kentucky in 1810. His wife's name may have been Louisa, she died before he did. They were the parents of 8 children.
According to one local neighborhood story, a bear chased Armstead into his house one day, and his wife then killed it with an axe. Armstead received three land grants on Parrot's Branch in Knox County, Kentucky in 1842 - two for fifty acres each and one for seventy-five acres, for a total of 175 acres of land. It is believed that Armstead is buried in the Parrott Cemetery near Parrott Branch on Big Richland in Knox County, Kentucky, in an unmarked plot. Armstead's will was written on October 20, 1860 in Knox County, Kentucky, and filed in July 1863.
The conditions were:
Will Book C, page 48
Knox County Court, July Term 1863
A paper purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Armstead Parrott deced, was this day produced in court and proven by the Oath of Joel W. Ridgell a subscribing Witneys (witness) thereto, who also Testified to the signature of G.M. Adams the other subscribing witneys (sic) to said will. To be the Last and Will and Testament of said Armstead Parrott deced. as foresaid whereupon the State of Kentucky, Knox County.
In the name of God Amen. I, Armstead Parrott being feeble in body but of sound mind and knowing the faility of human life and the ultimate Certainty of death do by these present Constitute and ordain this to be my last will and testament.
1st. I give and consign at my death my body to Mother Earth and my soul to God who gave it.
2nd. I appoint and constitute my two sons Thomas and John Parrott my Executors to settle and carry out this, my last Will and Testament in the way and mannor herein after named (wit) 1st. I desire that my said Executors shall sell all my personal property and after the payment of my burial expenses and all my just debts proven as required by the revised Statutes of Ky that the remainder of the proceeds of said Personalty shall be Equally divided among all my children except fifteen dollars I give and bequeth to the heirs of Franklin Parrott as their portion of personal Estate I have heretofore made advancements to Frank on his raising and thus is his portion of my Estate except in hereafter named. 2nd. To my son Latney Parrott I give and bequieath the land on which he now lives including all my land on the said branch where he now lives. 3rd. I give and bequeath to my two sons Thomas and John Parrott all the land on Creek where I now live to be equally divided between them and if they cannot agree on a division of the said tract that the County Court shall appoint a commissioner to divide the same and said division shall be binding on them as if done by me. 4th. In addition to the fifteen dollars given to said Frank Parrot Heirs, I desire that after my death if my fifty acres of Land on Little Richland Creek remains unsold by me in my lifetime that the same may be sold after my death by my Executors and the proceed to be given to said Parrotts Heirs Children as their portion of all my Estate or if said heirs shall choose to take said fifty acres to be equally divided between them without it's being sold. 5th. I desire after my death that all my Slaves shall be collared and equally divided between the following (to wit) Joseph Parrott, Nancy Hays, Susan Trosper, John Parrott, Thomas Parrott, Sally Jones and Latney Parrott and that any of the above named heirs who shall exceed their equal portion of said salves in the divid shall make them all equal.
The above is my last will and testament this October 20, 1860.
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Armstead X Parrott
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Attest: J.W. Ridgell
G.M. Adams
More About Armstead Parrott:
Census: Listed on the 1800 Lee Co., Virginia tax list (Source: Hazel Marie Gambrell Roche.)
According to one local neighborhood story, a bear chased Armstead into his house one day, and his wife then killed it with an axe. Armstead received three land grants on Parrot's Branch in Knox County, Kentucky in 1842 - two for fifty acres each and one for seventy-five acres, for a total of 175 acres of land. It is believed that Armstead is buried in the Parrott Cemetery near Parrott Branch on Big Richland in Knox County, Kentucky, in an unmarked plot. Armstead's will was written on October 20, 1860 in Knox County, Kentucky, and filed in July 1863.
The conditions were:
Will Book C, page 48
Knox County Court, July Term 1863
A paper purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Armstead Parrott deced, was this day produced in court and proven by the Oath of Joel W. Ridgell a subscribing Witneys (witness) thereto, who also Testified to the signature of G.M. Adams the other subscribing witneys (sic) to said will. To be the Last and Will and Testament of said Armstead Parrott deced. as foresaid whereupon the State of Kentucky, Knox County.
In the name of God Amen. I, Armstead Parrott being feeble in body but of sound mind and knowing the faility of human life and the ultimate Certainty of death do by these present Constitute and ordain this to be my last will and testament.
1st. I give and consign at my death my body to Mother Earth and my soul to God who gave it.
2nd. I appoint and constitute my two sons Thomas and John Parrott my Executors to settle and carry out this, my last Will and Testament in the way and mannor herein after named (wit) 1st. I desire that my said Executors shall sell all my personal property and after the payment of my burial expenses and all my just debts proven as required by the revised Statutes of Ky that the remainder of the proceeds of said Personalty shall be Equally divided among all my children except fifteen dollars I give and bequeth to the heirs of Franklin Parrott as their portion of personal Estate I have heretofore made advancements to Frank on his raising and thus is his portion of my Estate except in hereafter named. 2nd. To my son Latney Parrott I give and bequieath the land on which he now lives including all my land on the said branch where he now lives. 3rd. I give and bequeath to my two sons Thomas and John Parrott all the land on Creek where I now live to be equally divided between them and if they cannot agree on a division of the said tract that the County Court shall appoint a commissioner to divide the same and said division shall be binding on them as if done by me. 4th. In addition to the fifteen dollars given to said Frank Parrot Heirs, I desire that after my death if my fifty acres of Land on Little Richland Creek remains unsold by me in my lifetime that the same may be sold after my death by my Executors and the proceed to be given to said Parrotts Heirs Children as their portion of all my Estate or if said heirs shall choose to take said fifty acres to be equally divided between them without it's being sold. 5th. I desire after my death that all my Slaves shall be collared and equally divided between the following (to wit) Joseph Parrott, Nancy Hays, Susan Trosper, John Parrott, Thomas Parrott, Sally Jones and Latney Parrott and that any of the above named heirs who shall exceed their equal portion of said salves in the divid shall make them all equal.
The above is my last will and testament this October 20, 1860.
his
Armstead X Parrott
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Attest: J.W. Ridgell
G.M. Adams
More About Armstead Parrott:
Census: Listed on the 1800 Lee Co., Virginia tax list (Source: Hazel Marie Gambrell Roche.)
Events
| Birth | 13 Apr 1776 | Halifax Co., Virginia |  | ||
| Census | 1800 | Lee Co., Virginia | |||
| Death | Bef Jul 1863 | Knox Co., Kentucky | |
Families
| Spouse | Louisa ??? ( - ) |
| Child | Joseph "Joel" Parrott (1804 - 1863) |
| Child | Nancy Parrott (1806 - 1862) |
| Child | Susan Parrott (1808 - ) |
| Child | Thomas Chandler Parrott Sr. (1812 - 1878) |
| Child | Solomon Latiney Parrott (1814 - 1880) |
| Child | John Parrott (1819 - 1880) |
| Child | Sarah Sally Parrott (1819 - ) |
| Child | Franklin Parrott ( - ) |
| Father | Joel Parrott (1753 - 1835) |
| Mother | Susannah Charroon (1753 - 1835) |
Endnotes
1. E-Mail from Josh Boyd in Texas, Research of Harald Reksten (n.p: June 2003, n.d).
2. Transcribed Will of Amstead Parrott received by E-Mail July 1999.