Ira Harris III wrote: Subject: [HH] Estill Family: Booton and Harris Marriage Source: GENEALOGIES OF KENTUCKY FAMILIES, 3 VOLUMES From The Filson Club History Quarterly, ESTILL FAMILY Compiled by Alma Lackey Wilson, 1944 This covers pages 311-339 This article discusses the Estill Family of Kentucky. I found it very interesting and informative. Numerous Kentucky families are mentioned and discussed in this article. Among them are the Kavanaugh and Miller families who both tie into the Harris family of Kentucky. "Ruth Estill (Thomas, John, Wallace Estill)the youngest child of Captain Wallace and Lady Mary Ann Estill was born on September 3, 1768, and when five years old was taken from Augusta County where she was born, to her father's estate in Monroe County, Virginia. She married Travis Booton of Greenbrier County, Virginia, who died in 1896. She moved to Kentucky, her mother Lady Mary Ann, going with her, some time prior to 1800. Here, Ruth married her second husband, William Kavanaugh, the son of Rev. Charles Kavanaugh,Sr. and his wife Ann. Major Kavanaugh came to Kentucky from Virginia before 1784, and in June 1790, he was appointed Lieutenant in the Madison County Militia; in 1791, he was promoted to a Captain. His five sons by his first wife, Hannah Woods were all in the War of 1812. Major Kavanaugh died in 1829; Ruth died in 1853 at the age of eighty-five, at the home of her daughter, Mary Ann Embry. Ruth had one child, Mary Ann Booton who married Thomas Harris, son of Christopher and Elizabeth Grubbs Harris. He died in about 1806 and Mary Ann married Joel Emby. Ruth Estill's Bible contained the record of the names and births of all of Captain Wallace Estill's children. Mary Ann Campbell Estill came to Kentucky with her daughter Ruth Booton and died there in 1800. Her life had been spent on the frontiers since she was ten years old, in Pennsylvania, in Virginia, and in Kentucky, so her life was filled with marvelous experiences and hardships. She survived her oldest son, Capt. Jas. Estill for eighteen years and at her death was buried at the site of Estill's Fort. She gave two splendid and heroic sons to Kentucky; three step- sons, four sons, three sons-in-law were Colonial and Revolutionary soldiers." What follows the end of this article is a list of Authorities used. I did not have Thomas Harris/Mary Ann Booton in my database. Can anyone verify further that he was the son of Christopher and Elizabeth (Grubbs) Harris? Any insight and information is appreciated. Please respond through HH or H-KY so that others may be helped. Ira L. Harris III Evansville, Indiana My response: This is quite a bit of information to digest at one sitting. I do have a list of some early Kavanaugh bridegrooms of Madison Co., KY Source: Bill & Kathy Vockery, MADISON COUNTY KENTUCKY MARRIAGE RECORDS, VOL I, 1786-1822 [Richmond, KY: Bill & Kathy Vockery, 1993], p. 45 The 2nd name is that of the bride; the 3rd name is the bondsman; the 4th name [if there is one] gives consent. If there is a symbol FB-father of bride; MB = mother of bride. Other symbols will be explained if they occur. The first date is the date of the bond; last date is the date of return. KAVANAUGH Charles - Warren, Peggy - 2 Jul 1817 - Warren, Thomas - Warren, Thomas, FB; 3 Jul 1817 Nicholas - Wallace, Jane - 9 Jan 1817 - Woods, John - Wallace, Jane, MB; 12 Jan 1817 Philip - Gilbert, Patsy - 1 Jul 1807 - Gilbert, Stephens; Gilbert, Samuel, FB [dt blank] William - Miller, Elizabeth - 9 Jun 1798 - Miller, Robert; Miller, John, FB; 13 Jun 1798 William - Booton, Ruth - 20 sep 1815 - Goodloe, William 21 Sep 1815 (Here appears the bride's name Booton. Does this agree with the history of Estill Co.?) Here is the entry for the marriage of Thomas Harris and Mary Ann Booton: HARRIS Thomas - Mary Ann Booton - 27 Mar 1804 - Booton, Travis [no consent] [no return] (Vockery & Vockery, Vol. 1, p. 37) With the information I have at hand for Madison Co., KY, I cannot verify the marriage of one Christopher Harris and Elizabeth Grubbs. If there were such a marriage, it probably took place in Virginia. A Higgason Grubbs was very active in land sales in Madison Co., KY, according to the grantor and grantee deed indexes. Do you have reason to believe that Elizabeth (Grubbs) Harris was one of his children? It is believed that Grubbs's wife was a Harris. Incidentally, I have a copy of one page of a grantor index which contains some surnames beginning with B, including Boonesborough where some of my North Carolinians (and one Pennsylvanian) were active. There is an entry for Booton: Booton, Travis, grantor; Sarah Estill, grantee; deed E-295 Feb 26, 1802 [written]; Mar 18, 1802 [recorded] slave [not named] (LDS film 183,279 - Madison Co., KY Grantor Index) All this may add to your confusion. Estill was formed 1808, created from Clark and Madison counties. A disaster in 1964 destroyed some records [source: Family History Library catalog] E.W.Wallace