Kay; Are you the one that sent the index? My attachment was just garbledygoop. I did not get it. could you please try again. My e-mail is joemar@kyol.net if you want to send it straight to me. Thank you very much. Joann ----- Original Message ----- From: <KLMPIANO@aol.com> To: <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 1999 10:35 PM Subject: Re: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] Hiram Grills > Hello everybody, > > Penny asked for a couple of quotes regarding her BROWN relatives... > > At this point, in 1901, grandfather's family moved to Cannonsburg and set up > to operate a general store in a brick building, and he was describing the > area: > > Page 202: > "Across the road, in front of the brick store, Uncle MIKE O'BRIEN lived > in a two story loghouse with his family - JOHN, BRIDGIE, MAGGIE, MIKE, KATE - > MAYME and DAN all grown. Their barn was west of their house on their > triangular piece of land of about five acres. EASTHAM's lived in the n. e. > corner ofthe Pike Crossing in front oftheir store. WILLIAM H. NUNLEY & wife > east of EASTHAM's on the opposite side of Marsh Run. J. M. 'BABE' ROSS east > of NUNLEY's on opposite side ofthe creek and Catlettsburg Pike and his barn > across the road north of this house. West of the Brick was CLARENCE HANDLEY's > blacksmith shop & his residence, with W. H. NUNLEY's steam grist mill, north > and west, on the bank of the creek; Mrs. AMANDA BROWN's residence; WILLIAM > HANDLEY's residence and ALBERT JORDAN's under a big maple tree." > > The following are some more excerpts regarding the same thing: > > Page 206: > "Marsh Run is a small stream that runs west through Cannonsburg and > empties into the East Fork of Little Sandy River about a mile away........... > East of Cannonsburg on the Catlettsburg Pike, J. M. 'BABE' ROSS lived on > the old Becker farm which stretched east about a mile on both sides ofthe > Pike and adjoined the lands of JAMES COLLINS and IKE O'BRIEN. On the Pike > were the lands of JOHN BROWN, Mrs. HALLEY, WILLIAM SPARKMAN and on the hill, > WADE KIRK." > > Hope that is helpful, Penny. > > Kay