2nd try to get this out! Sandi NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11187 HOPKINS CO ­ JOHN C. GIVENS ­ Givens, Christian, Barnhill #11187: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume IV, Battle ­ Perrin ­ Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Hopkins Co. JOHN C. GIVENS was born in Hopkins County, Ky., June 17, 1828, and is the fourth of ten children born to James K. and Elizabeth (Christian) Givens, the former a native of Virginia, the latter of Kentucky, of Irish and English descent, respectively. James K. Givens, when about eighteen years old, in 1813, came with his parents to Hopkins County, Ky., where his father, Thomas Givens, bought military lands and improved a farm. James K. bought wild land near the old homestead, where he improved the farm upon which he resided until his death, in 1855. For the last twenty years of his life he was almost entirely helpless, being affected all that time by rheumatism. He and his wife were from early life members of the Baptist Church. John C. in 1850 went to California, by the overland route, and was successfully engaged in mining and teaming there for nearly three years. He then returned to Kentucky and bought a farm near Nebo, Hopkins County, where he has since been engaged in farming. He was married November 24, 1854, to Miss Artemisia Barnhill, a native of Bertie County, N. C. Seven children have blessed their union, four of whom ­ two sons and two daughters ­ are living. Mr. and Mrs. Givens are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. He is a Democrat. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch