My friends - Since offering the large Calloway County 1920's map, a few days ago, showing the schools, and other landmark locations long since gone today, I have had many inquiries asking whether I have any other such maps of other counties in the JP region for this same time period. I have been checking my holdings that I have in storage and have located three additional such maps, two for McCracken County and one for Marshall County - and there may be other maps for other JP counties, which I will investigate further as time permits. So far, I have received about 100 requests for the Calloway map(I have asked the printed to increase the first run printing to 125 copies). I expect to have them in hand on Monday. As soon as the majority of the Calloway maps have been shipped out to those who have requested them, I will inquire on the JP and corresponding county lists about possible interest in the maps of Marshall and McCracken counties. I suspect that the cost of reproduction, shipping tube and first class postage for the other maps will be, as is the Calloway map, in the $12.00 range. I have always had a great affinity for, and have been a user of, maps, and it appears that many of our subscribers share that affinity. -B ====================================================================

I am wondering if anyone is researching Major George F Barnes. He was born around 1835-40 in KY, he married Anna Maria Robinson on 30 Dec 1865 in McCracken Co. He was a Major in the Civil war with the 16th Cav. Unit. He died about 1898-1900, by committing suicide. I need to find his death date and perhaps information on his family, as he may have been the bio father of my husbands grandmother. Thanks Laurie

SATURDAY AUGUST 7 2004 AT THE BURNA KY AMERICAN LEGION BUILDING. FROM 11:00 AM TIL ? LUNCH AT 12:30. MEAL: BBQ, BUNS, DRINKS AND ICE WILL BE ARRANGED. Bernice will bring paper plates, napkins, cups and plastic forks. If you would like to bring: salads, potato chips, vegetables, desserts or whatever. Bring a picture of your family, brilng old pictures to share. Looking forward to seeing each of you. Please let me know if you think you can come, If you plans change we will understand. Nola and Charles Bryan 270-928-4253 434 Sams St. Smithland KY 42081 (I copied this off of the Hurley reunion invite flyer and emailed it in. Thank you Robin Holt )

