When a patent is issued or a deed is made to a person who is dead at the issuing of the patent or the making of the deed, the heirs of such patentee or vendee shall take, hold and enjoy the title to the estate so patented or conveyed as if such patent had issued or deed had been made to such heirs by name.
KRS 382.060
Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective10/1/1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2063.