Now that I'm a little more awake, realized that on Monday's I was giving you the history of the Rocky Hill area by William Daniel Tolle (1877-1920ish). So ... we continue: Henry BOWLES, father of William and Tom BOWLES, live near Dr. REDFORD's on the creek. William EMERSON lived there where his son David EMERSON now lives. Charles LEWIS, an uncle of Gen Joe LEWIS, settled the place where Ben BUTTON now lives. Tom Bill SPILLMAN lives on the old place at Grangetown. Porter LEWIS settled on the place Micajah HOUCHENS now lives. John FANT lives at Port Oliver on the north of the river. C P SPILLMAN, lately deceased, lived on the road leading to the HUDSON fort ... the first place after leaving Rocky Hill. Burkett and Gavin HUFFMAN lived on the old place near Finney. Jefferson HENDERSON, Sr. lived at Grangetown, now Finney Post Office. Mr. HENDERSON was a prominent man, had a large family, was a man of means and business, and a general store and lived until old age carried him off. Gus FANT, father of John and Fielding FANT, lived on Barren River where John HENDERSON now lives. Dick HAWKS lived on the old HAWKS' homestead. W W DUFF, the blacksmith, had a shop on the roadside. Charlie SETTLE, an old man, made his own coffin and put it under the bed so that he would be ready when his time came. He took a notion to have his funeral preached at his house while he was living so he gold old Brother Zachariah EMERSON to preach his funeral on Easter Sunday, April 19, 1829. A big dinner had been prepared by the family and everybody invited. Mr. SETTLE lived several years after his funeral was preached. Mr. MORRIS lived on the Sulphur Well road near Rocky Hill. Dr. BRADFORD lived on Beaver Creek (did he mean Buck Creek?), now the ALCOCK place. Doss DEERING lied across the creek where Jim CARTER now lives. William and Thomas LEAVEL lived on the old LEAVEL homestead, where Mr. SETTLE now lives. Major BRASHEAR was living with them at one time. Ben MARTIN lived near the mouth of Buck Creek where Dr. Joe WOOTEN now lives. Frank MARTIN, his youngest son, lives on a part of the old homestead. The late Jonathan JEWELL Sr better known as Stake JEWELL, lived on Buck Creek, near Rocky Hill. W B JEWELL, his son, owns the old place but lives on the Rocky Hill and Port Oliver Road. Dr Dan RENNICK lives on the river just above the mouth of Buck Creek. Dan and Dr. PORTER and sisters lived thee for a number of years." to be continued next week - hopefully! 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