My friends - Yesterday, we reviewed some facts in an 1841 Court of Appeals case in which a widower(Archibald Logan) and a widow(Eleanor Robb), aged about 70, had married with a written pre-nuptial agreement which would prevent either of the parties from having a claim upon the estate of the other, either by survivorship or otherwise. They both had families by an earlier marriage. Having married in 1835, they lived together for several years in harmony. In February of 1838, Mrs.Logan began berating her husband and accusing him of actions which, later in court proceedings, were found to be totally unsubstantiated. The situation became so untenable that Mr. Logan moved out of his house, renting it to a tenant, but telling the tenant to allow Mrs.Logan to stay as long as she desired and to treat her well. Mrs.Logan moved out the next day, and, some few days later, filed a suit in chancery court against Mr. Logan, accusing him of enormous cruelty and abandonment. He moved back into his house, but denied the charges, indicating that her own misbehavior was the cause for his having left the house. The lower court awarded Mrs. Logan a $500 yearly annuity payment, from which Mr. Logan appealed to the Court of Appeals, claiming she was entitled to nothing, because, among other reasons, there was a pre-nuptial agreement in place that barred Mrs.Logan from receiving anything from his estate. Mrs.Logan cross filed against Mr.Logan and demanded even more than the $500. The question on which we closed in yesterday's posting was whether Mrs. Logan was entitled to receive a yearly allowance from Mr. Logan, in view of the pre-nuptial agreement that was in place prior to their marriage in 1835. A number of you sent along some thoughts on the Court's possible direction in its decision. Most of these were correct in part. In a lengthy opinion, the Court of Appeals began by saying, "Whatever may have been the undisclosed origin or the secret history of this mysterious feud, the record, upon the face of which alone we must decide, does not sustain Mrs. Logan's accusatory allegations. And we are not allowed to doubt that she was not entitled to any relief, unless she had a right to it in consequence merely of abandonment." The Court then took us back to the common law of England, which, it was pointed out, would not allow for a divorce and alimony on the basis of abandonment alone - there had to be evidence of adultery and/or saevitias - this is, proven cruelty or endangerment of personal security. The Court brought us up to an act of the Kentucky Legislature in 1800, which authorized a decree for alimony after an abandonment by the husband for one year. Mr. Logan's counsel argued that there was no true "abandonment", as his leaving his wife was the only reasonable and logical way for him to get away from the antics of his wife was to leave the household, and that he told his renter that she should be allowed to stay and be treated well. Further, Mr. Logan's counsel cited the pre-nuptial agreement as barring any decree in favor of Mrs. Logan and that her own misconduct alone barred her. The Court took up each argument, and found against Mr. Logan on all of them. The Court indicated that Mr. Logan stated that he wanted a permanent separation from his wife and made no effort at all to offer maintenance for his estranged wife, leaving her to her own resources to live. The Court stated, "This was 'abandonment', statutory as well as actual." The Court noted that his return to his home did not constitute any invitation to his wife to rejoin him, and, indeed, if she had come back, would have caused him to leave again. The Court found the pre-nuptial agreement to be applicable only to marriage rights. The Court said further, "It did not absolve the husband from his legal obligation to maintain his wife during cohabitation - nor, for the same reason, can it exonerate him from contributing to her maintenance after deserting her, unless her own estate be amply sufficient." The Court awarded Mrs. Logan an additional $300 in yearly alimony. The Court said, in a remarkable(both in its marvelous use of the English language and its subject) discourse on the state of matrimony: "And it is certainly important to the general stability and harmony of that relation, that the parties should know, that having taken each other with all their infirmities, and vowed reciprocal fidelity and forbearance for life, it is their interest, as well as their duty, to 'bear and forbear', as far as the resources of love, philosophy and religion can enable them. And this, to an essential, if not to the whole extent, is the law of the land - which will not countenance or permit separation from bed and board for incompatibility or austerity of temper, alienation of affection, domestic discord, or reproachful words, however vulgar, or violent, or undeserved, but requires, by the strongest of all temporal sanctions, that all difficulties resulting from such avoidable causes shall either be adjusted in the domestic forum or borne with patience, as contingent incidents of the union the parties had mutually promised to cement by love and adorn by grace for life. Parties so unfortunately united in the most sacred and endearing of all earthy relations, must submit to the misfortune as one of the consequences of an injudicious choice. They must strive to conciliate by kindness and forbearance - must subdue by decent resistance or prudent conciliation; and, if this cannot be done, both must suffer in silence. This is our law, human and divine, and if it be complained that, by this inactivity of the Courts, much injustice may be suffered and much misery produced, the answer is, that Courts of Justice do not pretend to furnish cures for all the miseries of life. They cannot make men virtuous, and, as the happiness of the world depends on its virtue, there may be much unhappiness in it which human laws cannot undertake to remove." And, in the final sentence of the Opinion, the Court said: "And though it was not the lot of these venerable parties to climb the hill of life together, yet, having united their destinies on its declining steep, there can be no good reason why they may not yet totter down it hand in hand, and sleep together for all time at its base." So, in the end, the pre-nuptial agreement had no effect on the outcome of this case, with the Court of Appeals indicating that it applied only to those rights gained by matrimony, and not to the abandonment by one party of the other. This case gives us a very clear picture of why there were not large numbers of divorces in the 19th century. This was long before simple incompatibility became grounds for obtaining a divorce decree. It is also interesting to note the long distance which we have travelled in 200 years insofar as the legal obligations of marriage are concerned. The eloquent language used by the Court in the above Opinion clearly defined what was expected of the parties in 1841. Tomorrow, we will have another biography from the JP Vignettes series. -B =====================================================================

