Hello Listers, Do any of you know of any Revolutionary War Veterans that are buried in any of the Land Between The Lakes Cemeteries. Please let me know ASAP. Thanks, Peggy Gilkey

I am attempting to research the OLIVER family in the Lyon County, Kentucky area. In 1880, there was a "Polly" Oliver with a son, Thomas. It is this Thomas Oliver's ancestry I am attempting to research. Thomas Henry Oliver was born September 6, 1877 and died June 5, 1947 in McCracken County, Kentucky.  He married Martha Jane Dupass, who was  born a bout 1882 in Caldwell County, KY and died there August 3, 1930. There seems to be a James Milton Oliver connected to this family. He is too young to be a son of Thomas, as he was born March 15, 1885 in Lyon County an died April 17, 1958 in Henderson County, KY. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Regards, W. D. Smith Tennessee

Janet, Thank you for your reply.... I understand that this is some one that painted the pictures. I also sent the question to Sally Whittington with the Lyon Co. Historical Society. Her reply was similar to yours. She said the artists were called Limners and that they traveled up and down the Cumberland River and would get off the boats and paint these pictures for people for pay or sometimes just for room and board. Do you still think the artist may have been Charles Bizet from France? I thank both you and Sally for all of this information. I had never heard of this before and find it very interesting. Lyon Co., Ky is a place that is filled with an interesting history!!! Happy New Year to all, Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: Janet Masters <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:23:14 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: [KYLYON] Lyon Co. Landscape Artist Peggy, I read a story quite some time ago about Landscape designers of that time frame. They often traveled long distances to do their work and got little credit for it in the outlying areas but were famous in Washington DC. My best guess is Charles Bizet from France. He worked in the US. In those days they were called Landscape designers later called Landscape Architects. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Gilkey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 1:18 PM Subject: [KYLYON] Lyon Co. Landscape Artist ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- "A Man's Intelligence Can Be Measured By His Attitude Toward Women" Ken & Peggy Gilkey Ky Vital Records Project Volunteers http://www.kyvitals.com --Ky Vital Recs. Project http://www.westernkyhistory.org/crittenden --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/livingston --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/ -Caldwell Cems. http://www.westernkyhistory.org/lyoncemetery/ -Lyon Cemeteries http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inovcsar/ -SAR

Peggy, Are you speaking of an artist like a painter or someone that does landscaping design? I think I misunderstood you in my first reply. Janet > We are trying to find information on a landscape artist working in Lyon > County late in the 19th century. A work depicting Silver Cliff Park on the > Cumberland River in Kuttawa signed by “CEB.” has been found and we would > like to know the name of the artist.

Peggy, I read a story quite some time ago about Landscape designers of that time frame. They often traveled long distances to do their work and got little credit for it in the outlying areas but were famous in Washington DC. My best guess is Charles Bizet from France. He worked in the US. In those days they were called Landscape designers later called Landscape Architects. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Gilkey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 1:18 PM Subject: [KYLYON] Lyon Co. Landscape Artist

Hello everyone. Happy New Year! We are trying to find information on a landscape artist working in Lyon County late in the 19th century. A work depicting Silver Cliff Park on the Cumberland River in Kuttawa signed by “CEB.” has been found and we would like to know the name of the artist. Any help or ideas appreciated. Thanks, Peggy -- "A Man's Intelligence Can Be Measured By His Attitude Toward Women" Ken & Peggy Gilkey Ky Vital Records Project Volunteers http://www.kyvitals.com --Ky Vital Recs. Project http://www.westernkyhistory.org/crittenden --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/livingston --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/ -Caldwell Cems. http://www.westernkyhistory.org/lyoncemetery/ -Lyon Cemeteries http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inovcsar/ -SAR

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Hi Listers, If you didn't get one of these books the first or second time around, you now have another chance. Peggy The Fredonia Valley Heritage Society is taking orders for a third printing of the History Book. There are over 50 now on the list to order a book. If you want to order a book, please let them know ASAP so they can get the order to the printer. If you would like a book contact Pam Faughn <[email protected]>

