I don't know where the person lives who is interested in the Starling book, but if you live near Vanderburgh CO, contact Willard Library in Evansville. They might know where you can get it. Willard, I am sure, as a copy if not a few, but their genealogy books cannot be checked out. Other major libraries in large cities also might be able to help you. I certainly enjoy mine. As to the Williams family, I have a Williams who married into the Eakins line. I have a John Williams, b. 1868, married to Willie King Eakins-- d/o Joseph William Eakins and Sallie Powell. Joseph may have married two Powells. Joseph was the son of John Eakins (my ggg uncle) and Sarah King. Helen Zuber Keusch forever searching in the ZUBER, BANGERT, GUTEKUNST/GOODART, ANTHIS, LAND, CRABTREE, EDWARDS, WOFFORD, GOODWIN, BENNETT, EAKINS, MELTON, FORD/FOARD, SANDEFUR, WALCUP, HANDLEY, EZELL, THOMASON, DUNCAN (my lines); and KEUSCH, ZIMMERMAN, BURGER, BECHER/BAUMERT, BLESSINGER, HOPF, HOCHGESANG, SCHMITT/SCHMIDT, MEHRINGER, and SCHITTER/SCHUETTER (hubby's lines). ----- Original Message ----- From: <Hdanw@aol.com> To: <kyhender@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 11:19 PM Subject: Re: [KYHENDER] E.L. Starling's book on Henderson Co., KY >I would like to comment on Starling's book. I happened to find this book >on > the shelves of a genealogical library in Los Angeles, and it fascinated > me. > I had already done some research on the Henderson family of colonial > Granville Co., NC. Starling explains the connection of Henderson Co. > with Col. > Richard Henderson and Henderson County. Richard Henderson was a > prominent figure > in colonial North Carolina. He is said to have established Nashville, > TN, > originally called Nashborough. > > As I remember, and correct me where I have erred, Col. Henderson claimed > great parts of both Kentucky [which was part of Virginia] and of Tennessee > [which was part of North Carolina]. The American Revolution interrupted > his plans > to begin a 14th colony. He wanted a proprietorship, such as Lord > Granville > had in North Carolina and Lord Fairfax [and his heirs] had in Virginia. > > After the Revolution, Virginia and North Carolina both refused to grant > him > all the land which he claimed he had bought from the Indians. Henderson > Co., > which was a larger county in the beginning, was part which Virginia > alloted > to Henderson and Co. In fact, in the grantor and grantee indexes, one > will > see an occasional notation for a deed *Henderson & Co. grant*. I have an > old > map, which I photocopied from one of the books published by a > genealogical > society, showing the lot numbers in Henderson Co. My main interest lay > in > doing a title search [for myself only] of Lot 23 on or near Lick Creek. > > The history which Starling gives can be augmented by a book called Boones > borough by George Washington Ranck and published at the time by what was > called > the Filson Club. Apparently the Filson Club has had to change its name > and > is now called Society, I believe. Boonesborough does not treat of > Henderson > Co. but of the plans of Henderson and Co. > > If you cannot arrange to interlibrary loan either of these books, perhaps > through your State Library, check local libraries in your area to find > which, if > any, subscribe to the online genealogical database called HeritageQuest. > Older books have been reproduced, and both these books about Kentucky > places > appear in HeritageQuest. Ranck's book has some wonderful appendices > concerning Henderson and *his gang* of speculators. Some of Henderson's > relatives, I > believe, migrated to Henderson Co. Certainly people from Granville Co., > NC > migrated to Henderson Co. > > About Starling, one does have to take with a grain of salt some of the > biographies. Much of the information is skewed. I was looking for > Williams > families. In the beginning there were two main Williams families. One > was headed > by one Samuel F. [Farrar] Williams, and the other by Burwell Williams. > So I > began diligently searching each of these families, mainly in tax and land > records plus court order books. > > (Aside: Where are COBs A and B? County clerks do not seem to know. COB > C > has been filmed and is available through the Family History Library in > Salt > Lake City. CO Books A and B would shed so much light on the early > settlers of > Henderson Co.) > > Starling has a biography of one Jenks Watterman Williams. Jenks gives > good > information about himself and his parents [I believe]. He was the son of > John Williams and his wife Susannah. But, after giving information about > himself and his parents, his facts fall apart. Like many of us, he > really did not > clarify with his parents who were his grandparents and step-grandparents, > etc. > > Should any subscriber be a descendant of Jenks Williams or of his siblings > I > have information to share with you. None of it is conclusive, as John > Williams was not my ancestor but a sibling of my ancestor, circumstantial > evidence > in Henderson co. implies. The roots of both John Williams and his wife, > who > were married in Henderson Co., go back to Granville Co., NC. The > Williams > great-grandparents were of colonial Southside Virginia, as that is where > many > North Carolinians came from--Virginia. > > Have fun with this hobby. It certainly stretches your mind. A > genealogist > always wants to know the answer to the next question. > > E.W.Wallace > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KYHENDER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >