I am looking for a James Littrell who from others said he was born in Fayette Co., in 1832, Died 1920 Garrard Co, Married the third time to Sarah Ellen Simpson dau of 1st cousins, Elijah Simpson and Mary Simpson. He was said to be related to William and Richard Litteral of Garrard Co., James father was born in Va, Mother born in Ky. I would appreciate any help on these Littrell/Litterals. Thanks! Joyce Elheja@aol.com

I have a William Preston Burgin born in Mercer Co about 1850---that is the first Preston I have found in my family. None of your names are in my family---- Thank you----- Marti

The first name 'Preston' is in my ROSS-BARNES-WESTFALL family. Do you have any of those names in your family? Bernice

--WebTV-Mail-24257-5032 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Hello! I appreciate your willingness to help the rest of us. I have recently found my grandparents in the 1910 census. My mother's sister was Beatrice Hill, 7 years old. Her half sister was Anna Blythe, also 7. Then there was a Howard 12, and a Bill Blythe 10. These Blythe children at some time all died with TB and perhaps even their parents, but I don't know how old they lived to be. Their mother was Martha Asbury Blythe Hill, (my grandmother) who had been married to Squire Hill (my grandfather) for 1 year in the 1910 census, one year before my mother was born, Margaret Hill. Any info on anyone would be so helpful. Thanks again. Marion Cauble --WebTV-Mail-24257-5032 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-101-11.iap.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.45) by storefull-155.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Sun, 23 Apr 2000 17:27:29 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <KYFAYETT-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [209.85.6.30]) by mailsorter-101-11.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8-wtv-f/ms.dwm.v7+dul2) with ESMTP id RAA11655; Sun, 23 Apr 2000 17:27:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA03794; Sun, 23 Apr 2000 17:25:10 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 17:25:10 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Sender: WBeheler@aol.com Sun Apr 23 17:25:08 2000 From: WBeheler@aol.com Message-ID: <61.2f0dac6.2634ee3a@aol.com> Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 20:24:26 EDT Old-To: KYFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 105 Subject: [KYFAYETT] Some Old Documents Resent-Message-ID: <j2HT3C.A.-6.lR5A5@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: KYFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: KYFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: KYFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <KYFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/451 X-Loop: KYFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: KYFAYETT-L-request@rootsweb.com I have recently come across several old documents among other things that were passed down to my sister and I. They include the Directory of the Fifth Street Baptist Church, May 1st, 1914, Rev. Walter L. Brock; The Rededication of Felix Memorial Baptist Church, Jan. 16, 1916 which was originally organized as Fifth Street Baptist Church January 15, 1892; several issues of The Mortonian, a monthly publication by the Senior Class of Lexington Morton High School, Nov. 1916,Dec. 1916,Jan. 1917,Feb. 1917, Mar. 1917,April 1917, and the Senior Edition of June 1917 which lists with pictures the senior class. Also two issues of The Hi-Times, formerly the Mortonian, of Oct. 1919, and theSenior Number or June 1920 which lists with pictures the graduation class. If the contents of any of these documents are of interest I will try to do lookups for you if you will contact me directly and are not too impatient. At this time we are not inclined to part with these volumes but are willing to make their content known. I recognize a number of names which later became prominent citizens of Lexington. Bill Beheler ==== KYFAYETT Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send a message with only the word 'unsubscribe' to KYFAYETT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM or KYFAYETT-D-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM, depending if you receive 'list mode' or 'digest mode'. Thanks! ============================== Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi --WebTV-Mail-24257-5032--

Can anyone suggest a good source for the history of Bryan's Station? Thanks. Dick Pollock

Yes, I would be interested to know if there is anything re an Elizabeth Foster, or any Burgins----Sophia, Florence, John, Preston, William or Anne---or a Davelle Didcott... Thank you. Marti Martin sumerlad@aol.com

