TIP #293 - PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS Below I have listed the prison camps which existed during the Civil War. Kentucky soldiers were housed in many of these. Where I have been able to find a source where the reader can search for a specific name, I have included it. CAMP ANDERSONVILLE, Sumter County, GA Opened: February 1864 Size and description: 26 acres Prisoners: Union, over 32,000 Difficulties: Lack of fresh water, sanitation at a minimum as the stream in the prison yard also served as the latrine. Known deaths there: 13,000 Web site: http://www.corinthian.net/mccc/plookup.htm CAMP BELL ISLAND, James River at Richmond, VA Opened after the 1st Bull Run Prisoners: Union Size and description: No barracks, clusters of tents Difficulties: Difficult escapes because of the rapids of the James River, many drowned trying to escape. Known deaths there: Unknown CAMP CHASE, Location: 4 miles west of Columbus, OH Opened: First used as training camp for Union Volunteers Prisoners: Confederate, 1861 Size and description: Over 9,000 Difficulties: No visitors, no prisoners allowed to leave camp. Not enough food, overcrowding. Many prisoners starved to death or died because of exposure. Known deaths: No totals found, said to have averaged 40 Confederate soldiers a day. CAMP DOUGLAS, Near Chicago, Il Opened: February 1862 for prisoners after surrender of Fort Donelson. Prisoners: Union Size and description: Large, sprawling, held over 7,000 prisoners Difficulties: Disease, poor sanitation, hunger, lack of clothing in winter, stagnant water, rotting bodied laying around, varmit infested. Known Deaths: No totals found, said that in Jan and Feb of 1863, approximately 18 prisoners died a day. CAMP FORD, 4 miles northwest of Tyler, TX Opened: August 1863. Prisoners: Union Size and description: Slaves built the open stockades, built their own shelters. Sod Huts, Holes in the ground with canvas stretched over them. Largest in Texas. By late 1864, over 4,900 prisoners held here. Conditions: Running water, stream in the midst of camp. Minimal food shortages with local farmers being allowed to sell produce to the prisoners. Prisoners could earn money by doing crafts Known Deaths: 250-230 CAMP PINCKNEY, about a mile off shore from Charleston on a shoal off Shutes Folly Island. Opened: Originally built by the government in the 1790 to protect Charleston. One of the first prisoner of war camps, not a death camp. Prisoners: Union Size and description: None found Conditions: One of the best. Strict discipline, clean, sanitary, peaceful, no known escapees Known Deaths: None found CAMP DANVILLE: Danville, VA Opened: Not found. Prisoners: Union Size and Description: 6 tobacco warehouses. Conditions: Said to be peaceful, but possibly with bad conditions. Crowded, rows of cots And narrow isles. Had smallpox and fever raging here. Known Deaths: CAMP ELMIRA, Elmira, NY Opened: 1864. Prisoners: Confederates Size and Description: 40 acres, 35 barracks Conditions: High death rate, horrid living conditions, most caused by the Camp Colonel - Starvation high. Over 10,000 men confined there by August of 1874. Few clothes and no Blankets. Rations reduced to bread and water. 1,870 cases of scurvey, pneumonia, Diarrhea, smallpox. At the end of 1874, 1,264 prisoners were dead. Donated clothing By families but only those that were gray in color were distributed. Known Deaths: At least 25 percent of the 12,123 prisoners who entered; at war's end, 2,963 dead. FORT DELAWARE, Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River. Opened: Prior to 1863. Prisoners: Confederates Size and Description: Built to house 2,000 but had increased to 8,000 by 1863. Officers Housed in buildings; men in tents or wooden barracks. Conditions: Many ill with scurvey, food only came from civilian sympathizers. If soldiers Had money, bartered; if not, they would sell parts of their clothes to buy food. Water Impure, flooding with dead fish, dead leaves, wretched smell. Small box epidemic in 1863. Known Deaths: Not recorded, but prisoners held here for an additional 2 months after The war had ended. FORT JEFFERSON: Garden Key, Dry Tortugas (islands west of Key West). Opened: 1846 as a coastal fort. Prisoners: Criminals from Union Armies Size and Description: Barren sand, 50 foot high brick walls. Conditions: Considered to be one of the worst, nicknamed "Devil's Island". Prisoners wore a ball and chain, insect problems, bedbugs, guards that were cruel to prisoners, yellow fever, malaria. Known Deaths: Not recorded FORT McHENRY: On a peninsula in Maryland's Baltimore Harbor. Opened: Not shown Prisoners: Confederate plus police commissioners, those who sympathized with the south, Army and Navy personnel who were sympathetic to the south, rebel surgeons and chaplains. Size and description: Not found Conditions: Considered one of the best. Prisoners well-treated, female visitors allowed, debate clubs held, more than one language spoken. Known deaths: Not found. JOHNSON'S ISLAND, Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie. Date Opened: February 1862 Prisoners: Confederate Size and description: 300 acres, barracks, each holding 180 men; hospital, wash house, mess halls. Guards on walkways at top of wooden fence. Conditions: Good food supply, prisoners could buy from locals, not crowded until later in the war. By later on, it held over 3,000 prisoners - men were mostly officers. LIBBY PRISON, Richmond, VA. Date opened: not shown Prisoners: Union Size: Three story brick building. Conditions: Considered a runner-up to Andersonville with an infamous reputation. Prisoners were so crowded as to have to sleep on their side to fit. Very short food supply, cold, lice, . If a soldier was seen in the windows looking out, he could be shot. By May 1964, 125,000 prisoners had been placed here - all officers. Deaths Recorded: Not shown. To be continued: (c) Copyright 25 May 2000, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved, sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements,Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 - E-fax (707)222-1210 - e-mail: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://members.delphi.com/gorin1/index.html Barren Co: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kybarren/ TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios ARCHIVES: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

I have "hit" upon this topic before, but more and more I see new researchers, and some more experienced ones - just taking as Gospel truth everything they find. This might be from web sites, files, letters .... if someone else has it this way, it must be true. Not so! I have been doing genealogy for twenty-eight years now and still am finding my mistakes. Genealogy is not an exact science; we will never have everything right. But, we can do the best we can. If you pick up information, investigate it, dissect it, chew it over and sometimes, spit it out! It's lovely to be able to trace our family tree to famous political or historical characters, or tie into royalty. But ... some of us just can't do it. We just come from the average every-day pioneer stock. Just because the first name or the last name ties in with someone in a famous family, doesn't mean it's the same person. I'm sure there were a lot of namesakes for John Quincy Adams, George Washington or Daniel Boone. But, is OUR Daniel Boone THE Daniel Boone? Sometimes our ancestors were well-written; sometimes we throw a party if we can find them anywhere. They seemed to hide out at census taking time, didn't fight in any battles, never served on any juries, got married under an alias - whatever! But, they are our family and we do want to find them. Sometimes we find the "skeleton in the closet" too .... it's not our fault! One of the first and most important sources for our family tree search of course, is the census. Finding our family on an early census is wonderful but we need to be aware that there are built in problems with the census records as with any other printed source. George Washington was the one responsible for seeing that a 10-year census was taken in the United States. It became law in 1790 and is still proceeding. Realizing that in 1790, our country only had about 3,231,533 people; it wasn't quite as difficult as it is today. Slaves an Indians weren't counted - the government was more interested in the number of men who might be able to serve in the military if we again entered into a major war. Memories of the Revolutionary War were quite fresh in the minds of our leaders and many of those who had fought in that war were getting up in years. The English saw to it that most of the 1790 census was destroyed during the War of 1812. The only remaining records that provide data on the people of that census is from the tax records, and of course, only the head of household is listed, no females shown. It was also determined that the results of a census had to remain private for 72 years. One can understand the reasoning behind this - people might be more prone to snoop into private information or give false answers if they thought the whole world knew the real facts! The latest census available for public research is the 1920 census. Legally, the censuses cannot be copied or microfilmed until the end of the 72 years and this takes time too. Why there are errors on the census you might ask? Well, the main blame falls on the census takers and the people who answered the questions, and the transcriptions of the data ..... the list is endless. The census taker was a man ... just an ordinary man who was selected for the task. Like in today's world, some took the job more seriously than others. If the man could write (no matter how well), he was picked. He might be of French, Scotch, Irish or German background - hearing the names differently (as a Kentucky transplant I understand that!). His handwriting might be scribbled. They got tired, missed houses, got false information. Not all were uneducated of course - they could be farmers needing extra money on a year when the crops weren't doing well, teachers .... so we can't classify them all as uneducated. Thankfully, most of them lived in the area of enumeration however. Most were diligent and the results are as perfect as they could provide. They earned money - and it was hard-earned! No speedy cars - but by horseback, house after house. If we attempt to follow the trail of the census taker on his loyal steed, we might become quite disorganized. There were no specific laws on how this was to be done - they just said giddy-up go and took off for the nearest farm or house. Thus - even though the house numbers shown follow in sequential order, it did not necessarily mean that the two houses were next to each other. He could zigzag all over the place, cutting through the woods, coming back to houses where he had found no one at home earlier. He could cut home for dinner and then take out in a different direction, but the house numbers remained in order. Mary and Martha, having a neighborly back yard talk might show up many pages apart Most of the time, the people answering the census taker's questions were adult. But ... the weary census taker, hot from a long day's work, might have to resort to asking children or great-grandma the questions. Can you imagine him asking a 7 year old boy where his parents were born, how old they were, how many children in the family? Or great-grandma who sometimes couldn't even remember her own name! If you do a comparison over several censuses, you might find the state of birth bouncing from state to state and ages all over the place. Until you have the actual date of birth, you have to do an averaging game; ages could vary up to 10 years from census to census. Some women got younger on every census, children's names varied from Charles to Charley to C. W. to Boy .... So, in your first step of documentation using the census, beware! Compare the census records carefully. A child not shown? Were they born in the right time frame to be listed? Had they died right after the census was taken? Were they the child of the head of household or a relative living with them? Chart them out - then start trying to fill in the missing gaps or correcting the wrong information from other sources. (c) Copyright 18 May 2000, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights reserved. sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements,Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 - E-fax (707)222-1210 - e-mail: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://members.delphi.com/gorin1/index.html Barren Co: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kybarren/ TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios ARCHIVES: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

