Dear Clyde, I'd certainly be interested in the photos. I heard about this house and the grounds years ago from a gentleman who had lived there at one time and maintained the graves. The Naves were Swiss, coming through Germany to America. The name was originally Naf (with an umlaut over the a) in Switzerland, then Naef in Germany and many of that family are known as Neff here in the states. Some also spelled it Knave (particularly in Ohio). Thanks so much for finding it, and sharing all your research in Jessamine County with us. Irene ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 3:41 PM Subject: [KYJESSAM] Jessamine Co. KY > Hi All, > > The red buds are blooming in Kentucky. > > I found another one of those German ancestors of yours other day. As I > may have told you, we have been going around taking pictures of old > houses and site of Jessamine County. I came across something the other > day, I felt may be of interest to you. > > I was driving out of Nicholasville the other day, and spotted this large > brick house setting some distance of the road. I had pass it several > time, and taught about stopping and taking pictures. But never did. I > decide this was the day and turned into the drive way. A very nice lady > owned the place and invited us in. After a bit we walked out into the > yard. The are several log buildings about the house. One pricklier log > building caught my eye. I had never seen anything like it. The lady > said it had been use as a slave quarters. She pointed to a little > cemetery on top of the hill, and said Peter Nave is buried there. I had > known of Peter Nave, his father Leonard, and his brothers for quite some > time. They had came to early Jessamine Co., from Juniata Co., Penn, and > were among the German settlers of this county. > > The Nave family was a family of blacksmiths. Leonard the father of all > the early Nave family in Jessamine County, had a large blacksmith > business in Lexington. He later moved to this farm and lived with his > son Peter. He operated a blacksmith shop on this farm until 1842 when he > died. What the lady that owns the place is calling a slave quarters, I > belive to be his blacksmith shop. This old farm is a living museum. > > Jim, if you read this and are interested in posting photos of this place, > let me know. > > Clyde > Jessamine Co., KY > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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. > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > >