This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, McGee, Hutton, Todd, Campbell, Comingore, Orr, McMurtry and others Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3274.1.1 Message Board Post: Yvonne, Thank you so very much for the information and the offer to take pictures. I would appreciate the pictures so very much and would happily pay for postage and film. I have been trying to learn more of this area, in the past, for several years. Hugh Smith is a direct ancestor and has been difficult to trace. In Appreciation Judy Smith/Colorado

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3406 Message Board Post: Just 1852-1859 births, deaths & Marriages. Mercer didn't keep any other years until it was mandated in 1911.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McBride's Station Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3274.1 Message Board Post: Judy: This Station was close to the Boyle Co. line & the old log house (covered over) was still there about 10 to 15 yrs ago. May still be, I'd have to go look. The spring is still there & was considered quite large in the olden days...was their main source of water but probably is not quite as large now as it was then. When there's a good rain now you can really tell where it is. The area still is quite country but I'm sure not as wooded as then. Very pretty area....I could take a few pictures & send to you if you like. Yvonne

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3405 Message Board Post: I am trying to locate male descendants of all the Lock(e) family's of Mercer County Ky 1790's-early 1800's. If you can trace your Lock(e) line back to one of the Lock(e)'s of Mercer County Ky, please contact me. I know 1 researcher Ron Locke was working on a Mercer County Ky lineage, but his email address is no longer any good. Ron or anyone who knows Ron, please let him know I am looking for him. This is very important that we get in contact with each other! Thanks Donald Locke http://home.comcast.net/~lockeroots/home.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/520.1 Message Board Post: Hi Ron I have been trying to email you but it appears your email address is no longer any good. Please email me so we can talk! I got a way for us to finally prove or disprove we are related. Donald Locke

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/953.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Does your Woods line have McAfee ties?? Please respond Luther D.

Thanks for sharing Barbara. I am not a Shaker descendant but was interested enough to visit that place in 2002 on a research trip to Kentucky. We stayed in one of the houses that had the rooms upstairs and during the day there was a wood worker doing his thing on the bottom floor. Good thing we are early risers as he showed up for work at 8:00 am sharp and started banging away. I use a cane when walking out and about and it is a very special one my sister gave me. (I have MS) He took it and made a replica of it. Very nice man. We stayed for a week and used it as a local residence while researching the area. What I really liked was to look out our windows and see the horses (BIG horses) in the pasture next to our house.. We were there for the sheep shearing which was interesting. The food was fantastic and we ate there every night we were there. We had the same table every night at 7:00 pm. It was an experience I wont forget even though I thought their beliefs were a bit creepy. To each his own!!!! Take care, Fern in Colorado I am researching the families of BUFORD - McCLUNG - McDOWELL - CRAIG - ROBERTSON - DUKE to name a few. ----- Original Message ----- From: <bobbeo60@yahoo.com> To: <KYMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 1:38 PM Subject: [KYMERCER] Re: Shaker Records & Mercer Co. Research > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: MONTFORT, BANTA, RIKER, DEMAREST, TERHUNE, etc > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/gBB.2ACI/3401.1.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > I agree, it is a wonderful place, so peaceful and good for the soul. I > have taken the carriage ride and eaten at the Trustees House and stayed in > the East House twice...where my third great grandfather lived his last 25 > years as a Shaker. He joined in March of 1806 with wife, three > children...of whom the last is my lineage...all three children left in > their early 20's. The food at the Trustees House is wonderful and I in > particular something they call salsify. I had no idea it was a root they > cooked up....it is terrific and I am a picky eater of the first order. > > I spent 4 days in Harrodsburg the end of last Sept at the Gathering of > Dutch Cousins reunion and one full day in the Harrodsburg Historical > Society. A great place for mid Kentucky researching. We also had a > church service in Old Mud the last day of the reunion, which was a special > treat. My cousin and I did talks on the Shakers and our connection to > the society. From there, Diana and I went to Shakertown and spent the > night at the East House, walked in the footsteps of Francis Montfort, our > ancestor and wondered at the ability to shed the "world" as he and his > wife, mother, mother and father in law did, as well as several uncles, > aunts, and cousins. I think my last count there were 50 members of the > Banta, Montfort, Verbryck, Voris, Bruners who are related and 6 who are my > direct lines. > > Someone said it is my lot in life to educate on the Shakers.....I say it > is not so much my lot, but pleasure to help others learn of this > interesting sect. > > Thank you for the kind words and adding to other things to be seen at > Shakertown. I am hoping to get down again, stay once more in Grandpa > Francis home and learn more about his life. The funeral reenactment is > said by Ms Curry, the director, to be the most well researched of their > reenactments done at Shakertown. I have to agree, as I attended one last > year and to follow the wagon with the casket to the cemetery was like > attending the funeral of Grandpa Francis, the one who fascinates me the > most. > > And if anyone goes there, do NOT miss the program of music in the Meeting > House, if that doesn't stir the soul and send chills down you back, > nothing will. > > Barbara > > > ==== KYMERCER Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a message (subject line BLANK) with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. Send to the SAME address you used > for subscribing ( KYMERCER-L-Request@rootsweb.com OR > KYMERCER-D-Request@rootsweb.com as appropriate) Don't forget to include > Request, or you'll be posting to the entire list. > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MONTFORT, BANTA, RIKER, DEMAREST, TERHUNE, etc Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/gBB.2ACI/3401.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I agree, it is a wonderful place, so peaceful and good for the soul. I have taken the carriage ride and eaten at the Trustees House and stayed in the East House twice...where my third great grandfather lived his last 25 years as a Shaker. He joined in March of 1806 with wife, three children...of whom the last is my lineage...all three children left in their early 20's. The food at the Trustees House is wonderful and I in particular something they call salsify. I had no idea it was a root they cooked up....it is terrific and I am a picky eater of the first order. I spent 4 days in Harrodsburg the end of last Sept at the Gathering of Dutch Cousins reunion and one full day in the Harrodsburg Historical Society. A great place for mid Kentucky researching. We also had a church service in Old Mud the last day of the reunion, which was a special treat. My cousin and I did talks on the Shakers and our connection to the society. From there, Diana and I went to Shakertown and spent the night at the East House, walked in the footsteps of Francis Montfort, our ancestor and wondered at the ability to shed the "world" as he and his wife, mother, mother and father in law did, as well as several uncles, aunts, and cousins. I think my last count there were 50 members of the Banta, Montfort, Verbryck, Voris, Bruners who are related and 6 who are my direct lines. Someone said it is my lot in life to educate on the Shakers.....I say it is not so much my lot, but pleasure to help others learn of this interesting sect. Thank you for the kind words and adding to other things to be seen at Shakertown. I am hoping to get down again, stay once more in Grandpa Francis home and learn more about his life. The funeral reenactment is said by Ms Curry, the director, to be the most well researched of their reenactments done at Shakertown. I have to agree, as I attended one last year and to follow the wagon with the casket to the cemetery was like attending the funeral of Grandpa Francis, the one who fascinates me the most. And if anyone goes there, do NOT miss the program of music in the Meeting House, if that doesn't stir the soul and send chills down you back, nothing will. Barbara

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3277.1 Message Board Post: I do know that the Mercer Co. Library in Harrodsburg has many of the Burgin Yearbooks but some years are missing. You could call them, their # is 859 734-3680. Perhaps they would look it up for you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3390.1 Message Board Post: Barb: Have you checked w/the Harrodsburg Historical Soc 859-734-5985? I can't imagine them not having that book! I wouldn't mind reading that myself! I know that church was on the Home Tour last December that the Historical Society put on. Even if they don't have that book they may have plenty of info on the church or direct you to someone that does.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shakertown, Mercer Co, KY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3401.1.1 Message Board Post: Barbara, really enjoyed your Shaker breakdown of info available...good job!! Other Shakertown, as it's known here in Mercer Co, things to enjoy....their food is wonderful!! much of it grown on their grounds. During the summer, for a small fee, they have a wonderful draft horse drawn carriage that takes you on a tour of the grounds & give you some of the local history. If you have horses, you can transport there & they will let you ride them over much of the 1,000 plus acres they own, as long as you close the gates behind you!! Beautiful country to ride in! Shaker's Landing, across the road from Shakertown, has a Ferry which will take you down the river, give you history of the area & also to see High Bridge... have snacks on board....just a wonderful quiet, scenic, interesting trip. The Harrodsburg Historical Soc. does research for a small fee. They can be reached at 859 734-5985 Tu thru Sat 1pm-4pm.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3404.1.2 Message Board Post: I still don't know if they are indexed with the regular deeds but the message from Mary Bishop that they are kept in the same office makes me think that they might be. I'll probably order the deed indexes (again) from LDS and look for the Commissioners Deeds in them.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3404.1.1 Message Board Post: This from Mary Bishop: "They are at the county Clerks office They are in the same office as the other deeds"

