Hello, Thanks so much for this story. I should have specified in my post that actually these do not need to have Canadian angles to the stories at all! They can be fully American stories because these films will be for a US television audience. Silly me for not stating that! Perhaps you have some other US stories for me?! Best, Rebecca On 2/6/07 4:08 PM, "ken houp" <kenhoup@adelphia.net> wrote: > Thank You Rebecca for sharing this information. What a wonderful idea and > contribution you are making. Too bad we probably will never see your work > here in Kentucky but maybe our Educational Television Network will pick it > up one of these days. While I can think of only one story that has a > Canadian - Kentucky connection I will pass it on. Colonel Bennett Young, who > wrote and published the History of Jessamine County Kentucky, was a Civil > War soldier who later became President of the Southern Railroad which is > today "Norfolk Southern", the major railroad running from Cincinnati Ohio to > New Orleans Louisiana. > > First, let me briefly give you some background on this person and then tie > him to Canada. Bennett Henderson Young was born in Jessamine Co KY in 1843. > He was educated at Bethel Academy in Jessamine County and Centre College in > Danville KY. ( This area is in the Blue Grass region of KY in the East > Central part of the Commonwealth 100 miles South of Cincinnati and 85 miles > West of Louisville KY). He was studying to be a Presbyterian minister, but > joined the Confederate Army ( South) under General Robert E Lee. Mr. Young > rode with General John Hunt Morgan who is revered here in KY but was in fact > a notorious raider fighting and foraging his way across the South and more > resembling an outlaw and raider who fought his own war with little > direction from the main Confederate Army. John Hunt Morgan and Bennett Young > were captured in a raid up in Ohio but escaped with several of their > comrades and went to Canada. From Canada they conceived the idea to use > Canada as a base from which raids could be conducted into the Northern part > of the U.S. In October 1864 Bennett Young commanded a raid from Canada to > St. Albans Vermont by 20 escaped Confederates where they robbed three banks > of more than $200,000.00. They returned to Canada and supposedly turned over > the money to agents of the Confederate Army shortly before they were > arrested by Canadian authorities. Canada, refused U.S. demands for > extradition tried the raiders and found them not guilty. Bennett Young wrote > a book about these exploitations entitled "Confederate Wizards of the > Saddle". The St. Albans raid was the Northern most point of the actions > during the Civil War or as we say here in the South "The War between the > States'. > > After the Civil War Bennett Young finished his education in voluntary exile > in Ireland and Scotland. In 1868 he set up a law practice in Louisville KY, > where he championed the rights of the blacks and the poor whites. Young > wrote other books such as Ancient Life in Kentucky as well as the 1898 > history of Jessamine County Kentucky. There are still many Youngs who reside > in this area although I do not know any of his descendents. > > I just thought this might be an interesting subject to you because of the > Canada - Kentucky connection. > > Second,as far as other subjects I want to bring to your attention a > genealogy interest of mine which also has a Canada connection and that is > the role of the German soldiers who fought during the Revolutionary War. As > you know many of the so called Hessians deserted the British Army and fled > to Canada. Many of the soldiers were the subject of the late John Helmut > Merz, a Canadian who wrote extensively and traced the ancestry of many of > these Germans who settled in Canada. You can go on the rootsweb lists and > find some of his work. Not only did these Hessians flee to Canada many of > them settled in Pennsylvania and Maryland. One of my ancestors came from > Schoningen Germany as a Hessian soldier (they were actually mercenaries) and > fought for the British from 1776 to 1780 and then deserted and fought for > the American army before moving to Hagerstown Maryland and eventually to > Jessamine County Kentucky in 1800 where many of his ancestors still reside > today. > > So, I will conclude with these two subjects and wish you well in your > endeavors. Please keep me abreast of your efforts. > > Ken Houp > 207 Ironwood Drive > Nicholasville KY 40356 > 859-885-9723 > kenhoup@adelphia.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rebecca Snow" <rsnow@yapfilms.com> > To: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 2:31 PM > Subject: [AMERICAN-REVOLUTION] Revolutionary War descendants wanted > > >> I work for a documentary film company based in Toronto. We specialize in >> history/genealogy documentaries and are developing a series of films on >> historic American conflicts and the descendants of people involved. >> >> We have just completed a series here in Toronto for History Television >> Canada, which explores the history of certain conflicts within Canada, >> through the personal stories of the characters involved and their >> descendants. We followed the descendants embarking upon 'quests' to find >> out more about their ancestors and the historic event, which brought them >> into contact with other descendants of people similarly involved in that >> moment in time. >> >> The loose