Dear Good Folks of the Garrard County, Kentucky List, I have been searching for information that would lead to identifying who my great grandmother was. She is shown living with the John Mitchell family in Brandy Springs in the 1880 Garrard County census. She is listed as a servant who cooks for the family. My grandfather was born in December of 1880. And he was evidently gone from home by 1900. So I really have no record of his being the son of Mary Kirby and John Mitchell. Mary and John had three other children, and John had three sons from his marriage to Mary Higginbotham before she died in 1873. I would VERY MUCH like to place my grandfather with John and Mary in the years between 1880 and 1900. And I would love to know who Mary Kirby was. Would anyone be able to suggest a Garrard County source of identifying information I may not have thought of? Perhaps there were county directories? Or, perhaps, records of other kinds that are not commonly known to amateur genealogists such as myself. I would be beholdin' for any suggestions you might provide of other avenues I might investigate. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Jennifer