Levee is what I thought of but not being very familiar with the area then I didn't know if there would have been levees. Kathy Rogers ----- Original Message ----- From: <Acltk2@aol.com> To: <KYDAVIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [KYDAVIES-L] Davis Douthitt's Journal - Aug 1858 > In a message dated 8/17/02 10:14:36 PM Central Daylight Time, > csa52@bellsouth.net writes: > > > > Sat 14 > > > > I went to the letting out of the livy > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > > I have no clue what he did on Saturday . It was a letting out of something. > > Definitely a 4 letter word. The 1st letter is the same as the way he writes > > an l in other words, 2nd letter is dotted so I am pretty sure it is i. 3rd > > letter shaped the same as the v in Knottsville , last letter has the drop > > and could be a g but livg doesn't make any more sense than livy. So what > > was > > he up to? > > > > Do you suppose he could be referring to a levee ? There were locks on the > Ohio River around that time, I think. Something regarding construction to > one of those? > > > ==== KYDAVIES Mailing List ==== > To Subscribe to this list in digest mode, send a message to > KYDAVIES-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word > SUBSCRIBE > in the body of the message. > Turn off signature file for all commands. > > ============================== > 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 > >