Hi Listers, A few unmark3d burials have been added to the Livingston KyGenWeb site. http://www.westernkyhistory.org/livingston See unmarked burials Surnames added today include Bissell, Bond, Gilland, Greenlee, Joiner, Jones, Majors, Malcom, Marshall, Monroe, Reynolds, Sills, VanHooser. Ken & Peggy -- Ken & Peggy Gilkey A Way To Avoid Criticism Is: Say Nothing, Do Nothing, Be Nothing \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ---oOOo-(_)-oOOo---McGillekehr http://www.kyvitals.com --Ky Vital Recs. Project http://www.westernkyhistory.org/crittenden --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/livingston --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/ -Caldwell Cems. http://www.westernkyhistory.org/lyoncemetery/ -Lyon Cemeteries http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inovcsar/ -SAR

To everyone, Peggy Gilkey is an angel for all the work she did to preserve Pat Oliver's Genealogy Home Pages. There were over three hundred fifty pages for just Caldwell and Lyon Counties and she saved all of these in the orginal form he had them in. I am amazed, she must have spent many, many hours on this project alone. I am the one who caused the delay in getting these up as I couldn't figure out to make them all go together. I was working on a links sheet for all these pages but with so many it was an on and off project and then I found a main page that connected it all together. Peggy had it all there, everything! I just hadn't seen it. Anyway, the pages are up and can be found from the link to Pat Oliver'Home Pages from http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kycaldw2/ for Caldwell County and from http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kylyon/index.html for Lyon County. Bless you, Peggy! You did an absolute fantastic job on this. Vicki

Good Morning to all Caldwell Researchers, I am so excited to tell you some great news! I just wanted to let everyone know that we now have a Caldwell County Genealogy Society. Organized Tuesday night Aug. 17th It was wonderful to be a part of all of this! It was something to see so many wonderful researchers gathered together for a common cause. There were members from the Caldwell Co. Historical Society, DAR, SAR, Jim Pearce Camp Civil War Group, many who have published Caldwell County Books such as Greg Watson who has been doing the cemetery books. It was just the first of many enjoyable meetings to come. If you are interested in learning more or joining, a webpage has been set up on the Caldwell Cemeteries website for the Genealogy Society. http://westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/caldgensoc.html Also a grave marking ceremony for at least three Revolutionary War Soldiers will be held at Fredonia, Ky. Oct.2, 2010 Robert Leeper, John Elder, James Hawthorn and possibly William Hamilton 1750-1800 if information can be found for him. For more information on this see the Caldwell Cemeteries website. http://westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/ Hope to see you at the Grave Marking Ceremony or a Genealogy Society Meeting. Peggy -- "A Man's Intelligence Can Be Measured By His Attitude Toward Women" Ken & Peggy Gilkey Ky Vital Records Project Volunteers http://www.kyvitals.com --Ky Vital Recs. Project http://www.westernkyhistory.org/crittenden --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/livingston --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/ -Caldwell Cems. http://www.westernkyhistory.org/lyoncemetery/ -Lyon Cemeteries http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inovcsar/ -SAR

Steve Eskew has posted a bunch of deaths/obits on the Crittenden Co. message board in the last week. 1895-1896. Check them out. Thanks Steve Ken Gilkey -- Ken & Peggy Gilkey A Way To Avoid Criticism Is: Say Nothing, Do Nothing, Be Nothing \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ---oOOo-(_)-oOOo---McGillekehr http://www.kyvitals.com --Ky Vital Recs. Project http://www.westernkyhistory.org/crittenden --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/livingston --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/ -Caldwell Cems. http://www.westernkyhistory.org/lyoncemetery/ -Lyon Cemeteries http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inovcsar/ -SAR

After a few months of moving from a server to a new server, Ky Vitals Records has resumed posting Death Certificates to the new server http://www.kyvitals.com Death certificates from 1911 t0 1920 are on the site. They are free to download and copy. We have posted new Unmarked Burials to our websites, Hope you find something that will aid you in your search. Ken & Peggy Gilkey Caldwell---Asher, Asher, Crider, East, ErvinHoward, Hunter, Lamb, Leech, Orange, Rose, Williamson, Young http://www.westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/ Crittenden--Asbridge, Mitchell http://www.westernkyhistory.org/crittenden Livingston--Hodge, Hodge, Lockhart, Poindexter, Ornduff, Perrin, Shouse, Sullivant http://www.westernkyhistory.org/livingston Lyon--Doom, Ingram, Lee, Level, Stone, Waters http://www.westernkyhistory.org/lyoncemetery/ -- Ken & Peggy Gilkey A Way To Avoid Criticism Is: Say Nothing, Do Nothing, Be Nothing \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ---oOOo-(_)-oOOo---McGillekehr http://www.kyvitals.com --Ky Vital Recs. Project http://www.westernkyhistory.org/crittenden --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/livingston --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/ -Caldwell Cems. http://www.westernkyhistory.org/lyoncemetery/ -Lyon Cemeteries http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inovcsar/ -SAR

Many of you know that last August 15, 2009, we lost a wonderful researcher and genealogy friend and just a great person when Pat Oliver passed away. After Pat's death his wife Trevah contacted Ken and I about saving the material that was on his websites. We agreed to take it and give it to the right KyGenWeb counties. The webpages that did hold the information have been shut down but the Pat Oliver Crittenden Co., Ky. information can be accessed on the Crittenden Co., KYGENWEB site http://www.westernkyhistory.org/crittenden/ Pat's Livingston Co material is on the Livingston Co KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/livingston/ Pat's Marshall Co information is on the Marshall Co. KYGENWEB http://www.kykinfolk.com/marshall/ Caldwell Co and Lyon Co will soon be back on the Caldwell and Lyon GenWeb pages. All of us will miss Pat but his love of genealogy research and his hard work will live on through his websites. Thanks, Peggy PS Thanks also goes to Emma Lou Tabor for talking to Trevah and suggesting this. -- "A Man's Intelligence Can Be Measured By His Attitude Toward Women" Ken & Peggy Gilkey Ky Vital Records Project Volunteers http://www.kyvitals.com --Ky Vital Recs. Project http://www.westernkyhistory.org/crittenden --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/livingston --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/ -Caldwell Cems. http://www.westernkyhistory.org/lyoncemetery/ -Lyon Cemeteries http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inovcsar/ -SAR

Unfortunatly we can no longer get KET but maybe some of you might want to watch this. Peggy If you get a chance, check Kentucky Public Television for a program titled, The Harrodsburg Tankers". Dewey Pope, who is now retired from the Ky National Guard, produced it. Here are the times the program is scheduled to air: KETKY: Saturday, April 10 at 9:00 pm EDT KETKY: Sunday, April 11 at 4:00 pm EDT -- "A Man's Intelligence Can Be Measured By His Attitude Toward Women" Ken & Peggy Gilkey Ky Vital Records Project Volunteers http://www.kyvitals.com --Ky Vital Recs. Project http://www.westernkyhistory.org/crittenden --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/livingston --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/ -Caldwell Cems. http://www.westernkyhistory.org/lyoncemetery/ -Lyon Cemeteries http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inovcsar/ -SAR

Hello Lyon Co., Researchers. Ken and I received a request from a school teacher who is working on the Bataan Project with his students. He has information on Everette E. Ferguson and Clarence L. Allen who were from Eddyville and Kuttawa, Ky. and made it through the Death March but died in the POW Camps. He would like to have good photos of them to add to their pages. If you have pictures or know where he can get one, please let us know. To see his wonderful website and how he is honoring our WWII soldiers, please click on the link below. http://www.proviso.k12.il.us/Bataan%20Web/ Thanks, Peggy Gilkey -- "A Man's Intelligence Can Be Measured By His Attitude Toward Women" Ken & Peggy Gilkey Ky Vital Records Project Volunteers http://www.kyvitals.com --Ky Vital Recs. Project http://www.westernkyhistory.org/crittenden --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/livingston --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/ -Caldwell Cems. http://www.westernkyhistory.org/lyoncemetery/ -Lyon Cemeteries http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inovcsar/ -SAR

