Adam GEARHEART Jr.

   Other names for Adam were Adam CAREHART and Adam CARHART.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Deed: Deed Book A, 1812-1813, Floyd County, KY. The early deed records of Floyd County show that large sections of land on the Left and Right Forks of Beaver Creek, as well as on Beaver Creek proper and Mud Creek, were owned by a David Morgan, who sold off tracts of varying size constituting an extended neighborhoods of sorts. The following are all of the deeds for land on the Left and Right Forks of Beaver Creek included in Deed Book A (1808-1818) with a few from Deed Book B.

Right Fork of Beaver Creek
Mar 4, 1812 David Morgan to Adam Garhart Jr. 75a

8 September 1813: Article of Agreement between David Morgan and Adam Carheart, Jr. Morgan having sold said Carheart the tract of land where John Carheart now lives for the sum of 200 Pounds of which the sum of 150 Pounds is to be paid on or before the 25th of December 1816, and 50 Pounds to be paid on or before the 25th of December 1818.

• Deed, 1816, Floyd County, KY. Articles of Agreement made and Entered into Between David Morgan and Adam Garheart Jnr both of Floyd County witnesseth that the said David Morgan hath sold to the said Garheart the tract of land where John Garheart now lives for the sum of two hundred pounds one hundred and fifty pounds of the above sum to be paid on or before the 25th day of December 1816 and fifty pounds to be paid on or before the 5th day of December 1818 and in case the said Garheart shall fail to pay the aforesaid sum of one hundred and fifty pounds against the time aforesaid, the said Garheart obliges himself to give up the place aforesaid and pay the said Morgan $100 for the use of the place till that time, but if the said Garheart shall pay the said sum of one hundred and fifty pounds against time aforesaid the said Morgan obliges himself to convey the said land to said Garheart and to warrent the title against himself, his Heirs & John Preston and his heirs and all other persons claiming under them or either of them but against no other title or claim that ever and to to give said Garheart the rent corn now owing by John Garheart. In witness where of we have here unto set our hands and seals this 9th day of September 1813. /s/ David Morgan
Teste Adam Garhart
Alexander Lackey
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Letter from Marshall Davidson, Attorney at Law, 532 North Central Avenue, Prestonsburg, KY,
to Karen L. Salisbury, 22 June 2000
I am enclosing the written artifact on Adam Gearhart as promised at GENFLO. It is a photostat of an agreement between Col. David Morgan and Gearhart on September 9, 1813 to sell some land to Gearhart on certain conditions.
Unfortunately David Morgan never received any money from Gearhart and never deeded him any land. In the month following the agreement, David Morgan and his son, William, were killed by Edward Osborn, a tenant, on the Morgan farm, later the Davidson Family Far, on October 12, 1813; they were buried in a common grave on the farm, now a part of Davidson Memorial Gardens, cemetery at Ivel, KY. According to local legend, William was known as "Bulldog". Subsequently the agreement was honored, Gearhart made payment to Alexander Lackey and Lackey, on behalf of the Estate, as Administrator, made a deed to Gearhart, (I am using the only correct spelling). This deed was executed January 11, 1814 and recorded March 8, 1814 in Deed Book A, page 138, for land located on Beaver Creek in Floyd County KY for 115 acres, described by metes and bounds on the Right Fork of Beaver Creek.
David Morgan and William James Mayo the clerk, were my great-great-great grandfather and Alexander Lackey, Morgan's son-in-law, who accompanied him from Virginia to Kentucky, was my great-great grandfather.
It was a pleasure to render this slight service to a fellow historian. By the two deeds in October, 1803, David Morgan acquired a tract of land, beginning at the mouth of Beaver Creek and running to the head of both forks. Alexander Lackey lived at the forks of Beaver and conveyed, what later became the present City of Martin to a Dingus, who had just arrived in the area.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ksalisbury/morgan_family.htm

• Land: patent, 1843, Floyd County, KY. Patent #: 04222 (5 Images <http://landofficeimages.kysos.com/landofficeimages/jukeboximage.aspx?DocDb=COUNTY+COURT+ORDERS&DocTitle=04222&Title=County+Court+Order+Land+Patent+Number+04222>) Grantee: Gearheart, Adam Grant Book & Pg: 9 387 Acreage: 150 County: Floyd WaterCourse: Big Sandy R. Survey Name: Gearhart, Adam Survey Date: 08/10/1842 Grant Date: 05/30/1843 Warrant #1: 9

• See also. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States
http://www.bookrags.com/ebooks/11920/27.html
http://www.bookrags.com/ebooks/11920/28.html

Adam Gearheart was a sportsman and used negro Jockeys. His best jockey, Dennis, was sold to Morg. Clark, John's Creek. The old race track took in part of the east end of the present Prestonsburg--from Gearheart's home East in Mayo's bottom one mile to Kelse Hollow--Jimmie Davidson now lives at the beginning of the old track, near Maple Street. Mike Tarter of Tennessee, Gearheart's son-in-law brought horses from Tennessee and ran them here. Tarter was a promoter and book-maker also. Penny J. Sizemore and Morg. Clark were other sportsmen. This was as early as 1840 up to the Civil War.

• See also. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=merrygo&id=I5183