Col. Whitley, about 1790 - not certain as to date - perhaps later - with a party chased two Indians who had stolen a couple of fine mares - some snow on the ground and thus could track them - found them at their camp, and attacked them near day light, killing one, and recovering the horses - when the other Indian broke off on foot. Whitley and men pursued him as soon as it was light enough to track him - and followed him nearly all day, until he became too weary, that he dodged into a briar thicket - from which he was soon driven out and killed. Of Col. Whitley, can give no other details - speaks of his killing an Indian over the (--?--) in 1813, swimming his horse over and getting the scalp - and having one or two other scalps (which later is doubtful). Always loved to fight Indians. Col. Daniel Boone, 1795-'96 - Mr. Champ saw Boone but once. Champ was sent by his father with a stock of cattle to winter high up on Licking - and went during the winter with others on a hunt up Sandy. This was after Wayne's treaty - while Indians still lurked somewhat in the frontiers - and was before my informant's father's death, in 1799 - and before Boone migrated to Missouri. He met Col. Boone on head waters of Sandy - he had with him, his wife, two sons, two married daughters with their husbands. They had half faced camps - ate their meals form common tough tray very much like a tap trough, placed on a bench instead of a table, each using as needed a butcher knife to cut the meat, using forks, made of cane, with tines or prongs - and having only bread to eat with the meat. It was a hunting camp - a great number of bears had been killed, and the skins were curing, and the meat hung up drying all around the camp. Col. Boone said he decided to take the meat down Sandy by water, and up the Ohio and Kanawha salt works for market. He said he thought he ad killed, as he expressed it, "the master bear of the Western country" - he was a monster for size - two feet across the hip bones, but was very aged and poor - if in good condition, he would have weighed five or six hundred pounds. As Champ was out wintering stock the next winter, and went hunting at the very head of Sandy, Licking and Kentucky and there heard Indians yell and he and his party of hunters pursued, but Indians scattered and disappeared in the cover. I should think very likely it was the winter after Wayne's Treaty he met Boone: See Col. Nathan Boone's notes and Col. Thomas Rogers' letter, (etc.). Joe Scott - can only tell of him, that he was a witty and odd Irishman, who went scouting - lived at Miller's Station. John Champ - he was a cousin of my informant's father - don't know what became of him - and no knowledge of his settling in Ky. - certainly not in Madison region. Can tell nothing new of him. No knowledge of an Indian being killed in a bed by a woman, as represented by Capt. C. Wood. Nor about the wounded Indian in a cave trying to stab a soldier as represented by Peyton. Gen. Green Clay went out on Logan's campaign in 1786 - and behaved well. Boone's Gap is in the dividing ridge between Rockcastle River, Paint Lick and Silver Creeks -here Boone's old trace passes. Col. William Miller - thinks he was a native of Virginia - lived early on Reedy Creek of Holston - and was out on some early Indian Campaigns, but couldn't tell what ones. Has no knowledge of Miller's drawing a pension. At Estill's defeat thinks Miller not blamable. Estill sent him with six men to flank the Indians and the Indians killed two of his men in the first fire and broke the cock of his gun with a bullet, so it was useless. There was a thick cane-break and could not see how many nor where the Indians were and Miller and the survivors thought it foolhardy to remain and be shot down and so left. Col. Miller was called a brave man. He was not out on any expeditions after Mr. Champ came to this country, except scouting near home. Yelverton Peyton said Miller was as brave as any man, but that even the bravest sometimes falters.) Col. Wm. Irving was shot through the lights(?) At Estill's defeat and always after had a weak effeminate voice. (Here Draper inserts the word effeminate between the words weak and voice as if an afterthought. Shot through may mean the lungs or throat in this instance, otherwise?) Logan's Campaign, 1786. Col. Thomas Kennedy jumped and ran to the Indian, by his luck, who shot Capt. Irvine and others, and tomahawked him - the Indian had powder already in his hand for another load, and "his mouth full of balls" - so he would pour in the powder, and drop in the bullet from his mouth, and shake down the load, which would frequently pack itself, and ready to shoot again. Wm. Champ was often out scouting during the period 1792-95, but in no Indian fight. He is fully six feet in height - with a large bony frame - quite vigorous for his age, A Reformed Presbyterian. Col. Thos. Kennedy lived at Miller's Station in early times - was brave and reckless - loved horses - left a large estate, which his children mostly squandered. Sept. 11, 1863. NOTES: !. William's father, William Champ, Sr., was at Paint Lick in November of 1785 as his name appears on a petition to the General Assembly of Virginia for the resulting creation of Mercer and Madison Counties in 1786. Therefore, William Champ, Jr.'s account of the family's arrival in then Lincoln County is correct. James Rood Robertson, (Louisville, 1914), Petitions of the Early Inhabitants of Kentucky to the General Assembly of Virginia, p. 84 Petition No. 27, p. 185 name index. 2. By other historical accounts, Mr. Champ is in error as to when the McNitt-Ford Defeat occurred. Draper, by calendar date deductions, supposes that by Champ's description, his party arrived on the south bank of the Laurel River about September 30, 1784, and that the massacre occurred some eight days prior, September 22, 1784. October 3, 1786 is the date most consistently given for the McNitt Defeat and on the south bank of the Little Laurel River. Robert L. Kincaid, (Middlesboro, KY. 1966, 3rd Edition), p. 177, references Bayless Hardin, ed., "Whitley Papers" published in The Register of Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol. 36, No. 116, July 1938, pp. 190-209. Charles G. Talbert, William Whitley 1749-1813, published in, Early Lincoln County History, compiled and edited by Mrs. M. H. Dunn, 4th printing, February 1975, p. 51. Thomas D. Clark, ed., The Voice of the Frontier, John Bradford's Notes on Kentucky, referencing J. J. Dickey, "McNitt's Defeat", in Russell Dyche, History of Laurel County, pp. 17-18, gives night of October 1, 1786 for raid upon the McNitt party. 3. A legend persists that Polly did return and stay with her people (the whites); that she married a John Pruitt and had a family, that it was said she also had an Indian child, a girl. Madison County records report a marriage bond for a John Pruett and Polly Ford for 10 September 1805. This would be about 19 years after the capture. Her return was not before the death of her father, Peter Ford in 1801. Peter left his daughter 50 acres, should she ever return from captivity. The census records of Madison County lists a John Prewitt/Pruitt/Pruett from 1810 through 1830. By 1840, John is apparently deceased as Polly (Ford) Prewitt is listed as head of household, being between 50 and 60 years of age. Polly would have been but a child of about 8 years of age when captured. So, it would stand to reason that her Indian ways would tend to dominate her life style and would add credence to her return to her Indian husband as reported by Champ. Yet, there is evidence that Polly did return and stay. Some of the facts do contradict the above statements. Her child was actually a son, not a daughter as reported, of the Miami War Chief "Little Turtle", and was called by the whites, "Indian Jack". After Polly married John Pruett/Prewitt, Indian Jack was adopted and renamed John Ford Prewitt. He married Milly Green in Garrard County on 11 March 1823. They had one child, Elizabeth whose marriage to Sidney Warmouth has produced many descendants, some in present Madison County. John Ford "Indian Jack" Prewitt, walked away from home one day and is lost to history to this day. "Polly's Story" is an interesting one, but time and space does not permit its inclusion in this publication. Work will be done to add her story in the next publication of Heritage Highlights. (These notes are as appeared in the Madison County Historical Society's Heritage Highlights publication Vol. 3, No. 2 Winter 1999.) Forrest Calico, History of Garrard County and Its Churches, 1947, pp. 196-197. Bill and Kathy Vockery, Madison County Kentucky Marriage Records Vol. I 1786 - 1822, 1993. Anna Joy (Munday) Hubble, Madison County Kentucky Census Records, 1810-1840. Bill and Kathy Vockery, Garrard Co., Kentucky Marriage Records 1797-1853, 1989. Michael A. Leaverton, Prewitt, Pruitt, Pruet, etc. - a Miami name, published in Indian by Blood II by Richard Pangburn, 1996. Jim McNitt, James McNitt & Kentucky's Worst Indian Massacre, excerpts from the original by V. V. McNitt, 1951. 4. It is established that Hannah is the mother of William Champ, Jr. and Andrew Miller. As William Champ, Jr. is but an eight year old lad at the time of his arrival in Kentucky, it is apparent that his half-brother is somewhat older to have been included in Whitley's pursuit party. Champ established his birth place as near the head of the North Fork of the Roanoke River in Botetourt County, Virginia in 1776. At a Court held in Botetourt County on May 10, 1774, by the abstracts of Summers in his Annals of Southwest Virginia, page 124, a guardianship is set up for a William and Andrew Miller, orphans of David Miller. In the succeeding paragraph, it is ordered that Laird Robinson, John Robinson, and Samuel Robinson do lay off and Alott to Hannah Bryd (index says Byrd) late widow of Laird Miller (this may be an error in a duplication of the name Laird), decd., her dower in two tracts of land of the said dec'd estate lying on the North Fork of Roan Oak.... ....The location of the Miller estate and the birth place of William Champ, Jr. is close enough, in this recorder's belief, to rule out a coincidence. It is likely also that a check of the original Court Record will reveal a David Miller as Hannah's dec'd. husband. William Champ, Sr. last paid tax in Garrard County in 1799, his wife, Hannah is listed on the Tax List afterwards as a widow. William Champ, Sr.'s death was in the same year that he last paid taxes; his son relates to his death in the Boone segment of this Interview. Harold J. Kurtz, 1797 and 1799 Tax List of Garrard County Kentucky, 1990 and 1800 - 1802 Taxpayers of Garrard County, Kentucky, 1997. 5. By William Whitley's own words on the McNitt Defeat, "I was in Virginia, and they (the Indians) were not followed." Mrs. M. H. Dunn, Early Lincoln County History, p. 51, Charles Talbert, William Whitley 1749-1813. 6. This entire account may be of fact, but not for the Defeated Camp of McNitt. Numerous massacres occurred on the Wilderness Road during 1784. The McClure attack occurred on Scagg's Creek in October of 1784. Whitley and others followed up on this occasion and rescued Mrs. McClure. This is not likely the incident that Champ relates to. A few weeks later, south of Raccoon Spring, south of Laurel River was the attack on the Moore party. Whitley followed up and recovered 28 stolen horses, goods, cash, and eight scalps of the murdered party. No captives were found. Considering the years elapsed and the age of Champ at the interview with Draper, it is highly probable that the stories heard and told over the years became mingled into one. Champ was noted for his stories about the Indians. In the family records of Guy Boatright, he mentions that his mother used to relate to his (Champ's) Indian stories he told her. Robert L. Kincaid, TheWilderness Road, accounts of McClure's and Moore's Defeats. Guy Boatright, Family Notes, 1950. Van Every, Men of the Western Waters, 1956, p. 220 Appendix, 1784 Summer - 100 listed killed on Wilderness Road. 7. Meadow Fork is probably meant Walnut Meadow Fork, but likely different from when Stephenson/Stevenson settled. Today's Walnut Meadow, and how it is located on the 1876 Beers map, is an eastern tributary of Paint Lick Creek with its head waters near the present city of Berea. Mr. Calico, in his History of Garrard County and its Churches, supposes that in the beginning, the Walnut Meadow Branch began somewhat north of where it now joins Paint Lick Creek, and at the forks of present day White Lick and Paint Lick Creeks, thus taking the course of the current main Paint Lick Fork that serves as the eastern boundary line of Madison and Garrard Counties; that the White Lick Creek from the forks of Kennedy's Branch (current Walker's Branch)was once the main fork of Paint Lick. So, pinpointing Stevenson's settlement would require more research than this recorder will attempt. Sadie Ralston Kuhlman, Family Notes, places Stevenson's Station at or near Gum Spring, which is on the Garrard County side of Paint Lick Creek adjacent to State Highway 21 which parallels Paint Lick Creek and is somewhat south and west of Bell's Spring. 8. This recorder does not pretend to know the significance of the silk handkerchief and the wound treatment unless the absorption power of silk aids in some way the cleansing of the wound. Silk's "weight can be increased as much as 30% in moisture." I can report that the 18th century layman practitioner was in many ways a better doctor than the learned physician. Rick Brainard's segment on the Internet, History--The 18th Century, sourcing Daniel Boorstien, The American: The Colonial Experience, pp. 209-210 3 Vols. New York: Vantage Press, 1958. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 20, Silk p. 668, 1961. Further knowledge of the silk handkerchief treatment and its availability on the frontier would be interesting. Upon first examination of historical facts regarding this attack, it was felt that Champ again had been confused as to the time of this encounter. In September of 1790 the appraisal of the estate of an Elizabeth Stephenson , decd. was ordered, followed by the return of the Inventory and appraisement of the estate of Edward [Elizabeth] Stephenson in February 1791 made it apparent that it was not the same Stephenson family that fell victim to the Indian attack. The Edward Stephenson who died as a result of the attack made a nuncupative (oral) Will which was proved on 2 October 1792. The will allowed for his wife to keep the estate to raise the children which agrees with Champ that she lingered for a few years before dying. Additionally, in a newspaper account in Frederick County, Virginia, October 1, 1792, Winchester, " a traveler who passed thru this town on Friday informs that the Indians about 5 weeks ago killed a Mr. Stevenson and family not far from Madison Ct. House, Kentucky." There is more than one report on the Stephenson Attack which confirms the time of occurrence. Jackie Couture, Madison County, Kentucky, Court Order Book A, 1787 - 1791, 1996. Micro-filmed copy of Madison County Kentucky Book of Wills, Appraisements, Inventories (Vol. A), p. 44, Townsend Room, Eastern Kentucky University Library, Richmond, Kentucky. Jackie Couture, valued assistance to references at the Eastern Kentucky University Library's Townsend Room, Richmond, Kentucky. 10. Jenny Stevenson married Moses Turpin, 22 April, 1800. Madison County KentuckyMarriage Records Vol. I, 1786 - 1822, Compiled by Bill and Kathy Vockery, 1993. 11. Joseph Scott's survey covered a great portion of the area from William Miller's Paint Lick Station survey stretching to and including the Kirksville Road (Hwy 595 off Hwy 52) intersection. Fred L. Simpson, Back of the Cane, Early Virginia Surveys in Today's Garrard County, Kentucky, 1992 (Plotted Map - Some surveys are on both sides of the present Garrard and Madison County border). (These note are continued in the notes for William's wife, Hannah Daugherty as space has maxed out for notes under William) 13. William Miller left no male heirs, four of five daughters lived to adulthood and married. Other than his settlement at Paint Lick, little is known of him except his marriage to Nancy Yancy, a supposed biography (mostly fiction) penned by Anna Burnside Brown in first person, and William Harris Caperton's account of Estill's Defeat where he says, "It is, however, disgraceful to relate that, at the very onset of the action, Lieut. Miller, of Capt. Estill's party, with six men under his command, ' ingloriously fled' from the field, thereby placing in jeopardy the whole of their comrades, and causing the death of many brave soldiers." It might be said that Caperton lost kin in this battle. Additionally, Richard Collins, History of Kentucky, Vol. II, pp. 634-637, Battle of "Little Mountain, or Estill's Defeat", reports that..."7 were left dead upon the field; 11 came back to Estill's station, and were ever after held in high honor; and 7 returned to dishonor"-- (strange that 7 returned when Miller reports that 2 of his 6 men were killed at the first fire?). David Cook, Estill's Ensign, who was ordered to take Miller's abandoned position, is said to have watched for Miller to come to Richmond for over twenty years, "swearing he would kill him on sight, but Miller prudently kept away." (Richmond did not exist until about 1798, so if Cook looked for Miller for over twenty years it must have included the 16 years from the end of the Defeat up to the founding of Richmond. Perhaps Miller stayed away from the county seat of Milford during the time also). Lancaster Women's Club, Patches of Garrard County 1976 - 1974, 1974. The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, October, 1945, Vol. 43 No. 145, Colonel William H. Caperton, Estill's Defeat, pp. 333-335. Although there is no proof of a relationship of Champ to William Miller, it is possible as Champ's mother had been married to a Miller, and the Champ Party's destination, from the beginning, seems to have been Miller's Station. It is also possible that Champ's half-brother Andrew Miller may have already been at Miller's Fort before the arrival of the Champ Party. This recorder suggests that William Miller may have been an uncle to Andrew. 14. Col. Thomas Kennedy is an interesting study separate of this report. As to his estate, only his son, Thomas, Jr. is believed to have squandered his portion of the estate, which was the larger part. It only took him four years to do so as he only survived his father by the same period of time. NOTE: the notes above were not done by me, I take no credit and will give full credit when I learn the researcher.

