Ron, Am sending this to you & to the Hardin Co site for other researchers. Please contact Clyde Dodge who is on KYHARDIN-L@rootsweb.com He is researching the line of Rev Josiah Dodge. Will Bk B, pg 157-Josiah Dodge, Division of land to heirs, 19 Feb 1814: Wife Sophia Dodge Other beneficiaries: John Dodge, Josiah Dodge, Israel Dodge, Diodemia Dodge, Charles Dodge, James McDonald, Jeriel Dodge, Samuel LaRue, Jacob Lafollette. Commissioners: Samuel Miller, John Hodgen, Benjamin Wright. Recorded: 10 Oct 1814. (source: pg 37, Hardin Co Wills, Jones, ATHS, 1984). Richard Winchester- Hardin Co Wills: pg 4: Will Bk A, pg 44: Richard Winchester witness to will of Isaac Dye, along with Bonom Shaw: recorded 22 Aug 1796- written 31 May 1796. p 6: Will Bk A, pg 74: Charles Lee-appraisal- no date (but is between appraisal of Edward Rawlings Aug 1796 & the will of Joseph Greenwalt-7 Nov 1795). Appraisers: Thomas Redman, Richard Winchester, Joseph Lafollett- no certificate of recording. p16: not listed on this page- mistake in index!! p 26-27: Will Book B, pg 14 Robert Hodgen- will, 1 Feb 1810: lists his children etc. Witnesses: John Crutcher, Richard Winchester, Uzual Lafollett. Recorded 14 May 1810. Dodge Mgs in Hardin Co to 1850: Charles to Elizabeth Kennedy 3 Nov 1825 C. Lovelace Didamia to Henry Farrand 2 Mar 1822 E. Summers Elizabeth to Samuel LaRue 28 Jun 1801 (bond) Ireneigh to Walker Langford 13 Jan 1830 W. Bolding. Jane to Samuel Humphreys 30 Jul 1835 W. Potter John to Theodocia Dodge 1 Aug 1811 Lewis Chastain Josiah to Drusilla Hendricks 9 Sep 1813 J. Paddock Josiah to Mrs Ann Cox 21 Jul 1825 G. Rogers Josiah to Mrs Deborah Wadley 15 Mar 1841 J. Daugherty Lydia to Jacob Lafollett 5 Aug 1810 J. Paddock Martin B. to Elizabeth E. Bacon 22 Feb 1845 A. Gupton Nancy (Mrs) to Samuel Ames 20 Oct 1831 H.Waggoner Susan to Charles Howell 4 Nov 1840 J. Daugherty Theodocia to John Dodge 1 Aug 1811 Lewis Chastain Theodosia to James McDonald 10 Dec 1810 J. Duncan. (James McDonald connected to LaRue Family, too- think his mother was a LaRue). No Dodge Mgs in Nelson Co; no Dodge mgs in LaRue 1843-1930. Winchester Mgs in Hardin to 1850: Elizabeth to Thomas Lemons 9 Mar 1831 W. Brown John to Nancy Sparks 18 Jun 1803 J. Smith John to Margaret Miller 13 Oct 1814 W. Cash Jordan to Elizabeth Thomas 5 Apr 1825 J. Hodgen. no Winchester mgs in Nelson Co. Check out the Archives & queries of Hardin Co. Am not sure what you will find there. Do know there was quite a discussion going about Rev Josiah Dodge. Would be interested in your Winchester data. Am pleased to learn of the Winchester/Dodge connection!!! Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Peck <rpeck@norcom2000.com> To: <mayoder@davesworld.net> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 5:57 PM Subject: Hardin/LaRue/Nelson County, KY, Pioneers > Ms. Yoder, > > In perusing the KY GenWeb sites, I found that you had transcribed and > submitted some early records. First of all, thank you for taking the time > and effort to do such a thing. It is of great help to a lot of people, me > included, and I much appreciate your work. > > In one of your transcriptions, "Report of Sale: Ison Enlows, 1817, Hardin > County, KY," you say: > "Information in { } mine from Hardin Co Mg Recds: > > Hardin Co, KY Will Book C, p 28 Isom ENLOWS Report of Sale 17 Mar 1817 > Exec. Abraham Enlows > Purchasers: Thomas B. ENLOWS [m Anna M. LARUE 1822 Hardin]; John SHEHI [m > Elizabeth WALLACE 1822] > Hardin Co, is on at least 3 WALSH m rec'ds]; John DODGE [m Theodocia DODGE, > prob d/o Rev. Josiah > DODGE]; George YORK, Coonrod KASTOR [wife Sini, ch started marrying Hardin > 1811]; Jacob LAFOLLET, > Abraham ENLOWS; Squire LARUE [m Mary "Polly" MCDOUGALL 1804 Hardin]; Jacob > HODGEN [m Frances P. BROWN > 1818 Hardin}; Robert MCLURE, Archibald ADAMS, Henry WILLIAMS; Henry > WILLIAMS, Alexr WILLIAMS [m Sidney > Crail 1804 Hardin]; John MERRIFIELD [m Anny ROOD/RUDE, d.o Asher 1811 Hardin > & a John m Sarah WELSH > 1816 Hardin); John CHURCHILL [m Eliza PERCEFULL 1818 Hardin]; Amos WALTERS > [m Rebecca MARSHALL 1826 > Hardin]; Josiah DODGE [REV, m in Nelson Cc]; Joseph KIRPATRICK Snr; Shadrick > ROBERTS {son m 1817 Hardin > Co]; Jeremiah BROWN {dau m 1817 Hardin Co]; James MCDONALD [m Theodosia > DODGE 1810 Hardin]; John RUST > {m Gracey Walters 1815 Hardin]; Saml HODGEN, Nathaniel SCAMAHORN [dau m 1818 > Hardin]; Lemuel SMITH > [m Cynthia MERRIFIELD 1818 Hardin]; Alexr MCDOUGAL [Min, Rev War Vet}; John > ASHCRAFT [m Nancy WALLACE > 1808 Hardin]; Nathaniel BROWN [m Mary BAIRD, d/o Rev John BAIRD 1814 > Hardin]; Samuel LARUE [m Elizabeth > DODGE, d/o Rev Josiah DODGE 1801 Hardin]; James HOWELL [m Polly BROWN 1816 > Hardin]; Mary ENLOWS (w/o > Isom, nee LARUE]. > > Produced in Court 14 apr 1817. Hardin Co Wills 1793-1866, Jones, Ancestral > Trails Hist. Soc, 1966, p > 48. Marriages or references to marriages from Hardin Co Mgs 1793-1829, > Jones, ATHS, 1996 with index." > > I am particularly interested in your parenthetical comments on the two > daughters of Rev. Josiah Dodge. I haven't put all the pieced together yet, > but there is strong evidence to indicate that the Rev. is Josiah Rogers > Dodge, brother of my 3d great grandmother, Lydia (Dodge) Winchester, wife of > Richard Winchester. The Winchesters were contempraries of Josiah Dodge and > founding members of the Nolin Baptist Church of which Josiah was an early > pastor. My Josiah Rogers Dodge also had a daughter, Elizabeth. > > This family also had brothers Israel, and Jeriel and Nelson Co. tax lists > mention Israel Dodge and "Jeuel" Dodge in 1788. > > In short, I would very much appreciate any information you might have on > Josiah or other Dodge family members in KY at that time. I have some > information on the Dodge/Winchester family in KY and some on their history > in Connecticut that I would be happy to share if that is of interest to you. > > Regards, Ron Peck > >