Hi Listersm, New surnames have been added to the Livingston Co. GenWeb site in the Unmarked Burial, Surnames are Barnes, Barnes, Belt, Boyd, Boyd, Carson, Champion, Council, Childers, Childers, Childers, Childers, Cobb, Croster, Croster, Damron, Dean, Devers, Dorroh, Durham, Dycus, Fiers, Fletcher, Foster, Heaton, Hodge Holland, Hughes, Ingram, Locket, Mitchell, Myrick, Perkins, Quetermous, Stice, Trail, Trail, Tucker, Tucker, Tyner, Vick, Wilson http://www.westernkyhistory.org/livingston Hope this helps in your search.. Ken -- Ken & Peggy Gilkey Ky Vital Records Project Volunteers \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ---oOOo-(_)-oOOo---McGillekehr http://www.kyvitals.com --Ky Vital Recs. Project http://www.westernkyhistory.org/crittenden --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/livingston --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/ -Caldwell Cems. http://www.westernkyhistory.org/lyoncemetery/ -Lyon Cemeteries http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inovcsar/ -SAR

Hi Listers, More unmarked burials have been added to the Crittenden KyGenWeb site.They include Agent, Agent, Alvis, Bryles, Clark, Clark, Clemens, Dycus, Edward, Garrett, Gass, Harmon, Hillyard, Holder, Humphrey, Hunt, Kinnis, Kirk, Kirk, Long, Peterson, Polk, Rodgers, Terry, Walker, Walton, Westmoreland/Wesmolan---- http://www.westernkyhistory.org/crittenden Hope these help someone...... Ken -- Ken & Peggy Gilkey Ky Vital Records Project Volunteers \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ---oOOo-(_)-oOOo---McGillekehr http://www.kyvitals.com --Ky Vital Recs. Project http://www.westernkyhistory.org/crittenden --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/livingston --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/ -Caldwell Cems. http://www.westernkyhistory.org/lyoncemetery/ -Lyon Cemeteries http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inovcsar/ -SAR

OLD FREDONIA CEMETERY CLEANUP SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2010 We need your help to put our best foot forward Dr. Scott Giltner and the Gov. Isaac Shelby Chapter Sons of the American Revolution are planning a "Grave Marking and Dedication Ceremony" in two local cemeteries sometime this spring or early fall for three and maybe four Revolutionary War Veterans. The dedications will begin with Robert Leeper at the Old Fredonia Cemetery. Robert passed away on Jan. 25, 1823. His wife, Jane N. Leeper died on May 3, 1850. The N. stands for Neel, her maiden name. In the course of the Revolution, Jane's father Col. Thomas Neel and all of her brothers would perish. After the Leeper dedication we plan to move down the hill about 150 yards to the Livingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery also known as Centerville Cemetery. Marker dedications will be for Lieutenant Colonel James Hawthorn and John Elder. Hawthorn is recognized, as a national hero, for his command at the battle of King's Mountain in South Carolina. John Elder passed away Oct. 21, 1799, his tombstone has been documented as the oldest tombstone in Caldwell and Crittenden Counties. We are still trying to verify information on William Hamilton, age 50, died Oct. 27, 1800. We are expecting people from South Carolina, Indiana and Illinois for the dedications and we should do our best after all look what these veterans have given us. The Livingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery will be ready but we need your help on the Old Fredonia Cemetery. The Caldwell County Cemetery Board has scheduled a cleanup on Sat. Jan. 9, 2010. With little care and the last cemetery cleanup being 5 years ago, add the ice storm of Jan. 2009, it is in bad shape. The Cemetery Board will bring chainsaws and tools. What we need are lots of volunteers to help carry broken limbs and straighten stones. If for health or age reasons you feel unable to help, please come and visit anyway. You will be surprised just how much we can accomplish. Family names known to be buried here; Armstrong, Brasher, Bugg, Byrd, Cox, Driver, Davidson, Deboe, Elder, Emily, Freeman, Hamilton, Harmon, Leeper, Lowery, Loyd, Pemberton, Smith, Travis, Vogel and probably more than 100 lost and unmarked graves. Where? You can get to the cemetery three ways. 1. Hugh Yates Drive, just off Hwy 641-91. Come to the end of the road, park out of the way and walk straight up the fence row about three hundred feet. 2. Mary Boone farm 21804 Marion Rd. just north of Fredonia on Hwy 641-91. Look for a pond with old team equipment displayed. Someone will take you to the cemetery, even if you are running late someone will be at the barn to carry you up. 3. Marion Ivy Phelps farm. Turn right at Feagan's on 902 East for about 1/2 mile. After the S curve and at the top of the hill, his driveway will be on the left. Take that driveway and go behind the house to a barn. Make sure and close all gates because there may be horses in the fields. What time? We will start at eight AM and the Cemetery Board usually stops around twelve. It's according to weather, what we get accomplished and how much help we have. During a break, refreshments will be provided and we plan to tell more about the people and the cemetery's history. Please help us to locate and identify veteran's graves. -- Ken & Peggy Gilkey Ky Vital Records Project Volunteers \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ---oOOo-(_)-oOOo---McGillekehr http://www.kyvitals.com --Ky Vital Recs. Project http://www.westernkyhistory.org/crittenden --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/livingston --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/ -Caldwell Cems. http://www.westernkyhistory.org/lyoncemetery/ -Lyon Cemeteries http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inovcsar/ -SAR