TIP #489 - MADISON COUNTY INDIAN RAIDS - PART 1 Roberta Willett sent me the following taken from the Draper Manuscripts and I thought you might be interested due to my recent look at the life and perils of our early settlers in the forts of Kentucky. This an a slightly different account of the Indian attack on the Stevenson house in Madison Co where her grandmother, Jane Stevenson was captured by the Indians. There will be notes at the end of this series which will give further information and possibly corrections. DRAPER MANUSCRIPT, Lyman Copeland Draper's Interview with William Champ of Paint Lick, Kentucky 11 September 1863. From William Champ born near the head of the North Fork of Roanoke, Botetourt County, Va. July 27th, 1776 - was taken to Miller's Station, on Paint Lick Creek, Oct. 4th, 1784. His father and others came through the wilderness together - some 25 young men, mounted, served as guard and pioneers - would go ahead towards night and select a proper camp, with water convenient. They camped on the south bank of Laurel River - the families arriving there after dark - had gone farther than usual as they could not find water. At their camp discover the dead body and other mangled carcasses of McNitt and Ford's defeat, which occurred at that place eight days before - hence about Sept. 22 - as Mr. Champ supposes it took about four days to thence to Miller's Station. Thirty odd persons were killed at that time - was called the big defeater camp. All that night, the Champ party were camped there, their dogs fought the wolves who were seeking the carcasses of the unfortunate slain. Polly Ford, so long with the Indians, was a daughter of Ford's - she once came to Kentucky, but did not like living with whites and soon returned to her Indian husband. Capt. Whitley raised around Crab Orchard and one from Miller's Station - Andw. Miller, a half brother of my informant - some 25 men, went and buried the dead - and then took the trail of the Indians. Whitley well concluded that as the Indians got a very large amount of plunder, they would make slow progress in their retreat. When Whitley and Party reached within a few miles of the Forks of Kentucky, where the old Indian trail crossed, he called a council of his men, and said it would be useless to pursue farther on the direct road, but proposed to make a dash and leave the trail and take a circuit and strike the forks of Kentucky at the crossing - making their best speed - all being mounted - they might possibly get to the ford before the Indians, in which case they could stand a fair chance of taking them unaware and defeating them. They all agreed to Whitley's plans and at once put it into execution. When reaching the ford, no fresh sign was discovered and glancing back towards Laurel, the unconscious Indians were discovered slowly winding down the hill with their long line of pack horses - both parties being on the South side of Kentucky. Whitley and his men quickly attacked them. Whitley and Andw. Miller shot the same Indian - the balls of both taking effect. (Tom) Kennedy, of Miller's Station - famous for wrestling and fisticuffs - having shot off his gun, threw it down empty, and made at an Indian near him, who with others was turning the pack horses, and endeavoring to get them to retrace their steps and as he jumped at the Indian and the latter saw a conflict unavoidable raised his hands, exclaiming "Ken-naw-la" - perhaps an expression of surrender - Kennedy only saying "I'll give you Ken-naw-la," and as they clinched, Kennedy could manage to throw him, but the Indian would squirm over and couldn't be kept down, and as they were on the side of the river bluff, they ultimately rolled down clinched, and as good luck would have it, at the bottom they rolled and lodged against a log, and Kennedy on top - when he resorted to new tactics, by quickly thrusting a thumb in to each of the Indian's eyes, and thus succeeding in holding him while the Indian was endeavoring to draw his tomahawk from his belt and use it on Kennedy's head - when Nathan Ferrisran up and dispatched the Indian and relieved Kennedy in his heinous (hideous) situation. Ferris came from Holston River. Whitley's party got three scalps - Indians dodged into the cave, and it was not regarded as safe to pursue them there: Recovered thirty three horses heavily loaded with the plunder from the (--?--) Camp, and brought it all in. As Whitley and his victorious party approached near to Miller's Station, they fired a feu de jore, when the women in the fort alarmed, supposing Indians were coming ran helter-skelter hunting up their children, to see that they were all inside the gates and picketing. They rejoiced in their ludicrous mistake - and Whitley's party went into Whitley's Station - advertised the recovered horses and plunder - all was claimed by survivors of the defeated party, except three horses with their packs, which were eventually sold and the proceeds divided among the captors. Edward Stevenson settled in Kentucky in 1785 - and about 1787, settled out, locating on the waters of Meadow Fork of Paint Lick Creek. His daughter Patsy, a young woman grown, in August, 1791, at dusk of evening baking bread for a party of persons expected to pass through the wilderness, sent her sister Jenny out at the yard fence to get some hickory bark, of which a pile had been gathered there, and having got some of the bark, she felt her head strike against something, and looking around discovered it was the muzzle of an Indian's gun, with several others protruding through the fence, when dropping her load, she ran for the house exclaiming "there's a whole yard full of Indians." Her sister Sally, came to the door to see about the alarm and was shot through the body, though in her confusion did not then know it - she barred the door and then discovered by the dripping blood that she was wounded. Mr. Stevenson was at home and ready for the Indians - they soon decamped. A silk handkerchief was drawn through Sally's wound, and she soon recovered - though shot completely through the body. Attack on Stevenson's, Aug., 1792. Just a year after Sally Stevenson was wounded, early one morning in August, Andrew Stevenson, a lad of some eight years. With a younger brother, came home from their neighbor, Mr. Robinson's where they had accompanied some of the Robinson boys from school and stayed all night. As the family was not yet up, the boys whopped and yelled around in sport, when at length their sister Patsy got up and unbarred the door to let the boys in - when several Indians rushed up so suddenly that none discovered them until they had possession of the door. Stevenson and a young man named Bonham jumped out of bed. Bonham was instantly shot and fell back dead upon the bed as he was in the act of putting on his pantaloons. Mrs. Stevenson was shot while yet in bed, probably mistaken for a man - the ball entering below the knee and (--?--) up breaking the thigh bone half way up her body. She never recovered, except to crawl about and lived only a few years and the ball went through her arm without breaking the bone. One of the Indians, who proved to be Captain Blue Skin, a Shawnee, and the leader of this party, rushed into the room, with a large knife nine or ten inches long, with a heavy buck-horn handle, in one hand, a large war club in the other - made a dash at Stevenson, who as he jumped from bed, without stopping for his clothes, aimed for his cutlass sword which was hanging up -but the Indian seized him before he could get it and commenced using his knife freely, cutting and slashing and stabbing and making the blood fly endeavoring to wield his war club, the handle had become slippery with the blood spiriting from Stevenson's wounds, it flew from his grasp and flew completely under one of the beds and no more figured in the contest. Attempting to seize the formidable knife by the blade, Stevenson got both his hands completely scraped of flesh - the handle of the knife having a natural knob on the end, enabled its possessor easily to hold on his grasp. The other three or four Indians were intervening this unequal and exciting contest grinning and laughing - when Patsy who, for the moment, for this was all the work of a moment - stood behind the door, now suddenly shut the door with such force as to knock the Indians out and some of them upon their backs on the ground - the next instant she had the door barred. Remembering her father's butcher knife was in its scabbard hanging up with his gun and shot pouch and powder horn on hooks on the wall, ran and got it, and commenced stabbing the Indian -giving him half a dozen stabs, but each time striking his breast bone, and the last time with such force as to break the blade. As she turned away, Captain Blue Skin made a stab at her. This Indian and his antagonist at that moment grasped and floundering about the room and completely severed a big toe from one of her feet, which bounced away. Mr. Stevenson now weak, with a portion of his entrails protruding from his wounds, called to his little son Andrew to get his gun and shoot the Indian, saying if the Indian should succeed in killing him, he would then soon kill them all. Andrew seized the first gun he came at, which proved to be a double-triggered gun, of which he had no knowledge of the management, and cocked it without setting the trigger, and aimed to shoot the Indian, but it would not go off and so exclaimed to his father, who told him to pull harder on the trigger. He did so and broke both triggers. Then Mr. Stevenson mistrusted the matter, said to Andrew to throw it down, and get another - all were loaded for use at a moment's warning - and got his hunting gun, with a half ounce ball. Mr. S. now kept urging Andrew to shoot and the Indian probably seeing how matters stood made desperate efforts to dispatch his antagonist and keep on the alert meanwhile - so Andrew placed the muzzle to the pit of the Indian's stomach and fired - the Indian rolled over, and gave a single long groan and all was over with him. The Indians outside had been endeavoring to break in the heavy (--?--) door, now hearing this groan, made off. The Indians previous to attacking Stevenson's house had gathered up in that region quite a drove of horses. Jenny Stevenson, sleeping in the loft of the house, and while the Indians at the commencement of the affair were at the front door, jumped out of an upper window, her petticoat caught on a fence stake, which threw her head downwards and broke the straps of her garment, and she ran off in her undress; perhaps a hundred yards off at the spring was a lame Indian, who intercepted the fleeing girl and made off with her. Her brother William, who seems not to have been at home during this attack, served on Wayne's campaign of 1794 & 1795, and at the treaty got his sister - she was married to a French trader in Detroit who (-----ed) her out in gaudy dresses. It was very likely a marriage of necessity or convenience. After her return home, she married Mr. Turbing and they left the country. Patsy never married in Madison. Sally married Edmund Terrill, a young man, moved away and raised a large family of children. Don't know what became of Andrew. The killing of Mr. Stevenson and crippling and short life of Mrs. Stephenson, scattered the family. Dr. Reuben Smith, a physician from of the eastern states, attended Stevenson, cut off a plate full of caul fat and cleansed his entrails and got them in again as well as he could and said the man could not live. He survived till the next morning. Dr. Smith attended to families professionally at twenty five cents a year for each person, taking his pay in the produce of the country. Thus many subscribed for his services, and was faithful and got a fair living. He resided in Madison Co., and died a few years after of consumption. Before noon of the day of the attack, fifteen men gathered, my informant one of them - Col. Edmund Terrill, an old Revolutionary Va. Colonel who served in Washington's army, was among them, and proposed to go and reconnoiter and scout - ten volunteered, Champ among them, then 16 years of age, all mounted - soon found the trail and followed till a heavy storm obliterated all traces of the route of the fugitives and had to abandon the pursuit that afternoon, leaving the Indians to retire with their prisoner and horses. With a pony and rope, the dead Indian was dragged off some distance and left - after which a young Harris (not Nathan) cut a piece of skin from the Indian's back for a razor strap. 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TIP #488 - JOHN BRECKINRIDGE Breckinridge County was formed in 1799 and was named for the Honorable John Breckinridge. The county seat is Hardinsburg, named for in honor of Captain William Hardin who was a distinguished Indian fighter. This town dated back to 1782 Captain Hardin was said by historian Lewis Collins to be "a man of dauntless courage and resolution - cool, calm, and self-possessed in the midst of most appalling dangers, and perfectly skilled in all the wiles and arts of border warfare." The following stories are found in Collins History of Kentucky, pp. 213- and are abstracted here. Captain Hardin erected a station in now Breckinridge County and he soon learned that the Indians were building a town on Saline Creek in IL. He considered this too close to his settlement and determined to dislodge them. He picked out 80 men whom he considered to be the hardiest and boldest and they experienced a life of "perilous adventure." When this band of men reached the vicinity of the lick, they saw Indian signs. They approached the town cautiously and soon found there were only three warriors present, left behind to guard the town. Two of these warriors were killed by his men while the third tried to make his escape; he was shot as he ran. However, he sprang to his feet and ran another 50 yards or so before dying. Hardin then picked out a spot which they could lie in wait; difficult in that there were but few trees and much prairie land.. He left a scout who was to signal them upon the return of the other warriors when they came within 25 feet. Soon after, the small band of men took their positions and saw the Indians rapidly approaching them. One of Hardin's men became excited and started shooting when the Indians were still 100 yards or so away. The Indians charged and a heavy fight ensued. The first shot towards Hardin's men resulted in his being shot in the thigh. Instead of surrendering, he sat down on a log and during the whole battle gave his men instructions. The battle was won but many of his men were killed or seriously injured. Collins noted that this battle was never reported to the government. I have not found any detailed lists of settlers who were at Hardin's station; Collins instead turns his attention to John Breckinridge. He was born in Augusta Co VA, the son of Colonel Robert Breckinridge, 21 Dec 1760. His paternal ancestors were called "Scotch Irish"; they were Presbyterians from the north of Ireland, but originally from Scotland. John Breckinridge'' paternal and maternal grandfathers are buried in the grave yard of the Tinkling Springs congregation in the county of Augusta. His mother was Lettice Preston, the oldest child of John Preston and Elizabeth Patton and was his father's second wife. General James Breckinridge of Virginia was his younger and full brothers; General Robert Breckinridge of Kentucky was a half-brother. When very young, John went with his family to the Fincastle in Bottetourt County VA; here his father died when John was about 11 years old. His mother was left to raise seven children. He attended the college of William and Mary in Virginia; was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses. He married, in 1785, Mary Hopkins Cabell, daughter of Colonel Joseph Cabell, of Buckingham Co VA and settled in Albemarle Co where he practiced law. In the spring of 1793, he moved to Kentucky and settled near Lexington. He resided here until his death on 14 Dec 1806, at age 46. (c) Copyright 29 Apr 2004, Sandra K.Gorin. Colonel Sandi Gorin SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html SCKY surname registry sites: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/reg.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/forms/SCKYreg.html Gorin Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

For one week, I am taking a break from writing about Kentucky. I think that if you've been following this in the newspapers, this is an extremely interesting topic. I hope you enjoy a tale of bravery. A submarine in the Civil War? I guess I had never thought about this too much; to me submarines came at a much later date. But I have recently become fascinated with America's first attempts to win a war from under water. Picture yourself in the midst of the Civil War. The Southern States had taken a vote and seceded from the Union, forming the Confederate States of America. South Carolina led the way and began seizing the forts along their borders and their coastline. Federal Major Robert Anderson was assigned at the Fort Sumter in April 1861 and found that there were not enough supplied to survive the month. General Beuregard sent a letter to Anderson that same month, demanding surrender. The suggestion was refused and the next day, before daylight, Beauregard opened fire on the fort. The fort fell to the Confederates within 2 days. Enter the H. L. Hunley who was to dive beneath the Atlantic Ocean on August 29th, 1863. When the Hunley arrived in Charleston 12 Aug 1863, and soon Horace Hunley himself arrived. He filled out requisitions for uniforms for his crew who were to go where no man had gone before. He ordered nine gray jackets, trimmed in gold braid. He stated that these nine men were on "special secret service and it was necessary they be clothed in the Confederate Army uniform. After receiving the jackets, Union forces on Morris Island began their siege of the city of Charleston. The town was soon under heavy fire and they knew the "Hunley" was their only hope. It was called a "torpedo fish." The intensity of the battle grew and the Confederates began to question among themselves as to why the Hunley hadn't made an attack. One problem was obvious, many felt that the men where ill-equipped to be sailors. The Confederate seized the Hunley and turned it over to the Navy. The first crew which sailed on the 29th of August 18673 were: Survivors: Charles Hasker, John A. Payne , Charles Sprague and William Robinson Lost: Michael Cane, Nicholas Davis, Frank Doyle, John Kelly, Absolum Williams The five men lost were buried at a mariner's graveyard off the bank of the Ashley River, a military graveyard during the Civil War. The cemetery was covered over accidentally by a football stadium in 1948 - Johnson Hagood football stadium. The cemetery also included 22 other Confederate sailors and marines and one child. Historians discovered the remains of the Hunley's first crew in June of 1999, during an archaeological dig beneath the football stadium. On March 25, 2000, more than 2,500 people came to Magnolia Cemetery to bury the five crewmembers with full military honors. They were buried alongside the H. L. Hunley's second crew. With the Navy now in control, another crew needed to be assembled. Lieutenant John A Payne was assigned; he had experience with the Chicora. The crew planned on a night time attack, but the Hunley disappeared off the end of Fort Johnson warm. Four escaped, five drowned. Charles Hasker, a survivor stated that Lt. Payne accidentally stepped on the lever which controlled the dive pins causing the submarine to dive with all the hatches open. General Beuregard ordered the submarine to be surfaced and salvaging efforts began and retrieval of the bodies. The second crew, which had sailed on 15 Oct 1863 included: Captain Horace Hunley, Robert Brookbank, Joseph Patterson, Thomas Parks, Charles McHugh, Henry Beard, John Marshall and Charles L. Sprague. Hunley was not to be discouraged! He had convinced the Confederate Navy to try again and use a crew from Mobile, AL who knew of his operations. He departed to Parks and Lyons Machine Shop there to enlist a crew. One of the sons of the co-owners, Thomas W. Parks joined along with other recruits who it is thought were also from Mobile. But, again, the Hunley sank while performing an exercise. All eight men on board, including Horace Hunley himself, perished. The submarine was later found nose down in the mud. The Navy hauled it up from the floor of the ocean, but several days had passed due to bad weather. The diver's equipment was bulky and heavy copper. It appeared that the crew hadn't been able to close the forward sea valve thus letting freezing water to enter the ballast tank and wasn't pumped back into the sea. It was thought that possibly the valve handle had fallen off. But - new volunteers had already stepped forward. Lt George E Dixon commanded the new crew who, after months of repairs, modifications of modifications and practice were ready to dive. This crew consisted of: Lt. George E. Dixon - enlisted as a private in Company "A" of the 21st Alabama Infantry, promoted to first lieutenant fall of 1863. His crew: Arnold Becker, Cpl. C F Carlson, Frank Collins, C. Simkins, Joseph Ridgaway, ___ Miller and James A Wicks. They were determined to save Charleston! The mission began on an extremely cold and quiet night just outside Charleston Harbor, four miles off Breach Inlet in Sullivan's Island. The results are shown here: "Contact: Below the waterline - as bullets bounced off its cylindrical body, the H.L. Hunley rammed her long metal spar into the stern area, planting a 135 pound torpedo into the Warship Housatonic. The men inside the Hunley lunged forward from the impact, then quickly backed their sub out as the 150-foot attached detonation rope played out. Within seconds, the world rocked and every man, above and below, became enveloped in a concussion of destruction. Aftermath: The explosion caused the USS Housatonic to burn for three minutes before sending the sloop-of-war collapsing to the bottom killing five sailors. The Hunley then surfaced long enough for her crew to signal their comrades on the shore of Sullivan's Island with a blue magnesium light, indicating a successful mission. The shore crew stoked their signal fires and anxiously awaited the Hunley's safe return. But minutes after her historic achievement, the Hunley and all hands onboard vanished into the sea without a trace." Undersea explorers and treasure hunters have searched around the area where the Housatonic sank, hoping to find the Hunley and her crew. Awards up to $100,000 were offered by P T Barnum. It was not until 1995 when Clive Cussler, an author and adventurer, found the Hunley resting on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, just outside Charleston Harbor. Then, 137 years after she sank, 8 Aug 2002, she was seen for the first time. On 17 April 2004, the crew was buried at the Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston SC. They were buried with full military honors. Sources: http://www.hunley.org Ragan, Mark K., Submarines, Sacrifice, & Success in the Civil War citation (c) Copyright 22 Apr 2004, Sandra K. Gorin Colonel Sandi Gorin SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html SCKY surname registry sites: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/reg.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/forms/SCKYreg.html Gorin Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