TIP #291 - RIDING THE RAILS INTO WAR I'll admit it. I am a railroad fanatic! My interests lie in the day of the steam engines and over the years I've spent many hours with my HO-gauge models. There is nothing more romantic to me that to see the puffing smoke or hear the distinctive sounds that only a steam engine could make. The younger generations are so used to the speed and sleekness of the modern train - what they are missing! The railroad in Kentucky and other states did so much to mold our country, but is often overlooked in historical references. When we look at the census records or read the old correspondence and find that one of our ancestors worked for the railroad, it should evoke a sense of pride in us! During the Civil War times, the railroad was used not only to transport soldiers and supplies to the troops. It was literally the beginning of fighting vehicles! Those riding the rails were exposed to great dangers during the Civil War as it was a favorite target of the military forces. The opposing armies knew that if they could stop the train, they would eliminate ammunition, enemy troops and cripple them. And, the trains could get into nose-to-nose combat also. Railroad engineers were often used to reconnoiter the enemy areas. Surprisingly, the locomotives could reach speeds nearing 60 m.p.h.! It was relatively a simple process for the locomotive to reverse course and outrun the enemies. Their birds-eye view of the territory through which they passed was relayed to their side without worrying about any telegraph messages being intercepted or when the enemy troops had cut the line entirely. However, the railroad personnel were at great risk of their own lives. It was a simple matter for the opposing troops to cause derailments; scouts often laid in wait in the timbers along the railroad track and took careful aim at the personnel on board. Explosions of the boiler were exceedingly possible with one good shot. Scalding steam from a ruptured boiler claimed the lives of the men aboard unless they were fortunate enough to jump from the train - either being killed in the fall or taken prisoner by the enemy. If your ancestor served on a railroad during the Civil War times and saw combat, he was indeed one of the bravest of the brave and to be commended as the foot soldiers. Locomotives, due to their sheer size and weight could also be employed as battering rams. They could be opened up full throttle and aimed right down the track at opposition trains. Often the locomotive was allowed to crash into enemy supplies and personnel working along the track, causing an explosion on impact and burning the bridge that their foes needed. Trains were sometimes used as decoys also according to some sources; a totally empty train was set to proceed down the track confusing the foe into thinking that the "bad guys" had given up and had deserted the area. In fact, the soldiers who had been on board were hidden in countryside out of site waiting for a relaxation on the part of the misled soldiers. Trains could also transport more heavy artillery than the wagons could. When carried on a flatcar, heavy and awkward guns could be transported faster and easier. With a little American ingenuity, shields were placed on the flatcars to protect the contents. When a railroad did not have this extra protection, the men and contents were at great risk. There was a constant re-building going on during the war. Tracks were blown up, tracks were repaired. Bridges were burned; bridges were re-built. Special railroad personnel were always walking the tracks at great danger to themselves as they rapidly tried to reconnect the life-line of their soldier boys. The soldiers who rode the trains to get to the field of battle were at great peril with little protection. Sometimes only sand bags stood between they and the snipers as the train inched onward to their camp. Later Rifle Cars were added to the trains which were shielded inside and holes were cut allowing the soldiers inside visibility outside and a shooting portal. With the addition of rifle cars, the train was normally arranged with the locomotive at the front with a "monitor" to watch out, several other cars and a monitor at the end of the train as well. Control cars (flat cars) were also used on the tracks to inspect for damages and to disarm any torpedoes. The next time you are reading the old records and see "railroad" as an occupation, think of the railroadin' men of the Civil War! (c) May 11, 2000, Sandra K. 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TIP #290: ONE LOOK AT RECONSTRUCTION Before the Civil War had ended, in December, 1863, President Lincoln issued his formula for reconstruction. Believing that the matters should be settled quickly, he created a lenient plan for bringing the rebellious states back into the Union. All Rebels, except military and civilian leaders, would be granted pardons by merely swearing allegiance to the Union and accepting the end of slavery. They did not have to say they were sorry, they only had to say they would not do it again. After only 10 percent of the people had taken the oath, the state could form a civilian government. When that state produced a new Constitution outlawing slavery, Lincoln would recognize them as reconstructed. President Johnson issued his own amnesty proclamation. Anyone with taxable property worth more than $20,000 was barred from participation, but he provided personal Presidential pardons for those excluded. By the end of 1865 he had issued 13,000 of these pardons. Congress rejected Lincoln's plan because of its leniency. After the war, President Andrew Johnson followed his predecessor's plan for Reconstruction. Johnson's terms for reconstruction were also moderate. Johnson's plan was similar to Lincoln's except he required ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment, repudiation of Confederate debt, and state constitutional provisions abolishing slavery and renouncing secession. He also recommended limited suffrage for Blacks. The leniency of Presidential Reconstruction and the unwillingness of southerners to admit or accept defeat outraged Congress. Many congressmen believed the provisions of Johnson's plan did not adequately punish the Confederates. Johnson's plan did fall short of radical hopes, but it would probably have been accepted if southern states had complied with the spirit of Johnson's proposal. Southerners seemed determined to ignore defeat. The state governments met only the minimum requirements. In fact, Mississippi refused to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment. Southerners showed almost total disregard for northern sensibilities. When Congress met again in late 1865, the South elected four Confederate generals, six Confederate cabinet members and the Confederate vice president, Alexander Stephens, as their congressional representatives. These acts of southern defiance enraged northern congressmen and they refused to seat the southern delegation. President Johnson refused to cooperate in any manner with Congressional wishes for a harsher Reconstruction. Between March and July of 1867, Congress imposed Military Reconstruction on the South with a series of Reconstruction acts. Another source states: "Even while the Civil War was in progress, the federal government offered amnesty to Confederate citizens in an attempt to encourage loyalty to the Union and to begin the process of reconstruction. The Confiscation Act of 1862 authorized the president of the United States to pardon anyone involved in the rebellion. The Amnesty Proclamation of December 8, 1863, offered pardons to those who had not held a Confederate civil office, had not mistreated Union prisoners, and would sign an oath of allegiance. Another limited amnesty that targeted Southern civilians came into effect on May 26, 1864. "On April 9th 1865, when Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, the men and officers were "allowed to return to their homes, not to be disturbed by United States authority so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force where they may reside." This stipulation allowed Confederate soldiers to return to their homes without the threat of trials for treason. ' On May 29, 1865, President Andrew Johnson provided for amnesty and the return of property to those who would take an oath of allegiance. However, former Confederate government officials with the rank of colonel and above from the Confederate army or lieutenant and above from the Confederate navy, and people owning more than $20,000 worth of property had to apply for individual pardons. Though it was difficult for ex-Confederates to ask for a pardon for something they did not believe had been wrong, thousands did ask for and receive amnesty from President Johnson. On Christmas Day 1865, Johnson granted an unconditional pardon to all Civil War participants except high-ranking military and civil officials. In May 1872 the Congressional Amnesty Act gave the right to hold office again to almost all Southern leaders who had been excluded from public office by the 14th Amendment. Andrew Johnson official biography, White House website: "With the Assassination of Lincoln, the Presidency fell upon an old-fashioned southern Jacksonian Democrat of pronounced states' rights views. Although an honest and honorable man, Andrew Johnson was one of the most unfortunate of Presidents. Arrayed against him were the Radical Republicans in Congress, brilliantly led and ruthless in their tactics. Johnson was no match for them. "Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1808, Johnson grew up in poverty. He was apprenticed to a tailor as a boy, but ran away. He opened a tailor shop in Greeneville, Tennessee, married Eliza McCardle, and participated in debates at the local academy. "Entering politics, he became an adept stump speaker, championing the common man and vilifying the plantation aristocracy. As a Member of the House of Representatives and the Senate in the 1840's and '50's, he advocated a homestead bill to provide a free farm for the poor man. "During the secession crisis, Johnson remained in the Senate even when Tennessee seceded, which made him a hero in the North and a traitor in the eyes of most Southerners. In 1862 President Lincoln appointed him Military Governor of Tennessee, and Johnson used the state as a laboratory for reconstruction. In 1864 the Republicans, contending that their National Union Party was for all loyal men, nominated Johnson, a Southerner and a Democrat, for Vice President. "After Lincoln's death, President Johnson proceeded to reconstruct the former Confederate States while Congress was not in session in 1865. He pardoned all who would take an oath of allegiance, but required leaders and men of wealth to obtain special Presidential pardons. "By the time Congress met in December 1865, most southern states were reconstructed, slavery was being abolished, but "black codes" to regulate the freedmen were beginning to appear. "Radical Republicans in Congress moved vigorously to change Johnson's program. They gained the support of northerners who were dismayed to see Southerners keeping many prewar leaders and imposing many prewar restrictions upon Negroes. "The Radicals' first step was to refuse to seat any Senator or Representative from the old Confederacy. Next they passed measures dealing with the former slaves. Johnson vetoed the legislation. The Radicals mustered enough votes in Congress to pass legislation over his veto--the first time that Congress had overridden a President on an important bill. They passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which established Negroes as American citizens and forbade discrimination against them. "A few months later Congress submitted to the states the Fourteenth Amendment, which specified that no state should "deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." All the former Confederate States except Tennessee refused to ratify the amendment; further, there were two bloody race riots in the South. Speaking in the Middle West, Johnson faced hostile audiences. The Radical Republicans won an overwhelming victory in Congressional elections that fall. "In March 1867, the Radicals effected their own plan of Reconstruction, again placing southern states under military rule. They passed laws placing restrictions upon the President. When Johnson allegedly violated one of these, the Tenure of Office Act, by dismissing Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, the House voted eleven articles of impeachment against him. He was tried by the Senate in the spring of 1868 and acquitted by one vote. In 1875, Tennessee returned Johnson to the Senate. He died a few months later. " I am hoping to find a list of Kentucky soldiers who were granted pardons and I know such a list exists. If anyone has any leads, please write me! (c) Copyright 4 May 2000, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved. sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. 