On Thursday, July 20, 2000, the Red River Historical Society be meeting will be at the Library in Stanton at 7 p.m. The speaker will be Mike Crowe. He will be telling us many things about the changing education system. Business will include: Brochures Golf Scramble - September 9, 2000 Calendar 2001 Archaeological Weekend Sorghum Making Refreshments will be provided by the Ladies from the Powell County Bank. Hope to see you there!!!! Diane

Can someone tell me the courthouse and library hours in Powell Co? Thanks, Coral Babb

Posted on: Powell Co Ky Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Powell?read=697 Surname: Hatton, Meadows, Briscoe ------------------------- Frances was 59 in the 1870 census, living in the home of Henry C Hatton and Elizabeth. My guess is that she is Elizabeth's mother. Henry and Elizabeth are 24 & 17. Can anyone tie this family together for me? They live next to the REEDs and Margaret BRISCOE lives in the house of William REED which is next door. On the other side is George MEADOWS age 38. Rita [email protected]

Posted on: Powell Co Ky Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Powell?read=693 Surname: Profitt ------------------------- I have lots of Profitt info. Most all of them in Powell Co area descend from Sarah Profitt or one of her brothers. She is bur in Mt Chapel Cem (1800-1887). With more info on your great grandfather, I maybe able to help you. When was he born? Did you find him in any census records?

Posted on: Powell Co Ky Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Powell?read=691 Surname: Profitt ------------------------- I am looking for any information on my greatgrandfather, John D. Profitt. He was married to Mary Virginia (Ginnie) Wright. I'm not sure of his place of birth, but should be in this area. My grandfather ( Henry Harrison Profitt)was born in Fincastle, Lee County. His siblings are William Morgan, Edgar, Pearlie Mae, Ethel, and Edmond. Any help is greatly appreciated.

-----Original Message----- From: Rita Ashley Fishman <[email protected]> To: Diane Rogers <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 8:20 PM Subject: Reunion >Hi Diane... > >We are planning an ASHLEY reunion 8/26 at the fairgrounds in Winchester. As >I recall the Rogers are strongly related. Did you attend Uncle Ike Edwards' >100 birthday party? Anyway, the reason for this note is to ask for you help >in getting the word out. I am working with Pat Mays Lawson, Ruth Rowland >Shelton and Barbara Ashley VanHorn to put it together. Pat lives in OH, >Ruth in Winchester and Barbara in Lexington and me, I am way out in AZ! > >Our oldest ASHLEY is Rev. Jordan Ashley b. 1801 in Wilkes Co, NC. He >migrated to Perry Co about 1849 and then his children ended up in Powell and >Estill. He was a Primitive Baptist preacher. Other family names that are >common, Hall, Edwards, Mullins, Blevins, Spencer, Caldwell, Smith & Combs. > >I just ran a descendent report on Rev J and there were a lot of Rogers, >guess this explains why there were so many at Uncle Ike's party! He was 100 >in April 1990 and was married to Minnie Ashley. > >Anyway, any suggestions you have that will help us have a good turn out will >be appreciated. >Rita. >Rita Ashley Fishman >Phoenix, Arizona >[email protected] >

"The Winchester Sun" on-line issue June 6, 2000 A dedicated group of determined digging detectives has unearthed a piece of Clark County history. A big piece of history, about two-thirds of a ton. The Red River Historical Society conducted a dig last November on the Danny Shimfessel farm on the Wade's Mill Road to uncover the site of a mill which operated on the Big Stoner Creek in the late 1800s and found, not only a millstone, but a water wheel turbine as well as other artifacts of an early Clark County commercial center. The story began when Larry Meadows of Clay City and his wife Jean, members of the historical society which operates the Red River Historical Museum in Clay City, were driving around the back roads of eastern Clark County. Ever on the alert for history, they spotted a pair of millstones in the yard of Ernest Turley. "My wife had heard of Wade's Mill so we stopped and asked Mr. Turley if the stones came from there," Meadows said. "He said he didn't know if they came from there or not, but he had heard the mill was located on what is now the Danny Shimfessel farm." "We went to Danny's house," he continued, "to ask permission to go on his property and look and his wife said he was in his truck on the farm. She called him and he said he would meet me there." What they found intrigued Meadows. "We looked at the mill site and it looked promising," he said. "So we asked for permission to investigate, photograph and excavate, and Danny was gracious enough to allow us to." That was three years ago. Meadows and other members of the society worked off and on for a couple of years at the site, then decided it was time to get serious. "We did a little bit of work two years ago," he said, "but in the fall of 1999, we dedicated ourselves to finish the investigation and excavation." What they found was evidence the area around the mill site was an important commercial center in Clark County in the second half of the 19th century. "We uncovered a segmented flint millstone," he said. "It took several different pieces to make each stone. It had an iron band around it to hold the stones together and metal center. "It was a French flint burr stone," Meadows said. "It was imported from France and the different stones were used as ballast when they were shipped over to the United States." Meadows said the fact the stone was flint - and segmented - was significant. "The best millstones made out of stone couldn't grind wheat fine enough to make flour," he said. "The material was too coarse. Of course corn meal is a little different ballgame. But we could tell a lot just by looking at this stone. It's different when you grind wheat for flour because the grain is a lot smaller than corn." After unearthing the stones and taking them to Clay City to put in the museum's collection, Meadows and the society set out to search for the tale behind the tale. "We know William Wade was running a mill there in the early 1870s, up to the late 1880s and 1890s," he said. "And I was told the mill actually ran up until about 1919, about the time of World War I." That the mill ran when it did during the 19th century was evident by the stone water wheel turbines, Meadows said. "The turbines replaced the older mills with the wood water wheels," he said. "They could produce more horsepower with less water. And we found some things in the ground to indicate they also used the mill to generate electricity, which is not unsuual." Meadows said an 1877 business directory and atlas of Winchester and Clark County mentions William Wade as operating a custom mill, general merchandise and dry goods store. "I feel real sure all that is tied in together," he said. "I would say it was all probably installed by then." But Wade's Mill may not have been the first one at that site, he added. "We found records where he bought the property in the 1860s from John A. Judy," Meadows said. "Several Clark County historians said they had heard it used to be called Judy's Mill, but we don't have the documented evidence to support that." "But I know one thing," he added. "Somewhere along the line he really modernized the mill with these turbines and that segmented stone." Mills were a common sight along Clark County streams in the 1800s and meadows said there was another mill close by Wade's Mill. "There is another mill site about half a mile upstream from Wade's Mill before you get to Little Stoner," he said. "It was on Wilbert Shimfessel's farm and it was the Scobee mill. But it had a conglomerate stone, a local stone." Meadows said a piece of the puzzle from Wade's Mill was missing, which made it difficult to tell just exactly how it worked. "We know the turbines, which weigh about two-thirds of a ton together, ran side by side in unison," he said. "But we don't know how the gearing worked. What I would say happened is what happened to a lot of the old mill sites. When they had those scrap iron drives during World War II a lot of these mills got stripped of their metal." The society hired Charles Spurgeon to operate his backhoe at the dig and three members of the excavation crew were employees of Meadows Golf Course in Clay City, which Meadows operates. "The reason we did this dig in November was because the golf course wasn't busy then and I was paying my guys anyway," he said. "But they're all members of the society too." The millstone and water wheel turbines join a collection at the Red River Historical Museum which now totals 120. "They're about 65 percent millstones and 35 percent grindstones," Meadows said. "We're just collecting what we can with the limited amount of funding we have." And even if that collection is impressive, Meadows says it is by no means the largest. "The largest, I would say, is at the Museum of Appalachia in Norris, Tenn.," he said. "And Levi Jackson State Park in London has a big millstone collection. But they started collecting theirs 60 years ago in 1939, when they were easier to get to then." And he only has one regret about the latest dig. "The only thing I regret about finding the turbines was that Wilbert wasn't there," he said. "He died between the time we found the site and last November, when we really started digging. He would have been real excited about that." "But I will say this," he added. "I couldn't expect any landowner anywhere to be as accomodating and helpful as Danny was. He was very kind to us." The society's next mission in saving history in the Clark and Powell County region is to attempt to preserve the redstone quarries in northeastern Powell County near Pilot Knob where conglomerate millstones were made. Then it's on to the Clark-Powell line on the lower falls of Lulbegrud Creek at Stewart's Mill and Meadows promises a surprise at that dig. "We found an old map of the area and discovered another building across the creek and up a little bit. We're not sure what kind of building it was and what kind of activity took place there, but we do know there's a real good freshwater spring there, and we have an idea what it was."

