Scott Co. KY Deed Book (bk p.456, img 628; deed + rec. 31 May 1861) — Geo. E. Prentiss, Master Commissioner of the Scott Circuit Court, conveys to Reuben H. Cooper an 88-acre Cane Run tract he bought ($2,958.25) at the court-ordered sale in the Sprake partition suit. The tract ADJOINS 'Danl Cooper.' Reuben alive & buying land 7 months before his estate division [K.64] -> narrows his death to Jun-Dec 1861.

Transcription and notes

Source: Scott Co., Kentucky Deed Book (FamilySearch IGN 008272148, image 628; book pp. 456–457). On disk: Death/Wills and Probate/Kentucky/Scott County/Deeds Vols 4-7 1858-1866/img0628 …. Deed May 1861; acknowledged Scott Circuit Court + admitted to record Scott County Court 31 May 1861 (clerks James Y. Kelly / Saml. W. Thompson).

Data from the document [verbatim] (OCR + image read)

"This Indenture entered into this [__] day of May 1861 Between Geo. E. Prentiss, Master Com[missione]r of the Scott Circuit Court party of the first part and Reuben H. Cooper of Scott County Ky party of the second part. Witnesseth that whereas by a judgment of said Court in the suit of Elizabeth Sprake, Geo[rge] &c in Petition, the party of the first part was … directed to sell the tract of land hereinafter described, and … he did advertise & sell the same, the said Reuben H. Cooper being the purchaser thereof, he being the highest at the price of Two thousand nine hundred and Fifty Eight Dollars & 25 cents ($2,958.25), which Sale was duly reported to Court and confirmed, and said Cooper … has fully paid said purchase money … [conveys] the tract of land … in Scott County Ky, on the waters of Cane Run … Beginning at a stone at the Root of a hickory Corner to Danl Cooper and running S 71¼ E 38½ poles to an oak Corner to said Cooper, thence with the line of sd Cooper N 20 E 84.6 poles … [to] the Iron works road … containing Eighty Eight acres one Rood and Twenty one poles, being the same tract conveyed by Thomas Higgins & wife to Isaac Sprake by deed dated 7 Sept 1846 … [on behalf of] Elizabeth Sprake, Geo. W. Sprake and Susan C. Sprake." — signed Geo. E. Prentiss, M. Com'r.

Notes (identifications → people files; not verbatim)

• Narrows Reuben H. Cooper's [p.844] death: he is alive and buying 88 ac of Cane Run land on 31 May 1861. His estate was divided 3 Jan 1862 ([K.64], widow + heirs petition) ⇒ Reuben died between 31 May 1861 and 3 Jan 1862 — i.e. Jun–Dec 1861 (tightening the "d. 1861" tree lead).
• Adjoins "Danl Cooper" on Cane Run, and lies on the Iron Works road — the same road on which son Stephen L. Cooper's allotment sits in the 1862 division [K.64] ⇒ this Cane-Run tract is plausibly among the land Reuben's estate division [K.64] then allotted to his heirs (bought May 1861, divided Jan 1862). The neighbor "Danl Cooper" is likely son Daniel [p.914] or Daniel Cooper III's [p.737] estate land (both Cane-Run Coopers).
• Reuben styled "of Scott County" here (vs. Fayette Co. in the 1850/1860 censuses) ⇒ he held / had returned to Scott Co. land by 1861.
• Clue for the Daniel-III estate hunt: a "Danl Cooper" tract on Cane Run (Iron Works road) — the locus of Daniel III's [p.737] estate division ([K.59]/[K.63] "Cane Run") — confirmed by an adjoining-boundary call.

Cross-references

• p.844 Reuben H. Cooper (purchaser) · p.914 Daniel Cooper (poss. the "Danl Cooper" neighbor) · p.737 Daniel Cooper III · K.64 his 1862 estate division · pr.14