Marilyn, I am keeping an eye out for Philip French as well as information about Henry French of Mercer County, KY. The items mentioning French's from the Butler County, OH history book were interesting, especially the one about the Baptist minister and a man named French. It might be helpful to find what church our French's were members of -- maybe church records would lead to more clues. I did some looking at the Daniel French mentioned with Israel Gregg and I see that Daniel was born in Connecticut in 1770 and moved later to Indiana. He had a patent on a steamboat engine and is written about in Wikipedia at the following address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_French_(inventor) There is a link from that article to the Daniel French papers at the Indiana Historical Society, which gives a brief biography of Daniel French. Also, I found that he had sons George, Henry, and another (maybe a William). There is a "Henry French House" in Louisville, KY that was owned by Henry French, son of Daniel. It looks like these French's came to the Ohio/Indiana/Kentucky area later than Henry French of Mercer County, KY--but it adds confusion. I wonder if any of the family charts at the French Family Association include this family of FRENCH's? Deb S. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Marilyn Horton" <mteach209@msn.com> > I am still looking for Phillip. I know that this Jeremiah was b. 1762 and > died Butler co. 1834. > Phillip is supposed to have been born in KY and that is just across the > river from Butler and Hamilton counties in OH. Does anyone have any > thoughts about the following? > > .............................................. > > A History and Biographical Cyclopedia of Butler County, Ohio--Morgan > Township....Scipio.. pages 422-426 > > ....A carding-mill was owned by William D. JONES, which stood on the Ohio > side, and which was run by horse-power. As early as 1830 George HUBBELL had > a grist-mill on Dry Fork, a quarter of a mile below town. He soon added a > flaxseed oil-mill, which was run for five or six years. The oil-mill was a > frame, while the grist-mill, of course, was a log building. The oldest mill > in this part of the township was built in 1810 by Jeremiah FRENCH, three- > quarters of a mile below Scipio. It had an overshot wheel eighteen feet in > diameter, and stood on the east side of the creek. At first the mill stood > on posts, which in time rotted; and in order to build a saw-mill, stone were > used for a foundation. John HYDEE succeeded FRENCH, who also was followed by > Jesse SMITH & HOLLIBUT, both of whom were Yankees. SMITH was a mill-wright > by trade. The old FRENCH mill ceased running more than 40 years ago. Below > FRENCH's Mill a few rods, Levi SPARKS built a stone still-house. He had his > corn ground at the mill above. > > pages 335-340 > CAPTAIN ISRAEL GREGG. > Captain Israel GREGG, for many years a prominent steamboat man, was for a > long time a resident of Hamilton. He was born on the 20th of February, 1775, > in Virginia, but his parents, who were adventurous pioneers, removed to > Brownsville, Pennsylvania, shortly after, where, on attaining a sufficient > age, he was taught the art of a silversmith, and on reaching his majority > set up for himself. Two years after, or on the 12th of July, 1798, he > married Elizabeth HOUGH, one of the younger children of a Quaker family, and > sister of Joseph HOUGH, for twenty years the leading merchant of Hamilton. > Another brother, Benjamin, was auditor of the State of Ohio from 1808 to > 1815. > Mr. GREGG afterwards became interested in steamboating, and in 1814 was in > command of the steamboat Enterprise, built at Brownsville by Daniel FRENCH, > on his patent, and owned by a company at that place. It was a boat of > forty-five tons. It made two voyages to Louisville in the Summer of 1814. In > December she took in a cargo of ordnance stores at Pittsburgh, and sailed > for New Orleans, arriving at that port on the 14th of the same month. She > was then dispatched up the river in search of two keel-boats, laden with > small arms, which had been delayed on the river. She had reached twelve > miles above Natchez when she met the boats, took their masters and cargoes > on board, and returned to New Orleans, having been out six and half days, in > which time she ran two hundred and sixty-four miles. > > Middletown--Lemon township--pages 627-632 > > Mr. DOTY was instrumentral in bringing the second minister of the Gospel > into the Miami country. The first preacher was the Rev. Daniel CLARK, a > licensed minister of the Baptist profession, who came from Pennsylvania in > the Spring of 1791. The second preacher who came was the Rev. James KEMPER. > He lived near Danville, Kentucky. Daniel DOTY and a man named FRENCH were > chosen by the people to go and bring him and his family to the country. They > proceeded on their way with rifles primed, their only road being a > bridle-path for sixty miles, sleeping in the woods at night. This was in the > Spring of 1792. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FRENCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

Deb, as much as I'd like to, I just can't seem to connect Phillip to this group. I found the list of Jeremiah's children that will surely help someone. I really believe Phillip & David were brothers. We also have Samuel and George H. in that area of western IN. I think the next step is to see what can be found in KY. Oh well, my Haggard line in east TN is plagued with illiteracy. My gggf signed his name with an X. mhh