In the midst of some research bearing on Beargrass Creek, I discovered this: " The Bellarmine campus of today stands on property that was a part of a royal land grant from King George III to James McCorkle for his service in the French and Indian War. When the American Republic was born, the land was retitled by Thomas Jefferson, Governor of Virginia, of which Kentucky was then a part. During the antebellum period, this land was a plantation owned by the Griffin family, who, impoverished by the Civil War, sold the estate to Bishop William George McCloskey for a seminary, Preston Park, which opened in 1871 and lasted, with interruptions, until 1909. During the Civil War, the Griffin estate house served as a military hospital. Old Preston Park also served at times as orphanages staffed by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth: St. Vincent's for girls (1892-1901) and St. Thomas for boys (1910-1938). " See also < http://www.bardstowntourism.com/tours/religion.htm > 1785 et al .......... Does anyone recall the name of the Convent directly across from Bellarmines Golf Course? Eric '5th Generation Louisvillian'