Please contact me if you would like to share information and have a connection to the following family - hoping to find the marriages for more of Armistead's descendants: Descendants of Armistead "Armps" Patton Generation No. 1 1. Armistead "Armps"5 Patton (William M.4, George3, George2, ?1) was born August 11, 1855 in Kentucky, and died December 17, 1909 in Powell Co., Kentucky. He married Laura Bell Farthing 1876 in Powell Co., KY, daughter of Zachariah Farthing and Sarah Moore. She was born March 01, 1856 in Kentucky, and died January 18, 1938 in Powell Co., Kentucky. More About Armistead "Armps" Patton: Burial: Virdin Cemetery, Powell Co., KY, Ships Branch access road More About Laura Bell Farthing: Burial: Virdin Cemetery, Powell Co., KY, Ships Branch access Children of Armistead Patton and Laura Farthing are: 2 i. Elizabeth6 Patton, born Abt. 1877 in Powell Co., Kentucky. 3 ii. Illa Mae Patton, born 1878. She married Murray Pace February 12, 1902 in Powell Co., KY. 4 iii. William "Willie" Patton, born 1881. 5 iv. Ennis Patton, born February 12, 1883; died April 15, 1968 in Powell Co., Kentucky. He married (1) Mary Williams December 18, 1906 in Estill Co., KY; born January 21, 1883 in Estill Co., KY; died January 01, 1910 in Powell Co., Kentucky. He married (2) Martha Hutchison October 23, 1912 in Powell Co., KY; born 1887; died 1955 in buried in Virden Cemetery, Powell Co., KY, Ships Branch access road. More About Ennis Patton: Burial: Virdin Cemetery, Powell Co., KY, Ships Branch access Notes for Mary Williams: Mary Williams Patton's death date is shown as January 1, 1910, in the Virden Cemetery Book; however, this is obviously an error because of the number of children born during her marriage to Ennis Patton. More About Mary Williams: Burial: Virdin Cemetery, Powell Co., KY, Ships Branch access road 6 v. Katharine Patton, born Abt. 1885. 7 vi. Nettie Green Patton, born Abt. 1887 in Kentucky. She married Harvey "Arvis" Hackworth March 29, 1906 in Powell Co., KY, recorded in Powell Co., KY, Marriage Records, Vol. #10, page 205; born 1881 in Kentucky. 8 vii. Callie Patton, born Abt. 1890. 9 viii. John Patton, born 1891. 10 ix. Edgar "Shack" Patton, born May 26, 1890 in Powell Co., Kentucky; died December 29, 1955 in Powell Co., Kentucky. He married Martha "Allie" J. Curtis 1912 in Powell Co., KY; born May 12, 1890 in Powell Co., Kentucky; died January 30, 1952 in Powell Co., Kentucky. More About Edgar "Shack" Patton: Burial: Powell Valley Cemetery, Powell Co., KY More About Martha "Allie" J. Curtis: Burial: Powell Valley Cemetery, Powell Co., KY 11 x. Gilbert Patton, born 1893 in Powell Co., Kentucky; died 1928 in Powell Co., Kentucky. More About Gilbert Patton: Burial: Virdin Cemetery, Powell Co., KY

hello all, could someone give an address or directions to the faulkner cemetary in powell co. this is all i know----it is located near Mt. Parkway and South and Middle forks of the Red River. what city is this? thanks for any help!!!!!!!!

