From: CARTER COUNTY, a pictorial history, by George Wolfford Page 21: Whigs who shaped public sentiment in 1861 were W. H. JACOBS, J. B. WARD, Gabriel SCOTT, John R. STROTHER, E.P, DAVIS, Elihu BOGGS, Andrew BIGGS, R.W. LAMPTON, and Sebastian EIFORT. Page 21: In 1860 Sebastian EIFORT ran a store in connection with operation of Boone Furnace. He sold to John T. RATCLIFF personal items. Page 26: In April 1861, with the echo of Sumter's shots in his ear, ardent unionist Sebastian EIFORT, one of the owners of Boone Furnace, called a meeting there with George M. Thomas, later to be congressman, as speaker. The flag was raised, patriotism expounded, and a plan drawn for attracting troops for a Home Guard. The furnacemen, in the main from Pennsylvania and Ohio, were sworn in by Col. EIFORT. But home service wasn't enough for his son, William Henry. The boy, named for a grandfather who served under Napoleon, typified the gallant knight of the era. Espousing Unionism, "with two or three friends he attempted to raise volunteers for the Army. It was a perilous undertaking. They found neutrality meant war upon who should dare to rally men to fight the old South on the soil of Kentucky. Their lives were threatened, and they were targets for rifle and revolver as they rode through the country. But EIFORT was one of those brave spirits who seem insensible to fear; danger only roused him to his best. He and a friend raised a company, of which on its organization, he was chosen First Lieutenant and his friend, Henry G. THOMAS, was made Captain. At this time Lt. EIFORT was 18 years of age." "The company dared not camp on neutral soil but crossed to Indiana to Camp Joe Holt where they mustered into United States service in July 1861, first as infantry, changing to Second Kentucky Cavalry." Gerri Everman Anderson gander@scia,net 900 Jenifer St. Wildwood, Fl. 34785-5509 -