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TIP #289 - 9th KENTUCKY INFANTRY REGIMENT Company K, 9th Kentucky Infantry Captains: Austin, Wm. F.; Rodes, Boyle O.; Somerby, Rufus Lieutenants: Coyle, Demetrius B.; Faulkner, George; Lane, James; McDuffee, Major B.; Simmons, James M.; Sergeants: Austin, Charles F.; Bishop, Milton S.; Bronson, General M.; Coleman William; Massey, John; McDuffee, George W.; Morrow, Wm. J.; Newton, James M.; Perdue, George L.1sgt; Simmons, Maysa H.; Corporals: Britt, George W.; Butler, Logan; Combs, Lewis; Good, Reuben H.;Good, Richard H.; Harrison, Harper F.; Hatler, Alexander A.; Johnson, James; Massey, Lorenzo D.; Perdue, Francis M.; Perry, Knicher D.; Simmons, Doctor T.; Privates: Austin, Levi A.; Austin, Miles W.; Bandy, Yancy D.; Bishop, Cornelius M.; Bishop, Hagan A.; Bridgeman, Abram M.; Bridgeman, Isaac J.; Britt, John; Buchanon, Joshua; Buly, John; Buly, Seth; Buly, Thomas; Buly, William; Bush, William Y.; Bybee, Alexander; Carter, Celon C.; Carver, Reuban H.; Chandler, David C.; Chism, Samuel R.; Clarke,Vachel M.; Clayborn, Joseph W.; Combs, Samuel; Cosby, Baily P.; Denham, John B.; Dorsey, James H.; Dorsey, Parker M.; Durham, James P.; Durham, Obediah F.; England, James H.; England, Wm. J.; Fox, Joshua; Francis, James; Gamon, John C.H.; Glover, Alexander; Good, Henry C.; Good, James R.; Goode, Milton J.; Goodman, John D.; Gornel, Joseph; Horgris, Shadrick B.; Hagan, John H.; Harland, Parke W.; Harrison, John; Hatler, Samual; Jenkins, Archibald; Jenkins, Dixon A.; Jenkins, James; Jenkins, Jefferson; Jenkins, Nicholas; Jenkins, Reuban H.; Johnson, William Y.; Johnson, Wm. A.; Kiby, Leonidas D.; Larell, Patrick; Logan, William; Lorell,Wm.; McEntire, John L.; McGinnis, Haley; McGinnis, John B.; McGinnis, Willis F.; Meadow, Fountain P.; Morrow, James G.; Murphy, Parker M.; Newton, William H.; Pennington, Thompson; Perdue, John C.; Rigdon, George W.; Russell, Levi A.; Russell, Wm.; Shivers, John W.; Sikes, James L.; Simmons, Daniel S.; Simmons, Joel Y.; Simmons, John P.; Simmons, William M.; Simpson, James M.; Thomas, Ephraim; Tindley, Langston; Todd, William N.; Veach, William; Welch, James M.; Welch, Joseph D.;Whrat (Wheat?), J. John; Williams, William C. Sources: "Adjutant General's Report" for the State of Kentucky 37th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Muster Roster and the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Muster Roster This concludes the series. (c) Copyright 27 Apr 2000, Sandra K. Gorin. All rights reserved. sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements,Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 - E-fax (707)222-1210 - e-mail: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://members.delphi.com/gorin1/index.html Barren Co: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kybarren/ TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios ARCHIVES: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

For the new people on the list ---- I have a series of books to help those researching KY. There is absolutely NO obligation to buy books to be on this list believe me!!! But for your information if you are interested. Finally - though some of you already know ... the last of the current series of researching guides is done. This finishes up the series likely for this year. Here is what is volume 3: Faith of Our Fathers - a look at the early Baptist church and other early denominations in KY. Records kept, what information, rules for membership or dismissal, when services held, first churches in KY, some early ministers/priests/rabbis. Kentucky Funeral Homes - a massive list of all the recorded funeral homes in the state with address and phone numbers Occupations - Bankers, barbers, blacksmiths, bookmakers, cabinet makers, cat whippers, chandlers, coopers, coppersmiths, cutlers, druggists, eye glass makers, fullers, glass blowers, gunsmiths, hornsmiths, housewrights, linmers, locksmiths, millers, paper makers, pewterers, plumbers, potters, printers, school teachers, tanners and curriers, tinsmiths, tobaccoinsts, wainwrights and weavers - what they did, the tools they used and how they did it Weddings and early homes - the ceremony, rules, descriptions of the early cabins. Early Kentucky Laws - alimony, bastardy, divorces, dower, gaming, guardian and wards, juries, law of descents, levies, lunatics, masters and apprentices, mulattoes and free Negroes, poor widows, strays, taverns and tippling houses, towns, vagrants, weights and measures, witnesses and wolves! - a recap of the early KY (from VA) laws determining who could do what, when and why Wills in KY - who could be a witness, death bed wills, etc Slavery Researching for African Americans What's in A Name and Naming Patterns Early Calendars and calendar reference sheets Kentucky Court System KY banking Money - why pounds & shillings vs dollars Early Colleges, Seminaries and Church Schools Firsts in KY. Who did what first and where. Early KY officials - signers of the KY constitution Old Time Remedies Weather Predictions and KY Sayings Military and Civilian Government Records - what they contain, where to order, web sites, forms. KY Turnpikes and Ferries What's For Supper? Non-Resident Lands Patrollers Inspectors and Warehouses Jails and Jailers The Sinking of the Sultana after the Civil War. Names of known KY soldiers returning home and their fate. 149 pages, $25.00, full name index. Priority mail $3.00 extra; KY residents 6% sales tax. If you have any questions, you may write me privately, my mailing address is in my signature line. Whew! Sandi Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements,Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 - E-fax (707)222-1210 - e-mail: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://members.delphi.com/gorin1/index.html Barren Co: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kybarren/ TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios ARCHIVES: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

TIP #288 - 9th KENTUCKY INFANTRY REGIMENT Company G, H and I, 9th Company G, 9th Kentucky Infantry Regiment Captains: Coyle, Demetrius B.; Dickerson, Isaac; Simmons, Jas. M. Lieutenants: Batdorf, Thos. W; Coyle, Chas. J.; Jenkins, Henry W.; Mayes, Henry W.; McCue, Charles A.; Purcell, Elijah A.; Sergeants: Bowls, William B.; Emberton, Silas; Jackson, John H.; Jenkins, Thos. D.; Moore, Daniel 1sgt; Quinn, William J.; Slaughter, Henry M.; Vaughn , Issac N. Corporals: Arteburn,Thos. E.; Dotson, John E.; Hall, Arnold, N.; Hines, John L.;Houch, Thomas; Jenkins, James L.; Lewis, Henry G.; Loyd, Solomon; Loyd, William; Proffitt, James M.; Slaughter, George W.; Vaughn, John M.; Privates: Akers, Abner; Allen, James M.; Allen, John D.; Allen, William; Arterburn, Elijah; Ayers,James G.; Brown, Nicholas J.; Bunnell, Wm. C.; Burnett, Benjamin N.; Butram, George W.; Butram, James L.; Butram, James T.; Butram, Smith A.; Butram, Thos. J. W.; Carder, John; Coldwell, Porter C.; Collins, Isaac; Creek, James S.; Derring, William J.; Dickerson, William L.; Dickison, John; England, Turner G.; England, Woodford; Frasier, John S.; Folden, James H.; Fox, Daniel; Fraim, George T.; Fulks, William T.; Furguson, Richard W.; Gillenwater, Lucian; Grider, Hary S.;Grumbling, Joseph M.; Harding, Letcher H.; Hendricks, Zepheniah; Houch, Harman; Howard, Wm. G.; Isenberg, John M.; Isenberg, Henry D.; Isenberg, George W.; Jackson, Joseph; Jenkins, Cyrus A.; Jenkins, James M.D.; Jenkins, Newton J.; Johnson, James S.; Jones, John (Wagoner) ; Lavne, Josephus; Lewis, Charles A.; Lewis, Francis M.; Lewis, William S.; Mitchell, Jacob N.; Mitchell, Isaac; Mitchell, James; Mulkey, Cobb F.; Myers, Felix; Neal, William T.; Page, Brandon; Parker, Samuel A.; Parsley, James; Proffitt, George W.; Proffitt, Jackson J.; Proffitt, William T.; Profitt, Thomas W.; Register, Archibald F.; Rhoton, John I.; Richards, David W.; Richards, Eli E.; Russell, Aaron; Russell, Daniel; Simmons, Thomas M.; Simmons, William A.; Smalling, Solomon; Smith, Robert; Stinson, Henry; Taylor, John W.; Turner, Joseph T.; Waits, William N.; Ward, Geo. E.;Wheeler, Barton; Wheeler, Lewis; Williams, Simeon W. Company H, 9th Kentucky Infantry Regiment: Captains: Cram, George H.; Cram, Wellington J.; Grinstead, John P.; Lodge, Samuel A.; Lieutenants: Bailey, Chesly D.; Bartley, Turner; Boyle, William O.; Combs, John W.; Page, William D.; Pipkins, Smith Sergeants: Coyle, Charles A.; Gowdy, Martin 1sgt; Harland, David W.; Tooley, Theodore; Washam, Henry W.; Corporals: Bentley, David M.; Brown, Moses; Coly, John J.; Coly, William D.; Frazier, Ruben; Gaddis, Samuel; Hagan, Thomas; Headrick, Isaac; Oliver, Josiah; Privates: Adams, James; Adams, John; Bacon, Elijah; Beheler, William C.; Bray, Harris W.; Brown, Harmon; Brown, John; Brown, William; Claiborn, Benjamin F.; Cooke, Jacob; Copass, Harvy; Daniels, William R.; Davis, George C.; Doss, James C.; Emertons, John; Fitzgerald, James W.; Ford, Lisby M.; Ford, Thomas; Frazier, Russell; Glover, Archibald A.; Glover, Edward D.; Green, John W.; Gum, James G.; Hagan, Issac G.; Hagan, Thomas; Harris, Francis; Hoss, Jerial; Howard, James H.; James, Jacob R.; Jones, Thomas A.; Jones, William R.; Keelan, Henry M.; Keelen, James M.; King, James W.; Lawrence, Jermiah; Lyon, John; Lyon, William A.; McDonald, Calvin; McDonald, William; McNeese, George W.; Meader, David F.;Meader, Martin; Meader, Sprial; Meader, Thimothy I.; Meader, Tyra J.; Meader, Wilson E.; Meredy, Jas.; Miller, Joseph M.; Miller, Landon C.; Morehead, William; Norman, William; Parker, James M.; Pitcock,Elijah; Pitcock, Jackson; Pitcock, James F.; Pitcock. Leonard J.; Pitcock, Richard; Pitcock, Thomas S.; Pitcock, Thomas; Sartin, John S.; Shamley, Philip; Simpson, James H.; Smith, James H.; Sortin (Sartin), Alfred; Steen, Josiah; Stein, Jasper; Stens, Samuel G.Stinson, John L.; Strickler, Benjamin; Tooley, Abram B.; Tooley, Charles; Tooley, Isham; Tooley, John; Tooley, Joshua; Tooley, William; Turner, Clement E.; Turner, Thomas; Turner, William F.; Turnet, Isaiah; Waller, Elbert S.;Waddie, Commodore P.; Waddle, Montreville, Walden, Samuel R.; Washam, John; Whitehead, Patrick H.; Woodcock, Marcus; Woodcock, Parrish H. Company I, 9th Kentucky Infantry Regiment Captains: Bailey, Chesley D.; Roark, Jonathon W.; Wheat, John H. Lieutenants: Austin, John B.; Downing, Dewitt C.; Rhody, James; Townsend, Henry H. Sergeants: Downing, James W.; Gammon, Wm. M.; Martin, Peter D.; Meader, Alexander; Prague, Harry P.; Tiffany, Washington D.C.; Tracy , Michael Corporals: Cooper, Joseph P.; Cox, Leroy P.; Dixon, Elijah D.; Ellis, William F.; Gammon, Marquis D.C.; Gray, John M.; Gray, William J.; Haines, Benjamin M.; Hargis, Charles F.; Jent, Amos; Johnson, Robert T.; Martin, Pelley E. F.; Ramey, Nehemiah; Seay, William H. Privates: Alexander, Charles G.; Alexander, William M.; Bandy, Bishop L.; Bandy, John T.; Barber, Joel; Barns, Andrew J.; Bean, Peter Jr.; Benaird, Robert A.; Benaird, Smith; Benard, Henderson; Blankship, Asa; Blankship, Saml. S.M.; Borden, John Y.; Borden, Wm.A.; Bralton, Charles; Brawner, Jeremiah; Brook, Jesse Y.; Burns, Andrew J.; Burns, Logan G.; Carothers, William P.; Carter, Philip P.; Carver, John B.; Cole, Henry; Cole, William; Coley, Able G.; Cox, Warren; Curley, James M.; Davis, Andrew; Dixon, Henry H.; Dickman, Antonis; Dixon, Thomas; Dixon, Vinson R.; Driver, Thomas; Ellis, Isaac; Fishburn, Jacob; Francis, John H.; Gammon, John S.; Garrett, John; Henton, John W.; Hinton, Uriah P.; Hinton,Walker; Holloway, James.; Howard, William H,; Howe, Howell E.; Heaves, James A.; Huntsman, Francis M.; Johnson, William A.;Johnson, Yancey; Jones, John L.; Jones, Solomon N.; Kelley, James G.; Lancaster, Joshua; Lee, Stephen R.; Mahana, Stephen; Mahanna, Fredrick H.; Martin, Daniel; Martin, Joseph W.; Martin, Walter R.; Mayhew, James F.; Meader, Albert A.; Miller, Jacob; Minix, John; Mitchell, Jacob N. (Wagoner); Parker, James H.; Parker, William T.; Phelps, Arthur R.; Pipkin, Alexander T.; Puckitt, John S.; Ramey, Daniel S.; Ramey, David ; Reaves; James A.; Reagan, John W.; Poe, Willam J.; Shum, Pleasent E.; Springer, George W.; Stinson, Daniel T; Stinson, Johnson; Tracy, Asa; Weaver, Anderson B.; Weems, James A.; Wems, Willis; York, Marquis D.L. (c) Copyright 20 April 2000, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved, sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements,Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 - E-fax (707)222-1210 - e-mail: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://members.delphi.com/gorin1/index.html Barren Co: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kybarren/ TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios ARCHIVES: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