TIP #476 - CAPTAIN GARRARD'S TROOPS - WAR of 1812 First, some additional information. Robyn Collins of the list sent me the following information and I thought you would find it interesting. RobCOLL224@aol.com "I was very interested to read your story of the "Shanks Family Massacre". I have collected several different versions from different historians, but they are basically all the same. Elizabeth "Betsy" SHANKS was the widow of Daniel GILLESPIE. He had been killed in another raid by Indians a few months previous to this raid, along with Betsy's father, Christian SHANKS. Betsy remarried to William B. JONES. William is part of my JONES line that I have been researching for years." In Collins' History of Kentucky from which I've been quoting, is a list of Captain Garrard's troops. Since the purpose of my research tips is not only to discuss how, why and wherefore, I also attempt to locate people whose names are not always on record. The below is taken from a "Muster roll of a troop of volunteer state dragoons, for twelve months, under the command of Captain William Garrard, of Major James V. Ball's squadron, in the service of the United States from date of the last muster (October 31, 1812), to the 31st of December, 1812, inclusive, with the remarks appended to each name. The roll is certified to be correct, and the remarks as accurate and just, by the officers." This muster roll is included in Collins' discussion of Bourbon County, Vol. II, p. 199 Officers: William Garrard, Captain frost bitten Edmond Bayse, 1st Lt, frost bitten and wounded David M Hickman, 2nd Lt wounded Thos. H. McClanahan, Cornet frost bitten Chas S Clarkson, 1st Sgt sick and on furlough William Barton, 2nd Sgt sick and on furlough John Clark, 3rd Sgt sick, died 15 Nov 1812 Benj. W. Edwards, 4th Sgt sick, Serg't Major James Benson, 1st Cpl sick and on furlough Wm Walton, 2nd Cpl sick and on furlough, frost bitten Jesse Todd, 3rd Cpl sick, absent Jno S Bristow, 4th Cpl sick, frost bitten Joseph McConnell, Farrier wounded Dec 18 Ephraim Wilson, Trumpeter frost bitten William Daviss, Saddler frost bitten, resigned Nov. 20 Privates: John Finch frost bitten, appointed Sergeant William Beneer present fit for duty David B Langhorn frost bitten John Wynne sick, absent William Mountjoy frost bitten Samuel Henderson frost bitten Henry Wilson wounded Dec 18th, 1812 William Jones sick and on furlough John Terrill frost bitten Walter Woodyard frost bitten Moses Richardson frost bitten, wounded 18th Dec Jacob Shy frost bitten Lewis Duncan sick and on furlough Robert Thomas frost bitten Jacob Counts absent and on furlough John Snoddy frost bitten Thomas Bedford killed in action 18th Dec James Finch frost bitten and sick Walker Thornton present, fit for duty Thomas Eastin wounded on the 18th Dec Gerrard Robinson sick and on furlough William M Baylor frost bitten Alexander Scott frost bitten William Scott frost bitten, wounded Dec 18 James Clark frost bitten, sick Roger P West burned by the explosion of powder Frederick Loring frost bitten Thomas Barton frost bitten Samuel J. Caldwell frost bitten and sick John Baseman frost bitten Jesse Bowlden frost bitten John Funston frost bitten James Johnston frost bitten John Layson frost bitten Will. B Northcutt frost bitten Jonathan Clinkenbeard frost bitten Thomas Webster wounded on 18th Dec. Abel C Pepper frost bitten and sick Beverly Brown killed in action 18th Dec Edward Waller fit for duty Gustavus E Edwards wounded, frost bitten Stephen Barton wounded, frost bitten Stephen Bedford wounded, frost bitten John M Robinson frost bitten Jacob Sharrer sick, on furlough Isaac Sanders rejoined 26th November James Brown frost bitten Henry Towles sick, on furlough John Metcalfe frost bitten Stephen Owen frost bitten James Conn sick, on furlough Jacob Thomas frost bitten William Allentharp not yet joined the troops Nathaniel Hill not yet joined the troops Strother J Hawkins wounded, frost bitten Edward McGuire sick on furlough Troy Waugh, servant frost bitten Horses eight killed, eight wounded Now - before we just rush through this list looking for familiar names, go back again and realize what was happening. Captain Garrard had set out in the month in question with 82 officers and privates, one servant and horses. Of the 82, only two were fit for duty! Can you just for a moment imagine what hardships this group of dragoons went through in the battle, the cold, the illness? Multiply this by all the brave soldiers of the War of 1812 and we can just start to imagine what it was like. Next week: A look at Breckinridge County and the Indian battle of Capt. William Hardin who erected a station in current day Breckinridge. (c) Copyright 15 Apr 2004, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved. Colonel Sandi Gorin SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html SCKY surname registry sites: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/reg.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/forms/SCKYreg.html Gorin Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

Before beginning, may I make a correction. Fort Estill was in Madison Co near the current-day Blue Grass Army Depot. Thanks for an observant lister! Information for this post again taken from the writings of Lewis Collins, historian, pp 195-199. He states that when there were but few settlers in Bourbon county, a band of about 20 Indians came to steal horses. A dozen hunters followed their train and overtook them at Stoner, a few miles above Paris, and after a gun battle the hunters had killed one of the Indians and wounded several others. This caused the Indians to flee, but they came back and returned fire on the hunters. The fight was continued for a long time per Collins. Finally the white settlers ran out of ammunition and they were all wounded. They left as quickly as they could. The one hunter killed was Frank Hickman whose skeleton was found later and identified by the initials on his knee buckles. In June 1780 Martin's Station was captured by a large body of Canadians and Indians led by Colonel Byrd, an officer of the British Army. Then on 11 April 1787, there was a widow named Shanks who lived on Cooper's run, and was involved in an attack. She lived in what they then called a "double cabin" in a very lonely part of the county. Widow Shanks lived in one room in the cabin along with two grown sons, a widowed daughter who had a suckling child. The other section of the cabin was occupied by two unmarried daughters who were still awake at 11 pm that fateful night, weaving. Everyone else had already fallen asleep except one of the sons in the other section. The only sound heard was the hooting of the owls in the timber and the unusual stirring of the horses - a good sign of trouble. The son almost woke his brother several times but hesitated thinking he might be thought a coward. Then he heard steps outside in the yard and there were several loud knocks at the door. In perfect English a voice said "who keeps house?" The son thought it was one of his neighbors seeking assistance and withdrew the bar which secured the door. Widow Shanks, on hearing the voice and having more experience, detected an Indian tone to the voice and jumped out of bed. She ordered her son to re-latch the door! She instantly woke the other son and they all grabbed their guns. The Indian intruder started pounding on the door, but one shot back by one of the residents of the cabin discouraged him. But ... the intruders discovered the other door which opened into the other part of the cabin where the daughters and the infant were. The Indians forced open the door to the girl's room by ripping off railing from the fence and charging. The youngest daughter was captured immediately and the other daughter put up a tremendous fight. She had grabbed a knife she had been using at the loom and stabbed one of the Indians in the heart. Then she was tomahawked. The youngest girl had been ignored while this battle ensued with her older sister and she made her escape and ran out into the yard. Her screaming alerted the Indians when she screamed that her sisters had been killed, but her brothers didn't hear her. When the brother finally heard her cries, Widow Shanks rushed to them and threw herself in front of them. She demanded in a stern voice that the girl's fate was sealed . At that moment the little girl's scream could be heard and then a few moans, and then silence. The next sound they heard was the crackling of fire, a victory yell from the Indians - the girl's portion of the cabin was burning. The fire spread rapidly and in a few moments had caught the other portion of the cabin on fire, forcing Widow Shanks and the sons to run out or perish in the fire. They threw the door open and with the sons holding up their widowed mother made a sprint outside and attempted to cross the wooden fence. Somehow the blaze distracted the waiting Indians and they didn't see the escape. The widow and her sons reached the stile but during her crossing, the Indians saw them and she suffered several balls to the chest and fell dead upon the ground. One of her sons took no fire. He was trying to protect the younger woman and her child. The Indians charged and the young man fought with all his strength drawing attention to himself and allowing his sister a chance to escape. But his fight was short-lived as he was tomahawked and was found the next morning, scalped and mangled in a horrid manner. Once a family of eight, only three escaped to tell their story. Four had been killed on the spot and one carried off a prisoner. The neighborhood (often many miles apart) heard of the attack and at daylight, thirty men were assembled under the command of Colonel Edwards. A snow covered the ground by daylight and the trail of the Indians could be easily followed. It led to the mountainous country near the Licking and it indicated that the Indians were going at a rapid gait. But, they made a mistake. They had taken a hound with them and as the trail grew fresh, she started barking eagerly, thus alerting the Indians. They in retaliation sunk a tomahawk into the skull of the captured sister. As Colonel Edwards' band approached they found her in the snow, barely alive. The girl with her last strength waved her hands and appeared to want to tell them something. But she was too weak from the loss of blood. Her only living brother sprang from his horse and tried to stop the bleeding. She tried to speak but it came out as gurgles and within two minutes she lie dead upon the snowy ground. The settlers, enraged even further, took off in pursuit of the Indian band and within 20 minutes reached their goal. They were located in a narrow valley and in order to make the white men think there were more Indians than there really were, they darted back from tree to tree making it appear that there was a larger band. But Colonel Edwards and his men were quite wise to this tactic and readily determined that they outnumbered the Indians. Firing started and it was soon determined that there were only two Indians who were really in attack against them. They were the "sacrifices" offered by the Indians in order to protect the rest of the band. One of the Indians was killed immediately, the other wounded. The wounded Indian limped off with the whites in pursuit. This continued until night; the trail was lost because of darkness and the Indian crossing a creek. Colonel Edwards' band finally realized the trial was cold and returned. But a few weeks later, the settlers experienced a miracle. About sunrise a young man of "wild and savage appearance" appeared in the front of a cabin and helloed in a "barbarous dialect" - neither Indian nor English. It became obvious that he was white - or had been - but was now tanned due to the elements. He was dressed like an Indian and it looked like he was no older than 20 years old. Although the residents could not understand him, it was obvious he was trying them something. More and more people of the neighborhood began to gather to look upon this strange looking young man. The young man seemed to withdraw with the appearance of more people, his eyes rolled, and he looked more like a trapped animal. Several of the settlers understood the Indian tongue and began communicating with him. They finally got the story that he had been kidnapped by the Indians at birth and adopted by an Indian warrior who brought him up as his own son. He had experienced a happy life until the previous month. He said that a few weeks ago, his Indian father and a younger brother had gone out hunting on the waters of the Miami (about 40miles from Cincinnati), and after all their meats, skins etc had been secured, the old Indian chief wanted to do something to gratify his children and said he would be taking them on a war expedition to Kentucky. They built a bark canoe, crossed the Ohio near the mouth of the Licking and then buried the canoe to prevent discovery and the sun's rays. They proceeded about 15 miles from the river and heard an owl cry in a strange tone. The chief said this boded of death and determined to return to the river. The sons protested, ready for adventure and he was finally persuaded to continue into Kentucky. The old man had bad dreams that night on what faced them in Kentucky and he tried to talk the kidnapped white son and his own son to return. The boys again begged for a continuance and the three headed towards Bourbon County. They reached a house there which the chief hailed in English and suddenly the young man was overcome by the desire to return to his own people, the white man. As the interpreters continued with his story, some thought he was a spy and ordered his arrest. Others believed his tale and wanted him to prove the point by took some of the settlers to where the canoe was buried. He refused to do this, he had deserted his Indian father and brother and he did not want to betray them. But finally he complied. He however took them slowly - first to where an iron kettle had been left, then to the spot of the owl's hoot, in order to give his father and brother a chance to escape. But finally, there was no more delaying and the settlers saw an old man and a young boy sitting by a fire cooking venison. The deserting boy became excited at the sight of them and begged the bands not to kill him, but take then only as prisoners. The white men agreed but the old man and his son became agitated and tried to escape. Firing resulted and the old chief was killed. The kidnapped white boy was so distraught over this, sprang from his horse and ran to the old man's side. The warrior's other son was able to escape. The white boy raised as an Indian wept greatly and fell across his "father's" body. The warrior, just before death, recognized him and held out his hand and grasped it. The white band urged the boy to take them immediately to where the canoe was buried so the warrior's son could not escape. He begged them to spare his "brother's" life. But the men were insistent. He sadly started to lead them to the canoe - however, there were no tracks so the young man hadn't arrived. The band hid themselves in the trees and finally the young Indian arrived and started digging out the canoe. The shots began to ring out, and balls were so fierce as to throw his body into the air, and then the young Indian died. He was scalped in retaliation and buried where he fell. He never saw his white brother. The former captive returned with the white men in Bourbon County but never was known to have regained his tranquility of mind. He then disappeared as quickly as he had appeared and returned to the Indian band, distraught over the ferocity of the white race. He was never seen again. Next week I will publish a list of Captain Garrarad's troops, volunteer state dragoons. (c) Copyright 8 April 2004, Sandra K. Gorin. All rights reserved. Colonel Sandi Gorin SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html SCKY surname registry sites: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/reg.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/forms/SCKYreg.html Gorin Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

TIP #484 ATTACK AT ESTILL'S STATION Estill's Station was located in Montgomery County KY. Captain John A Crawford raised the first crop of corn there in 1780. He had been hired to clear land and cultivate a few acres of corn and in return he would receive 100 acres of choice land. He, along with a slave, cleared four acres and planted corn and received his acreage. In 1782, the county was the scene of a struggle between the white settlers and the Indians. This battle is known as "Estill's Defeat". Twenty-five Wyandots invaded Estill's Station in May of that year which was on the south side of the Kentucky River. One white man was killed, a Negro prisoner was taken, the cattle killed. The Wyandots then retreated back into the timber. Captain Estill gathered together 25 men and pursued the Wyandots seeking vengeance. They met at the Hinkston fork of the Licking River. The Indians had just crossed the creek, narrow at that point, and were slowly and calmly climbing a hill on the opposite side. Estill ordered his men to begin firing. The Chief was wounded severely and the Indians started to run. The Chief told them to hold their ground and fight, and they turned and began fire on Estill's band of men. Estill had already formed his men in a line, ready to fight and sought the limited protection of trees and bushes along the river bank. The size of the enemies were equal at 25 men each. The fight continued for an hour and white men and Indian fell. It was reported that nearly 1/4th of both sides lie dead. Captain Estill determined that nothing would be gained by continuing to fight in this manner. He looked around and saw that there was no way of going forward across the creek. Then he saw a valley running from the creek toward the rear of the enemy's line. He decided to take six of his men by this valley and come up behind the Indians. He would stay with the remaining men to give the Indian fire and distract them. The six men moved slowly off under the command of a Lieutenant Miller but somehow Lt Miller didn't understand or have the ability to do what was expected of him. He and his men didn't go quickly enough. The Indians, realizing that not as many men were firing back at them, ordered his braves to charge across the creek. The remaining white men, including Estill were charged with great force. Captain Estill and eight of his men were killed; the Indians lost ½ of their men. The battle lasted two hours. The last attack took place on Easter Monday, 1 April 1793. The Indians took Morgan's Station on Slate Creek, about seven miles east of Mount Sterling. In this battle, 19 white prisoners were taken, all women and children. The station was totally unprepared for the attack and was apparently not well guarded. One old man and a woman were killed and when the white settlers started fleeing, several more were killed or taken prisoner. It was only after the Treaty of Greenville was signed in 1795 that these latter prisoners were re-united with their family. References: "History of Kentucky" by Lewis Collins, originally produced in the First Edition of his works known as the Historical Sketches of Kentucky, published in Mayesville in 1847. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5417/GenReports/stations.htm Shows a list of all the forts and stations with a map which is clickable for enlargement. The Greenville Treaty text: http://www.bluemud.org/article/11215 (c) Copyright 1 Apr 2004, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved Colonel Sandi Gorin SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html SCKY surname registry sites: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/reg.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/forms/SCKYreg.html Gorin Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

TIP #484 KINCHELOE'S STATION - "THE BURNT STATION" The following is taken from "History of Kentucky" by Lewis Collins, originally produced in the First Edition of his works known as the Historical Sketches of Kentucky, published in Mayesville in 1847, pp 532-535. Spencer County KY was formed in 1824, named for Captain Spear Spencer. It lies in the middle part of Kentucky and Taylorsville is the county seat. The following history was shared by Collins. I want you to read it as though you were living in 1782 in a station called Kincheloe's, in the middle of a wilderness, always surrounded by danger. I want you to feel what the inhabitants of this station must have felt and feel pride along with your fear in the bravery of those who huddled there on one fateful day. And, thankfulness for one "savage" who put aside his hatred to save one woman. "In August, 1782, shortly after the Battle of Blue Licks, some western bands of Indians, believed to have been engaged in that conflict, infested the settlements along the Salt river. Intelligence was promptly communicated to Colonel Floyd, who instantly ordered out a party of militia to scour the country where the savages were suspected to be lurking. Some of the party were from Kincheloe's station on Simpson's creek, which consisted of six or seven families. On the first of September the militia, unable to discover any Indians, dispersed and returned to their homes. There had been no alarm at Kincheloe's station during the absence of the men, and upon reaching home late in the evening, greatly fatigued and without apprehension of danger, they retired to rest. At the dead hour of the night, when the inmates of the station were wrapt in the most profound sleep, the Indians made a simultaneous attack upon the cabins of the station, and, breaking open the doors, commenced an indiscriminate massacre of men, women and children. The unconscious sleepers were awakened but to be cut down, or to behold their friends fall by their side. A few only, availing themselves of the darkness of the night, escaped the tomahawk or captivity. Among those who effected their escape, was Mrs. Davis, whose husband was killed, and another woman whose name is not given. They fled to the woods, where they were fortunately joined by a lad, by the name of Ash, who conducted them to Cox's station. "William Harrison, after placing his wife and a young woman of the family, under the floor of the cabin, made his escape under cover of darkness. He remained secreted in the neighborhood until he was satisfied the Indians had retired, when he returned to the cabin and liberated his wife and her companion from their painful situations. "Thomas Randolph occupied one of the small cabins, with his wife and two children, one an infant. The Indians succeeded in breaking into his house, and although they outnumbered him for or five to one, he stood by his wife and children with heroic firmness. He had succeeded in killing several Indians, when his wife, and the infant in her arms, were both murdered by his side. He instantly placed his remaining child in the loft, then mounting himself, made his escape through the roof. As he alighted on the ground from the roof of the cabin, he was assailed by two of the savages whom he had just forced out of the house. With his knife he inflicted a severe wound upon one, and gave the other a studding blow with the empty gun, when they both retreated. Freed from his foes, he snatched up his child, plunged into the surrounding forest, and was soon beyond the reach of danger. Several women and children were cruelly put to death after they were made prisoners, on the route to the Indian towns. On the second day of her captivity, Mrs. Bland, one of the prisoners, made her escape in the bushes. Totally unacquainted with the surrounding country, and destitute of a guide, for eighteen successive days she rambled through the woods, without seeing a human face, without clothes, and subsisting upon sour grapes and green walnuts, until she became a sleeping skeleton. On the eighteenth day she was accidentally discovered and taken to Lynn's station, where, from kind attention and careful nursing, her health and strength were soon restored. "The situation of Mrs. Polk, another prisoner, with four children, was almost as pitiable as that of Mrs. Bland. She was far advanced in a state of pregnancy, and compelled to walk until she became almost incapable of motion. She was then threatened with death, and the tomahawk brandished over her head by one Indian, when another, who saw it, begged her life - took her under his care - mounted her on a horse with two of the children, and conducted her safely to Detroit. Here she was purchased by a British trader, well treated, and enabled to write to her husband, who, though a resident of the station, was absent at the time of her capture. On the receipt of her letter, the husband immediately repaired to Detroit, obtained his wife and five children, and returned with them safely to Kentucky. After the peace of the succeeding year, the remainder of the prisoners were also liberated and returned home." Some sites of interest: http://www.graphicenterprises.net/ Re-enacting/Still_Photography/Salt_River/salt_river.html (last year's re-enactment of the massacre at Kincheloe's Station - photographs. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5417/GenReports/stations.htm Shows a list of tall the forts and stations with a map which is clickable for enlargement. Kincheloe's station is #59 on the map. http://www.lynn-linn-lineage-quarterly.com/Draper/Kentucky%20Papers.htm Exerpts from the Draper Papers showing reel # with history of Kincheloe's station and names. http://www.champenois.com/pafn08.htm Family citations of William Kincheloe (c) Copyright 25 March 2004, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved. Colonel Sandi Gorin SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html SCKY surname registry sites: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/reg.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/forms/SCKYreg.html Gorin Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

