Thank you. They were married in Henderson County and died in Gibson County (Kimball Cemetery near Owensville). Maybe they didn't move at all -- only the county did? How interesting! Carol Gene Keusch wrote: > Hi, > Red Banks was the original name of Henderson KY. Ky became a state > about 1792-94. I am not for sure on the dates. I do know KY and TN entered > the US as states in the very early 1790's. When the 1811 earthquake > occured, the Ohio River got moved around abit, and that has always been a > problem between KY and IN on river boundaries. There was a trail from > Henderson, to Evansville, on up to Princeton, IN known as the Red Banks > Trail where many of the KY people went into IN. So chances are your > relatives were married at Henderson. Helen Keusch > -----Original Message----- > From: Carol Foster <cfoster@eden.com> > To: KYHENDER-L@rootsweb.com <KYHENDER-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Thursday, June 17, 1999 7:47 AM > Subject: 1792 Red Banks > > >According to an LDS sumbission, Jesse KIMBALL and Elizabeth ROELOFSEN were > >married 1794, Red Banks. I had not been able to locate it and this is the > first > >reference I have seen other than that file. I, too, would be interested in > the > >list of inhabitants or any other Red Banks information -- also, anything > about > >Kimball or Roelofsen. > >Thanks, > >Carol > > > >RWHitzman@aol.com wrote: > > > >> In my research, I came across the following note. Is anyone familiar > with > >> this source, or know what the "Register" might be? > >> > >> "A village known as 'Red Banks' was established near the site of > Henderson as > >> early as 1784. Apparently a list of the inhabitants of Red Banks as of > >> November 1792 appeared on a petition for relief and request for > appointment > >> of magistrate for the community, addressed to Governor Shelby [File Box > No. > >> 1, Archives Department, Historical Society, published in the Register in > May > >> 1927]. " > >> > >> Rebecca Hitzman > >> Tulsa, OK > >> > >> Researching Lawrence, Sprinkle, Worthington families of early Henderson > Co. > > > >