Continuing on the series. Company D: Captain: Harling, Lafayette Lieutenants: Chitwood, Pleasant; Goad, James; Gregory, William M.; Leggitt, Algernon S.; Morrow, William H.; Whitley, Wiley A. Sergeants: Hays, Jasper; Jones, Samuel; Keith, Joseph P.; McKinnis, George; Moore, Samuel A.; Smith, Charles H.; Smith, Dan C.; York, Marcus D.L. Corporals: Gist, Hiram; Gully, William; Heflin, James K.; Jenkins, George; Mitchel, John; Purcell, William; Raglan, Ephraim T.; Robinson, King; Sanders, Mexico; Smith, John; Whitley, Jefferson C. Privates: Austin, John; Austin, Thomas; Beam, Jeremiah; Beam, Thomas M.; Bean, James; Bean, Peter Jr.; Bean, Peter Sr.; Bell, John H.; Berden, Nathaniel; Borden, Claiborn; Borden, John Y.; Borden, John; Brice, Thomas J.; Bruce, James; Bryant, Andrew J.; Bryant, Arvill S.; Canada, William C.; Canada, William C.; Chitwood, Shadrick; Chitwood, William A.; Creacy, William B.;Creecy, Jesse P.; Creecy, Meredith B.; Davis, Andrew; Davis, Meridith; Dismany,William; Fagg, Henry C.; Gloore, John H; Goisham, Jones; Gregory, Joseph B.; Grened, Silas J.; Harp,William; Horp, James; Hudson, John; Hudson, William; Hunter, Henry; Jackson, William O.B.;Jenkins, Baily P.; Jenkins, David; Jenkins, Elihu H.; Jenkins, Jefferson; Jenkins, Ralston; Jones, Beverly; Jones, Leonard ; Jones, Richard; Keasly, Jackson D.; Kee, Harrison; Kee, Jasper; Keer, Green; Kirby,Claiborn; Kirby, Wolton; Lancaster, Joshua A.; Law, David S.; Lee, Sampson; Leonard, Lemuel J.; Leonard, Obediah; Mitchel,Henry; Mitchell,Wm. A.; Moore, James; Morrow, Alvin H.; Moss, Anthony C.; Moss, Linzy B.; Ragland, Andrew Mc.; Robinson, Henry P.;Robinson, Henry; Robinson, King 2d; Robinson, William. M.; Tolman, James M.;Wallace, William R.; Whitley, Axum; Whitley, James M.; Whitley,Kinchen; Witley, Noah B.; Whitley, Vincin; Williams, Richard W.; Wooton,William; York, George W.; York, John C. Company E, 9th Kentucky Infantry Regiment: Captains: Chenoweth, Archibald S.; Moore, Toliver; Lieutenants: Butram, Jasper N.; Chenoweth, Issac N.; Grinstead, John P.; Norvel, Moses L.; Stout, Daniel J.; Witty, David Sergeants: Buton, Henry H.; Donohoe, John H.; Jones, Virgil A.; Kingry, William L.; Norvill, William T.; Shufey, Jacob W.; Smith, Star, Andrew J.; Star, George W.1sgt; Tolle, Henry B.; Walker, Leonidas Corporals: Butram , Shelby; Copass, Ira G.; Elliot, Dawson B.; Gibson , Alfred; Harlin, John A.; Lawrence, John H.; Nunnaley, Silas B.; Wilson, Charles A. Privates: Adams, Isaac W.; Adams, John M.; Adams, Obediah L.; Adams, William L.; Alley, William D.; Arteburn, Wm. D.; Bacon, Henry; Balldock, George; Barbour, James H.; Barbour, Robert W.; Bartly, Francis M.; Billingsley, John W.; Britt, Thomas H.; Burge, James M.; Burge, Thomas; Climer, Turner; Coonts, Richard; Copass, John J.; Curry, Sanford P.; Denton, Alford; Donahoe, Leroy; Eapmon, Russell; Glass, Joel A.; Glass, John W.; Grigory, James; Halle, Samuel P.; Hodge, Alfred D.; Hoss, Jerial M.; Huffman, Francis M.; Huffman, Jonathan C.; Huffman, Stacy B.; Huffman, Lewis F.; Hughes, Benj. F.; Jackson, Jacob C.; Jackson, Joseph D.; Jackson, Wm.; Jenty, John W.; Jobe, Josley J.; Jobe, Rufus; Kellon, Wm. H.; Kingry, Wm. T.; Lawrence, James H.; Lyon, William A.; Mathews, Felix G.; Moore, Philip (Wagoner); Moses, Henry; Moses, James; Norvell, Isaac H.; Nunn, James M.; Nunnaley, Andrew J.; Nunnaley,Benj.F; Nunnaley, Emery P.; Nunnaley, James A.; Nunnaly , Charles L.;Nunnaly, Milton Q.; Olmnon, Joseph; Padjet, Theophilus; Pyrant, James H.; Pyrunt, Hampton; Ritter, William B.; Shirley, Benjamin; Shufey, Joshua; Slone, Jesse P.; Smith James H.; Smith, William;Thomas, C. Thomas;Tolle, Peter B.; Vance, Samuel T.; Walter, Stephen W.; Wells, William;Williams, Lemuel T.;Wilson Charles A.; Wilson, James J.; Young, William H. Company F, 9th Kentucky Infantry Regiment Captains: Martin, Henry C.; Read, Riley A.; Vetter, John M. Lieutenants: Carpenter, Fred F.; Moore, William; Patton, Robert T.; Read, Emery H.; Sergeants: Burton, John C.; Cade, William H.; Duncan, Calvin; Hancock, Stephen C.; Hatter, Francis M.; McReynolds, John W.; McElroy, George B.; Morgan, Lycurgus J.; Motley, Samual C.; Patton, Elijah M.; Taylor, Benjamin; Webb, William P.; Williams, James S. Corporals: Butler, Young; Hatler, Dillard P.; Lovelace, James R.; McElory, George B.; Moody, Erich; Oliphant, Montgomery B.;Oliver, John M.; Shields, Wm. H.; Spann, Levi J.; Trivet, Robert Privates: Barrett, David; Billingsley, John W.; Bracken, Calvin; Brnson, Henry; Branson , Thomas; Buchanan, Dan'l C.; Buchanan, Joshua B.; Buchanan Robert L.; Butram, William B.; Carver, Henry C.; Cary, Luther; Cassady, Jimmerson; Chandler, William; Clark, James P.; Clarkson, William H.; Coleman, Robert F.; Daniel, Richard; Douglass, Thomas J.; England, Joseph S.; England, William; Graham, John G.; Griffin, Elijah C.; Gunn, John S.;Hancock, Joel; Harris, David; Harris, Richard ; Hearald, Joseph; Jackson, Henry F.; Jackson, John C.; Jones, Samuel; Loafman, Edward W.; Loafman, Jasper W.; Manley , Cornelius A.; Mayhew, Calloway H.; McElroy, Henry C.; McElroy, Joseph R.U. ; McNeece, Wm. P.; Mese, William E.; Miles, William J.; Mise, Charles D.; Moody, Harrison; Oliphant, Ephraim H.; Oliver, George W.; Oliver, Granson S.; Patton, William H.; Poe, William J.; Prewitt, Wm. J.; Richards, Franklin; Richards, Joseph W.; Rigsby, Charles F.; Riggs, John W.; Robertson, Lee P.; Seward, James R. (Wagoner); Sheilds, James; Shields, John A.; Smith, James M.; Spann, William T.; Sparks, Stephen; Stone, William H.; Stovall, George W.; Webb, Robert; Tabor, John T.; Taylor, Joseph; Tinsley, James M.; Turner, Harvey S.; Williams, James C.; Williams, Richard W.; Williams, S.W.W.T.; Williams, Thomas H. Wilson, James R.; Worley, John W; Wright, Joseph L. To be continued - Sandi (c) Copyright 13 April 2000, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved. sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. 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Captains: Hecter, Theodore F., Mulligan , Gilbert M.; Starling, William Lieutenants: Howell, Jesse 1st Lt Mayhew, Ancil B. 1s t Lt Moore, Toliver 2nd Lt Pope, David W. 2nd Lt; Tate, Charles R. Sergeants: Anderson, Joseph L. Ballew, Francis M. Holland, William Huntsman, Daniel Huntston, Lemuel E. Lancaster, Solomon Meader, Joseph H. Miller,William H. Napier, Robert D. Pope, David W. Ragland, John J. Roark, Moses Slayton, Collum Speers, William Corporals: Austin, Christopher C. Bridgeman, Isaac I. Clark, William B. Hinton, Emory P. Mansfield, William A. Martin, John B. Mayhew, Emery A. Mayhew, James W. Meader, Lewis W Michell , George W. Stewart , Isaac R. Stewart, James Privates: Alexander, Benjamin T. H. Bandy, Joseph W. Bandy, Yancy D Bradley, George D. Bradley,Wm. T. Bradly, Isham N. Bratton, Lee W. Bridgeman, Abram N. Brown, Jasper N. Brown, Reuben B. Chandler, David C. Clayborn, Joel T. Clayborn, Joseph H. Cole, Abram Jr. Dalton, Henry V. Dearing, Mathew N. Dillard, William Dobbs, Robert A. Douglas, John M. Fishburn, Bluford M. Gammon, James H. Gammon, John Goad, John Goad, William Henson, Charles L. Holland, Meader Howell, Bradford, Howell Edward W. Howell, James D. Howell, Robert N. Howell, Rolley Huntsman, Henry M. Huntsman, John W. B. Johnson, William A. Johnston, Enoch T. Jones, Jacob R. Jones, Robert A. Jones, William R. Keen , Asberry W Kelly, Henry J. King, James N. Kirkland, William Landcaster, George W. Landcaster, James Lyles, Solomon D. Massey, Lorenzo D. Mathews, George W. Mayhew, George T. Mayhew, Henry A. McGuire, Owen M. Minix, Samuel Michell, Benjamin T. Michell, George Michell, William C. Morgan, William T. Oliphant, James W. Oliphant, Joseph B. Parker, William F. Perdue, Robert H. Richards, William F. Simpson, William M. Speers, Daniel W. Speers, William F. Stewart, Robert A. Strausbury, John F. Straushury, Daniel Sykes, James L Temple , James B. Tinsley, Elija S. Tinsley, Jeremiah B. Tinsley, Levi Walden , William H. Weems, Willis G Wolf, Stephen D. Wolf , Washington F. Wygle, Howison F. To be continued next week with Company D. (c) Copyright 6 April 2000, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements,Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 - E-fax (707)222-1210 - e-mail: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://members.delphi.com/gorin1/index.html Barren Co: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kybarren/ TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios ARCHIVES: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

Now I need a vacation! But, volume 2 is done finally of Guide for Kentucky Researching! As so many have asked - here is the information. Thanks for letting me mention it here - sorry always for extra posts! Chapter 10 - An Overview of the Wars: French & Indian, Revolutionary, War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War. Chapter 11 - Civil War Casualities - KY Confederates Buried in Georgia. Chapter 12 - Battles, Duels, Panics & Skirmishes. Black Patch War, Bloody Monday, Deska-Kimbrough Duel, Battle of Evarts, Jackson-Dickinson Duel, Panic of 1819, Regulator Uprising, Skaggs Family Massacre. Chapter 13 - Feudin' Fightin' and a Fussin' - Breathitt Co Feud, Hargis- Cockrill Feud - Hatfield and McCoys, Howard-Turner Feud, Rowan Co War, Underwood-Holbrock Feud, White and Garrard Family Feud, Wright-Jones Feud. Chapter 14 - KentuckyPenitentiaries - a look at the prisons, rules and regs and what they were really like. Chapter 15 - The Draper Manuscripts. What they are and where they are. Chapter 16 - Burned Courthouses - where to look if your courthouse is burned. Chapter 17 - Migratory Patterns - out of KY. Goldfields, silver strikes, other states why? Chapter 18 - County Holdings. What each courthouse is SUPPOSED to have in County, Circuit, Judge Executive's offices - list of all the books and records. Chapter 19 - Why are There so many burned courthouses? Who did it? Chapter 20 - What Do All These Books Contain? All the previously referenced books and others - what sort of data do they contain to help the researcher? Chapter 21 - the Census. When taken, why are some included, special rules, errors in. Chapter 22 - Land Records. Explanation of Headrights, Military Grants, Vacant lands, treasurer's reports, where to find, etc. Chapter 23 - Metes & Bounds and All Those Confusing Terms. Help in reading a deed with the terms explained. Chapter 24 - Tax Records. When taken, why, clues found, errors in. Chapter 25 - Kentucky Marriages. Steps taken, why sureties, clues in names found. Chapter 26 - Births, Deaths, Burials and Cemeteries. When records kept, errors in, Delayed certificates, newspaper records, burial customs, funeral homes, state rules pertaining to cemeteries, inscriptions on, dating stones with no dates. Chapter 27 - Guardian Bonds and Indentures of Apprenticeship. What are they, why done, sample of actual form, why discontinued. Chapter 28 - So Where Else Can I Look? Secondary sources. Chapter 29 - The Special DDD Scheudle on the 1880 Census = Dependent and Delinquent Classes. Tremendous information. Chapter 30 - The Family Bible. Can you trust? Ways to detect later entries. Chapter 31 - The Gospel According to Aunt Lizzie. Those family tales which may or may not be the Gospel truth! Chapter 32 - A Little About the Native Americans. Tribes in KY, skirmishes. Chapter 33 - Diseases, Epidemics and World Disasters. Traces all the major epidemics and diseases that killed so many and world disasters that effected our citizens. Old KY medical colleges. Chapter 34 - Naturalization Papers. Where to find and what contained. Chapter 35 - National Archives. What's available & how to obtain. Chapter 36 - The Wonderful World of Computer Genealogy. The good, bad and ugly. Chapter 37 - What's So Special About Kentucky? A whimisical look at our beloved Commonwealth. Chapter 38 - The Kentucky Man. What was he really like in the olden times? Chapter 39 - The Kentucky Woman. Same. Chapter 40 - The Kentucky Child. Chapter 41 - The Changing Scene. As it was so shall it become. Chapter 42 - Voices From the Past. My annual Christmas message. Book is 169 pages long, full-name index, soft cover, spiral bound. Sells for $25.00 including shipping and handling. Priority mail $3.00 extra. KY residents - 6% sales tax. It will be available April 1st. You may order directly from me, address in my signature line - checks or money orders only. If you have questions, please email me! Thanks so much! Sandi Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements,Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 - E-fax (707)222-1210 - e-mail: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://members.delphi.com/gorin1/index.html Barren Co: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kybarren/ TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios ARCHIVES: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