My friends - Yesterday, we reviewed some facts in an 1841 Court of Appeals case in which a widower(Archibald Logan) and a widow(Eleanor Robb), aged about 70, had married with a written pre-nuptial agreement which would prevent either of the parties from having a claim upon the estate of the other, either by survivorship or otherwise. They both had families by an earlier marriage. Having married in 1835, they lived together for several years in harmony. In February of 1838, Mrs.Logan began berating her husband and accusing him of actions which, later in court proceedings, were found to be totally unsubstantiated. The situation became so untenable that Mr. Logan moved out of his house, renting it to a tenant, but telling the tenant to allow Mrs.Logan to stay as long as she desired and to treat her well. Mrs.Logan moved out the next day, and, some few days later, filed a suit in chancery court against Mr. Logan, accusing him of enormous cruelty and abandonment. He moved back into his house, but denied the charges, indicating that her own misbehavior was the cause for his having left the house. The lower court awarded Mrs. Logan a $500 yearly annuity payment, from which Mr. Logan appealed to the Court of Appeals, claiming she was entitled to nothing, because, among other reasons, there was a pre-nuptial agreement in place that barred Mrs.Logan from receiving anything from his estate. Mrs.Logan cross filed against Mr.Logan and demanded even more than the $500. The question on which we closed in yesterday's posting was whether Mrs. Logan was entitled to receive a yearly allowance from Mr. Logan, in view of the pre-nuptial agreement that was in place prior to their marriage in 1835. A number of you sent along some thoughts on the Court's possible direction in its decision. Most of these were correct in part. In a lengthy opinion, the Court of Appeals began by saying, "Whatever may have been the undisclosed origin or the secret history of this mysterious feud, the record, upon the face of which alone we must decide, does not sustain Mrs. Logan's accusatory allegations. And we are not allowed to doubt that she was not entitled to any relief, unless she had a right to it in consequence merely of abandonment." The Court then took us back to the common law of England, which, it was pointed out, would not allow for a divorce and alimony on the basis of abandonment alone - there had to be evidence of adultery and/or saevitias - this is, proven cruelty or endangerment of personal security. The Court brought us up to an act of the Kentucky Legislature in 1800, which authorized a decree for alimony after an abandonment by the husband for one year. Mr. Logan's counsel argued that there was no true "abandonment", as his leaving his wife was the only reasonable and logical way for him to get away from the antics of his wife was to leave the household, and that he told his renter that she should be allowed to stay and be treated well. Further, Mr. Logan's counsel cited the pre-nuptial agreement as barring any decree in favor of Mrs. Logan and that her own misconduct alone barred her. The Court took up each argument, and found against Mr. Logan on all of them. The Court indicated that Mr. Logan stated that he wanted a permanent separation from his wife and made no effort at all to offer maintenance for his estranged wife, leaving her to her own resources to live. The Court stated, "This was 'abandonment', statutory as well as actual." The Court noted that his return to his home did not constitute any invitation to his wife to rejoin him, and, indeed, if she had come back, would have caused him to leave again. The Court found the pre-nuptial agreement to be applicable only to marriage rights. The Court said further, "It did not absolve the husband from his legal obligation to maintain his wife during cohabitation - nor, for the same reason, can it exonerate him from contributing to her maintenance after deserting her, unless her own estate be amply sufficient." The Court awarded Mrs. Logan an additional $300 in yearly alimony. The Court said, in a remarkable(both in its marvelous use of the English language and its subject) discourse on the state of matrimony: "And it is certainly important to the general stability and harmony of that relation, that the parties should know, that having taken each other with all their infirmities, and vowed reciprocal fidelity and forbearance for life, it is their interest, as well as their duty, to 'bear and forbear', as far as the resources of love, philosophy and religion can enable them. And this, to an essential, if not to the whole extent, is the law of the land - which will not countenance or permit separation from bed and board for incompatibility or austerity of temper, alienation of affection, domestic discord, or reproachful words, however vulgar, or violent, or undeserved, but requires, by the strongest of all temporal sanctions, that all difficulties resulting from such avoidable causes shall either be adjusted in the domestic forum or borne with patience, as contingent incidents of the union the parties had mutually promised to cement by love and adorn by grace for life. Parties so unfortunately united in the most sacred and endearing of all earthy relations, must submit to the misfortune as one of the consequences of an injudicious choice. They must strive to conciliate by kindness and forbearance - must subdue by decent resistance or prudent conciliation; and, if this cannot be done, both must suffer in silence. This is our law, human and divine, and if it be complained that, by this inactivity of the Courts, much injustice may be suffered and much misery produced, the answer is, that Courts of Justice do not pretend to furnish cures for all the miseries of life. They cannot make men virtuous, and, as the happiness of the world depends on its virtue, there may be much unhappiness in it which human laws cannot undertake to remove." And, in the final sentence of the Opinion, the Court said: "And though it was not the lot of these venerable parties to climb the hill of life together, yet, having united their destinies on its declining steep, there can be no good reason why they may not yet totter down it hand in hand, and sleep together for all time at its base." So, in the end, the pre-nuptial agreement had no effect on the outcome of this case, with the Court of Appeals indicating that it applied only to those rights gained by matrimony, and not to the abandonment by one party of the other. This case gives us a very clear picture of why there were not large numbers of divorces in the 19th century. This was long before simple incompatibility became grounds for obtaining a divorce decree. It is also interesting to note the long distance which we have travelled in 200 years insofar as the legal obligations of marriage are concerned. The eloquent language used by the Court in the above Opinion clearly defined what was expected of the parties in 1841. Tomorrow, we will have another biography from the JP Vignettes series. -B =====================================================================

