John Kemp b. Abt 1773 , , Virginia, USA d. 11 May 1851 , Callaway, Missouri, USA: Albemarle to Callaway, a Herring Family Journey

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Birth Abt 1773 , , Virginia, USA

Gender Male

Died 11 May 1851 , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Person ID I2908 Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri

Last Modified 02 Jul 2010

Father John Kemp, b. Abt 1740, , , , England

Mother Mary "Polly" Elizabeth Craghead Or Craighead, b. Abt 1743

Family ID F863 Group Sheet

Family 1 Fannie Dudley, b. 1779, , , Virginia, USA , d. Bef 1841

Married 13 Aug 1799 , , Virginia, USA

Children

>	1. Milley Kemp, b. Abt 1800, , , Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
>	2. Dudley Kemp, b. Abt 1806, , Franklin, Virginia, USA , d. 17 Sep 1886, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
>	3. Jordan Kemp, b. Abt 1808, , , Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
>	4. Polly Mary Kemp, b. Abt 1812, , , Virginia, USA , d. Between 1860 and 1870
>	5. William Kemp, b. Abt 1813, , , Virginia, USA , d. 15 Oct 1870, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Last Modified 17 Sep 2007

Family ID F1129 Group Sheet

Family 2 Elizabeth Wood, b. Abt 1790, , , Virginia, USA , d. 1865

Married 1841 , Warren, Missouri, USA

Last Modified 02 Jul 2010

Family ID F14349110 Group Sheet

Notes	from the Missouri Pioneer Book: John married FANNIE DUDLEY, and settled in Callaway Co. in 1832. They had Dudley, Jordan, William, Milley and Polly. 1850; Census Place: District 12, Callaway, Missouri; Roll M432_393; Page: 311; Image: 618. Name: Jno Kemp Age: 77 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1773 Birth Place: Virginia Gender: Male Home in 1850(City,County,State): District 12, Callaway, Missouri Household Members: Name Age Jno Kemp 77 Farmer $1500 Elizabeth Kemp 60 Abner Kemp 21 John Kemp Abt 71 11 May 1851 23 May 1851 Missouri Telegraph (Callaway Co.) Will of John Kemp Callaway County, Missouri Will Book D, pages 464-466 I John Kemp of the County of Callaway in the State of Missouri, being far advanced in life and in bad health but of sound and disposing mind, do make this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills that I may have made. First. I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Elizabeth S. Kemp, after the payment of all my just debts and liabilities, the whole of my estate, real, personal and mixed, goods, chattels, monies, credits and effects, to be used by her the said Elizabeth S. Kemp as she may think proper during her natural life. 2nd. After the demise of my wife Elizabeth S. Kemp I give and bequeath the whole of my estate, real, personal and mixed, that may be in the possession of my wife at her demise, to my children and grand child Francis Williamson (except Milly Pasley) to be equally divided between them share and share alike. 3rd. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Milly Pasley the sum of five dollars to be in full of her interest in this my estate, she the said Milly Pasley having had heretofore her full share in this my estate. 4th. I direct that my executor shall proceed to sell on such terms as may be to the interest of this my estate a sufficient amount of my property to be selected by my wife or shall be sufficient to pay all my just debts and liabilities. 5th. For the purpose of carrying this my last will & testament into effect, I hereby appoint Joseph Scholl my executor with full power and authority to sell and dispose of such property as my wife may direct and as much as may be sufficient to pay all my debts and liabilities, to collect all monies arising from such sale, and all debts due me at my demise, and give receipts and discharges therefore and to do all other lawful acts that may be necessary to carry this my will into full effect. In testimony hereof I have set my hand and seal on this 12th day December 1850. his John x Kempmark The foregoing will of John Kemp was signed, sealed & acknowledged to be the last will and testament of said Kemp in our presence as subscribing witnesses William H. Blackburn John Fish William H. Hutchison State of Missouri County of Callaway I J. B. Grant clerk of the County Court within and for said county do hereby certify that the above and foregoing paper or instrument of writing purporting to be the last will and testament of John Kemp deceased was on this twenty ninth day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty-one produced before me in my office in [word indiscernible] for probate and therefore personally came at the same time and place Wm. H. Blackburn and John fish two of the subscribing witnesses to said paper or instrument of writing, who being by me only sworn upon this court, deposed and said they were present and did see the said John Kemp sign said paper or instrument of writing and heard him acknowledge, publish, pronounce and declare the same to be his last will and testament and at the time of his demise he the said John Kemp was of sound and disposing mind and memory, to the best of their knowledge, observation and belief, and that they [word left out] their names in the pres! ence and at the request of the said John Kemp and in the presence of each other. It is therefore considered that the same is duly proven to be the last will and testament of the said John Kemp deceased and that the same be duly admitted to record as directed by Law. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at office this 29th day of May AD 1851. J. B. Grant Clk Filed and Recorded on the 29th day of May 1851. attestJ. B. Grant Clk ************* Inventory of the Estate of John Kemp, Dec'd. Filed 8th July 1851 Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society, Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri Loose Probate Records, Bundle No. 16 Box No. 128 Inventory of the goods chattels monies credits and effects books papers and evidences of debt of the Estate real and personal of John Kemp deceased made on the 11th day of June 1851 in the presence of James C. Anderson and David P. Allen as witnesses to wit: One deed from Joseph P. Callaway for 108 acres of land. Lot No. 2 of Section 19 in Township 47 North of Range 7 West. 108 [acres] One patent for the south west quarter of Section 19 Township 47 N. and Range 7 West. 160 [acres] One patent for the west half of the south east quarter of Section 18, Township 47, N. Range 7 West. 80 [acres] One patent for the south east of North west of Section 19 Township 47 North Range 7 W. 40 [acres] One deed from Solomon Pasley for the east half of the south east quarter of Section 18, Township 47 North of Range 7 West. 80 [acres] 468 Acres [total] One note of hand on Daniel M. Horton for one hundred dollars date January 1st 1851 and made on and payable on the 4th day of July 1851 and credited on the 20th day of January 1851 for fifteen dollars - Balance due $ 85.00 One note on William Kemp for one hundred and fifty dollars made payable in annual fifty dollar installments the first payment due 1st day of June 1851 $150.00 Carried over [next page] $235.00 Amt. brought over $235.00 One note on Adam See for twenty six dollars and forty cents due 6th day of February 1846 and credited with fourteen dollars 25/100 the 16th February 1848 no interest expressed Balance due including interest at 6 percent $ 18.33 One note on Michael Kahn and N. Lichten for one hundred and fifty one dollars and fifty cents date 4th of July 1842 and due sixty day after date interest at six percent $151.50 Interest to date 11th June 1851 $ 79.53 Amt. Of notes & acts. [total] $484.36 We the undersigned witnesses do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full and perfect inventory of books, papers and evidences of debt of the Estate of John Kemp deceased as far as we could ascertain from an examination of the papers of said deceased. As witness our hands this 11th day of June 1851. J.C. Anderson D.P. Allen Inventory of the personal Estate of John Kemp deceased continued as follows 1 Negro woman named Sophia aged about 40 years 1 Negro boy named James aged 8 years 4 head of horses - 8 head of cattle - 4 sheep - 7 hogs - one half an ox cart - a crop of tobacco supposed to be 3000 lbs 1/3 of which belongs to Abner Kemp - 2 plows - 3 pair gear - 2 hoes - 2 chop axes - 1 log chain - 1 hand saw - 1 drawing knife - 1 large auger - 1 rifle gun - 1 clock - 1 press - 1 cupboard - 2 tables - 1 pine chest - 6 chairs - a lot of cupboard ware - 2 pots - 2 kettles - 2 ovens - 2 pair pot hooks - 1 scythe & cradle - 3 old hogsheads - 1 pair stretchers - 1 old shove plow - 1 skillet & lid State of Missouri County of Callaway Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Callaway in the state aforesaid Joseph Scholl and made oath that the foregoing is a full and complete inventory of the goods chattels monies credits and effects books papers and evidences of debts of the Estate real and personal of John Kemp deceased made on the 11th day of June 1851 as far as he could ascertain from an examination of the Estate of said deceased. Sworn and subscribed to before Joseph Scholl me this 4th day of July 1851 Ex'r. of J. Kemp dec'd. J. A. Burt J.P. *********************** In the 1850 census for Callaway County, John Kemp is listed with his second wife Elizabeth Smith nee Woods, whom he had married in 1841. They are living next to John's son Dudley Kemp and three households from John's daughter Mary "Polly" Kemp Smith. At the 1846 July Term of the Supreme Court of Missouri, a case concerning Elizabeth S. Smith Kemp nee Wood's slave named Sophia revealed that Elizabeth's first husband Samuel Smith died in Warren County, Missouri in 1840, that she was his second wife, they had no children, and her slave Sophia was received from the estate of her deceased father, name not given. Her marriage to Samuel Smith in 1828 occurred in Franklin County, Virginia, and shows her maiden name was Woods. John Kemp's marriage to Mrs. Elizabeth Smith nee Woods was recorded in Warren County, Missouri in 1841. Samuel Smith was the older brother of William H. Smith whose wife Mary "Polly" Kemp was the daughter of John Kemp and Fannie Dudley. The inventory of John Kemp's estate listed a Negro woman named Sophia age 40. On August 14, 1856 in Callaway County, his widow Elizabeth S. Smith Kemp nee Woods married a third time to Michael Gilbert, Jr. who died shortly thereafter. By the 1860 census she was 70 years old and living with John Kemp's son Dudley Kemp in Callaway County under her former name of E. S. Kemp. In the 1860 slave census for Callaway County, Elizabeth S. Kemp is listed with a female slave age 45, a male slave age 18, and a female slave age 6. Samuel Smith's probate record in Warren County shows that his widow Elizabeth S. owned a Negro woman Sophia, a Negro boy Armstead, a Negro girl Francis, and a Negro boy James. Elizabeth S. Smith Kemp Gilbert nee Woods died between August 1865, the date her will was written, and October 1865, the date her will was probated. Included in her probate file was a bill for William Kemp boarding her from October 19, 1864 to May 27, 1865, which was submitted by William Kemp's son Thomas G. Kemp. Also submitted on December 22, 1867 was a bill for services rendered to Elizabeth S. Gilbert by Sophia Kemp from January 1, to May 1, 1865 and witnessed by Thomas G. Kemp and Spencer Kemp. The black marriages for Callaway County reflect that Spencer Kemp had married Sophia Kemp on January 21, 1866.

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Died - 11 May 1851 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA

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