Vicki, Thanks for the data. You said you found James in the Donalson Area. What is the Donaldson Area? Charles

Ken, thanks very much for sharing that, would you recheck the date on that article? please? That was very interesting and I really appreciate the information. Thanks for the retyping and thanks to Ruth Nichols also. Vicki

Hi Listers, Rec. the following newspaper article from Ruth Nichols today.. Wanted to share with all. Ken G. ********************************************************************** REPUBLICAN--Extra Princeton, Ky. Friday- June 31, 1851 OURSELVES We are under the necessity this week, of asking the indulgence of our readers for not making our usual appearance: The cholera has been raging in our town to an alarming extent. Many of our citizens have left, about one half, amongst them, some of the hands of our office. -- The editor is down, with a slight attack of the prevailing epidemic, and those of us who are still here, and up, are in a very poor plight for labor, business of all kinds has been suspended. Under these circumstances we feel confident our friends will excuse us. And we promise hereafter to endeavor to make amends for our failure this week. THE CHOLERA This fearful scourge has again visited our town, and some of our citizens have fallen victims to its ruthless grasp, many others are suffering from its dreadful attack. A general fear seems to pervade all classes of our citizens, many of whom have fled for safety, to other, and more favored localities. Since our last issue, the following persons have fallen victims to this disease. Wm. Gray, one of our oldest and most respected citizens was taken on Saturday morning May 30th, about 10 o'clock, and before sun down, the disease had performed its fearful mission. Elihu Calvert, after struggling with the disease for several days, died on Saturday night. A black girl of E. A. Calvert's on Wednesday, June 4th. Mrs. Robertson, wife of Mr. Rall Robertson, Wednesday night. Mrs. Strong, died very suddenly on Monday night, supposed to be fear or apoplexy. Area physicians report about 12 or 15 cases of actual cholera, having occurred, together with a number of other cases, from 32 to 50 as having all of the premonitory symptoms; but being taken in the first stages of the disease, readily yielded to the remedies used, most of whom are now up. Several deaths have occurred in the country. Mrs. Calvert left town to attend the burial of her husband, was taken the same evening and died in a few hours. Two negroes have died in the neighborhood and several other cases. _________(torn) _______ The disease is evidently on the decline, no decided cases having occurred within the last 48 hours that we can hear of. _________________________ Operations have been suspended at the College until Monday, the 16th. Many of the students have left for home. There has been no case of cholera at the institution, and we trust at the appointed time they will return, as it is thought a few days of good weather will restore our town to its usual excellent health. ______________________ By a letter received from Smithland we learned that several cases of cholera have occurred at Paducah and that Dr. N. Lane died with it on Sunday last. ______________________ The weather has been exceedingly damp and cloudy for several days passed. Yesterday (thursday) being the only clear day we have had since Sunday. It is again cloudy this morning, threatening rain. __________________ \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo----McGillekehr ********************************************************************** *****Your kygenweb homepages are***** CALDWELL http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/caldwell.html LYON http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/lyon.html TRIGG http://www.kyseeker.com/trigg/index.html **********************************************************************

Actually, I meant owning 2 horses and 200 acres and I thought what a difference that one letter makes..... but,,,,,,,,, because he owned em, he was a'owing on em.............sound okay? <G>

Charles, Here are a few places you might also check for leads on these descendants. http://fly.hiwaay.net/~woliver/caldwell_surname.html You'll find the email addresses of others who are working on that surname who may or may not be subscribers to this list. After the page loads, Edit Find (Stephenson) works good to help scan the list. Same thing for the queries located at: http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/Caldwell_queries.html Also, we have obituaries posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.caldwell These can be searched by typing in (Stephenson) in the search box, and be sure to click the Caldwell Board button to limit the search to Caldwell County. If you have been there, done that, good. If not, you may find some leads there also. Welcome to our list and I did find James in the Donaldson area according to the 1810 Tax list for Caldwell. owing 2 horses and 200 acres. Vicki

Seeking information on the descendants of James Stephenson and Margaret Clinton who were married in Caldwell County, Kentucky on December 19, 1809. James and Margaret died in Menard County, Illinois in the late 1860s and are buried in the Rock Creek Cemetery in that same county. Thanks. Charles Stephenson San Antonio, Texas

Thank you so much for the lookup. Rae Ann

Hi List, The Following article was gleaned from the "Webster County Wagonwheel"... While searching census and other records for a long lost ancestor, many times I have found a family that sounded really familar, except for some new children with same birth dates as my ancestor, but my ancestor was not listed. I am sure most of you have experienced this. A letter written in 1909 about the life of a great grandmother may explain part of this mystery. The following is from a recent genealogy news letter. The lady in the story had a brother named John who was away fighting in the Mexican war, she hardly ever got to hear from him. She had got word to him that she was having a baby. She had a daughter, and named her Emily Nevel, a letter came from her brother John saying "Name the baby for me" So even though it was a girl, and had already been named she was always called "Johnnie" after the brother. The next child was Virginia Adelaide, called "Jennie". Next born was Mary Elizabeth whose name they shortened to "Cora". Whenever a new baby came one of her friends would ask to have it named for them and she says...... "That accounts for so many of the children having different names from the ones first given them. After reading this I have decided it will be a miracle if I find anyone. .....Emily Honarah Wheeler Waide, b. 1823 as told to Amanthus Buckner Kimball in 1909 ********* \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo----McGillekehr ********************************************************************** *****Your kygenweb homepages are***** CALDWELL http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/caldwell.html LYON http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/lyon.html TRIGG http://www.kyseeker.com/trigg/index.html **********************************************************************