Could someone please help me find information about my grandfather and grandmother? Grandfather, David Morrow Street and grandmother mother, Annie Laurie Walker, lived in Paducah, Ky. Please see census info below: I know from family stories that they were married in Savannah,TN, however they lived in Paducah at 120 Fountain Avenue in Paducah. My grandfather worked on or was part owner of a riverboat. I believe him to be buried in Paducah. His death occurred around 1925-30 (but that is only an approximation). My grandmother is buried in MS. See below if it would be a assistance: DAVID M. STREET (DAVID TSCHARNER5, DAVID ANTHONY4, DAVID3, ANTHONY (WADDY)2,JOHN1) was born August 07, 1865 in ,Savannah, Hardin Co., TN. He married ANNIE L.. She was born Abt. 1887 in ,,,MS.. Notes for DAVID M. STREET: 1910 McCracken Co., KY. Paducah 064-0130-0310 David M. Street 45, b. TN. Annie L. (wife) 23, b. MS. S. Elizabeth (dau) 03, b. KY. David M. Jr. (son) 02, b. KY. They also had two other children: James Koger Street, b. 1913, Paducah, Ky, and Margaret (Peggy) Street Mauldin Mitchell, b. abt 1916 location unknown. Thank you, Suzy Street Bryan, Tx, USA jsstreet50@earthlink.net

My friends - Today, I am returning to a series that I started about 18 months ago, concerning Kentucky Court of Appeals cases which could be both interesting and instructive for us. I sometimes receive inquiries about whether pre-nuptial agreements existed in the 19th century, and, if so, were they recognized by the courts. This posting deals with that question. Although the opinion in this case was rendered by the Court of Appeals in the Fall Term of 1841, from an appeal in Fayette County, where this couple resided, the appellant, Archibald Logan had apparently resided at one time in McCracken County or the JP region. The case facts are shown below, and the court opinion will follow in tomorrow's post. On 5 August 1835, Archibald Logan, a widower, married Eleanor Robb, a widow. Both parties were about 70 years old at that time. They both had been married previously and had children from previous marriages. Prior to the marriage, they had entered into a written pre-nuptial agreement that stated that neither of them would or could claim, by survivorship or otherwise, any right to the property of the other. Both parties had pristine reputations for "...personal honor, domestic virtues and Christian graces...", according to the Court's opinion. They lived together is apparent perfect harmony until February of 1838, when Mrs. Logan suddenly began upbraiding her husband for alleged complaints and grievances, none satisfactorily established later by proof of any sort. Things grew worse, with the outbursts, answered by Mr. Logan's own angry denials and retorts, becoming so great that they were seen publicly. Mr. Logan finally expressed a conviction that a dissolution of the marriage was inevitable and said that he was "sinking fast". He left his house and his wife with, as he said, "...a view to a permanent separation...". He directed the tenant who rented his house, however, to treat Mrs.Logan well and allow her to stay as long as she chose. Mrs. Logan moved out the next day and never returned. Later that same week, Mr. Logan moved back into his house again. Within ten days, Mrs. Logan brought a suit in chancery(equity) court against her husband, charging him with enormous cruelty, aggravated by abandonment, which Mr. Logan absolutely denied, saying that Mrs. Logan's unprovoked misconduct forced him into leaving her as the "...only alternative consistent with my honor and happiness, the decorum of their neighborhood, and the interests of the church...", of which Mr. Logan was a faithful member. There was no evidence in the case to indicate that Mr. Logan either provoked Mrs. Logan's outbursts, or that the outbursts were logically based, or that he otherwise acted in any fashion except to verbally defend himself. The lower court, through the county circuit judge, decreed that Mrs. Logan was entitled to alimony in an annuity amount of $500. Archibald Logan appealed that decision to the Court of Appeals, saying that she is entitled to nothing, given their written pre-nuptial agreement, and that, even absent that agreement, she would not be entitled to monetary relief. Mrs. Logan, at the same time, assigned cross-errors and said that she was entitled to an even larger amount than that decreed by the circuit judge. Based on the above narrative, do you believe that Mrs.Logan was entitled to collect monetary relief from her husband, given the pre-nuptial agreement, and if so, why? I will post the opinion of the Court of Appeals tomorrow. -B =====================================================================

Does anyone know if prostitution was legal in Paducah 1880-1910 time frame? This is a interesting turn of events in the skeletons of the family! Hoping to find newspapers on this and my people then Laurie

Can anyone tell me what the major newspaper would have been between the years 1854-1900? I am looking at films numbers from the LDS Church-- I want to have the best chance at the correct ones to order. I realize that it is a large time frame and there may be several ones-- Also does anyone know if marriages, births and deaths were routinely put in the paper? Laurie DAUGHTERY, HAMMONDS, AVERITT, HOLDER

Today, we are concluding our ongoing review of the Defective, Dependent and Delinquent Schedule from the 1880 census. Today's post will cover the persons named in that schedule for McCracken County. I expect to have all of the particulars associated with each individual listing available at some future point, but, at this juncture, I do not have anything beyond what is shown below. The enumerators were not thorough at all in their completion of this part of the census, and, in the counties so far examined in the JP region, left many of the columns blank, showing only the name and nothing else. The same name may be found in two or more of the categories, as someone who was blind could also be deaf and mute, and could even be in the poor house and perhaps even shown as idiotic. In another subject area, and in view of my offerings recently of the instructions to the marshals and assistant marshals for carrying out the 1840 and 1850 census enumerations, I have been reminded that it has been some time since I last posted the census dates for the 1790-1830 census enumerations. The "census date" is the date on which the enumeration is based. For example, the census enumerator might not reach a resident's home until early August, but the information he requested was for the inhabitants as of the census date. For most of the 19th century census years, the census date was 1 June. A child born on 2 June 1850, for example, would not be shown on the 1850 census, since he/she was born *after* the census date. The opposite would be true for a man who died, for example, on 1 July 1850. He would be shown living in the household on the census, because he was living there on 1 June. Census dates need to be known and observed, as they do impact who was shown on the enumerations for each family. Here are the various census dates: 1790 - 2 August 1800 - 4 August 1810 - 6 August 1820 - 7 August 1830 - 1900 - 1 June 1910 - 15 April 1920 - 1 January 1930 - 1 April Tomorrow, we will move to Graves County. -B ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ McCracken County - Persons Shown on the 1880 Census - DDD Schedule Insane: Vance, Samuel Cross, Lucretia Randell, Priscilla Adams, John Starr, Charles Loftin, Franklin Bridges, Dora Wood, Tony Kaufman, John B. Grubbs, John Hagan, Hanna Idiots: Westfall, John Brunson, Margaret Caruthers, Josephine McGee, Louisa Owens,Rachel Thompson, Evan Huston, Joseph Dabney, Claiborne Grubbs, Sam Hershen, Henry Scott, Sam Soule, Lee Deaf-Mutes: McCullor, Minnie Dawson, Emily Cusmen, Alan Rudolph, Harvey Waters, Allen Howe, Ed F. Lewis, Thomas Waldrum, Nancy Blind: Fletcher, William Massey, Becky Hulen, Alice M. Petty, Ralph McNeill, Morris Craig, Unity H. McAvoy[?], Lee Flournoy, William Englest, Ann E. Serquesten, Harry Serquesten, Alices Somers, Nancy Bledsoe, Theophilus Tidwell, Sarah Homeless Children: Bridges, Dora Poor House Inhabitants: Adams, John Starr, Charles Cross, Lucretia Bridges, Dora Wood, Tony Greer, Mary Loftin, Frank Scott, Sam Bavis, Ann Bavis, Connie Bavis, Louisa Bavis, Jesse Castenbaler, Kate Walker, Alexander Harris, Tennessee Jones, Jane Sca----, Bridget In McCracken County Jail: Harris, George (Grand Larceny) Holland, Winston (Grand Larceny) Waters, Henry (Grand Larceny) Luten, Ben (Grand Larceny) Duree, Frank (Grand Larceny) Galvin, John (House breaking) Waters, Ann (Grand Larceny) Thomas, Frank (of Illinois - Horse Stealing) Lockhart, Dillas D. (Grand Larceny) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