TIP #483 GRANDPA SAID I'M DESCENDED FROM POCAHONTAS! One of the most frequent questions I have been asked over the year deals with people attempting to prove that they have Native American (or commonly called, Indian) blood in their veins. It is a most difficult subject and sad to say, many times cannot be proven. Oral tradition or Grandpa's stories of his mother or father being a full blooded Native American brings up wonderful visions, but many times the heritage cannot be proven. Rather than give you my feelings on the subject, this tip will be simply references for you to look up on your own, taken from various sources. If you think that you do have a connection - here are some places that you can check out. First of all - it has been stated many times that the most prominent early Indian tribes in Kentucky included the Cherokee, Chickasaws and the Shawnees. Most of these tribes were out of Kentucky by the early 1800's - either being killed in battles with the settlers or being resettled. No separate records were kept for people with American Indian blood. Check out: "Native Races" section of the United States Research Outline (30972) for suggestions on how to research American Indian ancestry. If you are searching for American Indians in Kentucky, search the same types of records used to research non-Indians. Or: McConnell, Michael Norman. A Country Between: The Upper Ohio Valley and Its Peoples, 1724-1774. Lincoln, Nebr.: University of Nebraska Press, 1992. (FHL book 977.1 F3m. This book contains a very thorough history of Indians in the upper Ohio Valley, (Ohio, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania.) In order to prove, with the required supporting evidence, your family tradition, you need to: 1. Determine the time period. When did your Native American ancestor(s) live here? 2. Determine the tribe. 3. Determine the location. Was this tribe in Kentucky? To help you do this check out: Swanton, John R. The Indian Tribes of North America, 1952, reprint. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974. (FHL book 970.1 Sm69b No. 145; computer number 68353.) Waldman, Carl. Atlas of the North American Indian. New York: Facts on File Publications, 1985. (FHL book 970.1 W146a; computer number 451994.) 4. Check out local resources for the area of interest through libraries. 5. Learn as much as you can about the tribe. Where did they migrate? What were their marriage customs? What was their relationship with churches or government agencies? What were their naming patterns? 6. Try to determine if records were kept on that tribe and if they are available. The following will help: American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. 1984 ed. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1995. (FHL book 970.1 Un3a; fiche 6125472; computer number 361359.) Hill, Edward E. Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1981. (FHL book 970.1 H551g; computer number 154874.) 7. Does the Family History Library have records on file? You can search by the tribe, or a general search of Indians in America. I recommend you read the following found at: http://www.comanchelodge.com/chickamauga-cherokee.html http://www.cyndislist.com/native.htm Cyndi's List of Native American Genealogy http://members.aol.com/rarebk/tut.html- How to trace your Cherokee ancestry. http://community-2.webtv.net/@HH!3D!69!B1078426DAE8/jcastorena/THEODDANDSTRA NGE/page2.html - many Native American sites linked http://www.abcgenealogy.com/Ethnic/Native_American/ - ABC Ethnic http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/archive/nl/9503/0071.html - Original inhabitants of Kentucky http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/ - lists all the Rootsweb lists one can subscribe to for various tribal genealogy and general information I thank many Native American research sites on the web for most of these references! (c) Copyright 18 March 2004, Sandra K. Gorin Colonel Sandi Gorin SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html SCKY surname registry sites: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/reg.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/forms/SCKYreg.html Gorin Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

TIP #483 - ASHES IN THE FIREPLACE A reader of this list sent me an email that got me to thinking. I honestly didn't have an answer for her but have been thinking of her circumstances - which, I fear, are all to common. Questions sent me boil down to basically the following problems." "My family just doesn't care for my genealogical research. They won't provide information, they think I'm just been nosy, and my children don't seem interested enough to take care of my research after I'm gone.. What can I do" As an avid researcher for over 34 years, I have run into many of these problems. Part of one of my family lines accused me of trying to find a skeleton in the closet resulting in the shaming of the family name. It's funny, but I never did. Others froze up as if I'd asked them the first question on a final exam. Some basically told me to mind my own business. So, you're on your own. Your husband or wife barely tolerates the hours you spend in front of your computer instead of doing spring house cleaning, Relatives lock the door as you see you pull into the driveway. Telephone calls aren't returned, letters are answered. It's a lonely road you've taken. Discouragement is about to set in. There is no one solution to all the scenarios above. The saddest thing I ever saw was many years ago while visiting a great aunt of my husband's. I loved her; she was a free sprit in her 80s with a mind as sharp as a tack. Her long time friend was there that evening and the conversation just happened to turn towards genealogy. The friend gave a big sigh; she was a mite of a thing and the sigh seemed to come from deep inside. She nodded towards the fireplace and sadly said: "I don't have any family left, no one cares about my family history. I just threw all my family photos and letters into the fireplace, no one is left who would be interested anyway." I cried. She must have lived fabulous life, maybe ordinary, maybe adventurous, and she too would have many stories to tell. But in a moment of sadness, her life went up in flames, gone forever to those who might have cared later. How do you get your family interested? Try every way you can, lovingly! Sometimes they just won't budge from their hatred of anything that sounds like history (comes from the way history is taught in school sometimes). One of the families I was seeking assistance from never did like genealogy even if it was on their own family. It didn't matter one whit to him if his ancestor fought in the Revolutionary War - or even if he was one of Capone's gangsters (which he wasn't!). Well, knowing his family wasn't interested either, I branched out to some of the younger relatives. They weren't really interested, but they shared. In bits and pieces I started putting some of the pieces together. My own family was slightly more cooperative. My father would answer questions and remember stories, but never enough. My grandfather was afraid to say much, but when a tape recorder was put in front of him with the suggestion "just try it, tell me stories, sing songs, whatever", he messed with the recorder for awhile and soon produced a tape I will cherish my whole life - coal mining songs, stories of my Mom's early years, his love for my grandmother, places they'd lived. I will forever be indebted to my aunt for coming up with this idea. With other family members on all sides, I tired to picture routine. With a little encouragement, they dug out photo albums - or most likely - shoe boxes of unlabeled photos and started talking about the people in those faded pictures as I took notes madly. Don't give up on your children if you are blessed to have sons or daughters who absolutely flip out when Mom or Dad starts putting out charts and forms. There is still hope. I have two very beloved daughters who have varying degrees of interest. My oldest daughter tolerates and is quite used to me researching. She would go with me cemetery hunting, in libraries or in clerk's offices. She wasn't really that interested but she didn't mind it either. She is dating a young man whose mother is quite interested in genealogy also so there's hope! My youngest daughter delved into family research with a passion and still, when she has time as a young married woman, is on-line searching, writing, figuring. So I know that between my daughters, my records will be protected. They know what can be kept, what can be pitched and what to hold onto. Other children won't appreciate your work until you're gone. Suddenly a light bulb will come on and they will just open up one of your old notebooks and glance through the charts, mark-outs, dirt stains, coffee stains ... and it will all make sense. Then they will kick themselves that they didn't get interested while you or your spouse or Aunt Maude was around to talk to. Old stories will bring tears to their eyes; photos you've labeled so painstakingly will pique their interest.. But what happens if no one cares at all? This happens no matter how much we try to wish that possibility away. Plan now on what is going to happen to your records when you're gone. The following are just some ideas; you might think of even more or better ones. 1 - If you keep most of your good data on the computer, make 2-3 more backup copies. Give one copy to a genealogy buddy that you trust will take care of it; donate one copy to the local historical society or library; give one to the relative you trust the most who will at least honor your wishes and protect it. 2 - Make a will. We all need wills anyway, but how many of us think about making provisions for our genealogy records? Make sure your executor knows where you records are to go. Specify in the will who gets what and where they are located so when your earthly goods are being sorted through, that shoe box won't be thrown in the trash. 3 - Scan your photographs and email if necessary to someone you trust. Make duplicate copies of those photos - one can go to your children with the request that they hold on to them A set can go to the historical society, nicely labeled as to who, what and when. 4 - Make provisions in your will about what is to happen to your written records also. All those beat-up notebooks, the neatly prepared family histories. The local historical society or genealogical library would be glad to take them and preserve them for future generations if your family doesn't want them. But offer your originals to your family first and pray! Duplicates are fine for donations. 5 - Have a friend you trust, who is "into" genealogy" go through your main materials with you so they will be familiar with what you have and where you keep it. Let him or her know if they can have a particular book or file and you might consider asking them to be one of your executors! 6 - Keep a back-up copy of your computer disks with the family gedcoms on it in a safety deposit box. Label what it is and what is to be done with it. There are likely more options available but this will get you thinking anyway. For those of you blessed with an entire family who just love walking cemeteries, identifying old pictures and writing out family charts with you - you don't know how fortunate you are. But, for the majority of us, plan ahead. You have our sympathy, believe me, and I hope things will change for you. But while you're waiting, protect what you have so your years of blood, sweat and tears won't end up ashes in a fireplace. (c) Copyright 11 Mar 2004, Sandra K. Gorin. All Rights Reserved. Colonel Sandi Gorin SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html SCKY surname registry sites: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/reg.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/forms/SCKYreg.html Gorin Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

TIP #481 U S NAVAL DEATHS OF WORLD WAR I - CONCLUSION RAILEY, Sterling Anglaire, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL, 2 Oct 1918, influence. Son of Sterling P Railey, 1822 Jefferson Ave., Covington KY. Cincinnati OH. Landsman for Electrician US Naval Reserve REED, Lucian Estle, Naval Hospital, Newport RI, 22 Sept1918, pneumonia. Son of Martha H Reed of Stanford KY. Detroit, MI. Landsman for electrician US Naval Reserve Force RENNER, Elmer. USACT Ticonderoga, 30 Sept 1918. Lost life when vessel was torpedoed by enemy submarine. Son of James H Renner, Cedarville KY. Portland OR. Fireman 1st, U S Navy. REUTHER, George Edward. Navy Rifle Range, Camp Logon IL. 25 Sept 1918, broncho pneumonia. Son of Edward Reuther, 940 Naoke Ave, Dayton KY. Cincinnati OH. Apprentice seaman U S Naval Reserve Force. RICE, Ennis Dudley, USS Georgia, 30 Sept 1918, pneumonia. Son of Clemmie R LANDERS, Mount Sterling KY.Louisville KY. Seaman 2nd, US Naval Reserve Force. RITCHIE, Russell Kenneth, Naval Headquarters, Paris, France, 22 Apr 1918. Sequel meningitis acute. Son of George M Ritchie, West Point KY. Atlanta GA, Coppersmith 1st, US Navy ROBERTS, Edwin Douglas, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL, 28 Sept 1918, influenza. Husband of Frances Ketchum, 718 East Oak St, Louisville KY. Louisville KY. Yeoman 2nd, US Naval Reserve Force. ROEMER, George Allen, Naval Hospital, great Lakes IL, 28 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Mary E Roemer, 706 Center St, Bowling Green KY. Louisville KY. Apprentice seaman US Naval Reserve Forace. ROSS, Rodney Perry, on the train to Chicago IL 1 May 1918, injured in a fight. Son of James F ROSS of Centertown KY. Louisville KY. Seaman 2nd, U S Naval Reserve Force. ROYALTY, Alvey Lee, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 18 Sept 1918, influenza. Brother of Lula Frances Royalty, Short Creek KY. Louisville KY. Seaman 2nd, U S Naval Reserve Force. RUDY, Charles Thomas, Naval Air Station, Trojan, France, 18 Sept 1918, pneumonia. Son of Julia F Rudy, 703 E Market St, New Albany IN. Louisville KY. Machinist 2nd, U S Navy. RUSSELL, James Mattingly, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL, 26 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Catherine Elder Russell, 2115 St Louis Ave, Louisville KY. Louisville KY. Plumber & fitter 1st, U S Naval Reserve RUSSELL, Noah, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, IL, 26 Sept 1918, influenza. Husband of Lexie Ellis, Boatwright KY. Louisville KY. Apprentice seaman U S Naval Reserve Force. SAMPLES, Hough, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL, 15 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Jonathan Samples, Crystal KY. Louisville KY.Seaman 2nd, U S Naval Reserve. SANFORD, Charlie Heidel, USS Jacob Jones, 6 Dec 1917. Killed in action with enemy submarine. SCHWEITZER, Edward Lee, Naval Hospital, Newport RI,23 Sept 1918, lobar pneumonia. Son of Edward G Schweitzer, 2000 Portland Ave, Louisville KY. Louisville KY. Radio landsman Electrician, U S Navy SEARS, Isam Edgar, USS Mercy, 17 Oct 1918, broncho-pneumonia. Son of Mary E Sears of Polleyton KY. Louisville KY. Fireman 2nd, U S Navy SEREY, Wilford Joseph, USS Westover, 11 July 1918, lost when vessel was torpedoed. Son of Jack Serey Winchester Ave., Ashland KY. Louisville KY. Water tender, US Navy SHELBY, George Maynard, USS Mercy, 17 Oct 1918, cerebrospinal meningitis. Son of Jane Caddell Shelby, Holly Hill KY. Louisville KY. Fireman 3rd, U S Naval Reserve Force. SHERMAN, Fred, US Navy Hospital, Great Lakes IL, 28 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Effie Sherman, Murray KY. Louisville KY. Apprentice seaman U S Navy Reserve Force SIMM, James Stephens, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL, 25 Sept 1918, bronco pneumonia. Son of James Clark Simm, 6100-161st St NY. Louisville KY. Seaman 2nd, U S Naval Reserve Force. SKAGGS, Clide Elles, receiving ship at Great Lakes IL, 27 Sept 1918, lobar pneumonia. Son of Nancy A Skaggs, Campbellsville Ky. Louisville KY. Fireman 1st,U S Navy. SKELLY, Charles Andrew, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL, 26 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of John Skelley, 112 Spring St, Cincinnati OH. Louisville KY. Apprentice seaman U S Naval Reserve Force. SMITH, Marion Allen, USS Solace, 13 Oct 1918, lobar pneumonia. Son of Edd Smith, Broadhead KY, Louisville KY. Seaman 2nd, U S Naval Reserve. SMITH, William Elwood, Naval Hospital, Portsmouth VA, 19 Sept 1918. Undetermined. Son of Albert Smith, Louisville KY. Lexington KY. Boatswains mate 1st, U S Navy. STAMMERMAN, Andrew William, Naval Hospital, Naval Base VA, 3 Oct 1918, lobar pneumonia. Son Of Catherine Stammerman, 2617 Magazine St, Louisville KY. Louisville KY. Fireman 3rd, U S Naval Reserve Force. STOCKTON, James Lanus, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL, 29 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Emma Stockton, Leslie KY. Louisville KY. Apprentice seaman U S Naval Reserve Force Stone, Acquillar Durham, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL, 24 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Fannie Stone, Myers KY. Louisville KY. Seaman 2nd, U S Naval Reserve Force. STRAYER, Maurice Kirby, Naval Hospital, Norfolk VA, 18 June 1918, cerebrospinal fever. Husband of Lucille Strayer, 144 Barr St, Lexington KY. Louisville KY. Machinists mate 2nd, US Navy. STREPEY, George Edward, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL, 22 Sept 1918, influenza. Husband of Lillie Linnie Strepey, 622 Fehr Ave, Louisville KY. Louisville KY. Machinists mate 2nd, U S Navy. SWEENEY, William Perkins, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL, 25 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Lavina E Sweeney, Science Hill KY. Louisville KY. Apprentice seaman U S Naval Reserve Force. THOMAS, James McGarvey, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL, 28 Oct 1918, influenza. Son of Orah Thomas, Bybee KY. Louisville KY. Landsman for electrician U S Naval Reserve Force. TILTON, Albert Morton, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 25 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of John A Tilton, Winchester KY. Louisville KYK. Seaman 2nd, US Naval Reserve Force. TOWERY, Lonnie Orchester, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 21 Sept 1918, influenza. Husband of Stella Towery, Dalton KY. Louisville KY. Apprentice seaman, US Naval Reserve Force. TRIBBLE, James Herr, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, IL, 25 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Lena Tribble of Finchville KY.Louisville KY. Fireman 3rd, U S Naval Reserve Force. WAINSCOTT, Alfred, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL, 22 Sept 1918, influenza. Brother of Alice Wainscott Sewell, Pleasureville KY. Louisville KY. Hospital apprentice 2nd, U S Naval Reserve Force WALTHRIP, Hobart Theodore, Naval Air Station, Eastleigh, England, 17 Oct 1918, lobar pneumonia. Son of Myrtle Hamacher Walthrip, 2537 W Main, Louisville KY, Louisville KY. Carpenters mate, 2nd class, U S Naval Reserve Force. WELLENDORFF, Theodore Alexander, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, IL., 25 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Elenora Bloes Wellendorf, 1229 Bates Court, Louisville Ky. Louisville Ky. Landsman for Electrician, U S Naval Reserve Force WHEELER, Earl Thomas, Naval Station, Great Lakes, IL, 17 Feb 1918, pneumonia. Son of Letta Wheeler 1304 W 10th St, Covington KY. Louisville KY. Seaman 2nd, U S Navy. WILCOX, Harry Louis Jr, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL, 23 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Harry Louis Wilcox, 40 Carneal St, Ludlow KY. Louisville KY. Carpenters mate 2nd, U S Naval Reserve Force. WILDER, Huey, Naval Hospital, Philadelphia PA, 29 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of George Wilder, Stanford KY. Louisville KY. Seaman 2nd, U S Naval Reserve Force. WILLIAMS, John Woodson, USS Mercy, 17 Oct 1918, broncho-pneumonia. Son of John Price Williams, Webbs KY, Lexington KY. Pharmacist mate 3rd, U S Navy. WILLIAMS, Leslie Keeley, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL, 20 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Annie Williams, Pleasureville KY. Louisville KY. Landsman for electrician, U S Naval Reserve. WITT, Albert, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL, 22 Sept 1918, influenza. Grandson of William Webb of Glasgow KY. Louisville KY. Fireman 3rd, U S Naval Reserve Force. WOODARD, Stephen Lee Nelson, Great Lakes IL, 2 Oct 1918, broncho pneumonia, Brother of Mary E THURMAN, Lawrenceburg KY. Louisville KY. Seaman 2nd, U S Naval Reserve Force. YOUNG, Major McKinley, Naval Hospital, Norfolk VA, 5 Oct 1918, pneumonia. Brother of Lorena Young Stivers,4423 Huntington Ave, Covington KY. Louisville KY. Fireman 2nd, U S Navy What a tragic loss of our Navy men, primarily from the horrid influenza outbreak of 1918. If you would like to search for any of your ancestors in other states, you might look at: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4022.htm?o_xid=9872&o_lid=9872 (c) Copyright 4 March 2004, Sandra K.Gorin Colonel Sandi Gorin SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html SCKY surname registry sites: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/reg.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/forms/SCKYreg.html Gorin Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

