May I forward this message to the Harrison co. mail list? If I do that, or you post the questions on our query page, you might get an answer. But if you depend on me you'll be waiting forever, and still not get much of an answer. I would also include your e-mail address so anyone with a bit of knowledge could respond to you directly. Jo permission granted: ----- Original Message ----- From: <Sixguns44@aol.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 12:28 PM Subject: Need Your Help > I have found your name and e-mail address among the Harrison County geneology > on the web. > > I am trying to trace the ownership of a percussion pistol that came from > Cynthiana. It has "Texas" carved into one grip. Morgan's First Raid in > Cynthiana (1861) included a company of Texas Rangers. I know that the gun > passed from James S. Whaley (Whaley's Funeral Home) to my father-in-law, > Arthur Lynch. I found a diary entry of Arthur Lynch that says that Jimmy > Whaley was given the gun by Naomi Brown, who had a brother named Joseph L. > Renaker. Milton Rees thinks that Joseph Renaker was involved in the harness > business with Frank Jameson's brother, Richard. One of Frank Jameson's many > daughters was married to Jimmy Whaley. > > Now, doesn't it make perfect sense that this gun should end up with my > father-in-law, who married yet another of the many Jameson daughters??? But > Naomi wasn't born until 1875, so she didn't find the gun. It was probably > her father, Robert H. Renaker, born 1829, died 1917, that obtained the gun. > > Is there any way to determine if Robert H. Renaker was in the Home Guards? > Or any other reason that he might have gotten hold of the pistol? The diary > said that Naomi prized the gun very highly. It must have had some > sentimental attachment. Robert would have been about 32 years old at the > time of the raid. Probably too old to go off with a regular unit but not too > old for the Home Guards. Is there any registry of the Home Guards? How do I > find it? > > Any help or guidance that you can give me will be greatly appreciated. > > John W. Walker > 110 N. Chadwick Road > Louisville, KY 40223