George, I believe your RUTHERFORDs and SHELTONs were in Lincoln Co., KY prior to coming to Jessamine and Fayette Co., KY area. I have been doing some research recently on some related families. Let me know if you need some help. Karen King Scales

"George Shelton" <zack@kanokla.net> Inquired to the KYFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com >Date: Sat, Mar 18, 2000, 4:21 PM On the origins of Rutherford SHELTON whom he has b about 1796 Fayette Co, KY and died 1846 in Fayette County Il. > I have on the family of Daniel SHELTON of Fayette Co: That he shows up on the tax rolls of Fayette Co, KY in 1807 and those of Gallatin Co, KY in 1814. He lived in the part of the county that formed part of Owen Co in 1819. Daniel died in Owen County prior to 1842. His wife's name was Mary Ann. In 1810 Daniel is listed as born 1765-1784 and his wife before 1765. Daniel and Mary Ann's children were born in North Carolina. The children known to me are: 1) Greenwood SHELTON b 1783 North Carolina. Mar. Jane LYONS 29 Apr 1809 in Fayette Co, KY 2) Thomas SHELTON, died 17 Aug 1846 Owen Co, Kentucky. Mar. Elizabeth JOHNSON 1815 in Gallatin Co, KY 3) Mary SHELTON b 1790/1800 Died bef 1847. Mar. Peter AKERS 3 Apr 1813 in Fayette Co, KY 4) Rutherford SHELTON b.1794/1804 Mar. Elizabeth MULLIKEN 1 Oct 1817 in Gallatin Co, KY; Elizabeth the daughter of John MULLIKEN, deceased. 5) Hugh SHELTON b 1794 North Carolina. Mar. Betsy YANCY 1818 in Gallatin Co, KY Rutherford is listed along with Greenwood, Hugh, Thomas, and Daniel on the Twin Creek/Stream(?) in Gallatin County by 1818. I have several suggestions as to the origin of Daniel SHELTON but have confirmed none of them. The guess has been that he came from Virginia but he certainly lived in North Carolina for a time. I am following down on the Mary SHELTON-Peter AKERS connection most of whose children moved to Lawrence Co, Illinois. Jim Scofield, Livermore CA, Scofield@ccnet.com

As follow-up to the discussion about resources available for pre-1803 Fayette County KY marriages, I've pulled a few items listed on the Fayette County KYGenWeb page to supplement what's already been mentioned. The Kentucky Room at the Lexington Public Library has most of the items listed below. It charges a $5.00 research fee plus 15 cents/page for regular photocopies and 20 cents/page for copies from microfilm. The URL: http://www.lexpublib.org/reference/kyroom.html The resources: Fayette County Kentucky Genealogical Society quarterly index, The Society, Lexington, Kentucky Fayette County, Kentucky: marriages, marriage bonds, Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington, Kentucky, Lenna E.Triff Wallace, L.E.T. Wallace, Dayton, Ohio [includes years 1795-1861] Fayette County, Kentucky records Volume 1, - Complete Record Books A thru H of the Circuit Court, 1796-1825. Extensive "land trials" pertain to depositions given by earliest settlers provide exact dates they arrived, or made return trips to their native state, where they lived, life at the stations, death & burials from Indian raids, family relationships, some dates of birth, death, and marriage, neighbors, disputes, for period 1772-1784. 6,400 names indexed, Michael L. Cook, Cook Publications, Evansville, Indiana, 1985 Fayette County, Kentucky records Volume 3, - Marriage Bonds 1796-1850. Recorded marriages begin 1803 due to fire. Some minister's returns of 1795-1801. Approximately 6,400 marriage bonds. 22,100 names indexed, Michael L. Cook, Cook Publications, Evansville, Indiana, 1985 Tates Creek Baptist Church (Fayette County KY), 1824 [a minute book of church business from November 22, 1793 to July 1824. Includes marriage and death records] Pam Brinegar, Coordinator Fayette County KYGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyfayett/fayette.htm

Hi! Trying to find out what happened to Mame BALES (b. abt 1878-Fayette County). She was the daughter of Stephen BALES and Ella LANCKART. Also researching Susan LANCKART (nee HARDESTY) - probably daughter of Benjamin HARDESTY and Nancy SAGESER. thanks, Jeannie Meyers