9th KENTUCKY INFANTRY REGIMENT - Company B (See previous post for location). Captains: Bryan, William T.; Clark, Silas; Mulligan, Gilbert M.; Lts: Hestand, Turner 1st Lts.: Johnson, Benjamin M., Smith, Anderson ; Woodcock, Wm. Sgts: Crabtree, James M.; Hinson, John W.; Holland, James M., Hudson, Riley; Roddy, William B.; Wilson, Jonathan B.; Naper,Robert D. Cpls: Baxter, Abraham S.; Clarke, Walter M.; Maines, Isaac; Massey, Columbus; Smith, Calvin M.; Tade, John T.; Wakefield, Paschal A.; Walden, James.T.; Woodward, William C. Privates: Almany, David Almany, John Barton, Eli Barton, William A. Baxter , David; Baxter, Elbert H. Baxter, Henry Blair, William Bray, Andrew Carter, Andrew; Carter,George W. Chitwood, William W. Clarke, James M. Combs, Willis T. Cornwell, John B. Cross, Abraham Cross, Isaac Cross, James Denham, Alexander; Denham, Allen C. Dixon, David C. Dixon, Felton Emmert, Philip H. Emmert, William J. Estep, Johnson Eypock, John Garner, Samuel Gass, John H. Gass, William C. Gettings, Samuel A. Grissone, Levi Grissone, Wiley Gully, Daniel Hammer, Alfred Hammer, Hiram C. Head, James Hestand, Jerret H. Hinley, William H. Hix, Isaac Jackson, Jessie J. Jackson, John A Jenkins, Thomas J. Johnson, James J. Keys, William W.; Marshall, George W. Massey, William H. McAlpin, John Moore, Phillip Moss, Andrew J. Pennington, Daniel B. Pennington, Nicholas H. Rhoton, Eli Rhoton, James F. Rush, Jeremiah Rush, Joseph Rush, Thomas Salsbury, John Sartin, Hiram C. Sartin, Jefferson G. Sheffield, Lorenzo D. Short, Alexander W. Short, Caleb W. Smith, Henry T. Smith, William W. Speakman, Robert Spear, Austin Spear, Thomas Speer, George W. Speer, William H. Sprowl, William Steel, Samuel (Wagoner) Strong, John Strong, William M. Thompson, Benjamin G. Thompson, Jesse Thompson, Simpson Tooley, James I. Waddle, Benjamin H. Waggoner, Henry H Wakefield, Gilbert H. Welch, Richard White, John M. Wilburn, Jacob A. Woods, Rawdon To be continued. (c) Copyright 30 March 2000, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved. sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements,Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 - E-fax (707)222-1210 - e-mail: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://members.delphi.com/gorin1/index.html Barren Co: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kybarren/ TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios ARCHIVES: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

First - a personal note. Thanks for the tremendous response on the Guide to KY Research ... I'm working day and night and am just about caught up! Thanks again! TIP #284 - 9th KENTUCKY INFANTRY REGIMENT Little by little, I am trying to post as many names as possible - so many of you are looking for soldiers, but not certain where they served. This will be done is various installments as I am able to locate the information. 9th Kentucky Infantry Regiment: Organized at Camp Boyle, Adair County, Ky., and mustered in November 20, 1861. It was attached to Thomas' Command, Army of Ohio, November, 1861. 11th Brigade, Army of Ohio, to December, 1861. 11th Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Ohio, to March, 1862, 11th Brigade, 5th Division, Army of Ohio, to September, 1862. 11th Brigade, 5th Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, to December, 1864. Duty at Columbia, Ky., until February, 1862. March to Bowling Green, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenn., February 15-March 8. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 18-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Engaged May 21, 28 and 29. Occupation of Corinth May 30, and pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 1. March to Stevenson, Ala., via Iuka, Miss., Tuscumbia, Florence, Huntsville and Athens, Ala., June 12-July 24; thence to Battle Creek, Tenn., and duty there until August 20. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 20-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to Loudon, Ky., October 1-22. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8 (Reserve). Nelson's Cross Roads October 18. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7 and duty there until December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. At Murfreesboro until June. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. At McMinnville until August 16. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27. March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 8. Operations in East Tennessee December, 1863, to April, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton, Ga., May 8-13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Adairsville May 17. Near Kingston May 18-19. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Pickett's Mills May 27. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27, Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama October 1-26. Moved to Nashville, thence to Pulaski, Tenn. Ordered to Kentucky November 22. Mustered out December 15, 1864. Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 96 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 250 Enlisted men by disease. Total 357. Colonels: Benjamin C. Grider, George H. Cram Lieutenant Colonels: Allen J. Roark, John H. Grider, Chesley D. Bailey Majors: William J. Henson, William Starling Adjutant: John H. Shepherd Quartermasters: Benjamin S. Coffey, Francis M. Cummings, Frank White Surgeons: James R. Duncan, Thomas R. W. Jeffray Assistant Surgeons: John A. Lindsay, John Chamberlain Chaplain: James C. Rush Sergeants Major: Montgomery E. Oliphant, John W. Lucas, John B. Carver, John W. Worley Commissary Sergeants: Thomas H. Williams, Levi J. Span, George F. Train Quartermaster Sergeants: William T. Neal, Elijah A. Purcell Hospital Stewards: Montraville Waddle, Vachal M. Clark Company A, 9th Kentucky Infantry Regiment Captains: Leggitt, Henry F. Wheat, John R. Lieutenants: Barton, William T. 2dLt Gillenwaters, R.R.W 1st Lt Lucas, John W. 1st Lt Pipkin, Andrew J. 2d Lt Pipkin, William H. 1st Lt Roark, Doctor H. 2d Lt Somerby, Rufus 1st Lt Stone, Francis M.; Sergeants: Benedict, Joseph Gatewood, Lafayette L. Keith, William Pipkin, M. Smith; Corporals: Bradley, Julien O. Cook, Alfred Faulkner, George N. Gatewood, Lafayette L. Harwood, Francis M. Johnson, Harvey Keith, William Lee, John T. Marsh, John Parker, Jesse Scott, Bishop E. Short, James W.; Stinson, Mathew Privates: Austin, John W. Bandy, Joseph Benedict, John B. Bishop, Harmon C. Bronner, Harrison B. Butram, Benjamin Campbell, George W. Candler, Winston Carver, John B. Carver, William B. Casby, Bailey P. Claiborne, Marion Cook, Henry M. Cook, Joseph Creek, John T. Creek, William W. Dotson, William S. Driver, Benjamin F. Dutram, Jacob B. Evans, Isaac N. Faulkner, William H. Freeman, Richard B. Gibson, William P. Gunn, Simpson S. Hagan, Robert Hagan, Timothy H. Harrison, Samuel F. Howard, John C. Howard, Joseph P. Jenkins, Henry Johnson, Andrew D. Johnson, Lycurgus Jones, John W. Keith, John Kennady, James Kennedy, William King, Josiah R. Lancaster, William G. Lane, John Mader, Pleasant H. Maroney, Henry C Marriel, Lebourn C. Marsh, Charles H. Marsh, Isaac N. Marsh, William Martin, David F. Massey, Andrew J. Massey, Chasteen A. Massey, Leonard W. Maxie, William D. McIntire, Bishop L. Meador, Gallman G. Meador, Lewis J. Minix, William Owens, Graner Pare, Robert J. Parker, Jesse Pipkin, Daniel S. Pipkin, Lewis R. Pipkin, William C Pitchford, Orange D. Poe, Austin Poe, Johnson Poe, William F.M. Ragland, Reuben L. Roark, Asa W. Roark, Johnson Russell, James M. Shaver, Andrew B. Shaw, David M. Shaw, John J. Short, John H. Siddons, William Simmons, Lamack Jr. Stinson, Alvin Stinson, Joseph M. Stinson, Joseph Stinson, Roland Stone, George P. Taylor, Andrew J. Temple, Richard Thornton, William F. Toner, Joel M. Turner, James S. Veach, James H. Waller, James A. White, Samuel Williams, Daniel W. Willis, John J. Jr. Willis, John Sr. Wilson, William W. Wolten, Thomas L. Source: Adjutant General's Report for the State of Kentucky (c) 23 March 2000, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved, sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements,Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 - E-fax (707)222-1210 - e-mail: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://members.delphi.com/gorin1/index.html Barren Co: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kybarren/ TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios ARCHIVES: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

Thanks for the wonderful response to the Guide for Kentucky Researching book - I really appreciate it! TIP # 283 A TRAGIC POST CIVIL WAR SHIP DISASTER - PART 2 This is a continuation of those Civil War soldiers killed, missing or safe from the explosion of the Sultana. LAY, George W., Pvt., Co B, 6th Cav. Killed LEWIS, William, Cpl., Co. A, 1st L. Artillery Killed LITTRAL, John A., Pvt., Co. B, 6th Cavalry Fate unknown MALALEY, Morris, Sgt., Co. G, 7th Cavalry Killed MARCUM, N., Pvt, Co B, 4th Cavalry Fate unknown MARSHALL, James T. , Pvt., Co C, 2nd Cavalry Killed - buried Memphis National Cemetery. MARSLIN, F. Prt., Co A, 3rd Cavalry Fate unknown MARTIN, James A., Pvt., Co. K, 6th Cavalry Killed MATTLINGER, J., Pvt., Co F, 10th Cavalry Fate unknown McCABBINS, J.B., Pvt., Co. K, 6th Cavalry Survivor McCOWN, James M., Capt., Co. K, 6th Cavalry Survivor McDANIEL, Francis Marian, Pvt., Co. I, 6th Cav. Killed McDANIEL, James Wallace, Pvt., Co. I, 6th Cav. Survivor McKINNEY, Robert, Pvt., Co. A, 6th Cavalry Survivor McKNIGHT, John, Pvt., Co. L, 4th Infantry Survivor McMURTY, David, Cpl., Co. A, 6th Cavalry Survivor McQUEEN, Abner, Pvt., Co. D, 4th Infantry Killed MERRITT, Baxter, Pvt., Co. C, 6th Cavalry Killed MILLER, Robert, Pvt., Co. K, 1st Infantry Survivor MOARY, Charles R., Pvt., Co. I, 6th Cavalry Killed MOFFORD, Joseph T. , Pvt., Co. C, 6th Cavalry Survivor MONDAY, Joseph P., Musician, Co. K, 12th Inf. Killed MONTGOMERY, William, Pvt., Co. F, 6th Cav. Killed MOORE, Riley,Pvt., Co. D, 7th Cavalry Survivor MOPPIN, John T., Pvt., Co. C, 6th Cavalry Survivor MORRIS, James, Pvt., Co. H, 6th Cavalry Killed MOSS, Joseph, Pvt., Co. C, 7th Cavalry Killed MUNDAY, William H., Sgt., Co. G, 6th Cavalry Killed MURRELL, Stocky D., Pvt., Co. K, 4th Infantry Killed NAILOR, Peter, Pvt., Co. C, 28th Infantry Killed NOE, Henry H., Pvt., Co. I, 10th Infantry Survivor PAPERS, J., Pvt., Co. E. 4th Cavalry Fate Unknown PARKER, James R. , Pvt., Co. I, 6th Cavalry Survivor PARRISH, Edmund H., Capt., Co. C, 6th Cavalry Killed PATTERSON, Thomas, Pvt., Co. L, 4th Cavalry Fate unknown PENTICUFF, John, Pvt., Co. A, 3rd Infantry Killed PHILLIPS, Joel W. , Cpl., Co. G, 4th Infantry Survivor PIERCE, William, Pvt., Co. C, 6th Cavalry Killed POLLEY, William, Pvt., Co. C, 6th Cavalry Killed POPE, James