This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CabinSue Surnames: Hill, Evans, Murphy, May Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.garrard/3917/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From the Louisville Daily Journal - Jan 25, 1853 The Feud in Garrard Co., KY. - The Hills and Evans - From a private letter to a citizen of his place we learn that the trial of the parties surviving the last fray, (at a tobacco barn in which some half dozen on each side were engaged, and several killed and others wounded) has resulted in their acquital. The account further states that the clans respectively have signed a formal treaty of peace - obliging themselves to refrain from further hostilities - except the Murphys and Mays, who still refuse to treat. It is also stated that by various battles, assassinations, sieges, etc., among them, eight men and boys have been killed, several crippled and maimed for life, and forty-eight children left fatherless. The quarrel commenced about the year 1822. As strange as all this may appear, it has occurred in a county which we know to be celebrated for the intelligence and general moral worth of its inhabitants - the native home of personages no less distinguished in Kentucky t! han McKee, Robertson, Owsley, and Letcher. Columbia, MO Statesman. End. Sandra Hurt-Norris PS. Sorry, these are out of order but I'm having to look at a lot of articles in a lot of newspapers. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.