Continuing from the writings of "Ellot" - William Daniel Tolle. "On the south side of the creek below the old Johnny ADAMS homestead lived for many years Matthew PETTY, a capitalist. He did not settle the place; I don't know who the first settler was. Below him lived Price MORAN. On the north side of the creek below the Ray ford was a large body of land occupied by Robert STRANGE. It belonged to his wife. They had a good many Negroes before the Civil War and the land was farmed pretty extensively. Mrs. STRANGE belonged to a noted family by the name of PAGE. She had no children but raised a niece, whose descendants inherited her estate in after years; mention of which will be made hereafter. "On the south side of the creek further down, James GILLOCK settled on a tract of land thought to be about 1000 acres. He was a Revolutionary War soldier and a brother of Laurence above spoken of. He married Miss HUNT. Born to this marriage two daughters and five sons. The eldest, Melcijah married Julian PAGE December 19, 1827; Albert married Ann BARBER April 25, 1839; 2nd marriage to widow Marian WILLIAMS March 2, 1857; Milton G to Martha Ann BUSH November 27, 1833; Robert H GILLOCK to Louisa SETTLE; Hezekiah to Elizabeth DODD March 10, 1846; Kitty GILLOCK, the eldest daughter married George ELLIS. Harriet married Anderson WOOTEN, they were the parents of our townsman J T Y WOOTEN. "Melchijah [spelled various ways] died in a few years after his marriage, leaving two children; one son, William and one daughter, America. Their mother remarried John BARLOW of the Boyds Creek country and was the mother of Frank and John BARLOW of Barren County and Ann BARLOW who married John B SNODDY, now of Texas. The mother came to her death by hanging in an upper chamber of her house. Her daughter America was reared by her aunt, Elizabeth STRANGE, wife of Robert STRANGE. "The son William died in early manhood. The daughter America married Haden RALSTON and was the mother of the RALSTON brothers of Glasgow, KY. The landed estate of Mrs. STRANGE was not finally disposed of for many years after her death. It contained a great deal of very valuable timber, the sale of which, and afterwards, the land, which amounted to several hundred acres, reached many thousands of dollars. The RALSTON brothers were the legal heirs and inherited this large estate. A portion of this land if not all of it, belongs to Fannin JOHNSON. "Further down the creek below the GILLOCK homestead, Snead KINSLOW owned a fine farm in the long ago. The last I knew of this farm, it was owned by Fannin JOHNSON. Below this place lived Louis WILKINSON, Tom RENFRO, Elijah KINCHELOE, Lafayette WINN, James BACON, C T ELLIS, A Y ELLIS, Sen., B G WELLS, George MATTHEWS. In this neighborhood, in the long ago, Allen MATTHEWS ran a flouring grist and saw mill for many years. It was regarded as one of the best mills of the country at the time in which it was operated. "Others living and have lived in this section: A Y ELLIS, Jr., T W SETTLE, B W MYERS, W J ELLIS, Thomas RALSTON, H D RALSTON, W J LEAVELL, Robert RALSTON, Jose SETTLE, B C RENFRO. "Below the Pike: James FRAZIER, D RALSTON, Dr. J G ADAMS, Jewell BERRY, Mrs Mattie CASH, J A BRITT, Tom HERSTON, Jas BUTTON and Mrs. S. WOODSON." To be continued next week. (c) Backroads of Barren County. SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html