A., Pvt., Co. A, 4th Infantry Survivor RAGSDALE, Robert, Pvt., Co. F, 7th Cavalry Fate unknown RAZOR, William R., Pvt., Co. A Survivor REDMAN, William, Pvt., Co. H, 4th Infantry Killed RIGNEY, Michael, Pvt., Co. I, 4th Cavalry Survivor RILEY, John, Pvt., Co. F, 7th Cavalry Fate unknown ROBERTS, J.R., Pvt., Co. L, 7th Cavalry Fate unknown RODES, Abraham, Pvt., Co. I, 6th Cavalry Survivor ROOT, Uriah O. , Sgt., Co. C, 6th Cavalry Killed ROYALTY, Daniel B., Pvt., Co. A, 4th Infantry Killed SADDLER, Matthew, Pvt., Co. G, 6th Cavalry Killed SCHAUMAN, Louis, Pvt., Co. B, 6th Cavalry Fate unknown SCOTT, Thomas, Pvt., Co. L, 7th Cavalry Fate unknown SEWILL, George W., Pvt., Co. A, 6th Cavalry Killed SEYMOR, George B., Pvt., Co. B, 4th Infantry Survivor SMITH, J., Pvt., Co. G, 11th Infantry Fate unknown SMITH, James A. Musician, Co. D, 27th Infantry Survivor SPENCER, Allen, Sgt., Co. C, 4th Infantry Killed SPRINGLER, S.A., Pvt., Co. E, 16th Infantry Fate unknown STEPHENS, Thomas M., Jr. , Pvt. Co. G, 6th Cav. Killed STEWARD, Perry A.,Pvt., Co. B. 6th Cavalry Killed SURBER, James J. 1st Lt., Co. G, 6th Cavalry Killed TAYLOR, John, Pvt., Co. C, 6th Cavalry Survivor THOMPSON, John B. , Pvt., Co. H, 6th Cavalry Survivor THRASHER, Samuel J. Farrier, Co. G, 6th Cavalry Survivor TUCKER, George W. , Cpl., Co. I, 6th Cavalry Survivor TYRE, Jackson, Bugler, Co. C, 6th Cavalry Killed VAN HOOSIER, Thomas, Pvt., Co. C, 3rd Infantry Killed - buried Memphis National Cemetery VANOY, William D., Pvt., Co. C, 6th Cavalry Killed VINCENT, H., Pvt., Co. H, 4th Infantry Fate unknown WADE, James, Pvt., Co. B, 27th Infantry Fate unknown WALLACE, Arthur F. , Pvt., Co. E, 3rd Infantry Survivor WATTS, Stephen J. , Cpl., Co. C, 6th Cavalry Killed WEBSTER, Peter, Pvt., Co. D, 4th Infantry Killed WHEATLEY, Lucien C., Sgt., Co. A, 6th Cavalry Killed WILLHELM, C.C., Pvt., Co. F, 7th Cavalry Fate unknown WILLIAMS, William T. , Pvt., Co. K, 4th Infantry Survivor WILSON, Thomas P. Pvt., Co. H, 6th Cavalry Killed WILSON, Henry B., Pvt., Co. E, 16th Infantry Killed WINSTARD, John, Pvt., Co. G, 6th Cavalry Killed WOODRUFF, Stephen B., Sgt., Co. B, 6th Cavalry Killed WOOLEY, William, Pvt., Co. I, 6th Cavalry Killed WOOLUM, John, Pvt., Co. L, 4th Infantry Killed WRIGHT, David, Sgt., Co. H, 6th Cavalry Killed ZOLER, George C., Sgt., Co. B, 6th Cavalry Killed (c) Copyright, 16 March 2000, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved, sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. 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An extra post mucho early ....forgive me!! I'm going to break down and plug a new book which I just now finished. For the past 4 yrs or so, I have been publishing researching tips for KY. After being asked by so many, I have just finished Volume 1 of these tips, updated. Many major libraries have been saving my tips over the years for the use of their patrons and many of you readers have asked me to put this in book form. I have organized the first volume of possibly 2 or 3. The book is 220 pages long with almost 6,600 names in the fullname index. It is soft spiral bound. Chapters include: Chapter 1: Kentucky - the State. How Kentucky evolved from Virginia Chapter 2: County Formations. When formed, of what county, named for, info on county seat, some early citizens and events. Chapter 3: Old Forts, Stations and Settlements: When founded, location, published residents, what happened there if known. Chapter 4: Old Trails, Traces, Paths and Roads. How did our ancestors get into KY and leave. Location of the above. Chapter 5: Rev. War Soldier's Pension Applications. Showns name, rank, where served, when applied, age at application, amount paid, death date if known. All counties shown - several didn't have any if formed too late for any living soldier to reside there. Chapter 6: Kentucky Time Line 1745-1874. Wars, duels, feuds, strange weather, murders, birth or death of famous KYians or citizens with unusual circumstances, explorations, etc. Chapter 7: How KY Acquired its Land: Walker Line, Tellico Grants, Loyal Land Company, Treaty of Paris, Treaty of Fort Stanwix, Treaty of Sycamore SHoals, Lord Dunmore's War, Treaty of Camp Charlotte, Jackson Purchase. Chapter 8: Kentucky's Newer Forts, KY Militia, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Galvanized Yankees. Chapter 9: Abbreviations, Definitions & Terminology. Medical, legal, food, equipment, occupations. The book is available and sells for $28.00 which includes shipping and handling, with KY residents 6% tax to be added. Thanks for letting me tell you about the book - if you have questions, write me privately. With this large an index, I am not doing look-ups - it covers the whole state. Sandi Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements,Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 - E-fax (707)222-1210 - e-mail: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://members.delphi.com/gorin1/index.html Barren Co: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kybarren/ TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios ARCHIVES: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ==== KYRESEARCH Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send message to KYRESEARCH-REQUEST@rootsweb.com and say unsubscribe in the message.

TIP # 281 - A TRAGIC POST CIVIL WAR SHIP DISASTER - PART 1 On the morning of April 27, 1865, the world was shocked to learn that the steamship Sultana had sunk taking over 1,500 lives. Aboard on this crowded ship was paroled Union soldiers, crewman and many average passengers. The steamship was "taking on coal" at Helena, Arkansas when an explosion broke through the silence of the cold morning. It is said that an accurate count of the passengers was never known. The estimates ran from 2200 to 2300 people of who were on the death ship which was located approximately nine miles north of Memphis, Tennessee on the Mississippi River. After the weariness of the Civil War and the loss of President Abraham Lincoln, the war-weary citizens found it hard to realize that most of the paroled soldiers were from so many states, including Kentucky - many were Union POWs finally headed home at the end of the war from Andersonville and other POW camps. The government had offered shipping companies a fee for every soldier they carried north on the Mississippi. The Sultana, a 1,700-ton steamship with a capacity to carry only a few hundred people, crowded almost 2,500 soldiers aboard, and headed north for Cairo, Ill. When the Sultana exploded, there were no life boats or life jackets. I have tried to compile a list of the Kentucky soldiers aboard the Sultana by checking out at the library the books listed at the end and searching the web. I cannot guarantee that these are all the names, and my sources did not show the county of residence. However, since the outfit is shown, you should be able to obtain more information. My thanks to those who have tried to preserve the history of this fateful day. ALLEN, Robert, Pvt, Co. A, 6th Cavalry Killed ALLISON, R.C., Pvt, Co. D, 6th Cavalry Fate unknown ARNOLD, William T. Cpl, Co. B, 11th Inf. Survived ASHLEY, James King , Pvt., Co. L, 11th Inf. Survived BANFIELD, John P., Pvt., Co F, 3rd Cav. Survived BANKS, Jacob W., Sgt., Co. A, 3rd Inf. Killed BANON, George E., Pvt., Co. A, 3rd Inf. Survived BARNETT, James T.W. 2nd Lt., Co A, 12th Inf. Survived BARTLETT, Charles M., Pvt., Co. C, 6th Cav. Survived BEAN, Louis, Saddler, Co. A, 6th Cav. Survived BENDER, Nicholas, Cpl., Co. B, 4th Cav. Killed BOLIN, Alexander T., Pvt., Co. A, 4th Cav. Survived BONEUR, Matthew, Pvt., Co. F, 4th Cav. Survived BONHAGE, Henry, Pvt., Co. A, 6th Cav. Survived BRADLEY, George W., Pvt. Co. A, 7th Cav. Killed BRANON, John, Pvt., Co. B, 3rd Inf. Killed BRAUGHTON, James W., Pvt., Co.B, 6th Cav. Killed BRECKETT, B., Pvt., Co. B, 4th Cav. Fate unknown BROWN, Phillip M., Pvt., Co. I, 10th Inf. Killed BURNS, Patrick, Pvt., Co. K, 6th Cav. Killed CAMMACK, James, Pvt., Co. F, 6th Cav. Survived CARDEIRLLE, W.M., Pvt., Co. C, 7th Cav. Fate unknown CAREY, John, Sgt., Co. C, 4th Inf. Killed CARTER, Thomas E., Pvt., Co. A, 17th Inf. Survived CAYTON, William A., Cpl., Co. B, 7th Cav. Survived CHEATMAN, George H., Pct., Co. F, 6th Cav. Survived CHELF, Simon D., Cpl., Co. G, 6th Cav. Survived CLARK, Milton C., Sgt., Co. B, 28th Inf. Killed CLINGER, George M., Cpl., Co. E, 16th Inf. Survived COLEMAN, Davis, Pvt., Co. B, 6th Cav. Killed COLLINS, William, Pvt., Co. L, 4th Inf. Fate unknown COLVIN, Winfield Scott, Cpl., Co. F, 6th Cav. Survived COLVIN, James, Pvt., Co. F, 6th Cav. Survived COOK, John, Pvt., Co. A, 1st Light Art Killed COOK, William H.H., Cpl., Co. E, 2nd Cav. Killed COULTER, M., Pvt., Co. K, 4th Inf. Fate unknown COX, William H., Pvt., Co. L, 1st Cav. Killed CREEN, A.W. , Sft., Co. L, 7th Cav. Fate unknown CUMMINGS, Charles A., Pvt., Co. G, 1st Cav. Survived CUNEY, Charles C., Sgt., Co. A, 6th Cav. Killed CURNUTT, Elisha, Pvt., Co. G, 14th Inf. Killed CURREY, Michael, Pvt., Co. I, 4th Cav. Killed DABNEY, George, Pvt., Co. D, 6th Cav. Killed DAUGHERTY, Thomas, Pvt., Co. H, 6th Cav. Survived DAVENPORT, Seth H., Pvt., Co. G, 6th Cav. Killed DAVIDSON, Milton M., Pvt., Co. M, 3rd Cav. Survived DAVIS, Benjamin G., Pvt., Co. L, 7th Cav. Survived DAVIS, Milton P.W., Pvt., Co. F, 15th Inf. Survived EDWARDS, William H., Pvt., Co. K, 4th Inf. Killed ELDER, John L., Sgt., Co. K, 6th Cav. Killed ELKIN, James , Pvt., Co. A., 2nd Cav. Survived ELLIOTT, William, Pvt., Co. A, 6th Cav. Killed ELLIOTT, Uriah, Cpl., Co. C, 6th Cav. Survived ELMORE, Robert, Pvt., Co. A, 1st Light Art. Survived EMERICK, J., Pvt., Co. L, 18th Inf. Fate unknown ESGINN, W. , Pvt., Co. F, 7th Cav. Fate unknown EVANSBERRY, H., Pvt., Co. E, 6th Cav. Fate unknown FAVRE, James H., Sgt., Co. K, 5th Cav. Killed FIDLER, William H., Maj., 6th Cav. Killed FLUKE, Arthur W., Sgt., Co. C, 6th Cav. Killed FOLEY, Richard Jourdan, Sgt., Co. A, 3rd Cav Killed FOLEY, Patrick W. , Cpl., Co. B, 28th Inf. Survived FOLWELL, Marcus B., Pvt., Co. K, 4th Inf. Killed FOODS, A.H., Pvt., Co. B, 4th Cav. Fate unknown GALLAGHER, J., Pvt., Co. D, 4th Cav. Fate unknown GALLENER, Joseph, Pvt., Co. A, 4th Cav. Survived GAMBILL, Henry H., Pvt., Co. B, 14th Inf. Survived GAUPH, Louis, Pvt., Co. A, 6th Cav. Killed GILLEN, Henry, Pvt., Co. C, 4th Inf. Killed GOODPASTUR, George W., Pvt., Co. A, 7th Cav. Killed GRAY, George W., Pvt., Co. A, 4th Inf. Killed GREEN, Alexander, Sgt., Co. A, 6th Cav. Survived HALE, Nathan H., Pvt., Co. D, 6th Cav. Killed HALL, Roland T. , Pvt., Co. C, 2nd Cav. Survived HALL, James T., Sgt., Co. I, 6th Cav. Killed HAMILTON, Richard, Pvt., Co. C, 6th Cav. Survived HAMMONDS, John, Pvt., Co. A, 6th Cav. Killed HANDORF, John C., Cpl., Co. F, 7th Cav. Survived HARGETT, Whitfield, Farrier, Co. A, 7th Cav. Killed HARLEY, John N., Pvt., Co. H, 4th Inf. Killed HARPER, Edward L., Pvt., Co. G, 4th Inf. Survived HAYDIMAN, Thomas H., Pvt., Co. D, 6th Cav. Killed HIGDON, Charles T., Pvt., Co. C, 4th Inf. Survived HOBBS, Levi A., Pvt., Co. G, 6th Cav. Survived HOGAN, Edward, Pvt., Co. H, 4th Cav. Survived HOGLAND, John B., Pvt., Co. H, 6th Cav. Killed HOPE, Thomas W., Pvt., Co. A, 4th Inf. Survived HUGES, Henry, Pvt., Co. K, 6th Cav. Killed HUMPHREY, Benjamin, Pvt., Co. H, 4th Inf. Survived JACKSON, G., Pvt., Co. G, 4th Cav. Fate unknown JACKSON, James, Pvt., Co. B, 5th Cav. Survived JACOBS, Alfred N., Pvt., Co. G, 6th Cav. Survived JACOBS, John A., Pvt., Co. G, 6th Cav. Killed JOHNSON, Nicholas W., Pvt., Co. H, 2nd Cav Survived JOHNSON, Henry, Sgt., Co. I, 6th Cav. Killed JONES, Stephen, Pvt., Co. I, 6th Cav. Survived KENNEDY, Elias R., Pvt., Co. K, 4th Inf. Survived Sources: The Sultana Tragedy by Jerry Potter and Gene Eric Salecker' Disaster on the Mississippi. Various encyclopedias, references in Kentucky historical publications. (c) Copyright 9 March 2000, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved, sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. 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TIP #281 COAL MINING IN KENTUCKY - 1750 to 1900 "I owe my soul to the company store..." So begins the well known song which speaks so elequently of the life of the coal miner. Kentucky is well-known for his coal mines, primarily in eastern Kentucky. Credits are given at the end of this tip. TIMELINE OF KENTUCKY COAL: 1750 April 13th-Dr. Thomas Walker was the first recorded person to discover and use coal in Kentucky. 