> Hello, I am Kelly Courtney-Blizzard the new Ky Census Archives Project > Coordinator and I am looking for the following person to please contact me > (Andrea Whitaker) > > or if you have an email address for this person please let me know :) They > have either volunteered to transcribe a census for this county or they have > already completed one and I really need to get in touch with > them,Thanks, Kelly > > > > >

Hello all - I'm new to your list and would like to take a moment and tell you what I am searching for in Fayette County, KY. I am trying to prove the parents of Rutherford SHELTON. Rutherford SHELTON b. about 1796 in Fayette County, KY d. 1846 in Fayette County, IL married in Kentucky +(3rd wife) Elizabeth MULLIKEN b. ? and d. 1833 in Illinois children: William Henry Harrison SHELTON 1820-1898 Susannah SHELTON 1820-1858 Daniel SHELTON 1821-1892 Amanda Elizabeth SHELTON 1822-? Nancy E. SHELTON 1824-1895 Mary A. SHELTON Jemima SHELTON 1833-1893 John T. SHELTON 1839 (most likely by different woman) I have reason to believe that Rutherford's parents are Daniel SHELTON Jr. and Martha KEATTS. {Daniel 1764-1816 and Martha ?} If anyone can help me, I'd love to hear from you. Tonya ========================== Faith means believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse. zack@kanokla.net or tonya_george@yahoo.com I'm a Genie Angel.

<< I didn't see any for 1790 thru 1795.>> There was a fire at the Fayette County courthouse, so a lot of records were lost. Probably would be best for those looking for the records around that time to go to the historical society. Just a thought. ~Virginia

I went to the Fayette Co. Library yesterday for various marriage look ups. Since I had never looked for marriage records there, I went looking for records that some on this list said existed. I found the film for white marriage bonds from 1803 thru 1898, ministers bonds from 1795 thru 1852, colored marriage bonds from 1823 thru 1894, and misc. dated-with-no-year marriage bonds. I didn't see any for 1790 thru 1795. I searched thru the undated or prebiously unfilmed bonds, but I didn't see any that appeared to belong to the requests I found on this list.There was a trainee librarian in the Kentucky room, and she did'nt know anything about those particular films. My local FHC may have those records you all need. We also have the Margaret King Library, which had been closed for a time because they moved the entire collection to another building.I'm going to try to get back to the Fayette Co. library today. They usually have a very nice, very helpful lady there on the weekends. If I am looking for early marriage records for you, please be patient. I am going out of town on Tuesday and won't be back until the 27th. I have no research of my own in Fayette County, so I am not very familiar with what records are available. I will try to get a listing of what records are available at all 3 places. I never looked because I never needed any. I joined this list simply to help others, as people in other states have helped me. Diane

Another attempt to scale this brick wall: Michael CARPENTER (ZIMMERMAN?) b ca 1765 VA? d 1834 Stepstone, Bath Co, KY m Elizabeth (CASSITY?) unk children: John CARPENTER b after 1794 Levi CARPENTER b 14 October 1797 Michael B. CARPENTER b 2 June 1800 Scytha CARPENTER (SMITH) b 29 December 1805 Squire CARPENTER b 22 November 1805 Harvey CARPENTER (aka ZIMMERMAN) b ca 1808 Michael is noted in THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF BATH COUNTY as a survivor of an Indian ambush at Stepstone in 1788 - at that time Stepstone was in Bourbon County. Any information about Michael's or Elizabeth's parents or siblings would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Pam, I realized, too late, that I'd sent my message to the entire list. Stupid me!! Anyway, there was a write-up in the Fall 1999 Ellis Cousins Newsletter about my web site (and they noted that I was not a member) and Cousin Margaret's research on the Ellis family. Polly Askew Menendez has the wrong URL for my page on her web site and, try as I might, I have not been able to get in touch with her to give her the new URL. I'm really looking forward to hearing from you. And I hope you had a very pleasant plane trip. ~Virginia <<Good to hear from you as well. Right now, I'm running out the door to catch a plane, so will look at your site on Sunday. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Pam Brinegar ----- Original Message ----- From: <VAThomson@aol.com> To: <KYFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 10:52 PM Subject: Re: [KYFAYETT] Fayette County KYGenWeb Page > Hi Pam, > > Good to hear from you again, even if you were responding to someone else. > <grin> > > I was wondering, since my cousin and I have some family history from Fayette > Co. (we're descended from Capt. Wm. & Elizabeth (Shipp) Ellis) if there's a > possibility of adding the URL to our web site to Fayette Co. KYGenWeb page? > > Be advised, however, that there is a controversial page on the death of my > father. My cousin thought it would be better if I told the story myself > instead of someone else digging it up and wondering why I didn't reveal it. > (My mother shot and killed my father.) Anyway, it's all genealogically > related. > > The URL is: <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bianco/index.html> You can have > a look at it and let me know what you think. > > Thank you. > > ~Virginia Thomson Baldwin>>

