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- John and wife Nancy are buried at Myatt Farm, Webb Cemetery in Monroe County, Kentucky. John and Nancy are listed in the 1870 Monroe County, Kentucky Census, and in Deed Book 11, pg 451 of Sullivan County, Tennessee where Alexander Hale and wife Sarah Billingsley sold to John Arterburn 213 acres of land bordered by Sinking Creek fo r $900 dated 11/21/1835. There are several more entries in Washington County, TN of John buying and selling land, and one entry granting him power of attorney for the Jones family date 8/28/1843. An interesting entry in the Monroe County, Kentucky Court Minutes book from 12/3/1866, signed by John Arterburn, 'John Arterburn, Master of Serada Arterburn, a poor child of color of Monroe County, Kentucky, to be bound as an apprentice to John un til 18 for the purpose of learning the art and trade of housewifery. She is 10 years as of September, 1866. He is to feed and clothe her and giver her proper medical attention and a suit of clothes and $50.00 or learn her to read and write.'
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