TIP #480 - THOU SHALT NOT! I had a perfectly good tip for today, the conclusion of the US Navy Deaths during WW I. But I yelled "stop the presses!" I have had it! Now, normally I am an even-tempered and patient woman and more than willing to help others in their research. But I am painfully aware of a growing trend among primarily newer family genealogists - well, perhaps more than one trend - but one of gimme, gimme, gimme. So I'm going to give you Sandi's list of "thou shalt not's!". This does NOT apply to anyone on this list, believe me!!! But maybe you know someone to whom it does apply. 1. Thou shalt not call for assistance and ramble on and on for 15 minutes about every ancestor you are researching and expect the person you're calling to know everything about them in total recall. Thou shalt instead be organized and ask for information about one individual or one event and any clue you may have as to where you've looked already. Contrary to public opinion, researchers (whether volunteer or paid) do not sit with baited breath waiting to hear the entire history of your family and be able to reach into our brain and hand you your family on a silver platter. We know it's important to YOU and we are sympathetic, but to us (most of the time), it's just another name. 2. Thou shat not write, e-mail or call and say "give me all you've got" on my family. There is nothing that will turn most of us off faster. Most of us do have lives outside of genealogy and we cannot go through every record we have and hand it to you! We really DO want to help you, we're a nice breed of people, but this is just a no-no. Until we am able to clone outselves, we don't have time to go through every deed, will, marriage and court case at no charge in one email or phone call. It takes a lot of time sometimes. Ask for one person, one event as in #1 above. 3. Thou shalt not send a letter to an individual or a historical society asking for information and not include a self-addressed stamped envelope. Maybe this sounds trivial, but believe me it adds up. If you are so desperate for information on your family, surely one single stamp will not bankrupt you! But dozens of these letters do put a crunch on the recipient! 4. Thou shalt not ask for information via e-mail, snail mail or phone call and not say thank you when you receive the information you desire! Or a thank you even if they can't help you! Many of us receive hundreds of e-mails every day asking for help and when we take the time and find the information and send it to you .... the total void created when the person who takes the information and runs with it without so much as a thank you, will gain you one thing. we'll likely never look up anything else for you. Perhaps this sounds harsh, but common courtesy goes a long way. 5. Thou shalt not argue with the individual trying to help you! If we're looking at the source document and believe it to be true based on other confirming records, don't argue with us and say, "well my family said his name was Joseph Henry and you have Joseph James and you must be wrong!" We cannot guarantee even source documents - mistakes were made! But to the best of my knowledge from what we have, that is what is shown and we don't need to be berated because you don't agree with it! 6. Thou shalt not contact a historical society and ask for voluminous information. They are mostly all volunteers and they will help you all they can. But when you request information, slip in a donation to the society. It will be greatly appreciated. Most volunteers don't have the information in front of them, they have to make a trip to the library or a historical/genealogical repository and try to find it for you. Thank them in advance and don't forget the SASE! 7. That shalt not expect someone else to do all your work for you. Thou shalt do your part. I don't know, and can't prove it statistically, but it "feels" like the modern day genealogists expect to make one phone call, one e-mail or one trip to the library and fill in their entire family tree! It normally doesn't work this way unless you're descended from someone famous! A lady recently called me, rather in a combative mood, to see if I could give her all the information on her family - she had looked at a couple of states and couldn't find them. Well, the family was in the county where I live and I tried to help her but she said she was too busy to go on the internet (didn't like all the email), or look in books, she wanted it now. She didn't offer to pay anything for the information, time and effort and figured I could just work it out for her. Sorry! The sad part is that I had the information and could have helped her in a couple of hours of work. But if it cost her more than a phone call, forget it. She was also so busy arguing that the name was spelled exactly the same as their family spelled it so I was wrong. 8. Thou shalt not moan and groan about how long it is taking you; why, you've been sweating over this brick wall for at least two months! Many of us have some brick walls that are over 30 years old. I know it hurts, I know it's frustrating - been there, done that! Learn patience, those ancestors aren't going anywhere and if you put in foot work, they will hopefully and eventually show up! 9. Thou shalt not just contact someone whose name you see on the internet living in the state of Kentucky (or any other state!) and expect them to know everything about the state! This comes to me more than anything else. Thou shalt get out a map and study up on Kentucky a little. We have 120 counties, there have been many county boundary line changes and none of us are experts on the entire state! I know that in my case, my name is on the internet a lot and I do, in these Kentucky Research tips, cover records from almost every county. But it is not detailed information normally on births, deaths, cemeteries, wills, etc. I don't have access to that information. I've been asked to jump in the car and drive to a far eastern county or up north .... I can't do that. I am in south central KY and have access to materials from this area. I can't run to Hazard and take cemetery photos. Learn a little on the history of the state and where counties are before seeking out someone to help you. If you call and say that John and Mary Doe were married in 1768 in Barren Co KY and I tell you that KY didn't form as a state until 1792 and Barren Co didn't form until 1798 ... I can't find your record! 10. Thou shalt not make phone calls after 9 pm, before 8 am and on Sundays during normal church time or family time. Thou shalt check the time zone into which you're calling and if the person on the other end is rushing out the door, sounds sleepy, or has company ... please honor them. In conclusion, Thou shalt not take any of the items as a personal attack or as a criticism. Thou shalt instead remember that we who volunteer or are with the local historical society, are normal ordinary people. We have a house to run, chores to do, 8-hour sleep cycles to fit in, meals to cook. We DO care and we DO want to help. We understand your frustrations, your excitement and your eagerness to have the perfect family tree. Just try to remember that gimmee, gimmee, gimmee's do make us wonder sometimes. An 11th Commandment should be added but I hated to go over the original 10! If I listed that I would say, thou shalt NOT take any postings you find on the web and post them to other lists, add them to your records as if you were the author, or otherwise not give credit to the author, whomever it is. Permission is normally always granted (at least by me) but if I see my materials credited to someone else as copyrighted material, the individual will be contacted immediately! You are a special group on this list and have never done the things that others have. I'm proud of you! (c) Copyright 26 February 2004, Sandra. K. Gorin. All Rights Reserved. Colonel Sandi Gorin SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html SCKY surname registry sites: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/reg.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/forms/SCKYreg.html Gorin Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

Again, I am using as my source the old works of the History of Kentucky" in many chapters on the Outline History of Kentucky. We are jumping forward into the 1840's and Kentucky had been a state for a little short of 50 years. The 1840's were a decade of changes in Kentucky. Many events were working, some under the surface, that had a great impact on its citizens. One such event, an on-going one at the time, was the stealing away of Kentucky slaves. Beginning in 1843 through 1845, men would come into Kentucky and steal slaves off in the dead of night and "run" them off to Canada, using the "underground railroad". Some slaves were re-captured in Ohio. In that state several judges gave judgment for damages based on the reasonable value of the slave rescued, but those judgments were never paid. Then people became lax in prosecuting the cases and some even encouraged the taking of the slaves. Collins reports that in 1849, "under a leader from the north, forty-two slaves in one body attempted to escape from Fayette and Bourbon counties." It was in June of 1845 that Cassius M Clay began publishing in Lexington, the anti-slavery newspaper called "The True American". It helped develop and intensify the growing uneasiness as to the safety and permanent value of slave property. The slavery issue was not to go away as Kentuckians were torn in their views on slavery. May 1846 marked the war with Mexico. Again Kentuckians were divided on their opinions on this topic but when the Governor called for volunteers, he was expecting as few of 5,000 from Kentucky. Instead, over 13,700 volunteers showed up. The United States definitely came out on top in this struggle that resulted in the independence of Texas. The Kentucky soldiers, with those of the other states were elated over the American victory and a new frontier was opened up. But soon, something else took over the attention of the Kentucky farmer who had worked his fingers to the bone in eeking out a living here. Despite the richness of the soil, the beauty of the land, man is born with a wanderlust! To placate this longing for something new and exciting - California had gold! California, recently ceded by Mexico, seemed the pot at the end of the rainbow. Can you imagine the conversations long into the night of young men in Kentucky and elsewhere, dreaming of the adventures of traveling clear across field, mountain and stream to strike it rich in the gold fields of California? And, can you picture the mothers, wives and children who begging their loved one not to go on such a dangerous journey? Many still remembered the trek into Kentucky many years ago and the perils they faced. But they went - from all over the country, swelling the California lands to bursting. Wildernesses soon became camps with many growing into cities, some falling later into ghost towns of dreams failed. And, behind the scenes came more discussion as to the admission into the Union of California when General Taylor was inaugurated. Some took the stance that if California was to be admitted, it must be a free state - others fought for it to be a slave state. The first mention of possibly the country was on the verge of a civil war was heard, but this was not to happen for a few more years. During this time also was discontent over banking systems, and new political parties carrying the names of "Anti-relief", "Old Court", "National Republican" and "Whig." Kentucky, along with the other states was suffering from growing pains. NOTE: Would you please add the name of Ensign Lewis Bailey PRIDE of Madisonville KY who was killed on the USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor 7 Dec 1941 to the list of men killed in World War II. (c) Copyright 19 Feb 2004, Sandra K. Gorin Colonel Sandi Gorin SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html SCKY surname registry sites: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/reg.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/forms/SCKYreg.html Gorin Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

TIP # 478 - U S NAVAL DEATHS OF WORLD WAR I - PART 2 HERRING, James, Ligon Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 27 Sept 1918, influence. Son of Sallie Herring mother of Fayyville,Ill. Louisville,Ky. landsman for machinists mate US Naval Reserve Force HERRINGTON, Clinton Elmore. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 24 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Mrs. Jimmie Morris Herrington of Woodburn,Ky. Louisville,Ky. Seaman 2nd, US Naval Reserve Force HEYSER, Charles Francis, Naval Hospital.,Great Lakes, IL. 24 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Sallie D.Heyser of 428 Chestnut St., Louisville, KY. Louisville, KY. Seaman US Navy HIBBS, Lou Pearl. Naval Hospital, London, England. 7 Nov 1918, pneumonia. Son of Mollie Hibbs 643 Preston St., Louisville, KY. Louisville, KY. Seaman 2nd, US Naval Reserve Force HOOVER, Charley Thomas. Naval Hospital.,Great Lakes, IL. 24 Sept 1918, influenza Son of Ida Dawson Lexington, KY. Louisville, KY. Seaman 2nd, US Naval Reserve Force HORINE, Joseph Thomas USS Hancock, Naval Base, Azores. 6 Apr 1918, pneumonia. Brother of Catherine Horine, 205 Washington St. Winchester, KY. Louisville, KY. Fireman 3rd, US Navy HORRELL, Tellis. USS Jupiter. 20 Aug 1918, natural causes. Son of Margaret S. Horrell, Owensboro, KY. Louisville, KY. Seaman 2nd. US U.S.Navy HOWARD, John Milton. Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. 29 Sept 1918, influenza. Husband of Nellie A. Howard, 510 Mill St., Ironton, OH, Louisville, KY. Molder 2nd, US Navy. HOWELL, Linton Willard. Parker Hospital, New York, NY. 29 Sept 1918, broncho-pneumonia. Son Of Minnie Howell, 710 West Greenup Ave, Ashland, KY, Louisville, KY. Machinists 2nd, U S Navy HUBBARD, William Thomas. Naval Hospital, London, England. 22 Oct 1918, broncho pneumonia. Son Of John Hubbard of English IN. Lexington KY. Yeoman 1st, US Navy ISHUM, Elmer Clark. USS Manley. 19 Mar 1918, explosion onboard ship. Son of Joel Ishum, 1606 West Walnut St, Washington IN. Louisville KY. Fireman 2nd, US Navy. JEKEL, Harry Lewis. Kingston Avenue Hospital, Brooklyn NY. 22 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of William F Jekel, 719 S 17th St, Louisville Ky. Cincinnati OH. Fireman 2nd, US Navy. JENNINGS, Homer Estin. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 28 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Lula McCan Jennings, Crayne KY. Louisville KY. Fireman 3rd, US Naval Reserve Force. JETT, Hugh Alphus. Navy Collier Cyclops. 14 June 1918, on board ship when vessel was reported missing. Son of Charles S Jett of Brooksville KY. Cincinnati OH. Seaman 2nd, US Navy. JOHNSON, Charles Ceyril. Naval Hospital at Anapolis MD. 9 Oct 1918, pneumonia. Brother of Katherine Johnson, Lampton St, Louisville KY. Cincinnati OH. Seaman, US Navy. JOHNSTON, Eury Alvin. Naval Air Station, Eastleigh, England. 21 Oct 1918, pneumonia. Son of Mary W Johnston, 310 East 6th St, Metropolis IL. Louisville KY. Landsman for electrician US Naval Reserve Force JOYCE, Edward William. Naval Training Camp, Logan, IL. 3 Oct 1918, pneumonia brocho. Son of Carrie Savage, 2410 Cleveland Ave, Louisville KY. Louisville KY. Apprentice Seaman, US Navy. KANATZAR, Gibson. Navy Yard, Puget Sound WA. 5 Oct 1918, pneumonia, lobar. Husband of Alma S Kanatzar of Louisville KY. Louisville KY. Apprentice seaman, US Naval Reserve Force. KING, Karl Carrithers. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, IL. 5 Oct 1918, influenza. Son of Nina C King, 1274 Bardstown Rd, Louisville KY.Louisville KY. Landsman for electrician US Naval Reserve Force KLEIN, Harry Ferdinand. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 24 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Caroline Klein, 10th & Saratoga, Newport KY. Louisville KY. Landsman for machinists mate U S Naval Reserve Force. KUYKENDALL, Jesse Tabor. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 27 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Emma Kukykendall, 1142 Breckenridge, Owensboro KY. Louisville KY. Fireman 1st, U S Naval Reserve Force LANE, Luther. Naval Hospital, Puget Sound, WA. 2 Oct 1918, influenza. Son of Barzil Lane, Eckerty, IN. Louisville KY. Seaman 2nd, U S Naval Reserve Force. LANE, Rollie. USS Mercy. 5 Oct 1918, broncho-pneumonia. Husband of LaFayette W Lane, Wickliffe KY. Louisville KY. Fireman 2nd, US Naval Reserve Force. LANGLEY, Lyndon Earl. Naval Hospital, Naval Base VA. 1 Oct 1918, pneumonia. Son of William Langley, Prestonburg KY. Parkersburg WV. Seaman 2nd, U S Naval Reserve Force. LAUGHLIN, Michael Bryan. Naval Hospital, League Island PA. 21 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Lucy Laughlin, Carlisle KY. Louisville KY. Seaman 2nd, US Naval Reserve Force. LAWRENCE, Oscar Rufus. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 26 Jan 1918, cerebrospinal fever. Son of Mollie Lawrence of Cadiz KY. Omaha, NB. Fireman 3rd, US Navy LEDFORD, Robert Hayes. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 2 Oct 1918, influenza. Son of Rebecca H Ledford of Point Lick KY. Louisville KY. Fireman 3rd. US Naval Reserve Force. LINDLEY, Vernon Allen. Naval Hospital, New Orleans LA. 15 Oct 1918, influenza. Son of William Lindley of Hopkisnville KY. El Paso TX. Coxswain U S Naval Reserve Force. LINDSEY, Luther Martin. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 20 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Sue W Lindsey of Sebree KY. Louisville KY. Apprentice seaman U S Naval Reserve Force. LINK, Leslie Raymond. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, IL. 22 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Lillie W Link Hutchinson KY.Louisville KY. Landsman for machinists mate, U S Naval Reserve Force. LOGSDON, Charles. USS Oklahoma. 23 Oct 1918, pneumonia. Step-son of Wesley NEEDHAM, 402 W Main, Jeffersonville IN. Louisville KY. Seaman 2nd, U S Navy. LOWRY, Will Henry. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 1 Oct 1918, influenza. Son of Mary E Lowry of Oak Grove KY. Louisville KY. Apprentice seaman, U S Naval Reserve Force. McCLANAHAN, Cary. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 23 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Mattie McClanahan of Nicholasville KY. Louisville Ky. Apprentice seaman, U S Naval Reserve Force. McMILLEN, William Allen. Naval Air Station, Rockaway Beach, Long Island. 16 Oct 1918, pneumonia. Son of Julia McMillen of 10th St, Ashland KY. Louisville KY. Quartermaster 2nd, U S Navy. McQUEARY, Green. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, IL. 22 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Mary Ellen McQueary of Eller KY. Louisville KY. Seaman 2nd, US Naval Reserve Force. MANSFIELD, William Henry, USS Utah. 26 Oct 1918, pneumonia. Son of William Thomas Mansfield, 133 Estill Ave, Richmond KY. Louisville KY. Seaman 2nd, U S Naval Reserve Force. MATTINGLEY, George Guyton. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 25 May 1918, pneumonia, lobar. Son Of George W Mattingley, Nicholasville KY. Cincinnati OH. Fireman 3rd, US Navy. MEFFORD, George Dewey. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 9 Oct 1918, influenza. Son of Sadie Mefford New Castle KY. Louisville KY. Fireman 3rd, US Navy. MELTON, Rannel. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 26 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Mary Jane Melton, Dixon KY. Indianapolis IN. Landsman for machinists mate US Naval Reserve Force. MILLER, Charles Burke. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 1 Oct 1918, influenza. Son of Anna Mary Miller, 106 Vernon St, Ironton OH.Louisville Ky. Fireman 3rd, US Naval Reserve Force. MILLER, Emet Rosco. Naval Hospital, Philadelphia PA. 3 Sept 1918, pneumonia-broncho. Son of Frank Miller of Rumsey KY. Louisville KY. Seaman 2nd, U S Navy. From this point on, no other information available except what is shown. MILLER, John Benjamin. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 25 Sept 1918, influenza. MILLER, Oliver, USS Herman Frasch. 4 Oct 1918, drowned. MILLER, Ray Eugene. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 23 Sept 1918, influenza MITCHELL, Eugene Mitchell. USS Manley, 19 Mar 1918, lost life as result of explosioin. MONTGOMERY, Curtis Elwood. On USS Cyclops when reported missing 14 June1918, accident. Son of Jennie Tompkins, 218 S 3rd St, Danville KY. NY. Boatswain Rserve Force, class 3. MOORES, Herman Gray. Navy Collier Cyclops. 14 June 1918, on board missing ship MULLINS, Don Burris. Naval Station, Great Lakes IL. 11 Mar 1918, pleurisy-suppurative. No other data NAPIER, John Calvin, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 22 Sept 1918, influenza NOE, Albert, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 12 Jan 1918, cerebrospinal fever NORMAN, William. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 26 Sept 1918, influenza NORTON, William Henry or Henry William. Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass. 26 Mar 1918, Cerebrospianl, meningitis NUNLEY, Wm Allen, Naval Hospital, Newport RI. 5 Apr 1918, tuberculosis, chronic pulmonary O'DAY, Nicholas James. Navy Collier Cyclops. 14 June 1918. On board missing ship. OGLESBY, Arthur Bailey. Naval Hospital, Norfolk VA. 13 May 1917, cerebrospinal fever ORANGE, Barrett Carlisle. Naval Station, Eastleigh, England. 13 Oct 1918, pneumonia, lobar ORMSBY, Thomas Freeman. Naval Air Station, Pensacola, FL. 5 Oct 1918, pneumonia, lobar PACE, Ellet Newton. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 21 Sept 1918, influenza Full information available on remaining: PERRY, Willie Virgel. Naval Hospital, Philadelphia PA. 223 Sept 1918, influenza. Husband of Ruby Perry, Cox Creek KY, Louisville KY. Seaman 2nd, U S Naval Reserve Force PILLOW, Major Murray. Naval Hospital, Naval Base VA. 30 Sept 1918, pneumonia. Son of Hayden Pillow of Russellville KY. Louisville KY. Bugler, US Naval Reserve Force POPE, Rufus Earl. Naval Hospital, Newport RI. 23 Sept 1918, Lobar pneumonia. Husband or son of Nancy E Pope, London KY. Louisville KY. Hospital Apprentice 2nd, U S Navy. POTTS, Harry. USS Shaw. 9 Oct 1918. Vessel was sunk. Son of Owen Potts of Crestwood KY. Indianapolis IN. Seaman 2nd, U S Navy. To be continued. (c) Copyright Sandra K. Gorin 12 Feb 2004. Colonel Sandi Gorin SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html SCKY surname registry sites: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/reg.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/forms/SCKYreg.html Gorin Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

