Hi, The boat pattern was exactly that .. Pre -cut boat. It could of been a flat bottom type barge or even steam .. Since he was a "Trader" .. I would think that is what he ordered. Many Barge type boats were pre-cut and shipped to the new owners and they would built themselves. Think of the dimensions , One Hundred feet long and Twenty feet wide .. Derre ----- Original Message ----- From: K. Haddad <khaddad@attcanada.ca> To: <KYLEWIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 4:48 AM Subject: Re: [ KYLEWIS] Sawmill on Briery Creek; "Boat Pattern" to be Delivered to John BOYLE by S.S. SMITH > I would think a boat pattern would be a miniature model. > > Katheryn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Randal W Cooper > To: KYLEWIS-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 10:01 PM > Subject: [ KYLEWIS] Sawmill on Briery Creek; "Boat Pattern" to be Delivered to John BOYLE by S.S. SMITH > > > Dear Members of the Lewis County, Kentucky Mailing List, > > S.S. SMITH (given name unknown to me)agreed to saw and deliver a "BOAT > PATTERN" to John BOYLE(S). > > The Agreement was dated November 15, 1860, and was recorded in Lewis > County Deed Book "P", page 363. > > According to the text of the Agreement, S.S. SMITH's "boat pattern" > (what is that?) was to be sufficient to build a boat one hundred feet > long and twenty feet wide, and was to be delivered to John BOYLE on or > before November 25, 1860. I presume that this boat was to be a > steamboat, although I have no evidence for that detail. > > The sawmill that was to be used in making this boat pattern was situated > on Briery Creek near (or in) the Ohio River community of Quincy. The > mill's name was the "Young America Mill". For this boat pattern, John > BOYLE agreed to pay S.S. SMITH fifty dollars, at the time of delivery. > > Please note that S.S. SMITH had TEN DAYS to saw and deliver the boat > pattern to John BOYLE. There is more to the Agreement, but I will stop > at that point and ask my "Burning Questions", with which I entreat your > help: > > Question Number One: What exactly WAS a "Boat Pattern" in 1860? Whatever > it was, it could be made in ten days. > > Question Number Two: Where on Briery Creek was the "Young America Mill" > located? At the mouth, on the Ohio River? Were steamboats built and > launched from the "Young America Mill"? > > Thank you for any feedback on the content of this posting! > > Sincerely, > > Randal W. Cooper > > P.S. John BOYLE was listed as a "Trader" by occupation, in the 1860 > Census of Lewis County, Kentucky, along with his business partner Henry > MCKEE. I suspect that their "trading" was on the Ohio River, with the > aid of a steamboat, but I have found no evidence for this assertion. I > do know that by the outbreak of the Civil War, John BOYLE's work on the > river as a steamboatman had ended. > > Second P.S. Iron Furnaces were given names (such as "Amanda", "Buffalo" > and "New Hampshire") so, naming sawmills is not too surprising. > > > ==== KYLEWIS Mailing List ==== > > Messge Board: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.st ates.kentucky.counties.lewis&o=1&maxrows=25&dir=next > > > > > ==== KYLEWIS Mailing List ==== > > Messge Board: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.st ates.kentucky.counties.lewis&o=1&maxrows=25&dir=next > >