My friends - Today's posting is another in our series of Jackson Purchase Vignettes - biographies taken from late 19th century and early 20th century histories of Kentucky. Our subject in this biography is James Bryson Husbands, one of the well known attorneys in McCracken County and the JP as a whole. As is now customary, there will be no data posts tomorrow or on the weekend. If time permits, I will drop by with a miscellaneous file offering. -B ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Jackson Purchase Vignettes - McCracken County - James Bryson Husbands "Col. James Bryson Husbands was born in 1805 in Rowan Co., NC, soon after which his parents, Herman and Sarah Husbands, emigrated to Kentucky and settled in Christian County. Until he was seventeen years old, he received his literary education from his father, after which he became a pupil of William P. Nichols, one of the earliest teachers of Christian County. After one year as a student, he began to teach, and taught not only his former schoolmates, but also his former teacher, Mr. Nichols. He continued to teach until he was 23 years old, when having decided on the profession of law, he went to Princeton, Ky., and did the usual preparatory reading in the office of William Lander. In 1828 he received his license, and in the fall of that year removed to Wadesboro, Calloway County, since which time the name of Col. J.B .Husbands has been familiar to every resident of the Purchase District. During the years of his active practice he was contemporary with Judges Fowler, Campbell, Shackleford, Richard Mayes, Matthew Mayes and others, who have all gone to make their plea to the bar of Eternal Justice. The legal career of Col. Husbands clearly proves that he is no ordinary man, and it may be truthfully said that he has brought more suits in law than any man in western Kentucky, if not in the State. He is now in his seventy-ninth year, confined mostly to his room, but with a mind still vigorous and unimpaired, and with four of his children, is living in Paducah, calmly awaiting the summons to a higher court. Col. Husbands was never an aspirant for political honors; the only office he ever accepted was that of Commonwealth's Attorney. He was married in 1832 to Miss Maria S. Martin, of McCracken County; she died in November, 1876, the mother of ten children, of whom seven are still living. In 1840 subject became a member of the Masonic fraternity, and two years later of the Methodist Church, of both of which he has ever proven a valuable defender." -History of Kentucky, Illustrated Battle/Perrin/Kniffen Louisville: F.A.Battey Publishing Co., 1885 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

I am interested in locating information about this family which is listed in the 1900 McCracken County, KY Census: Ward 3 - Paducah - Household 300 - Broadway Series T623 - Microfilm 540 - Page 94 - Image 35 Arnold, S.W./W/M/59/August, 1840/Married 6 yrs/Collector/MS/NC/NC Arnold, Alice V./W/F/54/February, 1846/Married 6 yrs/TN/VA/KY S.W. ARNOLD is the brother of my great grandmother. Alice V. would have been his second wife. I would like to learn her maiden name and other vital statistics about her. They would have married around 1894 and I would greatly appreciate it if anyone has access to the McCracken County, KY marriage records or cemetery records and will check them for me. I have more information about S.W. ARNOLD and his first wife, Ann Jane McGEE. Please contact me at leecate@cddn.com if you would like to share information. Thanks!

My friends - Today we are moving to McCracken County to resume our review of the vital statistics birth records there in the 1852-1859 time frame. Subscribers to the JP and McCracken lists can obtain the complete informational set for a name shown in the listing below by sending a request to me. The information contained in these listings usually include the date of birth, the gender of the child, if not obvious, and the name of the father and maiden name of the mother. In some cases, the location within the county where the birth occurred is also noted. Your continuing assistance in not resending this entire message back to me with the request is greatly appreciated. Tomorrow, I will be posting another biographical item from the JP Vignettes series. I will be leaving on Friday morning, to be away from home for 4-5 days. I will have my laptop with me for communication, and I will be monitoring the lists as usual. I will not be posting over the weekend, since I will not have access to my materials. There will be a Monday posting, however, as usual. -B ==================================================================== McCracken County - Vital Statistics Records - 1852-1860 - Births - Part 29 (M)=Male (F)=Female (AA)=African-American (ILL)=Illegitimate Thompson, Mary Frances Thompson, Charles M. Thompson, Marthy Ann Thorp, Cornelia Tindley, Blanch Tilsworth, Viney (AA) Thornberry, Jack Thomas Tuley, Joseph H. Tobin, John Tornnington, ---- (M) Tolar, Thomas W. Tooley, Charles Tomlinson, William H. Ure, Nathan Traent, Tanney Trice, ------ (F) Underwood, George O. Trimble, Kate (AA) Taner, John L. ~to be continued~ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Some individual in the Paducah area, (no its not me and I dont know them) has the History & Families of Livingston county KY for sale on ebay if anyone is interested. I ran across it a few days ago and thought everyone might like to know. Thank you Robin Holt ITEM NUMBER 4203399947 This fine hardcover book will answer most if not all of your questions about the families and history of Livingston Co. Kentucky.It was compiled by the Livingston Co. Historical society in the late 1980's and was published in 1990 by the Turner Publishing Co.Paducah, KY. This VOL. 1 was a limited print. This particular book is # 98 of1,500 copies printed. The book measures 9" x 12" and has 500 + pages filled with facts and great old pictures. Please eail any questions. Thanks for looking!! History & families of Livingston County, KY. Item number: 4203399947