In Stegers book there is no Peter Redford. Under Rogers names beginning with a "D" are Dimple, Don, Donald & Dot. Under Rodgers is a Michael. Janie Downs -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, April 08, 2002 9:37 PM Subject: Re: 1890 Tax +Stegers Clippings >Can someone do a lookup for me in the "Clippings" book, please? If there is >any mention of Darvin/Darwin Rodgers/Rogers, or his son Peter Redford >Rogers/Rodgers, I'd like to buy the book. >Rae Ann, San Francisco > > >==== KYCALDWE Mailing List ==== >Reunion- Desc. of Sam J.Hankins & Luticia Corley Hankins > May 18th 2002- 10:30 a.m. til 2? at Dawson Springs Comm. Center > West Keigan St.- (downtown) Dawson Springs, Ky. > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Can someone do a lookup for me in the "Clippings" book, please? If there is any mention of Darvin/Darwin Rodgers/Rogers, or his son Peter Redford Rogers/Rodgers, I'd like to buy the book. Rae Ann, San Francisco

I've added this to the books list on the state page. West Central Kentucky Family Research Assn. in Owensboro, presents the first in a series of Family Bible Record books. The series is published from Family bible records submitted by members of taken from the files of WCK-FRA and all have a Kentucky Connection. The first volume of Family Bible Records, A thru F, contains over 145 bible records, 155 pages plus a TOC and index. http://www.rootsweb.com/~kywckfra/index.htm Feel free to fwd to other lists. nt

APRIL 27, 2002- REUNION Desc. of Ebenezer & Agnes (Spiller) Morse will be meeting at 11:00 A.M. at the CALDWELL CO., KY. Ambulance Building Community Room Princeton, Ky. for lunch and fellowship A DAR ceremony will be held at 2:00 P.M. at the Craig Cemetery, Caldwell Co.,Ky. for dedication of a Revolutionary War Marker Public Invited for more information or directions contact Frank Morse - [email protected]

Per advice from a Board Admin., posting for books, CDs, etc., and price can be made to this list as long as it is for Genelogical material..This might open a can of worms!!! Selections From "Sam Steger's Historical Notebook" (newspaper clippings)......279 pages, hardback, indexed... $38.00 ppd. 1890 Caldwell Co. Ky. Tax List (a substitute for the 1890 census) 88 pages..soft cover, not indexed...$14.00 ppd. Make check payable to Caldwell Co. Historical Society order from Ruth Nichols 502 Cadiz St. Princeton, Ky. 42445 Both published by the Caldwell Co. Hist. Soc, Princeton, Ky. (I have no financial interest in either book) Ken G. \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo----McGillekehr ********************************************************************** *****Your kygenweb homepages are***** CALDWELL http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/caldwell.html LYON http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/lyon.html TRIGG http://www.kyseeker.com/trigg/index.html **********************************************************************

C... I'm shocked... you were in DS yesterday and didn't call or stop by? nt -----Original Message----- From: Carole Eve [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 5:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: re:clippings Ken, thanks for the information you sent me about how to obtain those clippings. I am looking forward to purchasing the book. I was in Dawson and surrounding area all day Saturday. However, I didn't think the Society would be open on a Sat. There was a wedding held on my property on the Pond River outside White Plains. That's where I spent a good portion of the day and while I meant to drive towards Princeton to find the roadside cave we have all been talking about, my time ran out. Anyway, thanks for getting that info to me so promptly. Carolyn ==== KYCALDWE Mailing List ==== Visit KYGenWeb Caldwell County Genealogy http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/caldwell.html ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Vicki wrote this on 4/7/02 > What a good memory. I do remember the one you and Emma were talking about, I think. There was one on that side of the > road as you are going around a bolder bend on a downhill (I believe that's right also) where it looked like you could > walk right in from the road. > Yep, that's the one. My sister and her husband used to go in it all the time back in the early 1950's. And you are right, there was no place there to park a car. My mom who still lives in Dawson Springs says that in the late '40's and early 50's, "young people used to hang out in that cave and so a little drinking". She said they would park their cars at the foot of the hill and hike up to the cave. She checked out the cave a lot I suppose with two teenage daughters of her own. (g) Does anyone know anything about the history or the cave? Any artifacts ever found in it? Carolyn

