To E.W.Wallace Can you please tell me the name of the library in Los Angeles that had Starling's book? Thank you Mical Cisterna California ----- Original Message ----- From: <Hdanw@aol.com> To: <kyhender@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 9:19 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