SATURDAY AUGUST 7 2004 IN BURNA ,KY (LIVINGSTON COUNTY) AT THE AMERICAN LEGION BUILDING 11:00 TIL ? LUNCH AT 12:30 MEAL : BBQ, BUNS, DRINKS AND ICE WILL BE ARRANGED. BERNICE WILL BRING PAPER PLATES, NAPKINS, CUPS, PLASTIC FORKS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING: SALADS, POTATO CHIPS,VEGETABLES,DESSERTS OR WHATEVER. BRING A PICTURE OF YOUR FAMILY. BRING OLD PICTURES TO SHARE. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EACH OF YOU. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU THINK YOU CAN COME. IF YOUR PLANS CHANGE WE WILL UNDERSTAND. LOVE NOLA AND CHARLES BRYAN 434 SAMS ST. SMITHLAND KY 42081 270-928-4253 This was copied off a invitation, if anyone needs more information please contact the above individuals. Thank you

Bettie Tate btate@apex.net There is one more Revolutionary soldier buried in McCracken Co., Ky. His grave was marked by the Paducah Chapter DAR in the 1930�. Knowing Miss Eurie Pearl I don't know how she missed this one. John Haynes, b 24 Nov 1759 d 25 Oct 1838--A soldier of 1776 Hear ye children the instruction of your father forget not his law. Hope that this helps someone. Bettie Tate

My friends - A few days ago, I posted the first part of a set of the names of Revolutionary War soldiers who resided in the JP region. By way of recapitulation, here is what I said in that earlier post: >In looking over some *very* old correspondence which I have in storage, I >found some letters I had exchanged in the 1960's with Eurie Pearl Wilford >Neel , a tireless genealogical information gatherer who published several >large books on Trigg County and other genealogical subjects. She and I >corresponded about a number of things, but she was very interested in >trying to locate the graves of Revolutionary War soldiers, both in Trigg >County and in the JP region. She sent me a listing of the soldiers whose >names she had gathered from Quisenberry's work and a few other sources. I >am going to use today's posting to pass along the names she sent me of the >soldiers who ultimately resided in Calloway and Graves counties. I will >post the other counties from time to time. I have posted a few items from >time to time in this same subject area, but not with lists as complete as >those which Eurie provided. Today's post contains the names which Eurie had for McCracken and Hickman counties, which concludes this series. Ballard, Carlisle and Marshall counties were not specified, since the information from which these lists were made up covered a time period before the creation of those three counties. The state designation after the names below indicates the state of service of the veteran, if known. It should be remembered that these lists do not comprise *all* of the RW soldiers who resided in the JP region, but is confined to those for whom graves had not been found at that point in time. I have *no other information* on any of the names in the listing below. A good resource to check for possible pension applications for these men is Virgil White's multi-volume set, "Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files", available in most libraries with a special collections or genealogy department. Tomorrow on the JP List, we will pick up the Ballard County post that was postponed from last week. -B ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Revolutionary War Soldiers in JP Region - McCracken & Hickman Counties McCracken County: Joshua Gamblin (VA) Elias Lovelace (NC) William T. Linn (NC) Captain Charles Ewell (VA) [His grave was subsequently located in Oak Grove Cemetery] Basil Lewis (CT) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hickman County: Jeremiah Simpson (VA) Tapley Bynum (SC) John Bone II (SC) Morrell Cunningham (VA) William Cockrum (Drummer - VA) Notley Gore (VA) Lewis Huey (NC) William Jones (VA) Benjamin Jones (SC) Jesse Meshew (SC) Henry Pickett (NC) Charles Tharp (VA) John Bane Sr. John Depeyster Thomas Vincent Jacob Williams ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Hi Folks, The 2004 Biennial Reunion and Knowles Genealogy Conference sponsored by the Knowles/Knoles/Noles Family Association will be held in Evansville, Indiana, April 29 thru May 1, 2004 at the Executive Inn in downtown Evansville. The planned activities and events for the Knowles Reunion & Conference, as well as hotel reservation information, can be found on the Association's Web site at <http://www.kknfa.org/Reunions.htm>www.KKNFA.org/Reunions.htm. For additional information contact: Robert B. Noles, KKNFA Historian at <mailto:rbnoles@bellsouth.net>rbnoles@bellsouth.net. Membership in the Knowles/Knoles/Noles Family Association is open to all descendants of any Knowles progenitor (all spellings of the surname) or any allied family line. You do not need to be a member of the Association to attend the Reunion and Conference. The Evansville events include a tour of local Knowles sites, discussions concerning Knowles genealogical research, a review of the results from the Knowles Surname DNA Project as well as social gatherings for meeting your Knowles kousins. Association Membership: $15 dues/year Publications: Periodic Newsletters, DNA Reports and Knowles research updates The Association has a private library, sponsors the Knowles Surname DNA Project, holds biennial Reunion and Knowles Genealogical Conferences during even number years, has 100,000+ Knowles & Knowles descendants identified in a genealogical database. Focus: The research for Knowles (all spellings) and the collection of documents and publications for Knowles genealogies and Knowles family histories are from anywhere in the world, but are predominately for Knowles in the U.S., Canada, England, Scotland, and Ireland. The Association has identified and is researching more than 100 different Knowles progenitors, some dating back to the 16th century. All Knowles genealogical data collected is maintained in hard copy form and in a computer database. Access to the genealogies is normally restricted to members. However, the Association will exchange genealogies and family histories with descendants of any given line, without the membership requirement. Knowles/Knoles/Noles Family Association 133 Acadian lane Mandeville, LA 70471 Attn: Robert B. Noles, Historian Web site: <http://www.kknfa.org/>http://www.KKNFA.org Phone: 985-845-4688 FAX: 985-845-4698 Email: rbnoles@bellsouth.net Robert B. Noles Historian, Knowles/Knoles/Noles Family Association Project Manager, Knowles Surname DNA Project www.KKNFA.org