I have recently come across several old documents among other things that were passed down to my sister and I. They include the Directory of the Fifth Street Baptist Church, May 1st, 1914, Rev. Walter L. Brock; The Rededication of Felix Memorial Baptist Church, Jan. 16, 1916 which was originally organized as Fifth Street Baptist Church January 15, 1892; several issues of The Mortonian, a monthly publication by the Senior Class of Lexington Morton High School, Nov. 1916,Dec. 1916,Jan. 1917,Feb. 1917, Mar. 1917,April 1917, and the Senior Edition of June 1917 which lists with pictures the senior class. Also two issues of The Hi-Times, formerly the Mortonian, of Oct. 1919, and theSenior Number or June 1920 which lists with pictures the graduation class. If the contents of any of these documents are of interest I will try to do lookups for you if you will contact me directly and are not too impatient. At this time we are not inclined to part with these volumes but are willing to make their content known. I recognize a number of names which later became prominent citizens of Lexington. Bill Beheler

Hello Fayette County Listers, I am new to the list and Christine, your listkeeper suggested I introduce myself. My name is Mary Winn Anderson; I live in Geneva, Florida on the St. Johns River. This is about 30 minutes north of Orlando. Among other names I am researching is my maiden name: Carter. My 3rd great grandfather, Job Carter, II was in Fayette Co as stated below in an excerpt from one of my father's letters. In looking through your archives I noticed the name Swearingen. This is also a family name. Other names I am researching that may have been in the area are Rutherford, Douglass, Mark. Following is an excerpt from my father's letter: Job Carter, Jr. appears in the records of Fayette County, Kentucky, as the owner and resident of Walnut Hill, a farm on the Richmond Pike about five miles south of Lexington, the county seat of Fayette County. He was a member of Walnut (_____?) Presbyterian Church, and apparently donated the land for the church, and is buried in the churchyard. However, when I went there to locate his grave in 1924 or '25 I found the sandstone grave stones so weatherbeaten I could not decipher the names or dates, but I found his will recorded in Will Book B of the Fayette County records, leaving his brass kettle, several slaves (or, as he called them "servants") and his grind stone, among other treasured items to various children. Job Carter's children were: Isaac Newton Carter, b. bet. 1804 and 1806 (my 2nd gr grandfather) Thomas Carter Anna Carter Mary Carter Ellen Carter Sarah Carter I look forward to learning something about my family and also to learning about yours. Regards, Mary Winn Anderson

I am interested in the Cassell family stemming from Jacob in Maryland born around 1743 His son Abraham came to Ky and his son was Leonard. Francis, Leonard's daughter married James Price my gg grandfather. However I have been informed by another on the list that there was a Jacob Cassell involved in a shooting in 1851 in Lexington I cannot find this Jacob in my line but I am interested in knowing who he was He apparently shot Wm Carpenter on Main Street in a fight. Anyone know anything about this Jacob Cassell?

I just ran across an old e-mail in which the author said: "All I know about Jacob Cassell is that he was the second husband of Catherine Keglley". Nothing else to share with you from that message. I don't know if this is the same Jacob Cassell who fought with William H. Carpenter in Lexington in 1851. ----- Original Message ----- From: Annerupert@aol.com To: KYFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 10:19 PM Subject: Re: [KYFAYETT] CASSELL Surname Hello, Just thought I would add a bit of information on Cassell surname. My father b. 1891 was given the middle name of John Cassell after his Aunt Mary E. Cassell b. about 1865 in the area of Lexington, KY. I know she had a sister named Bertha M Cassell, however I don't know who the parents were. Mary E Cassell married an Osborne Henderson and lived her life near Newport KY. This was an old family and I have letters that talk of a family farm being on top of a hill (mountain) in KY they visited at Christmas 1950. If you can add anything to this, I would like to know more about the Cassells from KY. Annabelle Henderson Rupert ==== KYFAYETT Mailing List ==== Putting all your surnames in all CAPITAL letters helps them stand out when skimming through postings. Estimated dates also help, if nothing definite is known. ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/

