History of Hopkins Co.,KY history bites pg. 13. In 1784, the price to be paid the Commonwealth for waste land on the western waters was fixed at thirteen shillings and four pence per 100 acres. Military Grants in Henderson County were chiefly laid off in adjoining surveys of 1000 acre squares with lines on the cardinal points in"connexions" on the high lands or watersheds of various creeks, thus the Clear Creek "connexion" such surveys for John Fowler (assignee of Arthur Lind, the soldier), William Fontaine, Gabriel Long, Irvin Mills, John McDaniel, Thomas Edmonds, John Ball, Robert Ball, William Parker, " ROBERT HARVEY ", William Rives, William B. Walker, William Meredith, James Buckner, Humphrey Woodson, John Clark, William Lindsay, George Gillison, Peter F. Archer, ( lying just North of the line of the present Noel Avenue in Madisonville), John Jordan, Benjamin Mosely, James Scott and Francis Brook. On Drake's Creek there were like grants to John F. Mercer, Tarpely White, Holt Richardson, and William Ledman. There were four such tracts for Brigadier General Daniel Morgan of the famous "Rifle Brigade", who rendered such distinguished service in the Revolution. Larger tracts were granted to officers, Nathaniel Gist, a noted scout and to Presley Thornton on both Clear Creek and Drake's Creek; Thomas Gaskins- 3000 acres on Clear Creek (6 miles Northwest of Madisonville); 1,666 acres on Drake's Creek to Ensign John Trabue; and 3000 acres to Dr. Mace Clements, surgeon; 6000 acres on Flat Creek to" JOHN HARVEY "; and 2,000 acres on Drake's Creek to General Thomas Posey, apocryphally alleged to be the son of General Washington. [If John Harvey was an officer in the Revolution he had to have been born about 1755 at least, and was Robert Harvey his brother?] ------- pg. 14. The Trabue and Clements tracts are at present (at least in part) in the hands of remote descendants or collaterals of the grantees, but none of the grantees ever really settled their grants. The settlers were chiefly those who took up the waste and outlying lands upon land office warrants or bought from the Military Grantees. The Ohio was the chief highway into the country and flatboats or broadhorns or rafts were the means of it's navigation. All who had money to invest, all who were financially able to regard the comfort or convenience of their families aquired land from Richard Henderson and Company, or others, as close to the River as they could, leaving the hinterland chiefly to the more daring and adventurous, and the restless, to desperately poor immigrants, to fugitives from debt, victims of suretyship, the unsettled conditions and stringincies resulting from War, and the uncertaincies of the land tenures, and to a small class of fugitives from justice. Few were men of means, most were of fair learning in the 3R's and of mature years. Most of them brought their wives and children to make new homes for them on the western waters. pg. 53. Daniel Ashby, residing on Otter Creek, was an early comer. As surveyer, he laid off the "JOHN HARVEY" military survey in 1788. pg. 64. Hannah Murphey was granted letters of administration on the estate of Stephen Murphey, with " LEMUEL HARVEY" and Martin Hewlett as sureties, gave the required bond, and John Bone, appraises in current money the personal estate and slaves of Stephen Murphey. John Carter registered his stockmark. Squire Ashby appeared. pg. 85. Thompson Woodson (1838-1863) first married Miss Em Hart, who died without issue; his 2nd wife, Miss Allie Frost, bore two children ; Cassandra Ware Woodson and Thomas Woodson,Jr. After the death fo Thomas Woodson, his widow married "LEMUEL HARVEY" and bore him 2 children: "LAURA and JOHN HARVEY" . pg. 106 in 1807 the "John Harvey Military" survey was referred to in a court case of a piece of land adjoining it. pg. 136. "JOHN HARVEY" was appointed and qualified as a constable with Edmund Slaton and Presley Pritchett as his sureties. (Oct. 1808?) pg. 162. Tax list; HARVEY, LEMUEL , 200 acres Tradewater, Pond River, Robert Langford, 3 horses. pg. 224. In 1811, "Lemuel HARVEY", a local preacher, formed a class at the home of Joseph Arnold, near the mouth of Pond River, now McLean Co., then Muhlenburg County, and the class was composed of General Stephen Ashby, Joseph Arnold, Arthur Slayton, John Arnold, Hannah Arnold, William and Margaret Faith. The order book of the County Court shows that in 1809 , Reverand Lemuel HARVEY (erroneously stated to be an Episcopal Minister) was authorized to solemnize the rites of matrimony. --- Hopkins County Ky Marriages, 1807-1868 John Harvey m: Hewlett, Anne Sep __, 1800 Winston Harvey m: Whyte, Polly Sep 23, 1818 --- 1810 Hopkins Co census Harvey, John (1 m 26-45) (1 f 16-26) Harvey, Lemuel (1 m 10-16) (1 m 16-26) (1 m 45 up) (1 f under 10) (1 f 10-16) (1 f 16-26) (1 f 45 up) If Lemuel Harvey was 45+ in 1810 he had to have been born 1765 or before!! ---- 1820 Hopkins Co census Harvey, John S (1 m 16-26) (1 m 26-45) (2 f under 10) (1 f 10-16) (1 f 26-45) Harvey, Winston (1 m 16--26) (1 f under 10) (1 f 26-45) Harvey, John Jr (1 m under 10) (2 m 10-16) (1 m 26-45) (4 f under 10) (1 f 10-16) (1 f 26-45) (1 f 45 up) pg. 329. They attended court in the formal dress of the times; knee breeches, stockings, buckled shoes or top boots, long coats, carrying their papers in green bags or in teir immense white beaver top hats. Their hats were chiefly of local manufacture made from fleted fur of rabbit or beaver, and one of them would weigh 5 pounds. pg. 360. The pattrollers; ...the Northeastern district had Daniel Ashby for Captain and Samuel Guiler, JOHN HARVEY and Samuel Leeper were his assistants. Brenda Gaines Gulick Swamp Creek Garden -Oregon http://www.pioneer.net/~brendad/ Mom's side - Smith, Payne, Ward, Nolen, Killcreece, McDaniel, Lamb, Johnson, Degraffenreid, Vass, Baker, Needham, Tscharner, Diesbach, Jenner, Muhlinen, Abbuhl, Lenheer, Ringenberg, Enswyl, Von Lindenach, Veller, VonBaum , Stone, Rust Dad's side - Gaines, Malcom, Holderby, Lewis, Harvey. Felix, Mays My Partner Patrick's family names- Gulick, Chaffey, Stevens/Stephens, Flynn