This is a continuation of an abstraction from Collins' History of Kentucky, Volume 1 in which he is quoting from the writings of Hon. John A McClung in 1846. All references to the early inhabitants of Kentucky are, of course, referring to the white men, not the Native Americans. By 1783, the hostilities between Great Britain and America had ceased and Indian hostilities had been at least temporarily, suspended. This brought in another wave of emigrants, but due to difficulties in executing the treaty, it was going to get worse! The treaty had stated that England was bound to carry away no slaves and they were to surrender the northwestern posts within the US boundaries. Congress, on the other hand, stipulated that no legal impediments should be opposed to the collection by British merchants, of the debts due them from the citizens of the US. Neither was really executed. Slaves that had been taken during the war were removed by the British. Virginia was furious and retaliated by passing a law which banned the collection of British debts. England refused to deliver up the western posts and the law was repealed. Congress also had great difficulty in controlling the states. 1783 passed by however with little Indian hostilities allowing the settlements to grow in rapid numbers. Simon Kenton erected a block house in 1784 where Maysville now stands. Kentucky this year was erected into a district with a court of criminal law. The court held its first session in Harrodsburg in 1783 with John Floyd and Samuel M'Dowell as judges; John May the clerk, and Walker Daniel the prosecuting attorney. The first meeting brought in charges for 17 "culprits" - nine for keeping tippling houses and eight for fornication. During the summer of 1783 the first log courthouse and jail were built where Danville KY now stands; a retail dry goods store was opened in Louisville. 1784 marked the arrival of General James Wilkinson who settled in Lexington. He was known for his distinguished position in early civil conflicts of Kentucky. Congress had promoted him to Brigadier-General. He soon became involved in very fierce political conflicts of the day. Also this year, the Indians again brought terror to the settlers, and news traveled to Colonel Benjamin Logan of impending attacks. After rallying everyone to protect themselves, the attack failed to materialize. Kentuckians felt that they needed to be independent of Virginia. The first step was the Assembly publishing a recommendation (with nothing to back it up) that each militia company in the district of Kentucky should on a particular day, elect one delegate and the delegates should meet in Danville on 27 Dec 1784. Samuel M'Dowell was elected president and Thomas Todd, clerk. A long debate followed, primarily orderly, about the need to separate from Virginia. The majority favored a petition to the legislature of Virginia, passage of an act in which Kentucky would become an independent member of the confederacy. They decided to send 25 delegates to a convention in Danville in May 1785 to determine what should be done. This second convention did met on the 23rd of May and adopted five resolutions. In brief, they decided that separation from Virginia was expedient, that a petition should be written, and that an address to the people of Kentucky should be printed and distributed. They decided that more delegates be elected in July and they would meet again in Danville in August. Despite varied opinions and a lot of confusion, they did meet in August for a third convention. Indian hostilities increased during this time period, and the Kentuckians were becoming increasingly frustrated. The letter to Kentuckians was prepared with the clerk having to write out each copy by hand - no printing presses existed. The Chief Justice of the District Court, George Muter, and the attorney general, Harry Innes, were chosen to present the petition to the Virginia legislature. In January 1786, the legislature passed an act but there were some problems. Again Kentucky held a fourth convention in Danville in Sept 1786 to determine if Kentucky was to become an independent state of the Confederacy. If they decided for total separation, they were required to pick a date after the first of Sept. 1787 when Virginia's control over Kentucky would cease. But, they also had to have the consent of the Congress of the US so Kentucky would be received into the Union. At first, the citizens of Kentucky were in fairly well total agreement with the separation from Virginia. However, things don't always go as anticipated. The first glitch was the inability of the Congress to protect them from the north-western Indian tribes. The second, the representatives from the seven north-eastern states, had shown disposition to yield for 20 years, the right to navigate the Mississippi to the ocean. Although hostilities had ceased with Britain, there was a general hatred between the two countries; the Indian posts were still being allowed to operate but the eastern states were totally safe. Congress was unable to keep the Indians from violating their treaties even though General Henry Lee of Virginia made repeated efforts to obtain 700 men, even 300, to guard the western frontier. Kentucky was still in the position of being scourged by Indian warfare, it had no home government, and the government to the east was totally unprepared to help. Before continuing with the series, below is a list of the delegates to the various conventions above shown. 1st convention held 23 May 1785: Samuel McDowell (President), George Muter, Christopher Greenup, James Speed, Robert Todd, James Baird, Matthew Walton, James Trotter, Ebenezer Brooks, Caleb Wallace, Richard Terrell, Robert Clarke, Robert Johnson, John Martin, Benjamin Logan, Willis Green, Harry Innis, Levi Todd, Isaac Cox, Richard Taylor, Richard Steele, Isaac Morrison, James Garrard, John Edwards, George Wilson, Edward Payne, James Rogers and a Kincheloe. 2nd convention Aug 1785: Samuel McDowell (President), George Muter, Christopher Irvine, William Kennedy, Benjamin Logan, Caleb Wallace, John Coburn, James Carter, Richard Terrell, George Wilson, Isaac Cox, Andrew Hynes, James Rogers, Henry Innes, John Edwards, James Speed, James Wilkinson, James Garrard, Levi Todd, John Craig, Robert Patterson, Benjamin Sebastian, Philip Barbour, Isaac Morrison, Matthew Walton and James Trotter. 3rd convention 1787: Jefferson Co: Richard Easton, Alexander Breckinridge, Michael Lckasang, Benjamin Sebastian and James Merriwether. Nelson Co: Joseph Lewis, William McClung, John Caldwell, Isaac Cox and Matthew Walton Bourbon Co: James Garrard, John Edwards, Benjamin Harrison, Edward Lyne, Henry Lee. Lincoln Co: Benjamin Logan, John Logan, Isaac Shelby, William Montgomery, Walker Baylor Madison Co: William Irvine, John Miller, Higgason Grubbs, Robert Rodes, David Crews. Mercer Co: Samuel McDowell, Harry Innis, George Muter, William Kenney, James Speed 4th convention 1788: Jefferson Co:Richard Taylor, Richard C Anderson, Alexander S Bullitt, Abraham Hite, Benjamin Sebastian Nelson Co: Isaac Morrison, John Caldwell, Phillip Phillips, Joseph Burnett, James Baird. Fayette Co: James Wilkinson, Caleb Wallace, Thomas Marshall, William Ward, John Allen Bourbon Co: James Garrard, John Edwards, Benjamin Harrison, John Grant, John Miller Lincoln Co: Benjamin Logan, Isaac Shelby, William Montgomery, Nathan Huston, Willis Green Madison Co: William Irvine, George Adams,James French, Aaron Lewis, Higgason Grubbs Mercer Co: Samuel McDowell, John Brown, Harry Innes, John Jouett, Christopher Greenup To be continued. (c) Copyright 5 Feb 2004, Sandra K. Gorin Colonel Sandi Gorin SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html SCKY surname registry sites: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/reg.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/forms/SCKYreg.html Gorin Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