Hello! I have just received info that my grandmother Martha Asbury Hill, wife of Squire Hill, had previously been married to a Blythe, prior to the 1910 census. Her children were Howard Blythe,12, Bill Blythe, 10, and Anna Blyth, 7. I believe all of these children died from TB in the next 10 or so years, possibly the Mother too (m grandmother). My mother was Margaret Hill, and her father( Squire Hill, my grandfather, and Martha's new husband) had a daughter, Beatrice 7, (my Aunt Bea, who married an Ed White) in the 1910 census. He had no legs when I met him as a little girl in Lexington, and they had no children. Does this mean anything to anyone? Especially in the Blythe family from Lexington Kentucky? I do not know who the father of the Blythe children were, unless the Howard or Bill is a clue. Perhaps he had died earlier also of TB. Martha had only been marred to my grandfather for 1 year at the 1910 census. They lived on Cuthide street back then. Perhaps this Blythe man could be a great Uncle to someone out there? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. Marion Cauble

Hello all! My great-grandfather, Lorenzo Dow Montgomery, was born in Fayette CO, KY in 1823. His father was Robert Montgomery who signed for his marriage in 1843, but I don't know which Robert he was. Lorenzo Dow also had a brother Joseph who married the sister of Lorenzo Dow's wife. The two ladies were my great-grandmother Mary Guynn and Adaline Guynn. These ladies were the daughters of Gabriel Guynn and Mary Hoglin of Woodford CO. All of these families moved to Scott CO, IN in the 1840s and died there. I would be everlastingly grateful for any clue about which Robert Montgomery is my ancestor. I have the family from Robert on down on my website on the page 'My Montgomerys' at: http://www.acun.com/dentons I was also quite thrilled recently to receive a picture of Mary Guynn Montgomery and it is on the page 'Early Photos of my Scott CO, IN Montgomerys.' Should anyone have Denton or related families in their lines, I do have a great deal of information on these folks and would be most happy to share whatever I can. Thank you so much! Sue Montgomery-Cook Denton Family Genealogy: http://www.acun.com/dentons Admiral Jeremiah Denton's TRANSFORM Program: http://www.nff.org

I am so glad I joined this county to find out more about the Cassell family. I am a descendant of Catherine CASSELL and John LEER. They were married in 1805 in Fayette County. She is the daughter of Martin & Elizabeth CASSELL. Her siblings are: Mary m. George STONE Rachel m. John HINES John m. Caty ? George m. Margaret ? David m. Anna ? Jacob m. Rebecca ? Henry m. Mary HESSE Rebecca m. Peter LEWIS Deborah m. Wm. CLINE Benjamin m. Ann WARFORD Abraham m. Mary Eliz. NIXON Thomas m. Polly CLAXTON Martin is the son of Wm. Henry CASSELL. Some of this famiy moved to Marion County Illinois after Martin died in 1802. I have much info on the cassell's and would like to find any family. Happy Hunting Melissa in Missouri

I've been "lurking" in this Fayette Co., KY area, but since the name Cassell has come up, let me share something. Julius CASSELL emigrated from Kriegsheim, Pfalzburg, Bavaria and was one of the first settlers of Germantown, PA in 1683. His son, Johannes, b. ca. 1639 married a Mary CASELL (cousin?) 20 DEC 1686, and he died 17APR1691, in Germantown, PA. Their daughter Elizabeth CASSELL md/ Johannes KUSTER and both died in Germantown. They are my ancestors. I am searching in Fayette County KY for a possible link to my great-grandfather Charles C. MC DONALD. I have information that a Charles Costello McDONALD lived in Fayette Co., and died there 2APR1821. He was married to Hannah CAMPBELL. They had a son Charles, Jr., but I have no proof that he is my great-grandfather. Can anyone help with this? Thanks, Phyllis in Arizona

To Kathy, Annabelle, and other interested researchers... >From the book, History of Fayette County, KY, edited by Perrin, pp. 844-5: "A.G. Karsner, farmer, P.O. Lexington, is the son of Maj. Jonathan Karsner and Jennetta (Creath) Karsner, and grandson of the Rev. Jacob Creath, one of the pioneer ministers of the "Blue Grass Region," who came to Fayette County in 1802. Jonathan Karsner was born on the Versailles pike, this county, on March 13, 1794, son of Casper Karsner, a native of Penn and of German descent. Jennetta was born in Fairfax County, VA, January 1, 1800, daughter of the Rev. Jacob Creath, a native of Nova Scotia, who was a son of William Creath, a native of Ireland......Casper Karsner emigrated to Kentucky about 1780, locating and entering land in this county; his wife was Eva [Eveleas or Eve] Lail, a native of Penn. She, with her brother John, was taken prisoner at the age of fourteen, at Riddles' Mills [Ruddles or Ruddell's], during the Revolution, and taken to Canada where they were exchanged. To them were born, John, George, Johathan and Margaret. After the death of Casper, she married William Dunlap, and by him had seven children, William, George, Robert, Daniel, Elizabeth, Hannah, and Catharine......Albert G. remained with his father until of age. In October, 1855, he married Frances A. Cassell, who was born in this county, May 20, 1831, daughter of Leonard and Ann (White) Cassell, of Jessamine County, Ky." These are only parts of a rather long article. Keith...in Suffolk, VA kmorris@hroads.net *********** I am a descendent of Jacob Cassell but he died in 1818. Another descendent and I have been researching this family and neither of us have come across a Jacob in 1851 Since I live near Lexington I can go look it up but it won't be soon I go to the Nicholasville library often and there is a whole book on the Cassell family Albert G Karsner married my gg grandmother around 1855 Her name was Frances Cassell Price (her first husband James Price was my gg grandfather) So yes Karsner knew Cassell and Price both The Karsners are related to the Dunlaps but I don't know how. Also the Jacob Cassell I refer to was in Maryland It was his son Abraham who came to KY in1794 but he died in 1840. The next time I am in Nich which may be tomorrow I will get the Cassell book again and look Could you have the name wrong? I don't know who Albert Karsner's parents were. Kathy

Hello Annabelle, I just sent a private e-mail to Kathy, and then I saw your posting...thought I better resend to you. Hope some of this is of help to you. Keith Morris Hi Kathy, How ironic that the Cassell and Carpenter/Morris families meet again some 150 years later...Just kidding. I was in Lexington in 1998, and copied a page from The Kentucky Statesman, Saturday, May 31, 1851, and further details from the same paper dated May 28, 1851, which describes how Jacob Cassell and Wm. H. Carpenter got into a fight over practically nothing. Wm grabbed Jacob's lapel pin and was too slow to return it. A fist fight developed, guns were drawn, a bystander tried to break up the fight and was shot through his wrist, Jacob and Wm pounded each other with their guns, and finally, Jacob shot Wm who died on the spot (on Main Street). I was more interested in the family names given since this was a genealogical expedition on my part to tie the Dunlap and Carpenter families together. No doubt the name quoted in the newspaper was Jacob Cassell. William Carpenter had returned from the War in Mexico just a couple of years before his "scuffle" with Jacob. His obit says that he had been orphaned at a young age, and was partly raised by his Uncle, Geo. W. Dunlap, Esq., of Louisville. My research is guided toward finding the parents of my gg grandmother, Eve Ann Carpenter. I believe that her mother was Esther (or Hannah) Dunlap...and so you may see the saga beginning to expand. If your family descended from Casper and Eveleas Lail remained in contact her second family (as cousins), I would very much like to hear more about this from you. I have very little faith in the Lagle/Lail book, but until I gather sufficient proof, I am reluctant to state categorically that it is full of errors. You mentioned Albert G. and Frances...yes, I'm more than certain that these were the people I was referring to in my on-line posting earlier this evening. My back is hurting too much right now to even read today's newspaper, so I think I was doing pretty good to recall a wedding between "a Karsner and a Cassell". If the lady who first asked about the Cassell name ever replies to me, I will certainly forward on your reply to me (unless you object beforehand). I'll go ahead and send this now, and then get out a book that will answer your questions about Albert's parents. Hopefully, within an hour, I'll have the answer for you. Sincerely, Keith Morris...in Suffolk, VA kmorris@hroads.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Hallkathyw@aol.com To: kmorris@hroads.net Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 9:28 PM Subject: Cassell I am a descendent of Jacob Cassell but he died in 1818. Another descendent and I have been researching this family and neither of us have come across a Jacob in 1851 Since I live near Lexington I can go look it up but it won't be soon I go to the Nicholasville library often and there is a whole book on the Cassell family Albert G Karsner married my gg grandmother around 1855 Her name was Frances Cassell Price (her first husband James Price was my gg grandfather) So yes Karsner knew Cassell and Price both The Karsners are related to the Dunlaps but I don't know how. Also the Jacob Cassell I refer to was in Maryland It was his son Abraham who came to KY in1794 but he died in 1840. The next time I am in Nich which may be tomorrow I will get the Cassell book again and look Could you have the name wrong? I don't know who Albert Karsner's parents were. Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: Annerupert@aol.com To: KYFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 10:19 PM Subject: Re: [KYFAYETT] CASSELL Surname Hello, Just thought I would add a bit of information on Cassell surname. My father b. 1891 was given the middle name of John Cassell after his Aunt Mary E. Cassell b. about 1865 in the area of Lexington, KY. I know she had a sister named Bertha M Cassell, however I don't know who the parents were. Mary E Cassell married an Osborne Henderson and lived her life near Newport KY. This was an old family and I have letters that talk of a family farm being on top of a hill (mountain) in KY they visited at Christmas 1950. If you can add anything to this, I would like to know more about the Cassells from KY. Annabelle Henderson Rupert ==== KYFAYETT Mailing List ==== Putting all your surnames in all CAPITAL letters helps them stand out when skimming through postings. Estimated dates also help, if nothing definite is known. ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/