premise was that the meeting of descendants of two people who >> fought together/against each other might be able to answer certain >> questions >> about the events as a whole. The films were about oral histories, family >> stories and bringing the history to life, grounding it in the present day. >> >> Some of the conflicts we are hoping to pull interesting stories from and >> trace descendants for include the Revolutionary war and the Civil War. We >> are looking for poignant, personal stories perhaps with an element of >> mystery which could be presented as some sort of 'quest'. Anyone with any >> interest into a mysterious aspect of/question about their ancestor's >> involvement in the Revolutionary War please do get in touch! >> >> Best, >> >> >> Rebecca Snow >> >> Yap Films >> 96 Spadina Ave >> Suite 205 >> Toronto, Ont M5V 2J6 >> Tel: +1 416 504 3662 x228 >> >> List Mom for the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION mailing list: >> Diana Boothe philsbarbie1@arkansasfamilies.net >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> We have archives! 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I know this is off topic but may relate to the discussion... Two bits of irony I've learned about my family: 1. My GGrandfather on my Grandfather's side was one of four boys who grew up in Henderson CO, TN. Two took the Federal side and two took the Confederate side. It tore the family apart. Of the four, one, a Federal soldier, I know little of but he disappeared after the Civil War and was never heard from again. The second son who went to the Federal side was captured fairly soon after hostilities began in TN. He spent most of his time in Confederate prisons and wound up at the end of the war in Andersonville Prison, GA. On his way home, after all those months as a prisoner of war, he was killed in the explosion of the "Sultana", a few miles north of Memphis, the worst maritime disaster in U.S. history. A neighbor of his, who survived, watched him drown and came home to tell the story. The two who went to the Confederate side returned to Henderson CO and resumed farming. One of these, My GGrandfather had been captured at the Battle of Island No. Ten and later paroled. 2. a. Second, My GGGrandfather on my Father's side joined the 25th MI infantry and was was wounded in KY (shot through the buttocks) at the Battle of Tebb's Bend, also called the battle of Green River Bridge, on July 4, 1863. They were defending a river crossing from the forces of John Hunt Morgan. Morgan was defeated and forced to re-route his army in order to continue raiding to the North. That is the same day the the Battle of Gettysburg and the Siege of Vicksburg were ending. b. Stay with me here...almost done.... My GGGrandfather on my Mother's side was a member of one of the "independent" (some might say renegade) Confederate Raiding companies commanded by O.B. Hamilton. As I recall, O.B Hamilton was likely with Morgan at Green River Bridge. My GGGrandfather on my Mother's side rode with Hamilton until he finally hired a substiute for him sometime in 1863. I haven't established the exact time, but it is certainly possible that these two were opposing each other on that day. And oh yes, remember My GGrandfather captured at Island No. Ten? The neighbor who survived the Sultana disaster later traded farms with him. Then My GGGrandfather was killed in a wagon accident. Then that neighbor married My GGrandfather's wife and got all of his property. Small world... more irony with that comment.... the name of the family in Henderson CO, TN (my line) was Small. It just goes on and on. -------Original Message------- From: Rebecca Snow Date: 2/7/2007 10:40:36 AM To: american-revolution@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AMERICAN-REVOLUTION] Revolutionary War descendants wanted Hello, Thanks so much for this story. I should have specified in my post that actually these do not need to have Canadian angles to the stories at all! They can be fully American stories because these films will be for a US television audience. Silly me for not stating that! Perhaps you have some other US stories for me?! Best, Rebecca On 2/6/07 4:08 PM, "ken houp" <kenhoup@adelphia.net> wrote: > Thank You Rebecca for sharing this information. What a wonderful idea and > contribution you are making. Too bad we probably will never see your work > here in Kentucky but maybe our Educational Television Network will pick it > up one of these days. While I can think of only one story that has a > Canadian - Kentucky connection I will pass it on. Colonel Bennett Young, who > wrote and published the History of Jessamine County Kentucky, was a Civil > War soldier who later became President of the Southern Railroad which is > today "Norfolk Southern", the major railroad running from Cincinnati Ohio to > New Orleans Louisiana. > > First, let me briefly give you some background on this person and then tie > him to Canada. Bennett Henderson Young was born in Jessamine Co KY in 1843 > He was educated at Bethel Academy in Jessamine County and Centre College in > Danville KY. ( This area is in the Blue Grass region of KY in the East > Central part of the Commonwealth 100 miles South of Cincinnati and 85 miles > West of Louisville KY). He was studying to be a Presbyterian minister, but > joined the Confederate Army ( South) under General Robert E Lee. Mr. Young > rode with General John Hunt Morgan who is revered here in KY but was in fact > a notorious raider fighting and foraging his way across the South and more > resembling an outlaw and raider who fought his own war with little > direction from the main Confederate Army. John Hunt Morgan and Bennett Young > were captured in a raid up in Ohio but escaped with several of their > comrades and went to Canada. From Canada they conceived the idea to use > Canada as a base from which raids could be conducted into the Northern part > of the U.S. In October 1864 Bennett Young commanded a raid from Canada to > St. Albans Vermont by 20 escaped Confederates where they robbed three banks > of more than $200,000.00. They returned to Canada and supposedly turned over > the money to agents of the Confederate Army shortly before they were > arrested by Canadian authorities. Canada, refused U.S. demands for > extradition tried the raiders and found them not guilty. Bennett Young wrote > a book about these exploitations entitled "Confederate Wizards of the > Saddle". The St. Albans raid was the Northern most point of the actions > during the Civil War or as we say here in the South "The War between the > States'. > > After the Civil War Bennett Young finished his education in voluntary exile > in Ireland and Scotland. In 1868 he set up a law practice in Louisville KY > where he championed the rights of the blacks and the poor whites. Young > wrote other books such as Ancient Life in Kentucky as well as the 1898 > history of Jessamine County Kentucky. There are still many Youngs who reside > in this area although I do not know any of his descendents. > > I just thought this might be an interesting subject to you because of the > Canada - Kentucky connection. > > Second,as far as other subjects I want to bring to your attention a > genealogy interest of mine which also has a Canada connection and that is > the role of the German soldiers who fought during the Revolutionary War. As > you know many of the so called Hessians deserted the British Army and fled > to Canada. Many of the soldiers were the subject of the late John Helmut > Merz, a Canadian who wrote extensively and traced the ancestry of many of > these Germans who settled in Canada. You can go on the rootsweb lists and > find some of his work. Not only did these Hessians flee to Canada many of > them settled in Pennsylvania and Maryland. One of my ancestors came from > Schoningen Germany as a Hessian soldier (they were actually mercenaries) and > fought for the British from 1776 to 1780 and then deserted and fought for > the American army before moving to Hagerstown Maryland and eventually to > Jessamine County Kentucky in 1800 where many of his ancestors still reside > today. > > So, I will conclude with these two subjects and wish you well in your > endeavors. Please keep me abreast of your efforts. > > Ken Houp > 207 Ironwood Drive > Nicholasville KY 40356 > 859-885-9723 > kenhoup@adelphia.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rebecca Snow" <rsnow@yapfilms.com> > To: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 2:31 PM > Subject: [AMERICAN-REVOLUTION] Revolutionary War descendants wanted > > >> I work for a documentary film company based in Toronto. We specialize in >> history/genealogy documentaries and are developing a series of films on >> historic American conflicts and the descendants of people involved. >> >> We have just completed a series here in Toronto for History Television >> Canada, which explores the history of certain conflicts within Canada, >> through the personal stories of the characters involved and their >> descendants. We followed the descendants embarking upon 'quests' to find >> out more about their ancestors and the historic event, which brought them >> into contact with other descendants of people similarly involved in that >> moment in time. >> >> The loose premise was that the meeting of descendants of two people who >> fought together/against each other might be able to answer certain >> questions >> about the events as a whole. The films were about oral histories, family >> stories and bringing the history to life, grounding it in the present day >> >> Some of the conflicts we are hoping to pull interesting stories from and >> trace descendants for include the Revolutionary war and the Civil War. We >> are looking for poignant, personal stories perhaps with an element of >> mystery which could be presented as some sort of 'quest'. Anyone with any >> interest into a mysterious aspect of/question about their ancestor's >> involvement in the Revolutionary War please do get in touch! >> >> Best, >> >> >> Rebecca Snow >> >> Yap Films >> 96 Spadina Ave >> Suite 205 >> Toronto, Ont M5V 2J6 >> Tel: +1 416 504 3662 x228 >> >> List Mom for the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION mailing list: >> Diana Boothe philsbarbie1@arkansasfamilies.net >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> We have archives! Search for your AMERICAN-REVOLUTION information >> here..... >> http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch pl?list=AMERICAN-REVOLUTI >> ON >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's most >> helpful site http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > List Mom for the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION mailing list: > Diana Boothe philsbarbie1@arkansasfamilies.net > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > We have archives! 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