Thank you Sharon.... Peter Cassity is a direct ancestor of mine... My Great Grandmother on my Mother's side of the family was Martha Cassity Bailey... I have some extensive data on the Cassity's.... but the Cassity Website has the best stuff.... Linda has really done a good job with the Cassity Website..... Johnny Mack Souder souderj@mindspring.com _________________ Souder/ Bennett/ Wainscott/ Wright/ Richardson Clifton/ Scudder/ Lancaster (Owen & Madison Co., Ky) _________________ McKinney/ Bailey/ Cassity/ Williams/ Wilson/ Owen/ Archer /Pieratt Hasty/ Carter/ Chastain/ Gill/ Murdock/ Richards/ Grant/ Ammon (Rowan, Bath, Morgan, Montgomery, Menifee, Mercer, Lincoln, & Clark Co.'s.) _________________ ..."I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference" Robert Frost ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Karns" <skarns3@cox.net> To: <KYBATH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 5:04 AM Subject: [KYBATH] > Found this info online and thought you might enjoy reading it. > > Sharon Karns > > KYBATH-L: [KYBATH-L] Briefs from History of Bath Co.., KY 1876 by William M. Talley > > > > Bath County was formed from Montgomery in 1811. First settlers, Elias Tobin > made a small cabin in 1775 on Slate Creek. Moses Sharp settled on Bald Eagle > in 1780. Hugh Sidwell, Thomas Clark and a Mr. Bollard setled on Slate Creek, > at the mouth of Naylor's Branch, in 1783. The only fort or stations built as > protecion from Indians were the old blockhoouse built in 1786 on the road to > the Olympian Springs, and Cassity's Station.....erected byPeter Cassity in > 1787. the old Slate Furnace was built by John Cockey Owings, Jacob Myers and > John Breckentidge in 1790. > > First gramd Jury, Sennett Young (foreman) Robert Hopkins, Thomas Welch, Isaac > Butcher,John McILhenny, John Cushow, Wm. Hamilton, John Boyd, Rowland > Burbridge,David Bratton, Moses Hendrix, Mourning Vice, James Hopkins, Benonie > Cushow, John Colglazure, Richard Stone, Daniel Young, Thos. Sinclair, and Wm. > Grimes. > They returned an indictment against James Anderson for the murder of Abraham > Becraft. > > May 3, 1813 The grand jury composed of John Williams, James Mosley, John > McNabb, Rowland Richards, William richards, Wm. Poor, John Wilson, John > Norris, andrew Biggs, Richard Lyman, Phillip Williams and James McCullough > indicted Sam Donley for killing Wm. Cantrell (manslaughter) > > July 26, 1817. Jury Wm. Smith, Robert Downs, Thomas Perry, Gordon Griffin, > Drury B. Boyd, James Thompson, Wm. Miller, Christopher Oakley, George > Butcher, John Trumbo, and Jarvis Brennigan sentenced Ellenor Gillespie to hang > for the murder of her husband. She was executed at the forks of the road on > Mt/ Sterling pike, on gallows erected by David Hynoman. Guards were: George > Cloyd Jr.,Charley cooper, Asa Maxey, Denny Burns, Billy Burns, and David > Fathey. > While Ellenor was confined in jail, George Lansdown went in and undressed > himself, gave her his clothes and she attempted to escape by walking boldly > out of the jail. David Fathey saw the deception and arrested her as she was > leaving. Lansdown was incensed at Fathey for not permitting her to escape; a > fight ensued and Fathey whipped Lansdown. > > Nov. 20, 1857 Milton Tackett was hanged by sheriff W.P. Conner at the > forks of the Road on Wyoming Pike for the murder of Frank Fielder. J.W. Moore > was Circuit Judge. Jury had to be summoned from Nichlas County...George > Holland, G.W. Frontnemer, Robert Potts, James Scobee, William Reid, Leroy > Davidson, David Allen, W.W. Howe, robert Stephenson, Wm. Watts, John Durham > and Coleman Ratliffe. > > > > > > >