My friends - I recently saw an article in the fine little magazine, "Kentucky Explorer", about a man named William Gardner, of Calloway County. Mr.Gardner had been interviewed in 1901 at the age of 97 by a reporter from the Paducah News-Democrat, during a visit which Mr.Gardner was making to Paducah. He was identified as the oldest living pioneer of the region. This article struck a chord with me, as I felt I had seen it before. I did some digging in those several hundred floppies which have JP data on them, and found the piece on one of them. I have reformatted it into plain text, and if anyone on the List is a relative or descendant of William Gardner, or his son Napolean, or brothers Jesse and Frank(a twin to William - and there were probably other siblings to William), and would like to have a copy of this article, let me know and I will get it to you as a plain text attachment to an e-mail message unless you specify that you need it as a straight e-mail message. It is fascinating to read, since he was born in 1804 in North Carolina. He talks about the trip to KY with his parents, about staying over in Boonesboro en route, about his wedding and how the clothes were made - it is an interesting step back into history through the eyes and words of one who actually lived it. I'll be back later today with another JP Land Grants text file. -B ===========================================================