First - if you haven't checked it out lately, you should take a look at the Barren County board site at: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.barren/mb.ashx There are literally thousands of posts of source data and queries out there. I just finished posting # 3,000 obituaries and there is a lot more out there too. Eau Claire News, Eau Claire WI, Saturday, 21 May 1887, p. 11 "Killed at Court. Louisville, Ky., May 19.- In a room over the court-house at Glasgow, Ky., Monday, William Scott was shot and killed by Ray Rutledge, the body rolling down stairs and into the court-room, where Judge Carr as on the bench at the time. The victim was to be tried for shooting an eye out of Bill Slinker a year ago. The latter and Rutledge were arrested." Sandi 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