Original Shepherdsville Lots

On 21 Dec 1793, the Kentucky General Assembly approved an act establishing the town of Shepherdsville on 50 acres of land owned by Adam Shepherd. At that time it was still a part of Jefferson County.

Benjamin Stansberry was given the task of laying out the boundaries of this new town. We have not located his original survey but it is reproduced on page 624 of Bullitt County Deed Book B.

Then in 1809, James Shanks was called upon to resurvey the town's boundaries. Again, the original survey has not been located, but it is reproduced on pages 625-627 of that deed book. In 1811, the General Assembly made Shanks' survey the official version. (Read these acts on another page.)

We have reproduced his survey below. The two surveys each used a different numbering system to number the town's lots. The official lot numbers are printed in black; the numbers used in the Stansberry survey are in red print for comparison.

The map below gives an approximation of where the lots would be on a modern map. For example, the square marked A would contain lots 1-4 and 17-20.

The information we have about the owners of these lots is taken from Bullitt County Deed Books A-D. It is likely that the very first sales were recorded in Jefferson County deed books. We also know that there are additional records in later Bullitt County deeds.

Below is a table repeating the names of purchasers, and providing references to the deed books where the information is recorded. For example, A-17 refers to Deed Book A, page 17. There are places where two or more names and deeds are listed for the same lot. Further research will be needed to explain this. Please note: the names are spelled as they are recorded in the deeds.

If the purchaser is identified as "undetermined" this means that we have not yet located a deed for that lot.

Lot	Owner	Date	Deed
1	undetermined
2	undetermined
3	John Hugh	26 Jun 1797	A-17
4	Ezekiel Magruder	18 Jun 1818	C-478
5	James Holbert	3 Apr 1818	C-459
6	Thomas C. Brashear Samuel Crow	10 Jan 1797 2 Aug 1814	A-4 C-177
7	James Holbert	3 Apr 1818	C-459
8	Samuel Crow	2 Aug 1814	C-177
9	James Holbert	22 Jan 1819	D-27
10	Christian James Saunders	25 Jun 1819	D-146
11	John Graham	22 Apr 1816	C-290
12	John Graham	22 Apr 1816	C-290
13	Benjamin Standsberry	17 May 1819	D-107
14	Benjamin Standsberry	17 May 1819	D-107
15	Benjamin Standsberry	17 May 1819	D-107
16	Joshua Stansbury	2 Sep 1818	D-68
17	undetermined
18	undetermined
19	undetermined
20	Ezekiel Magruder	18 Jun 1818	C-478
21	Benjamin Summers James Holbert	27 Jun 1797 22 Apr 1816	A-15 C-291
22	Daniel Wilson	27 Jun 1797	A-14
23	undetermined
24 (north half)	James Holbert	3 Apr 1818	C-459
25	Francis Blondell	26 Jun 1797	A-22
26	James Brown	27 Jun 1797	A-12
27	undetermined
28	William Jewell	2 Aug 1814	C-176
29	undetermined
30	James Holbert	3 Apr 1818	C-459
31	James Holbert	3 Apr 1818	C-459
32	Hannah Robinson Benjamin Standsberry	2 Sep 1818 17 May 1819	D-65 D-107
33	undetermined
34	undetermined
35	Nathan Cockran	31 Jan 1822	D-485
36	William Jones	22 Apr 1816	C-290
37	James Simpson	27 Jun 1797	A-16
38	Benjamin Standsberry	17 May 1819	D-107
39	James Brown	27 Jun 1797	A-12
40	James Brown	27 Jun 1797	A-12
41	Benjamin Summers	27 Jun 1797	A-15
42	Benjamin Summers	27 Jun 1797	A-15
43	William de Rohan	26 Jun 1797	A-14
44	Armsted Moorhead and James Lathem	27 Jun 1797	A-13
45	Benjamin Summers	27 Jun 1797	A-15
46	Benjamin Summers	27 Jun 1797	A-15
47	Benjamin Summers	27 Jun 1797	A-15
48	Benjamin Summers	27 Jun 1797	A-15
49	undetermined
50	undetermined
51	James C. Graham	2 Sep 1818	D-46
52	William Graham	1 Apr 1814	C-162
53	Benjamin Standsberry	17 May 1819	D-107
54	Edward Frye	26 Jun 1797	A-12
55	James Simpson	27 Jun 1797	A-16
56	John Scott Thomas McGee	27 Jun 1797 3 Mar 1817	A-18 C-440
57	Benjamin Summers	11 Feb 1818	C-441
58	John Collins, heir to James Collins	26 Jun 1797	A-18
59	Thomas C. Brashear John Hugh	10 Jan 1797 26 Jun 1797	A-3 A-17
60	undetermined
61	John Hugh	26 Jun 1797	A-17
62	John Moore	27 Jun 1797	A-20
63	Benjamin Summers	27 Jun 1797	A-15
64	Benjamin Summers	27 Jun 1797	A-15
65	undetermined
66	undetermined
67	undetermined
68	undetermined
69	undetermined
70	undetermined
71	undetermined
72	undetermined
73	undetermined
74	undetermined
75	undetermined
76	undetermined
77	John Moore	27 Jun 1797	A-20
78	undetermined
79	Benjamin Summers Benjamin Summers	27 Jun 1797 4 Jun 1812	A-15 B-578
80	James Robinson	2 Sep 1818	D-65

This is an ongoing project, and we hope to add to it at a later time.

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