Thanks, Barb. I will make a trip out there and see if the book is still available. Interesting that Pond Settlement was identifiable as late as the 1860's. In a message dated 7/13/2002 2:12:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time, keenebj@juno.com writes: > Hi, > I'm a day late on this, but I have a little booklet put out by the Valley > Woman's Club in it's 3rd Printing, 1993. > I bought it a few years ago at the Gift Shop in Riverside, the > Farnsley-Moreman House on the Ohio River. The little light pumpkin > colored booklet has a copy of a map from the Filson Club. This is a > Beers and Lanagan map from 1879. It incorrectly indentifies the two > counties shown as Jefferson and Oldham. It is actually SW Jefferson and > probably the northern tip of Hardin Co. > It is the center page in the booklet. On Page 12, the book says, "Henry > Maybaum was born in Prussia in the year 1833. His father, Charles, > emigrated to America in 1834. He died in the Upper Pond Settlement in > 1863 (near Orel) (sic). On Page 36, it says, "William Hollis married > Winnie Lewis, daughter of Thomas Lewis of the Lower Pond Settlement." No > sources are given for this data. > > Pond Creek runs Southwesterly from beyond the Manslick Road area, > downward toward Orell. Dixie Highway used to be called Salt Pike and ran > almost parallel with the railroad. Pond Creek was on the other side of > the RR. It appears to circle around the north side of Moremen's Hill, > which, I think, is now part of Jefferson Memorial Forest. > > The author is Mary Jane Yann Stapp. There are nice pictures of old > houses that were in the area. There are > 68 pages. No index. Also, no sources. But it is fun reading. Some > families the author mentioned are. Camp, > Ashby, Kennedy, Swearingen, Geo. Prentice (the Journalist), Duckwall, > Lewis, Adams, Waller, Beahl, Alsop, > Phillips, Swindler, Miller, Smith, Moreman/Moorman, Stephan, Smoot, > Adylott, Quillman, Dodge, Pages, and quite a few more. > > I don't have any interest in this booklet except I love it. I paid 6 > dollars but that was maybe 6 or 7 years ago. > Anyone with an interest in the SW part of Jefferson County might enjoy > the booklet, if any are still available. > > I hope this is of interest to Alex. The map is esp. interesting since > it gives names of land owners at the time the map was drawn in 1879. The > original should still be at the Filson Club. As to the book, please > remember that no sources are given. Forgive me for repeating myself, but > it's important to be aware of that. > > Barb T >