Mary Ellen Hicks, my gr'greatgrandmother, was b. Jan 1, 1824 and mar. John E. Baker of Garrard Co. on Dec. 9, 1842 in Jessamine Co. Thus she likely was b. in Jessamine Co. WHO were her parents and siblings please? They had nine children b. in Gallatin Co. Six lived to adulthood. I have listed their spouses' names among the surnames below. John was shot on their Gallatin Co. farm by Yankee soldiers in 1864. She died on Mar 28, 1892. My BAKER Web Page: http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfeak/

Am related to John Patrick Campbell through his parents John Wm. Campbell & Hannah Withers. Would love to hear any info on this family. Thanks for your time. Connie [email protected]

John Patrick Campbell b: abt 1762 Va d: 5-14-1824 Jessamine Co Ky was the son of John William Campbell & Hannah Withers. I do have some info if you are interested. I am still working on this line Connie [email protected]

My husband and I found the Ferrell grave yard last October and had a great visit with the owners of the land, Anna Neal Jennette and Joe Jennette. We also had the list of folks buried there which was done in 1978 by Anna and Dorothy Dean Hager. I would not for the life of me be able to tell you how to get there but maybe you could write to Anna c/o Nicklasville and ask her for specific directions. If anyone starts of fund to have someone go in there and clean it up, I'd be glad to contribute. My 3rd great grandfather was Daniel Ferrell who homesteaded that property. Ferrell Graveyard, 8 mi SE of Nicholasville, KY located on the Sugar Creek Pike

Hello, Jessamine Friends, My Susan Green was born in Kentucky in 1798. Her father was John Green, her mother Nancy, and her paternal grandfather Henry Green. Henry Green has been recorded in Fayette County, and the family has been recorded in Jessamine County. Susan Green married Elijah Bell in 1820. Her grandfather Henry Green signed the marriage bond with Elijah. Elijah has stated that he was born in Virginia in 1798. I would appreciate communications with anyone else who is connected with these Bells or Greens or has any knowledge of them. Interestingly enough, there was also an Elijah Bell in Jessamine County who married a Nancy Green. A cousin, perhaps? Sincerely, Jean

Hi all This is the new url for Jessamine County please bookmark Thanks, Jim http://www.usgw.org/uhgn/ky/county/jessamine/

Hello I am new to this list. I found an interview (1841-1848) with Robert Gwynn of Jessamine county. He states he lived 4 miles from the Kentucky River on the Shawnee River Road and was the father of many sons. He had come to this area with his father and David Kincaid (who I suspect is a relative) from Calf Pasture Virginia (Augusta county) while at this moment I do not know his exact place in the Calf Pasture Gwinn family tree, I am a Gwinn researcher and would love to speak to anyone who may descend from this family. I am seeking the earliest of records on this Robert and possibly his father to try to prove his link to the Calf Pasture Gwinns. Thanks for your time. Beckie

Morning All, Thank you for all the kind words and cards. Let me see if I can answer a few of your questions. I forgot to tell you why I was telling you about Bennett Young's books. The Jessamine Co., Wither's Library had a board meeting the other evening. They voted that all Bennett Young's books be pulled off the shelves and donated to the Jessamine Co., Historical Society for safe keeping. Isn't that great? The book of Bennett Young's, the "Battle of Blue Licks" has never been re-published. Would you like me to look into getting this done? I think it would sale very well. Give me some input on this. If their is enough interest, we will do it. In other words, you buy it, we will print it. We are in fairly good shape as far as the cemetery funds goes, at the time being. But, we don't turn down money for this project. It's a big project and our folks need all the help then can get. If you would like to give to the cemetery fund. Make your checks out to Jessamine Co., Historical Society, and send them to Howard C. Teater, 504 W Maple St., Nicholasville, KY 40356. Or, if you would just like to send them a thank you note, I feel they would appreciate that also. To those who are planning a trip to Jessamine County, let us know a little in advance, and we will have the Historical Society open for you. Nancy, I don't know of any history book of Jessamine Co. about the Renfro family. But, maybe someone on the List can help you. I do think we have a file on this Renfro family. I did it when I was living in Lincoln Co. Hi, Anna Ash in Texas. Look forward to seeing you in Aug. I will pass you e-mail to the others. I know they will want to meet with you. Thank's for the offer of the books for the Society. We are getting quite a collection. Emma, that old Rev. War soldier I spoke of was James Irvin. He is buried in the Dean Cemetery at Little Hickman. I know quite a bit about him, if anyone is interested. Hi, Suzanna I look foward to seeing you in Aug. Hi, Shelia, Tina, Mary Lue, Bryce, Don and all. If I missed anyone let me know. Clyde ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Good Afternoon Hope you all are having a great day and summer. As I promised we are going to have a new message board system the jessamine County boards will be one of the first that will be done and we should have in a matter of a few days I have seen a preview of the new boards I believe you will like them they are alot like our old genconnect boards I will let you know when they are ready. Thanks, Jim

Hi All, I hope you all are having a great summer. Every thing going well here. Howard Teater, Ernestine/ Charlie Hamm, Bill Russel, and Inez his wife and are doing a great job with the cemeteries. They have a couple of Mexican fellows that help them with the bad ones. You should see them, they are worse then a bunch of bush-hogs. It's been very hot here in Kentucky. I tried to get them to stop until the fall of the year. But, they wouldn't hear of it. They are making a lot of new discoveries. People I had no hopes of ever knowing about. I love see these old cemeteries coming to life. Your interest and kind donations, played a big part in getting this project started. We need to thank the Jessamine County Fiscal Court for their generous denotation also. They gave us a $1000. With this and what you folk gave will take the cemetery project will into next year. Ernestine has a GPS ( Global Positioning System) unit she carried with her around to the cemeteries. She records the Latitude and Longitude of each cemetery. I have one of these units also. I hope to have the position of all the cemeteries we know of by the fall of the year. All this information is recorded on Topo maps. The other day Ernestine came across an old Rev. War soldier gravestone. I told her to give me the location, I wanted to see it.. I took my little GPS and went right to the cemetery. Who said you can't teach an old dog new tricks? O! by the way, today is my birthday. This old dog is 66. I got to tell you this. Do you remember the book "History of Jessamine County" by Bennett H. Young, the Historical Society had re-published sometime back? If you were here at the Fest you may recall seeing Bennett Young's picture on the wall of the Historical Society. I didn't get to tell you much about him, but he was quite a fellow. He was a Confederate Soldier, who lead a raid on St, Albans, Vermont. Ask any Confederate buff and they will tell you all about him. Any way, he was born just a little west of Nicholasville, and his family goes back to the beginning of the county. After the Civil War Bennett lived in Louisville, KY., but never forgot his roots in Jessamine County. He wrote several books before his death. He wrote the "History of Blue Licks", the "Constitutions of Kentucky and their History" and the "Prehistoric Men of Kentucky". Each time Bennett Young wrote a book, he placed a copy in the Filson Club Library in Louisville. He also placed a copy in the Withers Library in Nicholasville. I had seen these books on shelves in the library many times. I knew it would be just a matter of time before someone would see them, and realized what they were, and they would be gone forever. Mr. Young had signed some of them. In one he wrote: " To the Nicholasville Library, from one whose birth in the town, has given Jessamine County his construe, --------- and abiding love." Aug 13th 1910 Bennett H. Young We got three more fileing cabinets donated to the Historical Society, by Sue ans Ray Clark. Send you family records and photos. We have lots of room now. Clyde ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Jim, Thanks for passing on the link regarding the cemetery preservation. I, too, have the following to share with all of you regarding Jessamine County's efforts in their cemetery preservation. This article was published in the July 5, 2001 issue of The Jessamine Journal. Although it is a wonderful article, not enough credit was given, I'm afraid, to Ernestine Hamm and her husband, who have single-handedly been working on some of these old cemeteries. Those of us who attended the Heritage Fest this year were privileged to meet Ernestine and were so impressed with their energy and devotion to this project. Jessamine County could use a lot more like them. I only wish that I could be there to help. Hopefully this article will encourage other Jessamine County groups and individual citizens to offer their help with this project. OLD SOLDIERS GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Lisa King Staff Writer Toppled and broken, the old tombstones have fallen like those who sleep under them did in battle. But local cemetery ordinances will ensure that the final resting places of those who died fighting for this country's independence will be preserved for as long as America endures. A county ordinance was passed last October that affords a measure of protection to old cemeteries, requiring developers to preserve any burial grounds on their property. A similar ordinance is expected to be passed soon for cemeteries within the city limits of Nicholasville, according to Nicholasville Mayor Sam Corman. Many of these old cemeteries -more than 300 in all-contain the bodies of soldiers from the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. The American Revolution, which began April 19, 1775, ended two centuries of British rule over most of the North American Colonies. The Continental Congress was formed, and the United States of America was born on July 4, 1776, with the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Eight years later in 1783, after British soldiers surrendered at Yorktown, Va., Great Britain signed a formal peace treaty recognizing America's independence. The last Revolutionary War soldier to be buried in Jessamine County was James Irvin. His grave is located on Gayheart Lane on property belonging to Marty Maddox. The Jessamine County Historical and Genealogical Society plans to repair his 6-foot-tall stone monument, currently toppled and broken. 'We may also have a memorial service," said Ernestine Hamm, correspondent for the Historical Society. The Society's goal is to clean up all cemeteries in Jessamine County, clearing away debris, and repairing stones and resetting the ones that have fallen. To date, they have renovated six cemeteries since the county ordinance was passed. The ordinance requires landowners to maintain the condition of a cemetery on their property only if they intend to develop the land. So the Historical Society have set out to restore the forgotten cemeteries that have been neglected for untold number of years. The Shelby Cemetery, located on High Point Golf Course on Union Mill Road, contains the grave of Isaac Shelby, the grandson of Kentucky's first governor, Isaac Shelby, according to Hamm. The governor, a Revolutionary War general who died in 1806, is buried at Traveler's Rest in Stanford, Ky. His grandson and namesake was buried on Union Mill Road along with his infant, Jemmie Shelby, 11 months. The cemetery also contains the graves of his wife, Sarah, and her parents, Andrew and Rachel McClure. Like many old cemeteries, Shelby Cemetery was enclosed by a stone fence at one time. This particular cemetery, however, also boasted a wrought-iron fence at one time. All that remains now is part of the gate, which still stands at the cemetery's entrance, as though waiting to welcome visitors. But though there are no family members left to remember most of them, Clyde Bunch, president of the Historical Society, said preserving the graves, "is a matter of respect." There are a lot of Revolutionary soldiers buried around here, and we owe them that, "he said. Bunch said it's vital to catalogue the cemeteries, which Howard Teater has done, so that their locations will not become lost and forgotten. He added that the society plans to set a stone on the Knox Door Cemetery, located on the estate of the late U.S. District Judge Bernard Moynahan. The stone was purchased by the Moynahans in the 1950s by the judge's wife, who was searching for the grave of her grandfather, William Turner, a Civil War veteran who died of cholera in 1868. The burial site has never been located, so the stone will be erected by the historical society in the family cemetery, possibly this weekend. That property was recently approved for development by the Nicholasville City Commission. Bunch invited anyone from the public who is interested in helping with the restoration of cemeteries to attend the meetings of the Society, held every fourth Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at Farmer's Bank in Wilmore. Shelia Bruner-Ramos

