I am descended from Samuel Varner Whitsett who either bought or "staked out" land on Lulbegrud Creek in 1786. I understand that he lived with his family in that area until his death in 1815. He didn't actually move from there, but the name of the area kept changing due to counties being formed from other counties as the state became more populated. Thus records sometimes list him as in Bourbon, Clark, or Montgomery Counties. I have a detailed family tree from him to the present family members in my line, but I don't know very much about the family or the area in those times. I would appreciate any clues as to how to find out what their life was like then. Thanks. Joan (Whitsett) Benton

Joan (Whitesett) Benton, The Lulbegrud Baptist Church Records have quite a bit of information on my wife's family (Griffin, Treadway, Coons, etc). The church records begin about 1793 and have info (with gaps) past 1845. The Samuel Whitesett who bought land (see below) from John Treadway and Elizabeth Griffin may be your Samuel Whitesett. The fact that the land was sold for just 5 1/2 shillings indicates some family relationship--usually. John Treadway and Elizabeth Griffin are my wife's direct ancestors. The LDS has the Lulbegrud Baptist Church records on film (I believe the film number is 183,193--you can easily check this on the LDS Family Search Library online). Also: Montgomery Co, Kentucky --County Court Deeds: v 4-5, 1806-1812 LDS Film # 252,349 ---7 August 1804 v. 4, page 229-230 Indenture between John Treadway and Elizabeth his wife, and Samuel Whitesett, dated 7 August 1804. John Treadway and Elizabeth his wife sold the land to Samuel Whitsett for 5 shillings. The 22 1/2 acres of land was located on the waters of Lulbegrud Creek, Montgomery Co, KY. Let me know if this is of interest to you. Sincerely, Ron Grabyan [email protected] wrote: > I am descended from Samuel Varner Whitsett who either bought or "staked out" > land on Lulbegrud Creek in 1786. I understand that he lived with his family > in that area until his death in 1815. He didn't actually move from there, > but the name of the area kept changing due to counties being formed from > other counties as the state became more populated. Thus records sometimes > list him as in Bourbon, Clark, or Montgomery Counties. I have a detailed > family tree from him to the present family members in my line, but I don't > know very much about the family or the area in those times. I would > appreciate any clues as to how to find out what their life was like then. > > Thanks. > > Joan (Whitsett) Benton > > ==== KYMONTGO Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE send a new e-mail to [email protected] or [email protected] with nothing in the body of the e-mail except the word unsubscribe.