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- Excerpt from Leonard Helm details by the Jessamine Co, History Society
From: kd4vqd@juno.com
Subject: [KYJESSAM] Jessamine Co.
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 06:43:02 -0400.
Morning All,
We had a good meeting of the Jessamine County Historical Society last evening. I did a short presentation on the founding of Nicholasville. I would like to share my notes with you. I had maps, pictures, and plats
that went along with this, that made it a wee bit more interesting.
(snip)
Achilles Helm the only son of Leonard Helm, make an exempt to recover his father's land in Jessamine County. But, was mostly unsuccessful in doing so. Helm's land had been lay off in three tracks of 500 acres in each.
On November 10, 1784, Achilles lay claim to all three tracks, only to discover, others had filed claim to the same land, and some had filed much earlier then Achilles. Achilles did manage to secure a part of upper track. This was just a little north of the town and took in what is called the Orchard today. This track he sold to Fisher Rice. The
remaining 250 acres of this track, had been claimed by Anthony Sandusky, and the heirs of Nathaniel Evans. This property was sold to Benjamin Blackford.
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