Dear Friends of the JP List, Thank you all for your overwhelming response to the cemetery checks. The book has over 500 pages and many cemeteries and no index for surnames, however they are alphabetized. Please be patient with me as I had very many requests. I will respond to them in the order that they were received. I am very happy to be helpful to all of you. Thank You Again, Your Friend Lynn Watson

I would appreciate any help you can give me in locating burial sites. I am very interested in finding the grave of MARY JANE TUCKER BUCY. I am also interested in any TUCKER graves, (MARY JANE's parents), but don't have their first names. MARY JANE was b. about 1844 in NC. Thanks very much. Pat Lyle Kramer

Dear JP List Friends, While helping my friend Nelda Smith of Murray, Ky pack to move, we came across a book "Cemeteries of Calloway County Kentucky and sections of Adjoining Counties". This book was put out by the Calloway County Genealogical Society in 1965. I would be happy to assist in any cemetery lookups in Calloway County and counties close to the borders such as Graves, Marshall, and Henry County, TN. This has been a great find! It cuts down the trips to the Library! I hope to share this with all. Sincerely, Lynn E. I. Watson

The railroad ran from Columbus, Kentucky, to Jackson, Tennessee. The article originated from the "West Tennessee Whig" newspaper of Jackson, Tennessee. Greg _____ From: steven63 [mailto:steven63@charter.net] Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 5:02 PM To: KYJacksonPurchase-L Subject: First Train From Columbus, KY CLARKSVILLE CHRONICLE Clarksville, TN November 26, 1858 ____________________ THROUGH TO COLUMBUS.-The Mobile and Ohio Railroad has been completed from this city to Columbus (or Kentucky City), the terminus on the Mississippi River, and on Tuesday evening last regular passenger freight cars passed over the entire road from Columbus to Jackson.-It was an occasion for much rejoicing to us to hear the snort of the Iron Horse, with headlong fury, he came dashing on his way over forest and valley, dragging behind him his golden train.-Jackson (W. T.) Whig. ____________________

CLARKSVILLE CHRONICLE Clarksville, TN November 26, 1858 ____________________ THROUGH TO COLUMBUS.-The Mobile and Ohio Railroad has been completed from this city to Columbus (or Kentucky City), the terminus on the Mississippi River, and on Tuesday evening last regular passenger freight cars passed over the entire road from Columbus to Jackson.-It was an occasion for much rejoicing to us to hear the snort of the Iron Horse, with headlong fury, he came dashing on his way over forest and valley, dragging behind him his golden train.-Jackson (W. T.) Whig. ____________________

Betty, I loved your information on the Parkhill murder. That was great. I checked with the relationship calculator on FTM and found my husband and Travis H. Parkhill were first cousins, four times removed. I have Nancy A.Tilley as the wife of Travis. Her name is from Graves County birth records of their son John William Parkhill 9 April 1853. Mary Louise Outgoing mail checked by Norton AntiVirus

I wonder if anyone could shed some light on the following offences found in the Paducah Tri-Weekly Herald ? Please send answers to the list, I imagine several would be interested. Thanks, Dave Ray Commonwealth vs. Benjamin Monroe for burning a stack of oats. Trial commenced and argument heard in part. THURSDAY Commonwealth vs. Wesley Edwards for retailing. Fined $60.

In regard to the newspaper item just transcribed for the list by Don Howell, I know a bit about the Compton-Parkhill poisoning case if anyone else is interested. Travis Harvey Parkhill, son of John and Sarah Clapp Parkhill and stepson of Dr. Caleb Jones, lived in Graves County. He is said to have been poisoned little by little by his wife Nancy and the Compton who was mentioned in Don's news item and who was tried for the crime. Parkhill and Compton were reportedly business partners. Parkhill died at 33 years of age in February 1859. Travis Parkhill's wife Nancy is said to have suffered from remorse and to have died about two months after her husband's death. Once the cause of Travis Parkhill's death was understood as homicide, his body was taken by his family from its original burial place where his wife had also been buried and reburied at Antioch. I found the following in the 1860 census for Graves County, KY, published by Simmons Historical Publications, 1997, page 345: Household # 2405 D.M. Galloway, aged 40, born TN, jailor Henry Compton, aged 25, born IL, carpenter [prisoner] In the 1850 census for Graves Co, KY, Travis Parkhill was reported as a cabinet maker. He could, therefore, have been the business partner, as stated above, of a carpenter. Alfred Milton Parkhill, brother of the murdered Travis Parkhill, married Mary L. Hudspeth, daughter of George and Nancy Mack Hudspeth. The Hudspeth connection is my reason for having information on this family. Regards, Betty Ravenholt