Can't wait for these to be viewable. Thought this newspaper article might interest some of you listers. Ken Gilkey _____________________________________ Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009 Old Ky. records resurface, prepared for public The Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky land, census and marriage records from the late 1700s to the 1900s have recently resurfaced and are being prepared for public inspection. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported the books are being indexed to make information easier to find and documents are being scanned so they can be made available for public viewing. The original record books will not be available for the public. http://www.kentucky.com "The documents are so old and the pages are so fragile that I really would not be willing to put them out there for the public to peruse through," Deputy Fayette County Clerk Linda Potter said. Potter found out about a volume of land patents containing the names of the commonwealth's earliest settlers, called the "Doomsday Book." The book, originally in the clerk's office, had been moved to Frankfort in the early 1970s. Microfilming at the Department of Libraries and Archives should be complete within two weeks, said Barbara Teague, state archivist and records administrator. The Doomsday Book contains the names of settlers who applied for land patents from 1779 through 1780, when Kentucky was still part of Virginia. Kentucky became a state in 1792. Kandie Adkinson, an administrative supervisor in the Kentucky Land Office, said the books are important for genealogists who want to document history and traditions of family members. "Additionally, by determining if an ancestor received a commissioners' certificate for settlement prior to 1792, individuals may qualify for membership in First Families of Kentucky," a hereditary society established in 2005, Adkinson said. Another record book recovered by Fayette County clerks, the "Land Entry Book," contains similar information from 1783 to 1784. Several years' worth of marriage licenses were also found in the county clerk's storage area. The clerk's office also recovered several books containing Fayette County school census records from 1896 to 1909 for both white and black students. The census books contain students' names, addresses, names of parents and siblings, and dates of birth. Potter said the school records are a "significant discovery" for black genealogists. "Unfortunately, the Fayette County clerk's office doesn't have a lot of records for black people to go on," she said. Information from: Lexington Herald-Leader, http://www.kentucky.com _________________________________________________ -- Ken & Peggy Gilkey Ky Vital Records Project Volunteers \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ---oOOo-(_)-oOOo---McGillekehr http://www.kyvitals.com --Ky Vital Recs. Project http://www.westernkyhistory.org/crittenden --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/livingston --KYGENWEB http://www.westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/ -Caldwell Cems. http://www.westernkyhistory.org/lyoncemetery/ -Lyon Cemeteries http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inovcsar/ -SAR