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Virginia, Good to hear from you as well. Right now, I'm running out the door to catch a plane, so will look at your site on Sunday. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Pam Brinegar ----- Original Message ----- From: <VAThomson@aol.com> To: <KYFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 10:52 PM Subject: Re: [KYFAYETT] Fayette County KYGenWeb Page > Hi Pam, > > Good to hear from you again, even if you were responding to someone else. > <grin> > > I was wondering, since my cousin and I have some family history from Fayette > Co. (we're descended from Capt. Wm. & Elizabeth (Shipp) Ellis) if there's a > possibility of adding the URL to our web site to Fayette Co. KYGenWeb page? > > Be advised, however, that there is a controversial page on the death of my > father. My cousin thought it would be better if I told the story myself > instead of someone else digging it up and wondering why I didn't reveal it. > (My mother shot and killed my father.) Anyway, it's all genealogically > related. > > The URL is: <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bianco/index.html> You can have > a look at it and let me know what you think. > > Thank you. > > ~Virginia Thomson Baldwin > > > ==== 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. > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >

Scott, I do believe the site you're looking for is the Fayette County KYGenWeb page (URL below). It has a number of items that probably aren't online elsewhere. Examples include: Under Surname Resources - Fayette County Data 1806 Lexington City (Fayette County KY) Directory 1838 Fayette County KY Landowners (from the city directory) 1838 Names of the Heads of Families and Persons Engaged in Business List of Subscribers to John Robert Shaw's 1807 Book Lexington's First Fire Companies Early Lexington Inventions First American Locomotive First KY Newspaper in Lexington, 1787 The Lexington Kentucky Post Office History Shrines in and About Lexington Under History--Fayette County Historical Tidbits, various newspaper and book articles, including: Lexington Artists 1788-1871 Boone's Creek Baptist Church (est. 1785) Boone Station Historical Site Excerpts From A Narrative of the Life & Travels of John Robert Shaw Cholera in Fayette County: 1832 Cholera in Fayette County: 1833 Ancient Fayette County KY - 1882 Newspaper Account Account of Lexington's 1781 Fort Original Lexington Survey, Copy of Act Found in 1891 E.J. Cook Reminiscences Under Military Links--Fayette County, articles, with the names of Fayette Countians who served: Fayette County in the War of 1812 Fayette County Kentucky in the Mexican-American War Lexington Chasseurs There's also a county timeline, a bibliography of collected family and other papers pertaining to Fayette County, a reference list, photos, a large collection of links to external sites and GenConnect boards for queries, pensions, obituaries and so forth. Finally, there's a search tool to help you locate specific items you're seeking. Hope you enjoy your visit! Pam Brinegar, Coordinator Fayette County KYGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyfayett/fayette.htm

Hi Pam, Good to hear from you again, even if you were responding to someone else. <grin> I was wondering, since my cousin and I have some family history from Fayette Co. (we're descended from Capt. Wm. & Elizabeth (Shipp) Ellis) if there's a possibility of adding the URL to our web site to Fayette Co. KYGenWeb page? Be advised, however, that there is a controversial page on the death of my father. My cousin thought it would be better if I told the story myself instead of someone else digging it up and wondering why I didn't reveal it. (My mother shot and killed my father.) Anyway, it's all genealogically related. The URL is: <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bianco/index.html> You can have a look at it and let me know what you think. Thank you. ~Virginia Thomson Baldwin

About a month ago, I was referred to a site that contained Lexington City Directories and other neat stuff, but I have lost the link. Could someone point me in the right direction? Scott Smith Lynchburg, Virginia

