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