Can one tell me about the Gray Cemt that was on the Gray Farm in Nicholas County? I have been told that the Clay Farm is now owned by the Government? Jim

Hello, I am a newbie, and I am researching the Buckner name and trying to find other descendants of my ggg grandfather Thomas Jefferson Buckner. I believe he was born in KY and his wife was either named Laura Williams or Lucinda Williamson, she was born in TN. I know they had at least two children, Jesse James Buckner (who was also known as J.J. Buckner and James J. Buckner) born January 24,1869 in Caldwell County KY. The other son was Albert Mitchell Buckner born January 18, 1873 also in Caldwell County. For a reason unknown to me, J.J. Buckner was raised in Caldwell County, while A.M. Buckner was raised in TX. J.J. Buckner married Laura Lewis and they had the following children: Minnie, Robert, Weldon, Fred, Jennie, Ruth, Nellie, Maynard, and Jesse Lewis. A.M. Buckner married Mattie Elizabeth Byas and they had the following children: Dellos Urban, Ruby Mae, Marvin Obbie, and Herman Albert. I would greatly appreciate any help with my line of Buckners. Thank you, Tammye Campbell-Hobgood

Hi, I have joined this list because I don't know where else to look for the information I seek. My great-grandmother, MARY CUNNINGHAM WALSH, was born in Lexington KY, supposedly on the Henry Clay Farm, 4 Mar 1861. Her parents were EDWARD CUNNINGHAM and ANNE MEEHAN, both from Ireland. There were two sons, JOHN CUNNINGHAM b Oct 1863, and EDWARD CUNNINGHAM b Aug 1865. Also born In Lexington KY. By 1870 they had moved to Cincinnati OH where I found them in the Census. My questions: Are there birth records for this period for Lexington? Were Irish immigrants hired at the Henry Clay Farm? Would any records have been kept of births there? Does anyone have any tips on how I would find the answers to these questions? Thank you for any help. Joan Maxwell Skirvin, Scottsdale, AZ

HELP HELP!!!I have been reseaching for 10 yrs and cannot find my gr grandfathers origins. We have lots of stories but no hard facts. FACT: NAME : Henry Hardin Hunt born 1857 in KY FACT: FROM: Louisville or Lexington Mother had been said to be a Bowman and another name we have is Lula DuBall. Father was listed on death cert as H H Hunt but don't know if that is accurate. My Henry Hardin Hunt was born 1857. RUMOR: Said that his father was killed in Hardin/Hunt feud and family moved to Louisville. Had a sister named Kitty. They moved in with Henry's mothers mother--Possibly Bowman or Duball and they were cabinetmakers. Married my gr grandmother in 1883 in San Antonio, Tx. ANY INFO WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED--Have a great day!! Dianne Dash

Hello List, I am trying to get a copy of my parent's marriage certificate. Ervin F. ROTHENBUHLER wife: Betty JAY Wedding Date: 4 Sept 1940 Place: Lexington, Fayette County. Can anyone help me? Where would I write to? thanks, robert rothenbuhler new braunfels, texas [email protected]

Hi Robert! The best way for you to get a copy of a marriage license is for you to write to the Fayette County Clerk at Fayette County Clerk--marriage record request 162 E Main St Lexington, KY 40507 - 1363 606 253 3344 is the phone number, I believe you can charge your request, but that requires an additional fee. 8 - 4:30 Monday through Friday, Kentucky time. Include a check for $6 (at least that's what it was last year when I sent for a bunch of my own) and an addressed, stamped envelope for your return. It'll take a couple of weeks, but Fayette Co has been the most prompt county I've dealt with! (and, unlike my home county, they will return the check if nothing is found.) The records available from the Fayette County Clerk include marriage records from 1795, probate and land records from 1794. The Clerk of the Circuit Court has divorce and civil court records. Good luck, and let us know what you find! Christine in Chicago listowner of KYFAYETT-L and PIATT mailing lists Robert Rothenbuhler wrote: > > Hello List, > > I am trying to get a copy of my parent's marriage certificate. > Ervin F. ROTHENBUHLER > wife: Betty JAY > Wedding Date: 4 Sept 1940 > Place: Lexington, Fayette County. > Can anyone help me? Where would I write to? > > thanks, > > robert rothenbuhler > new braunfels, texas > [email protected] > > ==== KYFAYETT Mailing List ==== > How to make ancestral lemonade: Add postings to > [email protected] to email, stir, flavor with new ancestors and > friendly cousins to suit. But that posting has to be fresh and juicy!

Good afternoon: Many of you had requested copies of this will when I had it as a file. This goes along with the Ambrose Young letter which I posted a month ago. Check out all of the names in this document. If any one can document "this" William back into VA I would love to share files with you. Further, any documentation of Leonard Young's and Lawrence Young's relationship to the brothers William and John would be greatly appreciated. If these people are all related, lots of them ended up in KY, IL, MO, AR, TX and elsewhere! Walt Will of William Young; Fayette Co. KY, Will Book A, page 30, 15 May 1793. In the name of God Amen. I, William Young, of the County of Fayette and the State of Kentucky, being of sound mind and memory but weak in body calling to mind the uncertainty of this life do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following (viz): I commit my body to the earth to be buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named and my soul I commit to he Lord that gave it hopes of being saved through the mercies of my precious Redeemer and for such worldly goods and possessions as the Lord hath bestowed upon me, I give and bequeath them in manner and form following: First, It is my will and desire that my just debts and funeral expenses be paid. Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Minor Young the land whereon he now lives. Also a negro man by the name of George now in his possession. Also a Negro boy by the name of Cesar, son of Minny, to him and his heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Judah Martin, George Lewis' bond for three hundred acres of land assigned to me by Thomas Brooks, also a Negro woman by the name of Tenor and her child by name of David which is now in her possession, also a negro girl by name of Annister daughter of Minny and their increase and I give to James Martin husband of Judah Martin the land whereon he now lives containing 210 acres be the same more or less which is laid off by lines and corners joining John Young, Senr. and James Young F.(?) and Thomas Morton it being part of the land I purchased of Moses and Evan Shelby, to them and their heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath to my son Richard Young the lower end of the tract of land I now live on which is laid off by marked lines and corners which my brother John Young will point out and show the dividing line, and my half of the saw mill and my half of the griss mill to take possessions of the saw mill at the age of 21 years and my half of the griss mill at the death or marriage of my beloved wife Milly Young and not before and a negro man by name of Godfrey which he now hath in possession. Also a negro girl named Lindy, daughter of Minny and both of my stills and all the tubs and casks belonging to the distillary and the use of the still house for two years and longer if my executors choses to let him have it longer, and one bed and furniture, to him and his heirs forever agreeable to the plan here laid down. Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Lettice Young the one half of William Campbell's bond for 1000 acres of land also a negro woman named Minny which hath been delivered to her and is now in her possession and her youngest son Harry, also a negro girl named Charlotte, and one feather bed and furniture also a young black mare colt of the big sorrell mare and three pounds a year for three years provided she doth not marry sooner than three years for her support, to her and her heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath unto my son John Young my half of the bond for eight hundred acres of land that I and my brother John Young hath of Thomas Carnels(?) and that if the said land should be lost that it is my will and desire that my estate make the said son up one hundred pounds and that the damages which can be recovered of Thomas Carnel in case the land is lost to revert to my estate again and agreeable to the tenor of this, I give it to my son John Young, and his heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Patsey Young the one half of William Campbells bond for one thousand acres of land to her and her heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Douglass Young the upper end of the land I now live on as far as the dividing line which my brother John Young is to point out between my son Richard and Douglass Young, reserving to my wife the whole of the land given Douglass Young until the division of my estate when my son John arrives at the age of twenty-one if she should live after which division my wife is only to enjoy that part of the land on the land east side of Hickman creek during life or widowhood after which I give it to my son Douglass Young, and his heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath unto my youngest children John Young, Patsey Young and Douglass Young the following negros: Paul, Will, Lander, Frank and Daniel and Judah and Reuben and their increase to be equally divided between said three children when my son John arrives at the age of twenty-one years to them and their heirs forever. It is my will and desire and the intent and meaning of these writings that if either of my children decease without lawfull issue from their own bodies that then in that case that part of my estate given the deceased be equally divided between the surviving children, to them and their heirs forever. Its noted that negro Reubin was interlined before the will was signed or fully wrote. Item: It is my desire that my executors dispose of so much of my stock and whisky as with the profits of my estate may be sufficient to discharge all my just debts. Item: I lend unto my beloved wife Milly Young during her life or widowhood my dwelling house and land adjoining it agreeable to the reserves made in my son Douglass Youngs legacy in the same land with the residue of my estate of every kind and agreeable to the reserves made in favor of my wife in different legacies already given except the legacies which if given without reserves, viz. the use of the saw mill my wife is to enjoy if she lives single until my son Richard arrives the age of twenty-one and the griss mill during her life or widowhood agreeable to the reserves made in my son Richard Young and Douglass Youngs legacies and it is my will and desire that at the death or marriage of my said wife that the said residue lent my wife and the increase of the same be equally divided amongst all my children agreeable to the will except my son Richard Young is to have no part in the division, them and their heirs forever and it is my will and desire that if my wife should die before the division of my estate takes place when my son John Young arrives at the age of twenty-one which is before laid down that part of my estate lent my beloved wife shall be kept together by my executors for the support and maintenance and education of my younger children until my son John arrives at the age of twenty-one years and that that part lent my wife to be equally divided agreeable to what is heretofore laid down, them and their heirs forever. Lastly I constitute and appoint my brother John Young and Leonard Young executors of this my last will and testament and my beloved wife Milly Young Executrix of this my last will hereby revoking and disannulling all other will or wills by me heretofore made ratifying this and no other to be my last will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 15th day of May 1793. It is my will and desire that my executors if they should think it necessary to make up out of my estate which is lent my wife a bed and furniture and a twenty pound horse to my youngest children John Young, Douglass Young and Patsey Young one feather bed and twenty pound horse to each of them a peace. William Young (seal) Signed sealed and delivered in presence of Hesekiah Harrison Polly S Smith W Smith Lawrence Young Fayette County: This attested copy of the last will and testament of William Young, deceased was this day produced before me as Clerk of the said County Court and is admitted again to Record the original together with the record having been destroyed by fire. Given under my hand this 3rd day of May 1803. Teste: Levi Todd, Clk.

Looking for info on Family of Millard Gray born Abt 1888 Died 7-Jul-1976 in Fleming County, KY Kids were Katherine William Thomas Raymond Emma Sue Oliver George Raymond Kenneth Any help?

Looking for help on Family of Bertie Gray who married Willie Morgan her Parent were Millard Clinton Gray & Margaret Ellen Smart. There Kids were Edgar Mary Ellen Anna Fay Dorothy Jean Christine Can anyone help?

Looking for any information on the family of Nanny HATTON b. Feb. 22, 1850, Lexington, Fayette, KY. On March 16, 1865, in Mount Sterling, she married Calvin Foster VAUGHN. Their son, James Hutchinson VAUGHN was born in Mt. Sterling on Jan 7, 1866. By 1870 they had moved to Atchison Co. KS. Death certificate of Nanny gives fathers name as William. Have not found a William HATTON with a daughter Nanny in the Montgomery or Fayette Co. Census for 1850 or 1860. This search has been at a dead end for many years, so any clues or help would be appreciated. Thank you Joan Lewin, Paradise, CA

Looking for info on : GRAY, HOPKINS, ADKINS, TANNER

Hi all! I'm now and seemingly forever looking for information about Robert MONTGOMERY, father of Lorenzo Dow Montgomery. Lorenzo Dow Montgomery, my great-grandfather, was born in 1823 in Fayette CO, KY. His father, Robert, signed for his marriage to Mary GUYN in 1843 in Woodford CO, KY. (One possibility is the Robert Montgomery who married a Polly Bucknall on May 17, 1797 in Lincoln CO, KY.) I'm hoping someone will have information about any Robert Montgomery in Fayette CO or nearby ca. 1820. I have the descendants of Lorenzo Dow and Mary Guyn Montgomery listed on my website. Thanks and blessings! Sue Montgomery-Cook Denton Family Genealogy: http://www.acun.com/dentons Admiral Jeremiah Denton's TRANSFORM program: http://www.nff.org Home E-mail: [email protected] Sue Cook du Treil, Lundin & Rackley, Inc. 201 Fletcher Avenue Sarasota, FL 34237 941.329.6000 FAX:: 941.329.6030 [email protected]

Does anyone on the list have any information on Lytha Jenkins who was born in Fayette about 1803. Was supposed to have married Morton Moore of Fayette. Linda

Jim, The first Fayette County newspaper was the Kentucky Gazette which began on August 11, 1787. No copies of that issue remain. It was several years before much local news began to appear in the Gazette and even then it was quite spotty, so you'll need a real stroke of luck to find a birth announcement. The following address lists which early Fayette newspapers are on microfilm and available through the University of Kentucky libraries: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/sources/ukfilm.html The Lexington Public library also has early Fayette newspapers on film. Good luck with your search. Pam Brinegar, Coordinator Fayette County KYGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyfayett/fayette.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: James Ralston <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 1999 2:31 PM Subject: [KYFAYETT] Early newspapers > Can anyone tell me of the earliest newspaper(s) in Fayette County. I am trying all efforts to locate information about my gg-grandfather, DAVID RALSTON. I know of his burial location, which is in Harrison County, what the inscription on the tombstone says, but in the new printing I have of the History of Harrison County, the dates are different, and the author, William Perrin, states he was born in Fayette County, circa 1790. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > Jim Ralston > > > > ==== KYFAYETT Mailing List ==== > You can contact the listowner (that's me, Christine!) at > [email protected] with any questions or problems. >

I would be interested also in any early sources about the Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum (it's real name, I think)in Lexington. Several of my relatives who emigrated from Ireland apparently got their start by working as "attendants" at the asylum, beginning around 1846. The 1850 census lists the whole staff, and most likely the 1840 one does too (I didn't check because my relatives weren't there yet). For the in-between years, some of them were also listed in the Lexington City Directory with the occupation as "attendant" at the asylum. Does anyone know if any records of the asylum's early years have survived, particularly those that might have information about the staff or how so many people from Ireland happened to end up working there? Were they directly recruited? Thanks Julie Hu [email protected]

Hello! I'm hoping someone can help me find out some more information about my Cavin (sometimes Cavins) ancestors. I only have one name, Thomas Cavin. He lived in Fayette Co., Kentucky, and according to his obituary in The Lexington Reporter, he died May 9, 1829 at 83 years of age. I found his name on the 1788 Fayette Co. tax list, and he was mentioned in The History of Fayette Co., Ky by Robert Peter. It stated that he had bought property from the government while it was still Virginia (and subsequently sold it to the Irvin family). In the Kentucky Gazette in 1794, there is mention of his property being adjacent to a Robert Preston's & a John Hawkin's. Aside from this, all I have is his wife, Jane Erwin, and his daughter, Jane Cavin Armstrong. If any of this sounds familiar to you, please let me know. Thank you. Roxanne

Can anyone tell me of the earliest newspaper(s) in Fayette County. I am trying all efforts to locate information about my gg-grandfather, DAVID RALSTON. I know of his burial location, which is in Harrison County, what the inscription on the tombstone says, but in the new printing I have of the History of Harrison County, the dates are different, and the author, William Perrin, states he was born in Fayette County, circa 1790. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Jim Ralston

Jim: I decided to post this to the entire list because I thought it would help to keep the traffic up. I believe in the molecular theory: if you just keep the molecules stirred up, things begin to happen : ) Works for me! The earliest two papers in Lexington, and I assume Fayette as a whole, were the Kentucky Gazette and the Kentucky Register. There are many books that index these papers and the originals are on microfilm at the Lexington Public Library. They will copy and send to you any pages you request. If you want to search, I am not sure if you can rent the microfilm. If you go to their website you may find the answer to that question or at least who to ask. Good luck, Caroline James Ralston wrote: > Can anyone tell me of the earliest newspaper(s) in Fayette County. I am trying all efforts to locate information about my gg-grandfather, DAVID RALSTON. I know of his burial location, which is in Harrison County, what the inscription on the tombstone says, but in the new printing I have of the History of Harrison County, the dates are different, and the author, William Perrin, states he was born in Fayette County, circa 1790. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > Jim Ralston > > ==== KYFAYETT Mailing List ==== > You can contact the listowner (that's me, Christine!) at > [email protected] with any questions or problems. -- >From the desk of Caroline House http://house.simplenet.com/mom

I absent-mindedly sent this to the FORD list. Hope I've got it straight now! There can be problems with thinking about something half the night and then doing it too early in the morning : ) On that list they couldn't figure out which Fayette I was talking about. I guess not! One in every state. Anyway, here's my request. I have decided to try a new tack on my Ford-Hilton research. It's a variation of the one I did that identified for sure my Ford 3rd gr-grandfather, so it has worked once : ) I'm asking for people with Fords or Hiltons by any first names at all in Fayette or surrounding counties from 1800-1840 if they would please send me their names and identifying dates. If I'm asking for a big list from anyone, you're probably the one I really need to talk to! Mostly, I suspect, I will find one or two here or there. I'm also not asking for a lot of detail. It's like turning over all the pieces in a jigsaw puzzle. Sometimes you can see a group whose colors match and belong together, and gradually a pattern may emerge. Thanks so much, Caroline -- >From the desk of -- >From the desk of Caroline House http://house.simplenet.com/mom

Hi Susan and list. Yesterday, I was looking at an early city directory for Lexington. I can't remember which one it was but it was either 1838 or before. There was a page in there about the lunatick asylum. I think it had a list of staff. Might have a hint. If you are interested in more specifics about the source, please e-mail me off-list. Also, I have had wonderful success in using the Lexington Public Library for research in the Kentucky Gazette. I remember reading just yesterday in one of those early directories that the Kentucky Gazette was the first newspaper in Lexington. It was started early 19th c. Did the early census list the inmates of an institution as such? I can't remember. I didn't write all these things down specifically because they weren't what I was looking for but I remember seeing them. Happy hunting, Caroline [email protected] wrote: > I am looking for any information on an asylum in Lexington in 1832. Also > looking for coroner records for Fayette County for 1832. > > These are some papers found in Lincoln County Courthouse for the Estate of > Dr. Joshua McCormack who died around September 13, 1832. > > Receipt for payment, not dated or signed, road expense to and from Lexington > while taking Joshua McCormack to lunatic assylum. > > Receipt for payment, dated Spetember 13, 1832 purchase of 3 yards of Cambric > for Joshua McCormack. Possibly what his body was wrapped in, when buried, if > he was alive when this was bought, it would not be in his estate papers) > > Receipt for a coroners jury and services, naming James Devers as the coroner > for Fayette County, dated September 17, 1832. > > Does anyone know if the coroner records for this time frame survived over the > years? I know there have been several fires in courthouses but would these > records have been kept at the courthouse or some place else. > > Any help is appreciated. Also, any newsppapers for this time frame. I > understand it would have been very rare for a coroner's jury or as we call it > an inquest to have been held during this time. > > Thanks for your time. > > Susan Hudgens > > ==== KYFAYETT Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a message with only the word 'unsubscribe' to > [email protected] or [email protected], > depending if you receive 'list mode' or 'digest mode'. Thanks! -- >From the desk of Caroline House http://house.simplenet.com/mom