Some Hulse Records in Clark & Montgomery Counties, Kentucky

Paul Hulse of Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia) and his sons left Virginia about 1792 and moved into Clark County, Kentucky.

1793
Tax List, Clark County, Kentucky:
Paul Hulse – 1 white male >21, 1 white male 16-20, 5 horses, 5 cattle

1794
Tax List, Clark County, Kentucky:
Paul Hulse – 1 white male >21, 1 white male 16-20, 4 horses, 14 cattle

1795
Tax List, Clark County, Kentucky (consecutive):
Paul Hulce – 200 acres, 2 white males >21, 1 white male 16-20, 4 horses, 7 cattle
Thos. Hulce – 1 white male >21, 1 horse, 2 cattle
James Hulce – 1 white male >21, 2 horses, 10 cattle

20 June 1795
Power of Attorney:  Stephen Boyle to James Hulls, both of Clark County, Kentucky… to collect anything “belonging to me… by any person or persons in the State of Virginia…” Signed: Stephen Boyle. [Clark County Deed Book 1, p414.]

This is presumably the same Stephen Boyle who was from Berkeley Count, Virginia.

1796
Tax List, Clark County, Kentucky (consecutive):
Paul Hults – 200 acres, 2 white males >21, 2 white males 16-20, 4 horses, 20 cattle
Thos. Hults – 1 white male >21, 2 horses, 3 cattle

19 August 1796
Deed: Simon Kenton & Martha his wife of Mason County, Kentucky to Paul Hulse of Clark County, for £5 current money of Kentucky, 200 acres on the waters of Stoner… which tract is part of Ebenezar Corn’s Preemption granted to [John] Craig and [Robert] Johnson [and] conveyed by them to sd. Simon Kenton… Signed: Simon Kenton. Witness: James Walker, John Baker, John McKee. [Clark County Deed Book 2, p11.]

1797
Tax List, Clark County, Kentucky (consecutive):
Paul Hults – 200 acres, 3 white males >21, 1 white male 16-20, 5 horses
Thos. Hults – 1 white male >21, 2 horses

1798 – 1799
Clark County Tax Lists are incomplete and/or missing

1800
Tax List, Clark County, Kentucky (consecutive):
Paul Hults – 200 acres, 1 while male>21, 2 white males 16-20, 6 horses/mules
Richard Hults – 1 while male>21, 3 horses/mules
John Hults  – 1 white male 16-20, 3 horses/mules
Thomas Hults – 1 while male>21, 3 horses/mules
James Hults – 1 while male>21, 4 horses/mules

23 December 1811
Deed: James Sympson, deputy Sheriff for David Hampton Sheriff of Clark County to Paul Hulse… whereas the said James Sympson… did on 7 December 1811 sell unto the said Paul Hulse 299 acres of land… for $123… which said land was sold as the property of David Finley… to satisfy two [debt] executions… [Clark County Deed Book 8, p220.]

29 November 1813
Deed: Paul Huls to Matthew Thomson, for $1, 58 acres… on the waters of Stoner’s fork of Licking… it being a part of a survey of 1,000 acres granted to John Craig and Robert Johnson, assignees of John May who was assignee of Ebenezar Corn, by patent bearing date 1 February 1785… corner to the Goshen Meeting houseboat… corner to said Huls‘s 200 acre tract as deeded by Simon Kenton… Signed: Paul Huls. Witness: Samuel Whitsill, Nelly (x) Devenport [Clark County Deed Book 10. p74.]

30 November 1813
Lease: Matthew Thomson to Paul Huls and Linny his wife, 15 acres… part of a tract of 58 acres conveyed by sd. Huls to sd. Thomson bearing date 29 November 1813… adjoining the plantation whereon the said Hulse now lives… term for the natural life of the said Paul Huls and Linny his wife…  Signed: Matthew Thomson, Paul Huls, Linny Huls. Witness: Samuel Whitsill, Nelly (x) Devenport [Clark County Deed Book 10. p71.]

Is Matthew Thomson a relative?  Paul Hulse and his wife are essentially gifting the 58 aces and receiving in return a lifetime use of 15 of those acres.

15 May 1815
Deed: Paul Huls and Linny his wife to Ebenezar Chorn (SP?), for $16.25, 1½ acres and 20 poles… on the waters of Stoner’s fork of Licking… it being a part of a survey of 1000 acres granted to John Craig and Robert Johnson… it being the same land that is laid down in the surveyors report in a suit on ejectment in the Clerk Circuit Court wherein John Craig and Robert Johnson are plaintiffs and Paul Huls Senr. and Robert Walker Senr. defts…  Signed: Paul Huls. Witness: John McKee, Nathan Huls. [Clark County Deed Book 11. p167.]

Ejectment, in this context, refers to a dispute over title to land. The involvement of a surveyor suggests it may have been a dispute over the precise location of boundaries.