Hello, Is anyone on the list an ancestor of the William Grief family from Paducah in the 1840's who owned the newspaper The West Kentuckian? William Greif was also the Deputy Sheriff of McCracken County in 1854. I'm searching for any data about Paducah in the late 1840's and early 1850's, including any dates for cholera outbreaks in 1849 and 1850. Thank you. John Gill, New York

Kentucky residents may be interested in attending a series of discussions about Kentucky life in the Great Depression sponsored by the Kentucky Historical Society. The Great Depression started earlier and lasted longer in Kentucky than it did in more urban states. Spend four evenings with noted historians Tracy Campbell and David Hamilton in a series of lively discussions about Kentucky life throughout the 1930s. The four topics to be discussed are: * "Kentucky during the Great Depression." Tracy Campbell begins the series with a detailed look at the impact of the Great Depression on the commonwealth. Thursday, April 8 * "Rural Life and the New Deal." David Hamilton shares how the New Deal affected the lives of rural Kentuckians. Thursday, May 13 * "Franklin Roosevelt in Kentucky." Tracy Campbell returns to discuss the public response to President Roosevelt's visit to Kentucky and his New Deal policy. Thursday, June 10 * "Depression Diversions: 1930s Popular Culture." David Hamilton concludes by exploring books, movies, music, and other aspects of cultural life in the thirties. Thursday, July 8 Background reading materials will be provided and a Depression-era dessert will be served at each session. All sessions begin at 7 p.m. at the Kentucky History Center. The fee is $40 for members of the Kentucky Historical Society or $45 non-KHS members. Preregistration and prepayment are required because attendance is limited. You may register and pay with a credit card by calling Joanie DiMartino at (502) 564-1792 ext. 4467. Kentucky Historical Society Attn: Joanie DiMartino 100 West Broadway Frankfort, KY 40601 (502) 564-1792 ext. 4467 <mailto:joanie.dimartino@ky.gov> joanie.dimartino@ky.gov. <http://history.ky.gov/> http://history.ky.gov <http://history.ky.gov/Programs/ky101.htm> http://history.ky.gov/Programs/ky101.htm