I will be posting more on the early settlers of Kentucky interspersed with more military records. So, if you have no interest in one, skip to the next: Please note the cause of death for most of these honorable men, this was the year that the flu was raging world-wide. These have also been published by Kathy McHenry in "Naval Deaths in the First World War, Orem, UT. My data came from a independent source, however if you wish to compare, the URL for ancestry.com's listing will be found at: http://www.accessgenealogy.com/worldwar/kentucky/index.htm (click on US Naval deaths. The following information will be given (as available): Name, Place of Death, Death Date, Cause of Death, Next of Kin, , Relationship to Deceased, Kin's Address, Appointment date, rank and branch of service. ALEXANDER, Junius. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 4 Oct 1918, influenza, s/o Olive Alexander, Henderson, KY. Louisville, Ky. Seaman 2/nd U.S Naval Reserve Force. ASBILL, Elmer . Naval hospital., Great Lakes, IL. 23 Sept 1918, influenza. S/o Nannie Asbill, Richmond, KY. Louisville, KY. Apprentice Seaman US Naval Reserve Force BAILEY, Charley Whitmore, Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass. 27 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Alice Bailey. 561 Maryland Ave., Lexington, KY. Louisville, KY. Mess attendant third class U.S, Naval Reserve Force BAILEY, Jasper Jones. Naval Hospital., Great Lakes, IL. 23 Sept 1918, influenza/ Husband of Rose A. Bailey, Hanson, Ky. Louisville, KY. Hospital Apprentice second class US Naval Reserve Force BARLOW, Walter Scott . Naval Hospital., Great Lakes IL. 16 Oct 1918, influenza. Edward Andrew Barlow, Lebanon, Mo. Louisville, KY. Musician second class US Navy BECKLEY, William Marion Thomas. U.S.S. Ozark 25 July 1918, drowning Husband of Elizabeth Beckley, 306 Meron St., Frankfort Ky. Louisville, KY. Mess Attendant first class US Navy . BEVINS, William. Naval Hospital., Norfolk, VA. 2 Oct 1918, pneumonia, lobar. Husband of Disie Benvins, Hellier, KY. Parkersburg, WV. Fireman third class US Navy (general court-martial Prisoner) BLAIR, Charlie. Naval Hospital, Naval Base, VA. 29 Oct 1918, cerebrospinal fever. Son of Jane Blair, Van Lear, KY. Louisville, KY. Fireman third class US Naval Reserve Force BLAKELEY, John J. Naval Hospital., Great Lakes, IL. 23 Dept 1918, influenza. Son of Ambie Zella Blakeley, Gracey, KY. Louisville, KY. Firemen third class US Naval Reserve Force BOWIE, Golden. Kingston Avenue Hospital., Brooklyn, NY. 29 Oct 1918, influenza, pneumonia. Son of Jacob L. Bowie, Worthville, KY. Cincinnati, OH. Seaman second class US Naval Reserve Force BOWLING, Robert Walter. Naval Hospital., Great Lakes IL. 228 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Fannie Burch Bowling, New Hope Kentucky Louisville, KY. Landsman for electrician US Naval Reserve Force BROUGHTON, Lynne Owen. Naval Hospital., Great Lakes IL. 226 Sept 1918, influenza Brother of Myrtle Bewell, Lexington, KY. Louisville, KY. Apprentice Seaman US Naval Reserve Force BROWNER, Edward Bryan, Naval Hospital.,Great Lakes, IL, 23 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Rosa Browner, McKinney, KY. Lousiville,KY. Apprentice seaman US Naval Reserve Force BURCH, James Madison, Naval Aviation repair base, Eastleigh, England.6 Oct 1918, pneumonia broncho. Brother of Harold W. Burch, Jackson, TN. Louisville, KY. Landsman for electrician US Naval Reserve Force BURRIS, Don Mullins, Naval Station, Great Lakes, IL. 11 Mar 1918, pleurisy, suppurative. Son of Sallie Campbell mother 422 Johnson Ave., Lexington, KY. Louisville, KY. Fireman, third class US Navy CALICO, George Harrison, Naval Hospital, Puget Sound, WA. 2 Oct 1918, influenza. Son of Virginia Calico of Richmond KY. Louisville Ky. Seaman second class, U S Naval Reserve Force. CAMPBELL, John David, USS Panther. 12 Oct 1917, carbon monoxide poisoning (accidental). Son of Mattie Campbell, 656 S. 8th St., Louisville KY. Yorktown VA. Electrician third class, U S Navy. CUNTER, George Thomas, USS Nevada. 6 May 1918, fractured skull. Son of Charles Canter of Nelson Co KY. Cincinnati OH. Landsman for electrician, US Naval Reserve Force. CARTER, Selby Anderson, Navy Hospital, London, England. 16 Oct 1918, pneumonia, lobar. Son of LuLu Carter of Nicholasville KY. Louisville KY. Seamon, second class, US Navay Reserve Force. CASSELL, Roger Neet, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 26 Sept 1918 influence. Son of Margaret F Cassell, Versailles KY. Louisville KY. Seaman second class, US Naval Reserve Force. CLARK, George Rector, Port Clinton OH. 29 Sept 1918, typhoid pneumonia. Son of Mamie I Clark of Moorefield KY. Louisville KY. Machinist mate, first class US Naval Reserve Force. CLARK, James Lewis, Naval Air Station, Killingholm. 29 Oct 1918, pneumonia. Son of Belle Clark, Round Hill KY. Louisville KY. Seaman second class, US Naval Reserve Force CLARK, Ollie James, Naval Hospital, Norfolk VA. 11 Oct 1918, pneumonia. Husband of Novie P Clark of Murray KY. Louisville KY. Seaman second class, US Naval Reserve. CLARK, Ruben Calvin, Naval Hospital, Naval Base VA. 12 Oct 1918, pneumonia. Son of Calvin Clark of Prestonburg KY. Parkersburg WV. Seaman second class, US Naval Reserve Force. CLINE, Turner Lane, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 25 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Fannie Miller Of Dawson Springs KY. Louisville KY. Seaman second class, US Naval Reserve. COLLIER, Haywood, Naval Training Station, Great Lakes IL. 2 Oct 1918, influence. Son of Patrick H. Collier of Mayfield KY. Louisville KY. Apprentice seaman US Naval Reserve Force. CORUN, Marshall Underwood, S S Rochester. 3 Nov 1917, died when ship was torpedoed by a U-Boat. Son of Annie Corun of Lexington KY. Indianapolis IN. Seaman second class U S Navy. COTTRELL, Paul Kirk, Naval Hospital, Philadelphia PA. 4 Oct 1918, influenza. Son of Betrice Cottrell Of 642 S 8th St, Louisville KY. Louisville KY. Yeoman third class, US Navy. COUGHLIN, Daniel Lane, Vallejo, CA. 10 May 1917, burns. Son of John T. Coughlin of Mare Island, CA. Electrician second class, US Naval Reserve Force. CROSTHWAITE, Orby De, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 25 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of John P Crosthwaite of Georgetown KY. Cincinnati OH. Machinist matee, second class, US Navy Reserve Force. DALZELL, Elgin Ray, Naval Hospital, Philadelphia PA. 18 Apr 1918, mastoiditis (acute). Son of Clifton H Dalzell of Paris KY.Louisville KY. Seaman US Navy. DARNELL, William Carl, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 27 Sept 1918, scarlet fever. Son of Mana Darnell of Browns Grove KY. Louisville KY. Shipwright US Naval Reserve Force. DAVIS, Charles Erwin, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 28 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Helen Marvel Davis of Marion Ky.Louisville KY. Seaman second class U S Naval Reserve Force. DECKARD, McKinley, USS Mercy. 1 Oct 1918, bronco-pneumonia. Half-brother of GeorgieDeckard of Birdwell OH.Louisville KY.Fireman third class US Navy. DePALMA, Frank, USS Nevada. 23 Oct 1918, lobar pneumonia. Son of Nicholas DePalma, 418 North Terrace Ave., Mount Vernon KY. NY, NY. Water tender, US Navy. DORIAN, John Conroy, Paducah KY. 27 Sept 1918 influenza. Son of Katie Dorian of 420 Washington St Paducah. Louisville KY. Landsman for yeoman, US Naval Reserve Force. DOWNING, William Guy, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, IL. 27 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Lela Frances Downing of Flippin KY. Louisville Ky. Shipwright, US Naval Reserve Force. DUFF, Dan, USS Kroonland. 14 Sept 1918, lobar pneumonia. Son of Drewcilla Duff of Chavies KY. Louisville Ky. Seaman second class US Naval Reserve Force. DUNCAN, Bryan Coleman, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 21 Jan 1918, poison, formalin, acute. Son of Anna Duncan of LaGrange KY. Louisville Ky. Apprentice seaman US Navy. DURRETT, Frank, Naval Training Station, Great Lakes IL. 8 Oct 1918, pneumonia, broncho. Son of Pearl Nicholls Durrett of Finchville KY. Louisville KY. Landsman for electrician US Naval Reserve Force EADES, Lawence Harvey, USS Utah. 25 Oct 1918, pneumonia, broncho. Son of Henry Eades of Elizabethtown KY. YorktownVA. Water tender, US Navy. EATKINS, William Madison, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 1 Oct 1918, influenza. Husband of Laura B Eakins of Sciotoville OH. Louisville KYK. Seaman second class, U S Naval Reserve Force. EALES, John Clay, Navy collier Cyclops. 14 June 1918, on board missing ship. Son of George Eales of 335 Ross Ave., Lexington KY. Lexington KY. Seaman second class, US Navy. FARLESS, Ruby Henry, Navy Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 3 Oct 1918, influenza. William Farless, father, 217 South Maine St., Henderson KY. Indianapolis IN. Landsman for machinist made U S Navy Reserve Force. FERGUSON, Joseph Caswell, Navy Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 21 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Amanda Jane Ferguson of Flippin KY. Louisville KY. Apprentice seaman U S Naval Reserve Force. FLETCHER, Charles Clares, Naval Hospital, Great Lake, IL. 7 Oct 1918, influenza. Son of Victoria Fletcher of Nickelsville VA. Louisville Ky. Landsman for electrician U S Naval Reserve Force.' FLOOD, Nathaniel Bailey, Naval Hospital, Philadelphia PA. 6 Oct 1918, influenza. Husband of Shirley Flood of Blackwell KY. Louisville Ky. Fireman third class, US Naval Reserve Force. FRISBIE, Frank Ingoldsby, Cumberland State Hospital, NY,NY. 28 Sept 1918, pneumonia, lobar. Son of Alva Frisbie, 203 E 38th St., Covington KY. Louisville KY. Seaman second class U S Naval Reserve Force. GAINES, William Thomas, USS Mercy. 30 Sept 1918, pneumonia.Son of Mary S. Gaines of Bowling Green KY. Cincinnati OH. Engineman, second class U S Navy. GENTRY, Dillard, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 25 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Mary L. Grentry of Winchester, KY. Louisville KY. Landsman for machinists mate, U S Naval Reserve Force. GOSS, Joseph Otto, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, IL. 19 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Henry Goss, 1134 Mulberry St.,Louisville KY. Louisville KY. Apprentice seaman, US Naval Reserve Force. GRAVES, Michael Charles, USS Solace. 10 Oct, 1918, pneumonia lobar. Son of Orlando C Graves, 526 S. Vine St., Seymour, IN. Louisville KY. Fireman third class, US Naval Reserve Force. GREATHOUSE, Lloyd, Naval Hospital, Norfolk, VA.21 May 1917, pneumonia. Son of Nettie Greathouse of Okaland KY. Des Moines, IA. Apprentice seaman, US Navy. GREEN, Henry Eugene, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 3 Oct 1918, influenza. Brother of Lassie G. DEWEESE of Emberton KY. Peoria IL. Seaman second, US Naval Reserve Force. GREENGRASS, Raymond, Naval Hospital, Portsmouth VA. 13 Sept 1918, pneumonia, lobar. Son of Earl Greengrass of Addison KY. Buffalo NY. Seaman 2nd, US Naval Reserve Force. GREENWALL, GeorgeHobe, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 25 Sept1918, influenza. Brother of Josephine Burnett, 1316 Preston St., Louisville KY. Painter 3rd, U S Naval Reserve Force. GUERNSEY, Floyd Hawes, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 23 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Lallia Guernsey of Madison IN. Louisville KY. Landsman for yeoman, U S Naval Reserve Force. HAMILTON, Patraick Leo, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 28 Sept 1918, influenza. Son of Ellen Hamilton of Whitesville KY. Louisville KY. Seaman 2nd, U S Naval Reserve Force. HAMMOND, Johnston Lee, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 25 Sept 1918, influenza. Husband of Elizabeth of Pleasureville KY. Louisville KY. Landsman for yeoman, U S Naval Reserve Force. HAMMOND, Willie Thomas Jr.., Royal Hospital, Queensferry, Scotland. 31 Oct 1918, pneumonia. Son Of Cora Elmore MANSFIELD, 133 Estill Ave, Richmond, KY. Louisville Ky. Seaman 2nd, U S Navy Reserve Force. HARDIN, Charlie Elbert, Naval Hospital, Fort Lyons CO. 15 Mar 1918, tuberculosis. Son of Joseph A Harris of Dunnville KY. Kansas City MO. Seaman send, US Navy. HARGIS, Edward G., Jackson KY. 30 Oct 1918, pneumonia, fever & influenza. Soon of H H Hargis of Jackson, KY. Midshipman from KY. Retired. U S Navy. HARGROVE, Wapley, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 28 Sept1918, influenza. Son of John William Hargrove of Farmington KY. Louisville KY. Fireman 3rd, U S Naval Reserve Force. HARLESS, Roy Clarence, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 24 Sept 1918, influenza. Husband of Rhoda Harless,1019 - 11th St, Huntington WV. Louisville KY.Landsman for yeoman US Naval Reserve Force. HARWOOD, John Edgar, USS Brandt. 22 Oct 1918, drowned. Son of Lucy Effie Harwood of Berea, KY Louisville KY, Seaman 2nd, U S Navy HAWINS, Edward, USS Minneapolis, MN. 11 Mar 1918, pneumonia. Son of Agnes Hawkins, 229 E 3rd St, Frankfort KY. Louisville KY. Mess attendant 3rd, U S Navy. HAZLETT, Clarence Avery, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL. 22 Sept 1918, influenza. Brother of Allen Hazlett of Rush KY. Louisville KY. Apprentice seaman, US Naval Reserve Force. To be continued (c) Copyright Sandra K. Gorin, 29 Jan 2004. 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I'm glad so many of you are reading my posts and for all of you that have written - yes, I had a typo. Walker was here in 1758, not 1578. I proof these but things sneak through. My deepest apologies ... Sandi Colonel Sandi Gorin SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html SCKY surname registry sites: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/reg.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/forms/SCKYreg.html Gorin Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

TIP #475: THE EARLY INHABITANTS OF KENTUCKY The honorable John M McClung, a prominent lawyer at Maysville KY, and a noted Presbyterian minister, wrote an outline of the history of Kentucky in 1846. It was included in Collins' History of Kentucky, Volume 1. The following is the essence of Rev. McClung's writings. According to McClung, Kentucky was explored by the Anglo-Saxons about the middle of the 18th century. It was a hunting ground for the various Indian tribes with no permanent settlements by the tribes. There were Cherokees, Creeks and Catawbas to the south; the Shawnee, Delaware, Wyandots to the north. All were considered savage and didn't think very highly of the encroachment of the white man. However, it is thought that there were earlier residents in Kentucky due to the ruins found here. No one, at McClung's time had any idea of who these ancient peoples were but it appears that they were much more advanced that the Indian. Their tools, household utensils were far superior to the various tribes. They simply were here - they were gone. White man came in the person of Dr Walker in 1578, Finley in 1767 and Daniel Boone in 1769, Knox in 1770. Boone stayed two years in Kentucky and at the same time a party led by Colonel James Knox and his men called the Long Hunters. From all indications, they never met. Boone came from North Carolina; Knox's party was from the Holston on the Clinch River. Lands were offered to Virginians in the wilderness of Kentucky and surveyors were sent to survey the land. Catain Thomas Bullitt, in 1773, led a party of surveyors down the Ohio River to the Fall. Brothers James, George and Robert M'Afee from Virginia accompanied him as far as the mouth of the Kentucky River. In 1774, James Harrod built a log cabin where Harrodsburg now stands. Colonel Richard Henderson purchased from the Cherokees the whole country south of the Kentucky River. In 1775, noted pioneer Simon Kenton built a log cabin in what is now Mason County. In September of the same year, Daniel Boone's wife and daughters arrived along with Mrs. Denton, Mrs McGary and Mrs. Hogan, all settling in Harrodsburg. A mere 13 days later, Col Richard Callaway and two other unnamed men with their wives and children walked into Fort Boonesborough. In the spring of 1776, Colonel Benjamin Logan arrived with his wife and family at Logan's Fort, about a mile west of the present town of Sanford. That winter, Kentucky became Kentucky County, Virginia. In 1777, the first court of quarter sessions was held at Harrodsburg and was attended by Levi Todd who was it's sheriff and clerk. The court was composed of John Todd, John Floyd, Benjamin Logan, John Bowman and Richard Calloway. This was marked by an almost immediate Indian invasion which waged on for weeks. North Carolina sent in reinforcements; Virginia sent in a hundred or somen from Virginia. 1778 was marked by two military battles - first, the invasion of the country by an army of Indians and Canadians under the command of Captain DuQuesne, a Canadian officer; the other an expedition by Colonel George Rogers Clark against the English posts at Vincennes and Kaskakia.. The Revolutionary War was raging and most forgot the Kentucky County settlements. Manpower and supplies were more needed for the war effort than for some few struggling settlers in Kentucky County. 1779 brought several interesting events. In April, a blockhouse with little defense, was built by Robert Patterson - where Lexington KY now stands. Colonel Bowman carried out an unfortunate expedition against the Indian town of Chillicothe; and the land law of Kentucky was passed by the Virginia Legislature. Thus began many of Kentucky's problems. There was a radical defect in the law according to McClung since Virginia filed to provide for a general survey of the county at government expense. Instead, each possessor of a warn was allowed to locate where he pleased and was required to pay for their own survey. His entry was required to be so special and precise that each subsequent locator might recognize the land as already "taken up.". The precision required was too difficult for even Boone and Kenton; vague entries were just denied and declared null and void. This resulted in "unnumbered sorrows, lawsuits, and heart-rendering vexations." Then the inexperience of the Kentucky pioneers and hunters of the time, trying to cope with entries, survey, patents ... lands were piled on top of each other, overlapping and crossing other claims. At first the problem was not evident, but with the influx of new settlers, it became a nightmare. Due to the law being passed however, the settlers flowed into Kentucky in droves. Elk and buffalo hunters were replaced by the fierce "land hunters." They fought the Indians and of privations with gusto. By 1780, huge numbers of emigrants crowded into Kentucky to locate land warrants which spurred the Indians to fight back more aggressively. Indians and English, under the leadership of Colonel Bird, threatened Kentucky with total destruction. Cannons were used for the first time and brought into the forts. Ruddle's and Martin's stations were totally destroyed. By fall, Colonel Clark with his State troops settled in at Louisville, reinforced by very man he could round up. They invaded the Indian country in Ohio, defeated the Indians, wasted their villages, destroyed their corn fields. In the fall, Virginia divided Kentucky into three counties - Fayette, Lincoln and Jefferson. County courts were established with monthly sessions, quarterly sessions and many magistrates and constables. . In 1781, another large emigration occurred into Kentucky. Land speculators joined the crowed. The three counties operated in a state of constant alarm with Indian ambushes bursting out at many times. Many lives were lost but advancements were made. In 1782, the Indian raids were quite prolific. In May, twenty-five Wyandots invaded Kentucky and slaughtered at Estill's station. Captain Estill pursued them, overtook them and fought one of the bravest battles. Lieutenant Miller was at his side. Estill was killed by the Indians after a long battle. Later, a party of Wyandots, twenty warriors, met Captain Holder leading seventeen Kentuckians near the Upper Blue Licks and defeated him. Five hundred warriors attacked Bryan's Station in August but the fort held. Over 160 men finally assembled at the fort including Colonels Todd, Trigg and Daniel Boone; Majors Harlan, M'Bride and Levi Todd; Captains Bulder and Gordon and forty-five other commissioned officers including M'Gary. Many references can be found tot his battle. ** NOTE: Followup on Agriculture Census. This is what is shown: The KY Dept for Libraries does have these microfilmed: The State Library has census schedule microfilm from 1790 and 1810-1930 available for interlibrary loan. A maximum of 10 rolls may be checked out for a two-week period. Libraries that participate in OCLC GAC can request items using OCLC, ALA forms via U.S. Mail, fax/Ariel (on ALA forms), or by telephone (OCLC or mail follow-up). Questions about census microfilm and interlibrary loan should be directed to the State Library's Reference staff at (502) 564-8300, ext. 342, or use the Ask a Librarian email service. If you have questions about KDLA's census microfilm collection, call (502) 564-8300, ext. 346, or contact the Archives Research staff by email. To be continued. (c) Copyright 22 January 2004, Sandra K. Gorin. 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TIP #474: THE FORGOTTEN CENSUS Amateur genealogists soon find out that the federal census is one of the most important tools in locating families. The censuses up to the 1850 helped, but only the head of household was listed and age groupings for others in the household. It is often difficult to find out if John and Mary had 15 children of their own, or if some of those little "tick marks" in each age category were cousins, nieces, nephews, boarders, children who had been apprenticed. And those older ones in the household ... parents, grandparents, citizens of the neighborhood that the family was taking care of???? We all breathe a sigh of relief when we view the 1850 census on and each ten years we could actually trace the family and who were inner family members, who were boarders, who were visitors. Errors of course existed, but how great it is to trace a family or families from 1850 on through the 1930 census - except the destroyed 1890 census. There is another census that genealogists often forget about because a lot of us don't know of its existence. The censuses are hard to find and don't list a lot of names, but can prove our ancestor was in a certain place at a certain time and a little about how they lived. This census is the Industrial and Agricultural Census. This census was conducted in 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. (Different versions of the Agricultural Census are still being taken, but these are the primary years of interest to the researcher). Where to I find these censuses? They are difficult to find. You won't locate them in most libraries and a lot of librarians won't even know what you're talking about! National Archives did microfilm these, beginning with the Seventh Federal Census (1850). A schedule entitled "Agricultural Productions" was to be completed which listed the holdings of individual farms in America. The 1850 census was very basic. The land owner had to answer the following questions: 1 - Owner of farm 2 - Agent or manager of farm 3 - Value of farming implements and machinery 4 - Value of , horses, asses, mules, milch cows, working oxen, other cattle, sheep, swine 5 - Bushels of wheat 6 - Bushels of Indian corn 7 - Bushels of oats 8 - Pounds of rice 9 - Pounds of tobacco By 1880, the government added more categories and asked a lot more questions. Here are the questions asked the farmer then: 1880 U.S. Agricultural Census Name of Person conducting the farm Tenure of the Owner Rent: Do you rent farm, how much paid in rent, do you rent for a share of the products? Acres of Improved Land (i.e., tillable land that can be used for growing crops). Include fallow land And grass including pasture or meadow. Acres of permanent meadow, permanent orchards and vineyards Acres of unimproved land - woodlands and forests Acres of other unimproved land including "old fields" not growing wood. Farm Values: Value of farm including land, fences and buildings Value of implements and machinery Value of live stock Value of fences including building and repairing Cost of fertilizers purchased in 1879 Labor: Amount paid for wages in 1879 including value of board. Number of weeks hired labor on the farm or dairy excluding housework Estimated value of all farm products sold, consumed or on hand. Grass: Number of acres mown Number of acres not mown Products: Products Harvested (in tons) of: Clover Seed. Bushels. Grass Seed. Bushels Animals: Horses of all ages on hand 1 June 1800 Mules and Asses, on hand June 1, 1880 Neat [horned oxen] Cattle and their products on hand Working oxen Milch [milk] cows Other Calves dropped [born] Cattle of all ages purchased Cattle of all ages sold Cattle living Cattle slaughtered Cattle died Cattle strayed Cattle stolen and not recovered Milk sold or sent to butter & cheese factories (in gallons) Butter made on the farm Cheese made on the farm in pounds Sheep on hand Lambs dropped Sheep and lambs purchased Sheep and lambs sold Sheep living Sheep slaughtered Sheep killed by dogs Sheep died of disease Sheep died of stress of weather Sheep clipped and shorn or to be shorn - fleeces in pounds Swine on hand Poultry on hand exclusive of spring hatching Eggs produced in 1879 Cereals: Acres in: Barley Buckwheat Indian Corn Oats Rye Wheat Canada Peas (dry) Beans (dry) Fiber Flax Tons of Straw Pounds of Fiber Pounds of Hemp Acreage of Sugar Sorgham Sugar in pounds Molasses in gallons Maple Sugar in pounds Broom Corn Acreage Hops Acreage and crops Potatoes (Irish) acreage Potatoes (Sweet) acreage and crops Tobacco - acreage and crops Orchards: Apples, acreage Number of bearing trees Bushels produced Same for peaches Total value of all orchard products sold or consumed Nurseries - acreage and value of produce sold Vineyards - acreage and value of produce sold Grapes sold in pounds Wine made in gallons Market Gardens value of produce sold Bees: Honey sold in pounds Wax produced in pounds Forrest Products: Amount of Wood cut in cords Value of all forest products sold or consumed And you thought WE are asked a lot of questions! Although none of the above is of genealogical value, we can certainly have a feel for how our ancestors lived, what they did in caring for the farm! The web site for the State of Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives is down, as soon as I am able to link to the site, I will post if any of these microfilms are available. (c) Copyright 15 January 2004, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved Colonel Sandi Gorin SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html SCKY surname registry sites: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/reg.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyclinto/forms/SCKYreg.html Gorin Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

