My friends - Following my last posting on the Masonic lodges in the JP region in the 19th century, I inadvertently omitted two. One of these is the lodge at Millburn(# 170), and other is the lodge at Dukedom. Since Dukedom is partly in KY and partly in TN, and since it does not appear in the KY histories of lodges, it is likely that the Dukedom lodge was administered through the Grand Lodge of Tennessee, rather than its sister entity in KY. As a result, records for the Dukedom lodge would be held by the Grand Lodge of Tennessee. There were other fraternal orders in those days, of course, such as the Woodmen of the World(WOW), The Order of the Eastern Star(which permits Master Masons and, uniquely, wives and some other female relatives to be members), the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine(the Shriners - organized in 1872 for Master Masons), The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, established in 1862, and several others. I suspect that many of us have seen the gnarled tree grave markers in various cemeteries over the years, which indicates that the deceased was a member of the WOW. While I have not researched the available records of these other organizations, it is my understanding that the WOW, in particular, does hold some historical records on its members, and some of the other groups may also hold some records on their 19th century members. I am still working on the brief histories of each JP lodge, and will have that ready and posted shortly. -B ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Bill, I noticed that my g. g. grandfather was a member of the Blue Lodge and the K of H, which I think stands for Knights of Honor. Do you know anything about those? billco@ARN.NET wrote: > My friends - > > Following my last posting on the Masonic lodges in the JP region in > the 19th century, I inadvertently omitted two. One of these is the > lodge at Millburn(# 170), and other is the lodge at Dukedom. Since > Dukedom is partly in KY and partly in TN, and since it does not appear > in the KY histories of lodges, it is likely that the Dukedom lodge was > administered through the Grand Lodge of Tennessee, rather than its > sister entity in KY. As a result, records for the Dukedom lodge would > be held by the Grand Lodge of Tennessee. > > There were other fraternal orders in those days, of course, such as > the Woodmen of the World(WOW), The Order of the Eastern Star(which > permits Master Masons and, uniquely, wives and some other female > relatives to be members), the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the > Mystic Shrine(the Shriners - organized in 1872 for Master Masons), The > Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, established in 1862, and > several others. I suspect that many of us have seen the gnarled tree > grave markers in various cemeteries over the years, which indicates > that the deceased was a member of the WOW. While I have not researched > the available records of these other organizations, it is my > understanding that the WOW, in particular, does hold some historical > records on its members, and some of the other groups may also hold > some records on their 19th century members. > > I am still working on the brief histories of each JP lodge, and will > have that ready and posted shortly. > > -B > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > ==== KYJacksonPurchase Mailing List ==== > Check out the Rootsweb searchable mailing list archives at: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=KYJacksonPurchase-L > >