Hello Everyone, Here are a few little tidbits i found in the Paducah Tri-Weekly Herald in 1859. The Tri-Weekly Herald Paducah, KY June 18, 1859 0ur friend Thomas H. Smith, of Metropolis, was in the city yesterday. He was on his return home from Mayfield Court, where he is engaged in the defence of Compton against the charge of poisoning Mr. Parkhill. CIRCUIT COURT AT MAYFIELD. The following business has been transacted in the above Court, .Judge R. K. Williams presiding-, up to Thursday evening. In the last eight cases reported, an alacrity in the transaction of legal business was displayed which is not often met with in courts—"The law's delay" being proverbial ever since Shakspear’s time. The cases alluded, to were tried, and disposed of from three o'clock P. M., to half past five Thursday evening. MONDAY June 13 Grand and Petit Juries organized. Tuesday Peter Farthings applied to the Court to bind Alfred Goings to keep the peace. Court bound, both parties. Penalty of $250. Commowealth vs.. Fielding Lemmons for Perjury. Continued. Commonwealth vs. 'W. A. Eakers for malicious Shooting. Fined $50 aad. six months imprisonment in the County Jail Wednesday Commonwealth vs. James Monroe for burning a stack of oats. Acquitted. Commonwealthvs. Leonard Kalor for breach of peace. Fined $11.08. Commonwealth vs. Benjamin Monroe fur burning a stack of oats. Trial commenced and argument heard in part. THURSDAY The same case continued. Defendant acquitted. Commonwealth vs. N. C. Pitman for breach of peace. Fined $5 Commonwealth vs. Wesley Edwards for retailing. Fined $60. Commonwealth vs. Thomas Morgan for retailing. Fined $60. Commonwealth vs. Henry Rodney for injuring property. Fined $60. Commonwealth vs. T. T. Tharp for breach of peace. Pined $45. Commonwealth vs. Caleb Reid for breach of peace. Fined $20. Commonwealth vs, John Gardner aud W. Carter for breach of peace. Fined $10 each. Commonwealth vs. Jerry Head for breach of peace. .. Fined $5. Commonwealth vs. W. Sanderson for breach of peace. Fined one cent. ln the latter ease Mr. Sanderson made his own defense, in a short but effective speech to the jury, in which he mentioned that he had "done the State some service"—that he had paid her a good amount of money heretofore, (whether in fines or taxes he did not state)—that lie loved the Commonwealth, and would not nor did not willingly and knowingly break her peace, and as he was a poor man, and there were many others indicted for like offenses who were well able to pay large fines, he therefore hoped the jury would be as light as possible on him. The speech created much amusement in the court house. The Court is yet in session, and we will endeavor to lay the rest of the proceedings before our readers Enjoy! Don Howell ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

Sorry I left this out in the first post.. There is a Calpernia/Calperna C. ROSE, born 1850, daughter of Henry W. ROSE and Margaret YORK of Marshall Co., KY. This is listed under the Family Tree's on Ancestry.com I have not yet looked her up in the census records. I just came across this earlier. If anyone is related, please let me know!

I'm looking for information on Mac BREWER.. He is mentioned in the History of Marshall County as being a member of a Benton Masonic Lodge and he and his mother, Elizabeth BREWER were charter members of a church in Benton. He is listed as "J M P BREWER" His father was William BREWER and I am wondering if he may have a connection to the William BREWER that I am told Brewers, KY was named for. Also while at the library the other night, I was looking through one of the transcribed and published versions of the census and the author added Elizabeth's maiden name as being "MCPEAK". Mac married a lady named Calpernia (and this was the first time I had ever came across that name before and if anyone knows of it's origins I'd like to hear from you!). They had children, one of them was my direct ancestor, Izora BREWER who married Thomas Jefferson CANUP. Well, I couldn't find anything on Calpernia before she married Mac. Izora died in 1954 and on her death certificate, which I did not obtain until the trip to the library the other night, her mother is listed as being "Tina ROSE" so did Calpernia go by "Tina"?? Her middle initial is listed in the census as "C." I also hadn't know until I saw the death certificate that James went by the name Mac because everything else had said James or JMP. I suppose the "M P" in his name stand for James McPeak BREWER? Thanks

Paducah Tri-Weekly Herald June 11, 1859 Notice All persons having claims against the estate of Thomas W. Coleman, deceased, are hereby notified to present the same, and prove them be?ote the undersigned special Commissioner, between now and the second Monday in July 1859; otherwise they will be barred. Wm Grief , Especial Com’r. May 24, 1859 Office on Broadway. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