1755 Lewis Evan's map showing coal in what is now the Greenup County and Boyd County area of Kentucky. 1792 Issac Shelby becomes the first Governor of Kentucky (1792-1796). 1820 First commercial mine, known as the "McLean drift bank" opened in Kentucky, near the Green River and Paradise in Muhlenberg County. 328 short tons mined and sold in Kentucky. 1830 2,000 tons of Kentucky production. 1837 10,000 tons of Kentucky production. 1843 100,000 tons of Kentucky production. 1850 150,000 tons of Kentucky production. Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad proposed. Kentucky Geological Survey established. 1860 Pre-Civil War Kentucky production record of 285,760 tons. 1870 Post-Civil War Kentucky production decline to 150,582 tons. St. Louis & Southern Railroad completed from Henderson to Earlington, Ky. 1872 First train off the Big Sandy Railroad. 1877 Coal mined with steam-powered shovel. 1879 One million tons of Kentucky production. 1880 Mechanical stokers introduced. First coke ovens in west Kentucky. Mine Ventilation Law. First train from Williamson, West Virginia to Pike County, Kentucky. Coal mining machines come into general use. 1890 N&W Railroad's first mine at Goody in Pike County. Hopkins County in west Kentucky leading coal producer in the state for 18 straight years. Miner Pay Law. United Mine Workers of America formed. Machines developed to undercut coalbeds. 5,000 kilowatt steam turbine generates electricity. 1900 Child Labor Law. Edgewater Coal Company's first production in Pike County. First train off the Lexington and Eastern Railroad. Independent Geological Survey established. Mining in Eastern Kentucky: 1790-1860. Thomas Walker in 1750 and Christopher Gist the following year, observed abundant coal in the area which would become eastern Kentucky. Two years before Kentucky broke from Virginia to become a state, the first coal production was reported in the area around Beattyville, the present day seat of Lee County. Lee County yields rose steadily from 20 tons in 1790 until 1819 when production rose to 1600 tons. Also before 1800, iron furnaces near Owingsville in present-day Bath County employed the plentiful fuel in the production of implements, utensils, and, a little later, in making weapons for the war of 1812. From 1820, production in both the Eastern and Western Coal Fields increased, peaking at 56,000 tons in the Western Field and 74,600 tons in the Eastern Field by 1860. Each year until the Civil War, eastern Kentucky counties outproduced their western counterparts, despite limitations in moving the product (Currens and Smith: 11-32; Jillson, 1924: 6-15). Lee County garnered early attention for its coal resources probably as much because the three branches of the Kentucky River converged there. The Beattyville Enterprise (April 15, 1910), recounted that Philadelphia merchant Thomas Flahoven, ca. 1797, bought 17823 acres in the Three Forks area, near the present-day seat of Lee County. Flahoven purchased mining supplies from Lexington merchants Gallatin and Fishal and in 1806 took supplies and several miners to his site. Flahoven died in December of 1807, apparently without selling enough coal to entice others to improve on his efforts (McClure: 148). Perhaps for a year, something of a company town might have operated at the site. Its location is unknown. A similar notion appears in a December, 1805 advertisement in the Frankfort Palladium. A Lexington merchant, William Leavy, advertised 18,000 acres near the Three Forks of the Kentucky River and noted the presence of coal near by the stream. He tempted prospective buyers with coal consumption in Kentucky's growing cities: Lexington, 162.5 tons and Frankfort, 62.5 tons (Collins, V. 1, 407-408). Eavenson (pp. 300-303) offers additional examples of commercial coal production in eastern Kentucky prior to the 1820s. Despite the efforts by land speculators or early mine operators, the movement of eastern Kentucky coal to urban areas increased slowly during the antebellum period. At least two factors dominated the marketing of coal. First, coal was adopted as a heating source and industrial fuel only gradually prior to the Civil War. During this period Kentuckians relied upon ubiquitous stands of wood for home heating. A certain amount of encouragement was needed before coal could displace wood as the fuel of choice. Geologist W.W. Mather provided some impetus for the switch in a report to the Kentucky legislature in 1838. He noted the many advantages of coal over wood. For instance, $1.00 bought ten bushels of coal while a cord of wood cost $2.50. While these amounts possessed comparable heating value, coal weighed one third as much, consumed one ninth the bulk, and required one-quarter the labor to be brought to the consumer. In addition to residential use, Kentucky iron works and steam-powered mills began to turn to coal. The mineral was also exported from the state in increasing amounts--to iron works in Nashville and to Louisiana sugar boiling plants. Burgeoning river traffic boosted consumption: riverboats required around 200 bushels per day (Mather: 255-257). The second factor affecting the acceptance of coal was the difficulty in transporting it. By the 1830s coal was known to underlay nearly all of the Appalachian area of Kentucky (see, eg., Mather, 1838). However, the amount of coal taken from eastern Kentucky and the place where it could be mined profitably depended more upon transportation access than upon the thickness of the coal seam. During the antebellum period coal was transported over land in wagons and by water in barges. Overland transport of the mineral proved to be feasible for local consumption only, due to the difficulty of hauling the mineral. Straight, level, regional roads which would have made hauling economically viable, were nearly non-existent. Roadbuilding in much of nineteenth-century eastern Kentucky was strictly a local affair. In this very democratic process, those who used the roads determined their course, paid for their construction, and were responsible for the road's maintenance. Residents of county precincts provided the materials and labor to build and improve roads, and the county financed bridge construction. (Verhoeff: 44-45). Some regional roads were present: Wilderness Road, Big Sandy Trail, Red River-Pound Gap, and the North Fork Trail, and state roads snaking their way to more accessible destinations, such as Manchester and Winchester. Privately funded toll roads and wagon roads financed by the State Board of Internal Improvements cut new travel paths into the mountains. But these pathways did not result in dramatic increases in coal output during the first half of the nineteenth century (Verhoeff: 78-96, 131). The amount of coal in eastern Kentucky exceeded the ability of roads and wagons to carry it far from the mine. The scale of mining for local use did not require the amount of labor which called company towns into being. Mining on a grander scale in eastern Kentucky took place in areas within easy access of water transportation. Meaningful amounts were produced in Greenup (beginning in 1824, and shipped via the Ohio River), McCreary (1827, via Big South Fork of the Cumberland), Clay (1829, via Goose Creek tributary of the Kentucky River), Breathitt (1837, via North and Middle Forks of the Kentucky River), Morgan (1837, via Licking River), and Lawrence (1838, via Levisa Fork and Big Sand River) Counties. Land around the Laurel and Rockcastle Rivers, which form the southern line of present-day Laurel County, was an established scene of coal mining well before the Civil War (Currens and Smith: 11-32; Scalf: 132-133). Kentucky lawmakers in 1837 probed the dependence of mining on water transportation by appointing a committee to study that relationship. Findings recommended ways that the state could increase coal production by joining the national frenzy for canal building. The committee reported that from 1834-1837, seventy-five to one-hundred flatboats left Kentucky for Tennessee markets annually--a healthy traffic even without waterway improvements (Mather: 263). Improvements included removal of debris, channel digging, and lock and dam construction. Locks and dams had been applied to the Licking, Little Sandy, and Kentucky Rivers by 1840. These internal improvements made establishment of perhaps the earliest coal company town, Peach Orchard, near Prestonsburg, feasible. Prestonsburg, in Floyd County, became an established commercial and mining center on the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River during the 1830s and 1840s. Steamboats reached the town in 1837, allowing enterprising businessmen to trade in Cincinnati markets. Ambitious sorts, such as partners May and Griffith, diversified their efforts by engaging in saw and grist milling, as well as coal mining (Scalf: 198-199). During the late 1840s Cincinnati capitalists took aim at the resource rich land around Prestonsburg. Archibald Miles of Cincinnati bought 110 acres south of Prestonsburg between 1845-1847, on which he built houses, mills, and a boat yard. It is not clear that coal mining was part of Miles' business which he sold in 1853 to escape debt. In 1849 Peach Orchard was initiated; by 1852 it consisted of 40 houses, a saw mill, steam grist mill, storehouse, shops, and a stable. Workers loaded 6000-8000 bushels of coal per day. In addition to coal, Peach Orchard's owners, Great Western Mining and Manufacturing Company, also built the coal barges and prefabricated houses to float downstream (Scalf: 200-205). Coal barges are an important but vanished artifact of this period of coal mining. Such boats were as necessary to mining activity as would be the company town two generations later. These vessels were caulked poplar rafts, 60'- 70' long with sides 8' high and could hold 1750-3500 bushels. They were built and filled during the fall and winter months. The bottom of the boat was built first, coated with waterproofing material. The strenuous process of turning over the many boat bottoms for final assembly became a tremendous social event celebrated with moonshine and other brews. Once loaded, the barges floated down streams swollen by spring rains, where the cargo was sold. After the conclusion of their journey, the boats were dismantled for use in construction, and the captains began a journey home on foot. The transitory nature of these boats caused shipbuilding and timbering to become important industries that supported coal mining (Watson: 50-51). The search for antebellum coal company towns is hampered by poor record keeping within the coal industry. One illustration of that deficiency is the difference in estimates of early coal usage in Frankfort. Leavy suggested Frankfort used 62.5 tons of coal in 1805; Jillson places consumption at 200 tons annually from 1800-1810 (Jillson, 1924: 15). The discrepancy between these rates of coal use is inimical to establishing reliable coal usage patterns and other factors which would have encouraged the creation of coal company towns. Furthering the difficulty in pinpointing nascent coal activity is that the earliest documented sales of coal and coal land in eastern Kentucky stretch back no further than 1827 (Verhoeff: 37; Sandman: i). While the earliest coal production figures are sometimes estimates, production amounts reported in Currens and Smith exhibit a regularity seems reliable. Perhaps the effort to locate antebellum coal towns should start with those production totals, concentrating survey efforts in counties with the highest activity. Sources: Energy Information Administration, Coal Data: A Reference, 1989, Kentucky Department of Mines and Minerals, Annual Reports, and Willard Rouse Jillson, Coal Industry in Kentucky, 1922. See also: http://www.coaleducation.org/coalhistory/default.htm To be continued next week. (C) Copyright, Sandra K. Gorin, 3 March 2000 All Rights Reserved, sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements,Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 - E-fax (707)222-1210 - e-mail: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://members.delphi.com/gorin1/index.html Barren Co: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kybarren/ TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios ARCHIVES: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ==== KYRESEARCH Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send message to KYRESEARCH-REQUEST@rootsweb.com and say unsubscribe in the message.

