Dear Greenup County, Kentucky Researchers, There was something about Truittsville that drew my third-great grandfather William Cooper from Quincy, Lewis County, Kentucky in about 1858 or 1859. What sources of employment were in the Truittsville [now called simply "Truitt"] area in the late 1850's? The enumerator of the 1860 Census of Greenup County recorded William Cooper as a laborer, living with George Loper. Was the Kenton Furnace near Truittsville? Kenton Iron Furnace was built in 1856 by John Waring and others, according to Biggs and McCoy. If you are studying the people or antebellum industries of this area of Greenup County just west of Load, please contact me! Thanks very much. Randal W. Cooper <rwcooper@kellnet.com> Lorain, Ohio