My information is that Clement Estes was married twice. First in 1810 to Sarah Adams, and then to a Miss Wilson, which suggests the Sarah Adams died first, if this info is correct. Bill Davis wmadavis@kih.net **************************************************************** * * * Fax (978)334-7850 * P.O. Box 337 * Ghent * KY * 41045 * * * **************************************************************** http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=wmadavis ****************************************************************

Will any of this be made available to those of us who will not be able to attend? I live in San Diego and am not likely to make a special trip, however, I would like to have access to some of these goodies. ~Virginia JimMonomoy@aol.com writes: <<The 1st Saturday's subjects in Danville are Family Skeletons; County-State-Federal Records; Discovering other Society Sources; Writing a Family History Book; Kentucky Land Grants and Family Resources on the computer (each person will have their own PC for this training). The 2nd Saturday's subjects in Frankfort are Gravestone Preservation and Research and a Tour of the Frankfort Cemetery from "Boone to Goebel"; and an in depth tour of the Kentucky History Center Library facilities and the exhibits of the History Center. >>

Kentucky Genealogical Society 662 Montclair Road, Frankfort, KY 40601 POC – Jim Carigan, (502)223-4018, (502)223-3197 and <JimMonomoy@aol.com> RELEASE DATES – 10 MAR 2000 to 25 MAR 2000 EASTERN KY UNIV - KGS TO CONDUCT A 2-SATURDAY GENEALOGY COURSE March 25 and April 1, 2000 ** REGISTER NOW - Family Skeletons - County-State-Federal Records - Discovering Other Society Sources - Writing a Family History Book - Kentucky Land Grants on the computer * - Family Resources on the computer * * (each person will have their own PC for this training) - Gravestone Preservation and Research - Tour of the Historic Frankfort Cemetery from "Boone to Goebel" - Kentucky History Center Library Tour - Kentucky History Center Exhibits Tour Teams of avid genealogists are collaborating their talents to share topics with you. The course is set for two consecutive Saturdays. The Danville date is March 25th and the Frankfort date April 1st. The cost for the 16-hour course is $40. Send check to Danville-Boyle County Community Education, 1560 Hustonville Road, Suite 241, Danville, KY 40422. If you have any questions, please contact Kathy or Maureen at (606)239-8988 or (606)236-6634, ext. 3224. The 1st Saturday's subjects in Danville are Family Skeletons; County-State-Federal Records; Discovering other Society Sources; Writing a Family History Book; Kentucky Land Grants and Family Resources on the computer (each person will have their own PC for this training). The 2nd Saturday's subjects in Frankfort are Gravestone Preservation and Research and a Tour of the Frankfort Cemetery from "Boone to Goebel"; and an in depth tour of the Kentucky History Center Library facilities and the exhibits of the History Center. If you need additional information, email KGS President Al Alfaro at AAlfaro99@aol.com

I have been looking for Patti Renfrew King and family for some time now with little luck. I believe she was born in Fitchburg or Pittsfield, MA around the middle 1920s, to Ann Marie Lambert Renfrew (Terrell) and Earl Jay Renfrew. She had a sister, Mary Helen Renfrew (Terrell) born 5/7/29 in Pittsfield (my mother) and a brother, Earl James Renfrew, born 8/26/19 in Pittsfield, MA. She may have been living in New York City around 1937. In 1960 she married LONNIE KING, in Warren County KY. They had at least one son, who would now be about 46 years old. There was a very moving article in the Sunday Herald-Leader, Lexington, KY on December 24, 1972, about her son bringing her an orphaned blind kitten whom she named Fury. She resided on Versailles Road at that time. Anyone with any knowledge of this family, please, send me any information you have, no matter how small it may seem. Sincerely, Cheryl

I am still looking for info on my grandparents, Martha and Squire Hill, probably during the late 1800 - to earlier 1900, as my mother was born in 1911. Much of her family died of TB. She had a sister Evelyn, and a sister Beatrice, who married Ed White. There was a Carl, but I don't know who he was. There were other brothers and sisters that I don't know their names, they died of TB. There was an Aunt Kate, a Carlile, and that's all I know. Any info would be appreciated. She was born in Lexington. Thanks for any help. Mrs. Marion Cauble