Adams v. Bohon

*67Opinion op the Court by

Judge Miller

Affirming.

This appeal presents the question whether the lands of the Society of Shakers, located near Pleasant Hill, in Mercer county, have escheated to the common schools of that county, under section 323 of the Kentucky Statutes. A brief statement concerning the history of the society, and its purposes, may be helpful in obtaining a ready comprehension of the precise questions involved.

The Society of Shakers originated in England in 1747; and, while not a branch of or in any way connected with the Quakers, the original members of the Shaker society had…