Hi list, If you all are willing to take the hike to Hunter's Bluff, count me in. I don't want to explore the cave either but rather just to see it and the surrounding view. I have always wanted to see it and I ain't getting any younger! Yep, there are snakes in them thare hills. I would wear hiking boots and long pants and of course a walking stick is always helpful. Good advice Cheri. Thanks for letting us know how we can improve our safety if any of should go cave exploring. Carolyn

Ken, thanks for the information you sent me about how to obtain those clippings. I am looking forward to purchasing the book. I was in Dawson and surrounding area all day Saturday. However, I didn't think the Society would be open on a Sat. There was a wedding held on my property on the Pond River outside White Plains. That's where I spent a good portion of the day and while I meant to drive towards Princeton to find the roadside cave we have all been talking about, my time ran out. Anyway, thanks for getting that info to me so promptly. Carolyn

That is good advice, we had others with us waiting right at the entrance but I bet they would not have come in that cave to save their lives...or ours. Once inside, I was a pretty big chicken myself. We just had one of those cheap flashlights. Yep, my curiosity was quelled real quickly! Another thing girls, there are SNAKES in these parts. Copperheads..........we'd have to get some of the guys to go with us. My dad is deathly afraid of snakes and when we were kids he wouldn't take us up to Hunter's Bluff except early spring or late fall. The cave that I mentioned by the gravel pit is now marked no trespassing. I believe the sign is posted not at the cave but just around the gravel pit road. I said it was out by French Spring Hollow, does anyone know this area, or ever hear it called that? I could not find this name at the USGS site. Maybe I have the name wrong or it has been renamed. thanks, Vicki

in reards to this, Vicki, how about getting a group together and show us the caves? You guys are funny, I think my level of adventure now is to just visit Nancy's and see the crawdads and I'll bring the camera. Plus, I might still take the hike up Hunters Bluff. I would say, Cheri is correct to give a word of precaution about the caves. They could be very dangerous, just rock climbing in the open sun is enough to let you know how easy it is to slip. Think about the moisture in a cave and that the bottom may not be as near as you think. However, there is a story here, if interested read on. I went into that cave with an old boyfriend, he now owns some MauiCave Adventure in Hawaii. This cave was his first experience with a cave. Moral: You never know where life is going to take you. Vicki

Thanks for the information, but I really didn't intend to explore the caves, just wanted to see the outside and maybe go in the biggest on just a little way. Sue L. I would suggest that anyone interested in knowing more about caves or doing any cave exploration contact the National Speleological Society in Huntsville, Alabama. They can put you in touch with a local cave club or grotto who will teach you about cave conservation and safe caving techniques. Even the most experienced cavers can get themselves into trouble so this is not to be undertaken lightly. Cavers should wear a hard hat and carry 3 sources of light and let someone know where they went and when they expect to return. But there is a lot more to safe caving than that and anyone should definitely learn from those experienced in caving. I have been a member of the caving community since the early 1970's and a member of the NSS for almost as long. CheriC IBSSG -----Original Message----- From: Don & Vicki Stewart [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 7:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Caves I do know of this cave and let me try out a few terms here to see if any of you heard of these. Please share if you know more. Headed out of Dawson on Hwy 62, you go past 'one mile hill' and there is a little creek, immediately after the creek there is a small area just big enough to pull a car off the road. From here you hike up to 'Hunters Bluff' and partway up the trail you will find the entrance to that cave. It is visible from the road. I even went into the first room of this cave once but it was some time ago and my memory is vague. The first area was fairly spacious and towards the left rear there is an area which you can get into but it is lower, like a drop down level. And it is dark once inside, very, very dark, even with a flashlight. It is not like Mammoth Cave where lights have been strung, and the fear of the unknown was greater than my curiously. The view from the top of Hunters Bluff is really spectacular and over the years I have made numerous trips up there. There is another cave we used to go check out also. Shortly after that creek there is a road that heads south towards Claxton. Seems there were some old cabins there by the turn off of 62. If you take this road you will go past Beulah Hill Church and down by 'French Spring Hollow' there is a 'gravel pit'. We used to collect very colorful rocks from here. There is another cave here but the entrance is very narrow. I was only by this cave with my parents and don't remember ever going into this one. I would also like to know if anyone knows about "Ice Cave"? I was by a site just a few days ago that mentioned Ice Cave in Princeton as being a Historical Place. Remember it saying something about the cave being icy year round. Coming from Princeton to Dawson just about the end of '2 mile hill' you can see 'Hunters Bluff' from the road just to the South. I am still fascinated by this place, and would like to know if anyone knows how this came to be called 'Hunters Bluff.' I do think this cave here is caving in. anyone else know about these places? or have information to share? Vicki Add your 3 line message here Reunion News, Genealogy Workshops, Caldwell County Data WebSite Contact Vicki [email protected] To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetidW1&sourceid37 Add your 3 line message here Reunion News, Genealogy Workshops, Caldwell County Data WebSite Contact Vicki [email protected] To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetidW1&sourceid37