Hello, Just thought I would add a bit of information on Cassell surname. My father b. 1891 was given the middle name of John Cassell after his Aunt Mary E. Cassell b. about 1865 in the area of Lexington, KY. I know she had a sister named Bertha M Cassell, however I don't know who the parents were. Mary E Cassell married an Osborne Henderson and lived her life near Newport KY. This was an old family and I have letters that talk of a family farm being on top of a hill (mountain) in KY they visited at Christmas 1950. If you can add anything to this, I would like to know more about the Cassells from KY. Annabelle Henderson Rupert

Melissa, I'm not trying to be a prude nor to anger you in any manner, but when you are sending messages out about genealogy, if you would capitalize all of the letters of the surnames, many people see that quicker and pay attention to them better. I learned from experience about that. Jim

Melissa (& others) My gg grandmother was Eve Ann Carpenter. Her younger brother, William H. Carpenter, was killed by Jacob Cassell in Lexington (Fayette Co) in 1851. I have copies of the death announcement from the newspaper. Also, an offspring of Casper Karsner and Eveleas (Lail) Karsner married a Cassell just a couple of years after the event just described. I would assume that these two families knew each other. My research centers on Eveleas and her second husband, William Dunlap--I believe they were the grandparents of Eve Ann Carpenter. Hope this helps, Keith Morris...in Suffolk, VA kmorris@hroads.net ----- Original Message ----- From: MELISSA MUSICK To: KYFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 6:18 PM Subject: [KYFAYETT] cassell/leer i am looking for anyone with information on leer's and cassell's of fayette/bourobn county around 1785-1820. also can someone tell me if anyone can do a marriage lookup and send the copy to me. thanks melissa in missouri ==== KYFAYETT Mailing List ==== How to make ancestral lemonade: Add postings to KYFAYETT-L@ROOTSWEB.COM to email, stir, flavor with new ancestors and friendly cousins to suit. But that posting has to be fresh and juicy! ============================== Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi

i am looking for anyone with information on leer's and cassell's of fayette/bourobn county around 1785-1820. also can someone tell me if anyone can do a marriage lookup and send the copy to me. thanks melissa in missouri