Posted on: Powell Co Ky Query Forum Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Powell?read=660 Surname: Larison ------------------------- 1900 Estill Co census: #228 Susan Larrison (14-8) 66 Aug 1833 M47, Robert 35 Dec 1864. #229 Andrew J Larison 32 Aug 1867 M2, Miney J (1-1) M2, Winnie L Dau 1 Apr 1899.#230 Johnie Larison 37 May 1873 M4, Patsy A (2-1) 22 Sept Sept 1878, Rachel 3 Sept 1896, John Clem FL 65 May 1835. Susan is 76 in 1910 census and is dead in 1920 evidently because Robert Larrison is living in HH of John Clem as well is John Clem, Sr 87 Father. Larison Cem in at Hargett Church of God on HWY 82. Buried ther are Inf son 3-11-1898, Morris M 10-10-1856 11-15-1915, Mamie J 12-29-1866 11-11-1948.

Posted on: Powell Co Ky Query Forum Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Powell?read=658 Surname: LARISON ------------------------- 1860 Estill Co, Ky census: Zachariah (75) 32 Ky, Susan 24 Ky, Rachel 5, Mariah 4, William 2. 1870 Estill census: Zachariah Larison (100) 35, Susan 34, Rachel 10, Morris 14, Wm 12, George 10, Johathan 8, Robert 5, Jackson 3, Sallie 3/12. All born Ky. Estill Vital Statistics: Rachel Larison born 7 Dec 1854 to Zachariah Larison and Susan Emerson?. Morris M Larison was born 10 Nov 1856 to Zachariah Larison and Susanna Embs. Morris Larison was born 10 Nov 1857 to Zachariah Larison and Susan Embs. Wm Larison was born 20 Sept 1858 Zachariah Larison and Susan Embs. George Larison was born 11 Feb 1861 to Zachariah Larison and Susan Ann Evans. Zach not in 1880 census but children are. Coral Babb

Posted on: Powell Co Ky Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Powell?read=657 Surname: Larison ------------------------- This is in the 1920 Powell Co census: Hope it helps. Lairson Green 57 Emmie 42 Cora 17 Hazel 6 Elwood 4 Norman 3

Posted on: Powell Co Ky Query Forum Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Powell?read=656 Surname: Ballard, Flinchum, Larison ------------------------- My grandmother was a Larison born in Powell county. Her father was Zachariah I think. I guess this would make us related. I have been searching for her grave for a long time. I am not sure exactly the year she died but I think it was around 1917. She died shortly after my mother was born in 1915. I think her name was either Rachel or Sarah Larison Flinchum. She was married to Henry Flinchum of Powell county. So far I have not found their marriage record in Powell county. My mother tells me she had a brother named Robert and one named Morris. I am going on the assumption that they are Zachariah's children. I have seen the name Green in several places in the Powell county notes. I will try to find them and send it via email to you Hope this helps. Mary

Posted on: Powell Co Ky Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Powell?read=654 Surname: Ballard, Flinchum, Larison ------------------------- In looking through the Powell county marriages from 1864-1980 I could not find a listing for the above names. Sorry. Myaunt married a Clem.