My friends - Every now and then, I take a moment to remind us about various other sites useful to those conducting research in the JP region, and other matters of historical interest. Our very good friend, Mary-Ann Vandaveer, who very conscientiously maintains the JPSurnames web site, and has done so for several years, has been in touch to remind us that she is available to update, add, or otherwise edit the surnames which have been submitted to that site. The site is present so that JP researchers can visit and go to the surname(s) which they are researching to determine if others are researching the same names. The e-mail addresses of the other party(ies) are shown so that contacts can be made. It has been, in my view, an invaluable addition to the "tools" with which we work in the JP region. Mary-Ann also asks that if you need to update your e-mail address, please let her know *all* of the surnames which you may have posted on the site, so that she can change the address on all of them more rapidly. She can be reached at: kyjpsurnames@aol.com The site itself can be found here: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kyjpsurnames/ Many thanks to Mary-Ann for her continuing efforts on our behalf. A reminder, too, about the searchable JP List Archives, which can be found here: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=KYJacksonPurchase-L The Archive contains all of the postings made to the List since its inception 8 years ago, including my 2800+ data posts over that period of time. The search capabilities make it a good tool, especially for our newer subscribers. General information - FAQ's - about the JP region can be found here: http://users.arn.net/~billco/jacksonfaq1.html A little general information about the list statistics at this point: as of today, we have 723 subscribers, located in nearly every state in the US, as well as Japan, Egypt, Germany, England, Russia, and I am sure, other countries as well. Some 150 of us gathered in 2000 for the Jackson Purchase Homecoming genealogical event in Murray, in Calloway County, which remains, as far as I know, the only gathering of that size held in any location by the subscribers of any regional mail list. I may be wrong in that belief, but I have seen nothing yet to indicate to me that it is in error. We may again hold one of these conferences at some point in the future. It was fun, and, I hope, genealogically rewarding, for those of us who attended. Of the 723 subscribers, 520 are subscribed in the "mail" mode, which sends each posting out as an individual message, and 203 are subscribed in "digest" mode, which sends out a group of messages in "digest" form once a day, when postings are received. Just as a side note, in the past 6 months, there have been over 100 attempts to send spam to the JP List, and other lists which I host, and not a single one got through RootsWeb's spam filters. A good record, indeed. In the "Whatever happened to...?" category, many of you will recall that it was my intention to do some digital work on some Ballard County records to make them available on CD, as I did with the newly discovered 1853 Graves County Circuit Court Order Book G, a couple of years ago. I did proceed with that Ballard work for quite some time, but it finally became clearly apparent that digitization was simply not possible(not even close to the clarity level of the Graves Order Book work), due to the faded condition of the original records. So that one has had to be placed on indefinite hold until the records can actually be manually transcribed. I have been asked many times if I intend to digitize that other newly discovered Graves County Circuit Court order books, and my answer continues to be a conditional "Yes", but I can't give any definitive or projected date for the next volume. Nearly a year was required to put the first one out, so it is a very time intensive effort. And there are one or two new items coming up soon, I think, with which you will be pleased, and I will keep you posted on those. Finally, many of you know our very good friend, Sandi Gorin, a researcher extraordinaire for the Barren and surrounding counties area, and the host of one of our sister regional lists, the South-Central-Kentucky-L. I recently had the good fortune to find several of her published works cited in an article written by Dr. John Phillip Colletta, a nationally well known researcher, for the latest edition of The National Genealogical Society Quarterly. That is a tribute to the accuracy and impact which her many works have had on the history of the area and the families who have resided there. Later this week, I will return with a piece written many years ago by the late Judy Maupin, concerning a ghost which allegedly maintains its spirit and presence in Calloway County. -B ===========================================================================

I am looking for info on the parents, etc. of GEORGE W. BUCY and his wife, MARY JANE TUCKER. They lived in Calloway County for a while during the 1860's. Their daughter, LOUISA AMANDA BUCY, was b. 2/14/1862. Thanks in advance for any assistance. Pat Lyle Kramer

My friends - Our friend Gayle Holmes advised me today of the loss of one of our long time List subscribers, Chuck Owen. Chuck was very active in research for a long time and he and I exchanged many messages over the 8 year history of the JP List. Gayle included the obituary, which is shown below. I know that I speak for the entirety of our subscribership in extending our condolences to his family. -B ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Charles "Chuck" H. Owen, age 78, of Cullman, AL passed away July 17, 2005. >He was born November 30, 1926, in Mayfield, Kentucky. He lived his early >years in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and graduated from Poplar Bluff High >School. He was a graduate of the University of Missouri and a member of Pi >Kappa Alpha Fraternity. He served in the Navy during World War II aboard >the aircraft carrier, the USS Makassar Strait, CVE-91. He worked with >Morton Frozen Foods and Hunt Wesson Foods for over 30 years. He was also >Vice-President for the King Pharr Canning Company in Cullman. > >He was preceded in death by his parents, Herman and Clara Owen, Poplar >Bluff, Missouri. > >He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Betty Grimes Owen; three >daughters: Denise Owen, Sherry (David) Lee, and Debbie Hudson; three >grandchildren: Chad (Lorri) Lee, Jenna Hudson, and Emily Hudson; one >nephew Tommy (Trayce) Grimes; three nieces: Jean (Speed) Olderman, Donna >Grimes, and Mimi (Paul) Sheets; also survived by John (Ann) Annable-like a >son and daughter-in-law. > >Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 20, >2005, at Heritage Funeral Home on Eva Road with burial in Heritage >Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday, from 6:00 to 9:00. >Reverend Debbie Williams officiating. > >Pallbearers: Chad Lee, Tommy Grimes, John Annable, Tom Willis, Dr. Herman >Ensor, Rodney Sloan, John Holmes, and David Howse.

My gggf was born in MO in 1820 or so the census records after 1850 report. I believe some of the family may have lived in St Louis or Jefferson Co MO. between 1820 and roughly 1840. After this I believe they may have returned to KY or TN. In your searches if you see any Land, Tax, Census, or other records that have the Murrell or any other spelling that might be Murrell please forward them to me. The name has been spelled Morrell, Merrell, Mirrell, Merril, Merl, Morrow, Murell, Murrel, and even Murret.. I guess the two L looked like a bent T... My gggf was named William A Murrell born about December 24, 1820 place unknown. He was a chair and furniture maker, a JP and post master at Dry Spring, MO for about 50 years. He appears to have stayed in Ripley Co MO after 1850 until he died about Dec 1895. He is believed to have a brother born in MO 1824 place unknown. His name was John Bartlett or J B Murrell. All of J B's brother were chair or cabinet makers too.. The only Murrell chair makers I have ever found. That is why I believe they were from the same family. These siblings are listed on the 1860 census in Weakley CO TN. J B was early on a broom maker and later a magistrate. Richard Murrell is who I thought to be my William's father but another researcher ventured to suggest that it might have been Richard's uncle a William Murrell. This William was a brother to Benjamin Murrell, Richard's father. William A Murrell had one surviving son James Harvey Murrell. He also lived in Ripley Co MO and Randolph CO AR.. state line changed they did not move. The story in the family is that the rest of the family moved on... west...... but no one now knows where.. I found some Murrells in Howell Co MO that I believe came from the same line of Murrells..... so it is possible they only went that far.. not to CA or TX.. and some had suggested.. but anything is possible. The Laclede CO MO Murrells seem to be a different line. There is Matty listed in land records as the mother of three heirs of William Jackson. William Jackson deceased private in Pendleton's Comp of Regiment of Riflemen ... received 130 acres being South East of 1/4 section Eighteen of Township fifty four north in Range Eighteen west in the Tract appointed by the Acts aforesaid for Military Bounties of the Territory of MO to have and hold the said Quarter Section of land with the appurtenances thereof unto the said Matty Murrell mother of three other heirs of William .. 22 day of Jan 1819. Number 8833. No county given.. I originally thought that William's last name was Jackson, now I realize his name may have been William Jackson MURRELL.............. does any one have any idea of where this land is located and what happened to it or how I could find out.. or what happened to these people? Or if indeed Matty was a Jackson and married a Murrell............. any Marriages that would give a hint? I have never found one of any c! emetery records for William Jackson etc. What happened to this family? In my gggf belongings there was a leather pouch or billfold that had the tooled name of Richard Murrell on it... I have never been able to associate with certainty to any Richard Murrell other than the son of Benjamin Murrell who died in TN. It is possible it was an uncle or some other keep sake.. but there was no stitching as we have today with billfolds.. it was all flat cut and folded leather about the size of a legal envelope of today. The uncle that had it got sick with in days and died. The Murrell bible and billfold and other items are all lost now. In St Louis Co I found some early mention in city directory of Murrell Cabinet makers.. I have never been able to find that website again. If any one knows of such please copy me in. I believe that William A Murrell was in KY in early 1840 as two daughters are listed as being born there. NO marriage every found for him. These two daughter were born before his marriage to Lucinda Foy if the date in the Murrell bible is correct. However, the girls are always listed as MURRELLs not FOYs. Were they his or orphan Murrells? Once the family settled in Dry Springs, MO we have essentially been the Lost Murrell Family! any help is appreciated. Patricia Murrell Mata pjmata@cox.net (Hit the ole delete key if you have already seen this)

SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY Atlanta, GA April 6, 1864 ____________________ Paducah, Kentucky, the scene of Gen. Forrest's recent exploit, says the Rebel, is a thriving city of five or six thousand inhabitants, situated on the Ohio River, at the mouth of the Tennessee, and is the Federal depot for army supplies intended for points upon the Tennessee River. It is sixty-five miles from Cairo, Illinois, about one hundred and fifty miles from Nashville, and two hundred miles from Memphis. It was largely engaged in various branches of manufacturing, having one or more rolling mills, an extensive nail factory, candle factories, a shipyard, marine ways for elevating vessels requiring repairs, and many other establishments. If the city has been destroyed, as is reported, the blow is a very heavy one to property holders, and we have no doubt that the Yankee gunboats are alone responsible for its destruction.

Is there anyone on this list who lives close enough to Massac Co., IL that they could pull a marriage record for me? I have the date, but need the record. Thanks. Cheri Casper

My friends - Today, we are returning to a series I began in late 2003, covering early vital statistics records for the JP counties. As I have said many times, the vital statistics records in the 1852-1859 and 1874-1878 time frames(the only two periods in the 19th century when such records were mandated statewide), are woefully incomplete and inaccurate. Nevertheless, they sometimes constitute the only records, reliable or otherwise, that can be found for a 19th century family member. The VS records below are for births with the surnames beginning with the letter "V". As a result, there are not many of them, but for those of you with family members with a "V" surname, this may be of interest to you. -B +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ McCracken County - Vital Statistics Records - 1852-1859 - Births - Part 30 Vadder, Unity, born 10 Nov 1853. Father & mother not given Vandevort, Kate, born 27 April 1858 in Illinois, daughter of Samuel Vandevort & Irvey French Vandover, E.C., male, born 30 April 1858 in Henderson Co., son of William Vandover & Mary Jane Moore Vasher[sic], William J., born 18 March 1854, son of Horace Vasher & Catherine Crowell Vasser, ------, male, born 11 Feb 1852, son of Horace Vasher & Catherine Crowell Vasser, Relfy Florida, female, born 22 April 1852, dau of Noel Vasser & Maxine Langley Venable, Ellen, born 7 Sept 1854, dau of Aden Venable & Elizabeth Massey Venable, Allzey Jane,born 6 Nov 1856, dau of ---- Adin & Elizabeth Massey Venable, W.S., male, born 6 April 1858 in Paducah, son of W.P.Venable & E.A.Peter Vasor, Adoph, born 14 April 1854, son of Asheal Vasor & Adel Fontel Vogt, Mary, born 14 Feb 1861 in Paducah, dau of Anton Vogt & ------ Vondach, Monroe, born -- Sept 1854, son of Jacob Vondach & Elizabeth Collins Vondauch, Jacob, born 30 March 1857, son of Jacob Vondauch & E. Collins ~to be continued~ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Hello Everyone, I have a very interesting piece of paper to offer to everyone tonight. Apparently the citizens of Lovelaceville in 1866 did not want a road put in to Paducah so the started a petition to stop it. I'm guessing it would be modern day highway 62 but that's my guess. Here are the names the best i can make out: Geo O. Haden H.M. Gilson J.E. Rudolph R.W. Rudolph J.A. Griffin G.L. James R.C. Anderson B. Kimmel? W.M. McGee J.A. Hatcher W.T. Hatcher John Black R.W. Rucks? S.A. Womble W.D. Dean A.J. Brackin J.H. Husbands M.T. Shelbourne John W. Massie J.L. Layor? Isaac S. Newman Wm R. Ro?K G.A. Flood P.D. Kimmel G.M.Griffin Jno M. Johnleo?? (hard to read) M.? Chenault W.J. Burgess? J. Tharp (i think) Th? Ashbrook R.W. Shelbourne W.D. Senter J.B. Ros? Jas. Stovall P?.H.Frey James Vance A.J. Watson If anyone would like a copy let me know :) I'm sure glad it failed or i'd have a heck of a time getting to work..lol.. Don Howell __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com