Hello List members. I had a great-great-grandfather, William Strader BEAGLES born in Jessamine County Kentucky. I have seen Strader written Strother in my BEAGLES files also. Would anyone know if my William Strader/Strother BEAGLES was related to your Strother line?

This was sent to me thought I would send it along to everyone because Jessamine County is so involved and dedicated to this effort. Thanks Jim http://www.kyattorneygeneral.com/cemetery/

Oh I forgot something Strother middle initial is H. I was in the will yesterday and some other documents. There is another Stother with intial S which is for Steven they are in Warren co I think which is not around here. I figure they are realted somehow though. Also there is a Stother Jr. he was born in 1855 in Ky. he is the 7th child of Strother H.

Joe White, b. 11/10/1847 ....is on this mess of a old list. I will write it as it is written: Joe White ( named after S foster pa) m. 11/22/1888 to Martina Conley, Raly Co., San Antonio Tx. I think this means that he was named after S meaning Strother foster patents ?????????? This is on a list of the McGinnis's that came from Jessime Co . Ky. Strother Mcginnis & Mary Ann Easley They came by wagon train to Mosby Mo. in 1857 according to 1860 census from Fishing River Township, Clay Co. Mo. Mosby Mo.

My connection is through Lou Ann Munkers (munkres) my second cousin 4 times removed who married Thomas MIchael Mcginnis the son of James Henry McGinnis and Eliza Rice. His parents Strother McGinnis and Mary Easley. I am trying to make an connnection between Mary Easley and My other Easley's that were in the same area at the time.

Hi, I just subbed to the list so I could write. A distant cousin on my Martin line, was sent a copy of one of your messages by another list member. It was from Clyde Bunch. I just had to write and say how much that meant to me. It was about Nicholasville and had quite a bit of info about Leonard Helm. I just found out earlier in the year that Leonard Helm is my husband's ancestor. His dau. Sally m- William Jones. Their dau. Lydia m- David Gray and they were all in Jessamine co. at various times. David Gray's father was Patrick Gray and he lived in Jessamine co. He apparently died in or from the War of 1812. At the same time, my Benjamin Martin and his sons lived in Jessamine co. Son Caleb had a boatyard there. Also on another line, the early Nicholson's I believe were kin to my William Nicholson. So I do have an interest in Jessamine county. And loved hearing about it. Thanks so much. Lois Haile <[email protected]>

Is Asberry Amos somehow related to Mary Ann Amos? I am in search of the family for Asberry.

I am looking for any information on the following family. Found in the 1850 Jessamine Census 290 - 290 Andrew McConnel 54M Farmer b. Ky Nancy McConnel 54F b. Ky James McConnel 24M Farmer b. Ky George McConnel 19M b. Ky Andrew McConnel 17M b. Ky I am especially interested in info on the younger Andrew. Thanks! Lisa McConnell in NC

To Clyde and All of the others who were at the Historical Society on Thurday: i just wanted to thank all of you for the help Thursday. It was nice to meet you. Keep me posted on the cemetery clean-ups. When you are ready to tackle the Moravian Cemetery [Hoover Graveyard] on Short Shun, let me know. I'll try to get up to help. Also extend my thanks to the staff at the Court House. To all list members - if you came across any of the following: Cawby, Cawvey, Cawwey, Cavey, Canby, Convey, Caley, Coley, Caww, Cavv, Cobey, Cawbey or anything similar let me know. There's a really good chance that they would be a variation of my CAWBY line. I came across all of these variations in 3 days, tapping census, marriage, and military records. The marriage bond of Martin Cawby and Susanna Trisler listed "Cawvey", but Matrin and brother John clearly signed "Cawby" at the bottom! Again thanks, Terry Prall