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3385.1 Message Board Post: I have a Martha A., birthplace Mercer Co Ky(Re: 1850 Green Co Ky census) widow of Henry Embry(1775-1846).Henry Embry s/o Henry Embry, Sr. & Ann Patteson of Lunenburg Va & Green Ky. Henry Embry & Martha A. parents of:Mary Ermine(w/o Dr. Wm Handley) & Ann Jane(w/o Benj F. Willis).I do not have info of Martha A. & Henry,Jr marriage but Green Co Ky 1840 census listed Henry with wife & 2 daughters(10-15 yrs old).BTW,William my 2nd grdgrdfather was Henry Jr 's brother. Hope this helps.

Please post the reply to the board AND mail list....I, too, would like the answer to this question !! Many thanks. Barb Terhune kariley1@sbcglobal.net wrote: >Hello, > >Does anyone know where the commissioners deeds for Mercer Co are held? Are they part of the general deed books (and indexed with them) or are they separate? Or are there officially court records? I've found 4 regular deeds which mention that the property is described in the commissioners deeds (it was property divided after the death of John Jacob Stratton). I don't see them listed in the Library Catalog of LDS. > >Thanks. >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3404.1 Message Board Post: Please post the reply to the board AND mail list....I, too, would like the answer to this question !! Many thanks. Barb Terhune

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stratton Strutton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3404 Message Board Post: Hello, Does anyone know where the commissioners deeds for Mercer Co are held? Are they part of the general deed books (and indexed with them) or are they separate? Or are there officially court records? I've found 4 regular deeds which mention that the property is described in the commissioners deeds (it was property divided after the death of John Jacob Stratton). I don't see them listed in the Library Catalog of LDS. Thanks.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3403 Message Board Post: Seeking the death date and burial location of Elizabeth Utley King b. 11 Jan 1832, Mercer Co., KY. Elizabeth married Abraham S. King 28 March 1860 in Jefferson Co., KY. At one point Elizabeth and Abraham were living in Garrard Co., KY, however, no burial location could be found for them in that county. They may have returned to Mercer Co., KY. Is there someone who could do a cemetery lookup for Elizabeth and Abraham S. King in Mercer Co., KY? Thanks in advance for any help. This couple has been a brick wall for many years. Linda

This is a hoax! Go to hoaxbusters web site & check it out! Don L. Fox DonFox@cybertrails.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Terhune" <batcave@695online.com> To: <KYMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 12:55 PM Subject: [KYMERCER] Alert! Need to know... > -A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT > > > Just a Reminder---- THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY, ALL CELL PHONE NUMBERS > ARE BEING RELEASED TO TELEMARKETING COMPANIES AND YOU WILL START TO > RECEIVE SALE CALLS........YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS...... > > To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone: > 888-382-1222. It is the National DO NOT CALL LIST. It will only take a > minute of your time. It blocks your number for 5 years. > > HELP OTHERS BY PASSING THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS OR GO TO: > http://www.donotcall.gov/ > > > > ==== KYMERCER Mailing List ==== > For an impressive amount of Mercer County KY family data, refer to Pam Carey Ison's Mercer County Genealogy page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymercer/ > > >

-A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Just a Reminder---- THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY, ALL CELL PHONE NUMBERS ARE BEING RELEASED TO TELEMARKETING COMPANIES AND YOU WILL START TO RECEIVE SALE CALLS........YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS...... To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone: 888-382-1222. It is the National DO NOT CALL LIST. It will only take a minute of your time. It blocks your number for 5 years. HELP OTHERS BY PASSING THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS OR GO TO: http://www.donotcall.gov/