TIP #473 - KY CASUALITIES WW II - U S ARMY/ARMY AIR CORP - WARREN THROUGH WOODFORD COUNTIES This concludes the series on casualities from Kentucky. I would like to salute these brave soldiers and their families who gave so much. KIA=killed in action DOW=died of wounds DOI=died of injuries DNB=died non-battle FOD=finding of death M=missing Warren County: ADKINSON, John H, Pfc, KIA - ANDERSON, Edward S, Tec/5, KIA - ASHLOCK, Willard D, T/Sgt, KIA - BARRINGER, Shelby W, Sgt, KIA - BASHAM, Edward J, Pfc, KIA - BOOKER, Lloyd T, Pfc, DOW - BRACKEN, Elmer H, Sgt, KIA - BRITT, Ocie W, Cpl, DNB - BROWN, Virgil E, S/Sgt, DNB - CLARKE, Richard J, 2nd/Lt, KIA - CLINE, Garland W, Pvt, KIA - COBB, Robbie L, Sgt, FOD - COLE, James A, Pvt, DOW - COLLETT, Virgil N, Sgt, KIA - CONNELL, Herman E Jr, Pfc, KIA - CORNWELL, Harold R, 2nd/Lt, FOD - COX, Carl B, Sgt, DNB - CRAFT, Joseph N, Pvt, DNB - CRAIG, Gavin C Jr, 1st/Lt, KIA - DAVIS, George W, Pfc, KIA - DAWSEY, Willis L, Sgt, KIA - DURHAM, James L, 2nd/Lt, FOD - DURRETTE, Luther L, Sgt, KIA - ELLIS, George W, 2nd/Lt, KIA - ESTES, Raymond C, Pvt, KIA - FELTS, Joseph B, Pfc, KIA - FLORA, Kenneth H, Pvt, KIA - GAMMEL, Murl E, Pfc, KIA - GARDNER, William R, 2nd/Lt, DNB - GARRISON, Lucion N, Pvt, DNB - GENTRY, Roy H, Pfc, DNB - GOODNER, Howard C/G, T/Sgt, KIA - GREEN, Vester N, Pfc, KIA - HARMON, Willie C, Pvt, KIA - HELSLEY, Albert B, Lt/Col, DNB - HEWGLEY, James W, Pfc, KIA - HIGHTOWER, Elvis, Pvt, KIA - HOGUE, William M, Pvt, KIA - HOLDER, Wendell D, S/Sgt, DNB - HOWELL, Woodrow W, Pfc, DNB - HUDNALL, Mabron B, S/Sgt, KIA - HUNT, James D, 2nd/Lt, DNB - HUNTON, Melvin A, Cpl, KIA - HURT, Earl E, Sgt, KIA - JEWELL, John, Pvt, KIA - JOHNSON, Jerry H, Pvt, DNB - JOHNSON, Maxwell M, Pvt, DOW - JONES, J H, S/Sgt, DNB - JONES, Roy P, Pfc, KIA - KEOWN, Ernest, Pvt, DNB - KINSLOW, Roy M, S/Sgt, DNB - LONG, William J, Pvt, DNB - MANCO, James R, Pvt, DNB - MATHEWS, Earl D, Pvt, DNB - McKENZIE, Lewis M, 2nd/Lt, DNB - McKINNEY, Keith E, Pvt, KIA - MITCHELL, Albert W, Capt, KIA - MONAHAN, Robert E Jr, Sgt, KIA - NORRIS, James J, Av/C, DNB - NEEL, Robert E, Pfc, DNB - NEIGHBORS, John W, Pvt, DNB - NOLEN, Thomas E, Pvt, KIA - NORRIS, Lloyd O, Pvt, KIA - OSBORNE, Garnell E, Pfc, KIA - PACE, Lawrence B, 2nd/Lt, DOW - PARKS, Henry L Jr, Cpl, DNB - PASCHAL, Charles H, Pfc, KIA - REGISTER, James A, Pfc, KIA - RENICK, Thomas Jr, Pfc, KIA - ROGERS, Harold N, Pfc, DNB - ROPER, Walter B Jr, 2nd/Lt, KIA - SMITH, Lester M, Pvt, KIA - SPROUSE, Paul E, Tec/5, DNB - STRONG, George E, Pfc, DOW - TAYLOR, Charles L Jr, 1/st LT, KIA - THOMAS, Julian R, Pfc, KIA - THOMPSON, James E, S/Sgt, KIA - WHOBREY, Samuel, Pfc, KIA - WILEY, Henry B, S/Sgt, DNB - WILLOUGHBY, Hubert E, S/Sgt, KIA - WILLOUIGHBY, Sidney H, 1st/Lt, FOD - WILSON, Carl, Cpl, KIA - YOUNT, Dillard H, Pfc, DOW Washington County: First part of list missing. McMICHEL, Hyatt, Pfc, KIA - MILLER, John T, Pvt, DNB - MILLER, Theodore J, Pvt, DNB - PARROTT, John E, Sgt, KIA - SHARP, William G, Pvt, DNB - SUTTON, Robert L Jr, Pfc, KIA - WHEATLEY, Joseph M, Pfc, KIA - YEASTE, Loys, Pvt, DNB Wayne County: BELL, Dan, Pfc, DOW - BELL, Reynold, Pvt, KIA - BOLEN, Dewey M, Pfc, DOW - BROWN, Cecil A, Pvt, DNB - CARRIGAN, George F, Pvt, KIA - CASADA, Hobert L, Pvt, DOW - CATRON, Ernest, Sgt, KIA - CLEMONS, Homer L, Pfc, DOW - COFFEY, James C, pfc, KIA - COOMER, Robert W, Pvt, KIA - CRABTREE, Oliver J, Pfc, DNB - CROSS, Hershel C, Sgt, KIA - DAVENPORT, Lloyd E, Pvt, KIA - DAVIDSON, Luther W, Pfc, KIA - DENNEY, Carl S, S/Sgt, KIA - FLYNN, James H, Pfc, KIA - FLYNN, Robert, Pvt, FOD - FLYNN, Thomas K, Tec/5, KIA - FOISTER, Henderson C, Pvt, KIA - FOSTER, Virgil O, Pfc, KIA - GOSSAGE, Grady, Pvt, KIA - GREGORY, Robert E, Pvt, DNB - HARDWICK, Estelle W, Tec/5, DNB - HICKS, Rayk D, Pvt, DNB - HILL, Colonel C, Pfc, KIA - KENDRICK, Cecil B, Pvt, KIA - LAUGHARY, James W, Pvt, KIA - LEE, Phillip C, Pfc, KIA - MILLER, Jay G, Pvt, KIA - MOUNCE, William M, Pfc, KIA - NEATHERY, Bobbie B, Pfc, KIA - PATTON, Jesse M, Pfc, KIA - PERDUE, Robert B, Pfc, KIA - PHILLIPS, Frank S, Capt, KIA - RAMSEY, Raymond J, Tec/5, KIA - SHEARER, Martin G, 2nd/Lt, FOD - STRINGER, Henry H, S/Sgt, DNB - TOLER, Jay B, Cpl, DNB - TUGGLE, Fred, Tec/5, KIA - WHEELER, Roy F, Pvt, KIA Webster County: BLACKWELL, Thomas B, 2nd/Lt, FOD - BROWN, Franklin R, Pfc, KIA - CAPPS, Eugene Q, Pvt, KIA - DILLS, Willard H, Cpl, DNB - DIXON, Robert L, Pfc, DOW - DONALDSON, Robert I, Pvt, KIA - DUNCAN, Harold E, Tec/5, DNB - FLETCHER, Leo E, Sgt, DNB - GIVENS, Hohn M, Capt, KIA - GRANT, George W, Sgt, DOW - HIGGS, John L, Pvt, KIA - HILL, Baxter L, Pvt, KIA - HILL, James, Pfc, DOW - JACKSON, Charlie L, Sgt, KIA - JONES, Ernest J, Pvt, KIA - LEEPER, Raymond, Pvt, KIA - MARTIN, Moses E, Pvt, KIA - MARTIN, Richard E, S/Sgt, KIA - METZ, Charles E Jr, Tec/5, KIA - MITCHELL, Billy G, Sgt, KIA - OVWERBY, Frankie B, Tec/4, KIA - PERRY, Elbert R, Cpl, DOW - RAYBURN, Claude S, 2nd/Lt, KIA - RICH, Luther, Pvt, DNB - RINGO, John M, 1st/Lt, KIA - SELLERS, Paul M, Sgt, KIA - SHELTON, Junior J, S/Sgt, KIA - SHELTON, Leighton F, Pvt, KIA - SMITH, Jesse E, Pfc, KIA - STROUSE, Liston, Pvt, KIA - TOWERY, Finey E Jr, S/Sgt, DOW - WAIDE, Willis E, Cpl, DNB - WELLS, Robert G, Sgt, KIA - WILLIAMS, James A, Cpl, DNB Whitley County: ANDERSON, Debert K, Pvt, DNB - BENNETT, Arnold J, Pvt, KIA - BENNETT, Roy L, Pfc, DNB - BOLTON, Joseph W, Pvt, DNB - BOWLIN, A B, Pvt, KIA - BOWLIN, John P, Pfc, KIA - BROOM, Charles R, Sgt, KIA - CAMPBELL, William E, Sgt, DOW - CARR, Ellis, Pfc, KIA - CAUDILL, Carl, Pfc, DNB - CLOUSE, Willard J, S/Sgt, DOI - CRABTREE, Joseh E, Pfc, KIA - CROLEY, Thomas G, Pvt, KIA - CUMMINS, Cassius C, Tec/5, KIA - DAVIS, Clyde E, S/Sgt, KIA - DAVIS, John B, 1st/Lt, DOW - DUNN, Frank N, S/Sgt, DNB - EATON, Byrd M, Pvt, KIA - EBERSOLE, Albert J, Pvt, DNB - ELLIOTT, Billie, Pfc, KIA - ESTEP, Howard, Cpl, DNB - ESTES, Marlan R, Sgt, DNB - FAULKNER, Wesley, Cpl, DNB - FREEMAN, Keith, Pfc, DNB - FUSON, Raymond L, Cpl, KIA - GIBBS, Robert, Pvt, KIA - HAMBLIN, Norman, Cpl, DNB - HAMMONS, Charley W, Sgt, KIA - HART, Arlis J, Pfc, KIA - HELTON, George M, Tec/4, DOW - HELTON, Raleigh B, Pfc, DOW - HICKEY, William J, Pfc, KIA - HIGGINBOTHAM, T O, Sgt, DOW - HOPKINS, Elden G, Cpl, KIA - HOWARD, Hugh A Jr, FL/O, DNB - HUMFLEET, Dennis H, Pfc, DNB - JENKINS, James Jr, Pvt, KIA - JOHNSON, Roland S, Pvt, KIA - JOHNSON, Thomas, Pvt, KIA - JOHNSON, William C, Pfc, KIA - JONES, Edward W, Tec/4, DNB - JONES, Henry W, S/Sgt, KIA - JONES, Johnny F, S/Sgt, KIA - KARR, William K, 2nd/Lt, DNB - KARR, William L, Pfc, DNB - KELLY, Patrick J, 2nd/Lt, FOD - KIDD, William G, Pfc, KIA - LAWSON, Clyde E, Pfc, KIA - LAWSON, Lambert B, Tec/5, KIA - LOGAN, William V, Tec/5, KIA - MARCUM, Roscoe, Pfc, KIA - MARTIN, Leslie, Pvt, KIA - MAYNE, Billy C, Pfc, KIA - MAYS, Chester, Pfc, KIA - MAYS, Hubert, Pvt, DOW, McCOWAN, Eugene J, pvt, DNB - MONHOLLEN, Virgil, Pfc, DOW - NEAL, Ralph J, S/Sgt, DOW - NORVELL, Loren, pfc, DOW - PARTIN, Thomas W, Pvt, DNB - PEACE, Chester, Pfc, KIA - PERKINS, Roy O, Pvt, KIA - PETREY, Edgar, S/Sgt, KIA - POLLEY, Pleas E, Pvt, KIA - POWERS, Elmer A, Pvt, KIA - RAINS, Delmar D, Pfc, KIA - RAINS, Evwert R, Pvt, KIA - RAINS, Paul, Cpl, FOD - RAY, James D, Cpl, DNB - REASOR, John L, Pfc, DOW - ROADEN, Evan D, Pfc, DOW - ROBINSON, Charley, Pfc, DOW - ROE, Kenneth S, Pfc, KIA - ROGERS, Jefferson S, Pvt, KIA - ROOT, Loyd H, Pvt, KIA - SEARS, William M Jr, Pvt, KIA - SEXTON, Bud C, Pfc, KIA - SEXTON, John J, Pfc, KIA - SHELLEY, Herman F, Tec/4, KIA - SIGMAN, Melvin G Jr, 2nd/Lt, DNB - SKIDMORE, Felen, Pvt, DOW - SMITH, Herman, Sgt, DNB - SMITH, Ira L, Pfc, DOW - SMITH, Joseph A, Pvt, DNB - SMITH, Orris, Pfc, KIA - SMITH, Verlin C, Cpl, KIA - STANFIELD, Charles W, Tec/5, DNB - STEELY, James E, Tec/5, KIA - STEPHENS, Eugene L, 2nd/Lt, KIA - STEPHENS, Glennis C, Pvt, KIA - STONE, Eugene, Pfc, DOW - STOUT, Charles G, Pvt, KIA - SUTTON, Truman D, Pvt, KIA - SWAIN, Croley B, Pfc, KIA - TAYLOR, Harmon H, Pvt, KIA - THOMPSON, J D - Pfc, DNB - TOMPKINS, Charles R, Pvt, KIA - WALDEN, Baron S Jr, 1/st, FOD - WALTERS, Avery, Pfc, KIA - WELLS, Willard W, Pfc, DOW - YOUNG, Glenn R, 1st/Lt, DNB - YOUNG, Sherman, Pfc, KIA Wolfe County: BANKS, Elmer, Pfc, DNB - BARKER, Bill (NMI), Tec/5, DOW - BREWER, Acy L, Pvt, KIA - BREWER, Granville M, Pfc, KIA - BREWER, Green K, Pvt, KIA - BUCHANAN, Vernon L, Pfc, DNB - BUSH, Robert K, Pfc, KIA - CABLE, Willard, Pfc, KIA - ELKINS, Steve, Pvt, KIA - GABBARD, Ned, Pvt, DNB - HATTON, Orville (NMI), Pfc, KIA - HOLLON, Stanley, Pvt, KIA - HOWARD, Arnold, Pvt, KIA - KING, Alfred, Pvt, KIA - LINDON, David H, T/Sgt, DNB - OLDFIELD, Ralph B, Pfc, KIA - OLIVER, Hurley, Sgt, DNB - PELFREY, Willie C, Tec/4, DNB - SMITH, Samuel F, Pfc, KIA - SPENCER, Omer V, Pvt, KIA - TYRA, Arnold, Pfc, KIA Woodford County: ALDRIDGE, Claude W, Pvt, DNB - BABER, James W, Pvt, KIA - BAKER, James M, Pvt, DOW - BARNES, Harold, Sgt, KIA - BEASLEY, Leon O, Pfc, KIA - BROWN, Vane H, S/Sgt, KIA - BYRD, Elmer, Pvt, DNB - DUNCAN, Robert E, S/Sgt, FOD - FRENCH, Hugh S, Capt, KIA - HARPER, Alfred, Pvt, DOW - KAEFRING, Harry C, Maj, DNB - LAMONT, Burnet W, Pvt, KIA - MASON, Warren T, Pvt, KIA - MEAUX, Charles R, Pfc, DNB - MOBERLY, James F, Tec/5, DOW - MOBLEY, Stanley, S/Sgt, KIA - MOUNTJOY, Jesse T, 2nd/Lt, IA - NICKELL, Raymond G, Pvt, DNB - OWENS, James W, Pvt, KIA - RAIDER, Harry S Jr, Pvt, DOW - SAMMONS, Edward R, S/Sgt, KIA - SPENCER, Leslie V, Pfc, KIA - SAYLOR, Claude L, Sgt, KIA - SCHOBERTH, Harry A, Capt, KIA - UPDIKE, James C, Pvt, KIA - WASHINGTON, William D, Pfc, KIA - WELLS, Virgil W, S/Sgt, FOD, WILSON, Cecil E, 2nd/Lt, DNB - WOODS, Millard T Jr, S/Sgt, KIA (c) Copyright 8 January 2004, Sandra K. 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