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.states.kentucky.counties.lewis&o=1&maxrows=25&dir=next