Posted on: Powell Co Ky Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Powell?read=636 Surname: Hatton, Ashley, Edwards, Howard, Griffith, Hall ------------------------- Last Friday my laptop crashed and I have lost everything except for my family file, fortunately, I have been backing it up every week. My address book is gone, all the old photo and research notes. So...if I was corresponding with you, please send me an e-mail, I know that I owed a lot of people information. I am just sick! Rita

Posted on: Powell Co Ky Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Powell?read=634 Surname: Rice, Morehead, Roundtree ------------------------- 1. Robert RICE #744 married 01 MAY 1930, Mabel ROUNDTREE #736, born 10 NOV 1907, Lexington, KY, (daughter of Charles ROUNDTREE #128 and Sarah Francis MOREHEAD #35). Children: i Charles RICE #750. Sarah Francis Morehead was from Powell Co., KY I descend from the Morehead Line Dale

Posted on: Powell Co Ky Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Powell?read=633 Surname: Everman, Vivion, Barker, Pharis, Pasley, Morehead, Cajmod, Huls ------------------------- a1. Gibson EVERMAN #704 married Mary EAD #705. Children: 2. i Holt EVERMAN #124 born 23 FEB 1880. Second Generation 2. Holt EVERMAN #124 (1.Gibson1) born 23 FEB 1880, Clark, KY, married 24 DEC 1898, Emma A. MOREHEAD #32, born 01 MAR 1882, Stanton, Powell Co., KY, (daughter of DeWitt Clinton MOREHEAD #86 and Louisa Catherine HULS(E) #87) died 06 JUL 1943, Kidville, Powell Co., KY, buried: JULY 1943. Children: i Ruth EVERMAN #709 born 29 MAR, KY, married 20 MAR 1924, in Jeffersonville, IN, George CAJMOD #714. Ruth died 20 OCT 1924. 3. ii Beulah Mae EVERMAN #708 born 15 APR. 4. iii Stella Frances EVERMAN #710 born 08 JUN. 5. iv Amanda Jane EVERMAN #706 born 04 AUG 1900. 6. v Katherine Louise EVERMAN #707 born 09 FEB 1902. Third Generation 3. Beulah Mae EVERMAN #708 (2.Holt2, 1.Gibson1) born 15 APR, KY, married 24 JAN 1924, in Lexington, KY, Dewey PASLEY #713. Children: i Louise PASLEY #2140. ii Earnest Lee PASLEY #720. 4. Stella Frances EVERMAN #710 (2.Holt2, 1.Gibson1) born 08 JUN, KY, married 10 MAY 1925, in Lexington, KY, Floyd PHARIS #715. Children: i Betty Jane PHARIS #722. ii Margie PHARIS #721. iii Lilla Frances PHARIS #724. iv Eugene PHARIS #723. 5. Amanda Jane EVERMAN #706 (2.Holt2, 1.Gibson1) born 04 AUG 1900, KY, married Dillard BARKER #711. Amanda died 08 JAN 1938, KY. Children: i Helen Ardel BARKER #716. ii Mary Emma BARKER #717. iii Aileen BARKER #718. 6. Katherine Louise EVERMAN #707 (2.Holt2, 1.Gibson1) born 09 FEB 1902, KY, married Harvey VIVION #712. Children: i Harvey Holt VIVION #719 born CA 1922, died CA 1922.

Posted on: Powell Co Ky Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Powell?read=631 Surname: Ballard, Flinchum, Larison ------------------------- If you will contact Patsy Roe at [email protected] she can probably tel you the hours of the library. I hope this helps.

Posted on: Powell Co Ky Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Powell?read=630 Surname: ADAMS ------------------------- Does anyone know anything about Weed Adams who died Aug 20, 1976 in Clark Co, and was a resident of Powell Co? Was he married after Ada Jane died? Thanks

OOPS!!! Sunday we packed up to head down to see my brother..... And I missed my day to send the reminder about the RRHS meeting on Thursday. Call it getting old - I guess. Anyway----- here it is!!! The Red River Historical Society will meet on Thursday, May 18, 2000 in the Museum at Clay City. The time is still at 7 p.m. The program should be an excellent one. STEVE ABNER will be presenting SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE IRON PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRY. I sure hope you can make it. I also hope I don't cause anyone to miss it because of the late notice. But my life was a little bent out of shape. Maybe I will be able to keep up in the future. Diane