This was the Madison County, Kentucky list. Thought it would be interesting to the Estes list as it mentions Estes family at the end of the message. Judy in KY Subj: [MADKY-L] Re: Proctor, Estill, et al Date: 4/5/00 5:17:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time From: dmhull@frazmtn.com (Donna Hull) To: MADKY-L@rootsweb.com William-- Yes, there is an Estill Co. & I believe it is named for Capt James ESTILL, or his brother Samuel. There also is a little community called Procter--believe it is now in Lee Co. but would have been Estill Co. back then. I can't directly answer most of your questions, but I have a little on Capt James ESTILL's Military record. Incidentally, the ESTILL family was in Greenbrier/Monroe Co., VA(WV) prior to their move to Madison Co. I'm related by marriage to Adam CAPERTON & it was in researching him that I found this. The name is pronounced KAY-PER-TON. This is presently under copyright in my latest book "Jacob Miller, Our Immigrant...And More," 1998. O.K. to use for your own records. "On 19 Mar 1782, Jane GUESS, a 12-year old girl, came to Samuel's (ESTILL) Fort to tell of a dream that she had. The Lord had built a ladder from earth to heaven for her to go up on. After breakfast, she took her dog Dick & went to the woods to tap a sugar tree. The Indians took after her & she ran towards the fort. The women in the fort witnessed this, & shouted "Run, Jenny, Run." They caught her, drug her behind a brush pile & scalped her. "A Negro man, Monk, was hauling wood to boil water. The Indians asked how many men were in the fort. He replied, "Forty." They then killed all the stock on the outside & fled. The fort had only 4 old men in it as Capt. James ESTILL had taken his company of 25 men to present-day Estill County area to look for Indian tracks. The Indians had crossed at the mouth of Red River. After hearing of the ordeal at the fort, he then took his command to Little Mountain in present-day Montgomery County." [that was one account I found, another follows] "The battle of Estill's Defeat was fought on March 22, 1782 on the banks of Hinkston Creek on a farm owned by Peter G. FLOOD (in 1918), near where Mt. Sterling is now located. A party of 25 Wyandottes, the bravest & fiercest of all the Indian tribes, infested Estill's Station on the S. Fork of the Kentucky River in March 1782, & having killed & scalped Miss INNES, a daughter of Capt. INNES, then took Monk, a slave of Capt. ESTILL, prisoner. They killed the cattle & left. "Capt. James ESTILL with 25 horsemen immediately started in immediate pursuit, & came up with the Indians just after they had crossed the creek. The Indians had killed a bear or buffalo, built a fire & were preparing a hasty supper. ESTILL's men fired upon them. The Indians prepared for battle, each taking a tree & facing his enemy as nearly in a line as practicable. The whites formed a line on the E. side of the creek, also behind trees for cover. Capt. ESTILL was killed along with 6 of his men: Adam CAPERTON, Jonathan McMILLAN, Lt. John SOUTH, Jr, John COLEFOOT, & McNEELY. Adam was shot through the head & scalped. ESTILL was killed trying to come to CAPERTON's aid." "Monk told that 17 of the Indians were dead, & only 2 remained, both wounded & one of those died on the way back to camp. The others had fled earlier. This left only one Indian to tell the story of the battle. Ten of the 18 survivors of ESTILL's Defeat were: Col. William IRVINE [for whom the county seat of Estill Co is named], Joseph PROCTOR, Reuben PROCTOR, James BERRY, William CRADLEBAUGH, David LYNCH, Henry BOWER, John JAMESON, Ensign David COOK, & Lt. William MILLER [who deserted with his 6 men, no relation to our German Millers]." On p. 160 I have reference to a survey conducted on 22 Sept 1796 in Madison Co. on Station Camp Creek near the encampment of James BERRY, John PLUCK, Joseph & Nicholas PROCTOR, James BOONE... On p. 28: 1809 George MILLER is in tax list for Montgomery Co., KY, next to a John MILLER who had 75 ac 2nd class land in Montgomery Co., taken out originally by Nicholas PROCTER. SOOO--you have 3 PROCTERs to pick from: Joseph, Reuben or Nicholas. One was a preacher. Can't remember which now. Maybe someone else has that information. And on Otter Creek in my family were: John & Elizabeth HOY SOUTH; Carr & Elizabeth MILLER CAPERTON SMITH & the children of Adam & Elizabeth MILLER CAPERTON; James WALKER, Joshua & Thomas TOWNSEND, Daniel RICHARDSON, Reason BRUMMITT, Benjamin MILLER, John & Andrew ESTES the brothers-in-law of Jacob MILLER; Jacob & Priscilla ESTES MILLER, Priscilla's father Richard ESTES; Charles MILLER brother of Jacob; Jacob's uncle George MILLER. Donna P.S. No Robertsons in my book in this area of the country.