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TIP #280 - PLAGUES AND EPIDEMICS CONCLUSION Continuing with the theme of epidemics begun last week, I am going to conclude this week with the major outbreaks of plagues and epidemics that affected our ancestors. I will be starting prior to the formation of Kentucky, and include other states where our ancestors could have had family. Sources will be listed at the end. After reading this, do you find yourself asking "how did we all survive?" You can check previous tips entitled "Kentucky Time Lines" at the web site (see signature line under Tips) for the epidemics that hit Kentucky. 1592-96 One of the earliest outbreaks of measles among native Americans in North America struck the Seneca Indians in central New York state, and caused hundreds or maybe thousands of deaths. 1617-19 A smallpox outbreak killed 90% of the Massachusetts Bay Indians, probably introduced from fishing boats that visited the coast before there was a permanent English settlement0 there. The few remaining natives were weakened, and were unable to resist the landing of the Mayflower settlers at Plymouth in 1620. 1633 Smallpox again struck the Indians in Massachusetts, probably brought on arriving ships of settlers. At least 15 children died on incoming ships, as well as about 20 colonists already resident. 1634 Smallpox in Connecticut, a catastrophic epidemic that was introduced by Dutch traders and killed 95% of the Indians along the Connecticut River, and spread north into Canada. The English settlers were mostly immune, having had the disease as children themselves, but attributed their escape, and the Indians' death, to God's will. The elimination of the natives in the Connecticut valley opened up that area to settlement 1648-49 Another smallpox outbreak spread to many towns in the Massachusetts colony. By this time there had been many children born in the colony who were susceptible. A simultaneous epidemic of whooping cough added to the severity of the epidemic, and to the overall death toll. 1657 Boston: Measles 1662 Smallpox killed more than a thousand Iroquois in central New York state. 1666 A smallpox outbreak struck Boston, but was relatively mild, and only about 40 people died. 1677-78 Another smallpox epidemic in Boston was much worse than the 1666 epidemic, and killed several of the town leaders. 1687 Boston: Measles 1668 Probably the earliest recorded epidemic of yellow fever non-tropical America, striking New York in late summer and early fall of 1668, and described as an "autumnal bilious fever in infectious form". The contemporary descriptions leave some possibility open that it could have been some other disease, but yellow fever seems the most likely. 1690 New York: Yellow Fever 1699 Charleston SC had an epidemic, the first there to be positively identified as yellow fever; probably about 160-190 died 1702 Yellow fever struck New York, killing more than 500 people over a three-month period, which was probably about 10% of the population at the time. 1706 Charleston SC was struck with yellow fever again. About 5% of the population died. 1713 Boston: Measles 1721-22 Smallpox struck Boston again, with about 6000 people affected in a total population of 11,000, of whom 844 died. This epidemic prompted the first use of inoculation against smallpox in the New World. 1728-32 Charleston SC was hit by yellow fever twice in a four year period. The cause (mosquitoes) was not understood, and treatment wasn't very effective. 1729 Boston: Measles 1732-33 Worldwide: Influenza 1735-40 Epidemics of diphtheria and scarlet fever spread through various parts of New England. Both diseases were referred to as "throat distemper" and weren't distinguished. Hundreds of people died, most of them children. 1738 South Carolina: Smallpox 1739-40 Boston: Measles 1743-45 Yellow fever struck New York again. A correlation with the dockyard areas was noticed, but mosquitoes were still not recognized as the vector. 1747 Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania & South Carolina: Measles 1759 North America (areas inhabited by white people): Measles 1761-71 North America & West Indies: Influenza 1763-64 Smallpox hit Boston once again, with about 170 deaths. This epidemic was less serious than previous ones, probably because of inoculation. 1772 North America: Measles 1775 North America (especially hard in New England). 1775-76 Worldwide: Influenza 1781-82 Worldwide: Influenza (one of worst flu epidemics) 1783 Delaware (Dover): "extremely fatal" bilious disorder 1788 Philadelphia & New York: Measles 1789 A widespread epidemic of influenza hit New England, New York and Nova Scotia in fall 1789. Most deaths appear to have been from secondary pneumonia. 1792-99 Yellow fever ravaged cities all along the east coast, including Charleston, Philadelphia, New Haven, New York, and Baltimore. The outbreak in Philadelphia in the summer of 1793 was the most severe, and most memorable. The disease was probably introduced from ships carrying French refugees who were fleeing turmoil in Santo Domingo, and then spread by mosquitoes that bred in stagnant water that in years with more rain had been waterways and canals. Ten percent of the population in that city died, about 5,000 people altogether. The new city of Washington DC was under construction at the time, and Philadelphia was the interim capital. Most of the government officials fled the city, including George Washington and the members of his cabinet. Various treatments were tried, none of them very effective, and controversy raged over the best way to prevent and treat the disease. Cold weather finally brought an end to the outbreak, in late October. 1793 Philadelphia: more than 4,000 residents died from yellow fever. 1793 Vermont: Influenza and a "putrid fever" Virginia: Influenza (kills 500 people in 5 counties in 4 weeks) 1794 Philadelphia: Yellow fever 1796-97 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever 1798 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever (one of worst) 1802 Smallpox killed about two thirds of the Omaha Indians in what is now northeast Nebraska. 1803 New York: Yellow Fever 1820-23 Nationwide: "fever" (starts on Schuylkill River, PA & spreads 1826-28 Dengue fever spread from Savannah, Georgia, to other cities along the southeastern coast, and through the Caribbean. 1832 July-Aug., New York City: over 3,000 people killed in a cholera epidemic. Oct., New Orleans: cholera took the lives of 4,340 people. 1833 Columbus, Ohio, cholera 1834 New York City, cholera 1837 Philadelphia: Typhus 1837 Smallpox started with a Sioux tribe in Missouri in June 1837, then spread to Blackfoot and other tribes in Montana and Saskatchewan. The last previous outbreak among the Blackfoot had been in 1781, so by 1837 most of the population was susceptible. 1841 Nationwide: Yellow Fever (especially severe in South) 1847 New Orleans: Yellow Fever 1847-48 Worldwide: Influenza 1848 New York City: more than 5,000 deaths caused by cholera. 1848-49 North America: Cholera 1850 Nationwide: Yellow Fever 1850-51 North America: Influenza 1850-51 An extensive epidemic of dengue fever began in Charleston SC, then spread to Savannah, Augusta, New Orleans, Mobile, Galveston, and other southern coastal cities. 1851 Coles Co., Illinois, The Great Plains, Missouri - cholera 1852 Nationwide: Yellow Fever (New Orleans: 8,000 die in summer) 1853 New Orleans: yellow fever killed 7,790. 1855 Nationwide (many parts): Yellow Fever 1857-59 Worldwide: Influenza (one of disease's greatest epidemics) 1860-61 Pennsylvania: Smallpox 1861-65 The U.S. Civil War brought epidemics of dysentery, typhoid fever, hepatitis, malaria, smallpox, measles, and venereal diseases. More than three times as many soldiers died of infectious disease than died of battle wounds. 1863-66 The fourth cholera pandemic of the 19th century began in India in 1863, spread first to the middle east, and then into the Mediterranean. It arrived in New York on a ship coming from France in October 1865, and spread rapidly. Public health reform kept the death toll lower than in previous epidemics, but there were tens of thousands of deaths nonetheless. Another wave swept through the south and midwest in 1873, hitting particularly hard in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys. 1865-73 Philadelphia, New York, Boston, New Orleans, Baltimore, Memphis, & Washington D.C.: a series of recurring epidemics of Smallpox, Cholera, Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever & Yellow Fever 1867 New Orleans: 3,093 perished from yellow fever. 1868-75 Smallpox outbreaks hit New York, Philadelphia and other cities, and it was discovered that many children had not been vaccinated. The New York City Board of Health recommended that all residents be vaccinated in 1870, but there was widespread public resistance, since the vaccine itself was not without risk, and people perceived the campaign as creating a panic situation and allowing doctors to profit from it. 1878-79 Southern States: over 13,000 people died from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley. 1885 Plymouth, PA: Typhoid 1886: Jacksonville, Fl: Yellow Fever 1893-94 The first large recorded outbreak of polio in the U.S. began in Boston, and spread into New England, particularly Vermont. Of 132 cases documented in Vermont, there were 18 deaths and 30 victims left with permanent paralysis. 1901-03 Smallpox had its last major outbreak in the urban northeast U.S., beginning in New York and spreading through other major cities. 1907-1916 Polio turned into a major problem in the U.S., with about a thousand cases in New York in 1907, and another outbreak in 1911. The disease was recognized as contagious, but there was no understanding yet of exactly how it was spread. The first widespread outbreak, seriously affecting 26 states, occurred in 1916. About 7,000 deaths were recorded. 1916 Nationwide: over 7,000 deaths occurred and 27,363 cases were reported of polio (infantile paralysis) in America's worst polio epidemic. 1917-18 March-Nov., Nationwide: outbreak of Spanish influenza killed over 500,000 people in the worst single U.S. epidemic. 1931 Another outbreak of polio swept the U.S. during the summer of 1931, killing more than 4,000 people, about 12 percent of the reported cases. 1942-53 Polio continued to ravage the U.S., peaking in 1952 with about 60,000 cases. Introduction of the Salk vaccine in 1955 brought an end to the epidemic. 1949 Nationwide: 2,720 deaths occurred from polio, and 42,173 cases were reported. 1952 Nationwide: polio killed 3,300; 57,628 cases reported; worst epidemic since 1916. This list was compiled largely from Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence, edited by George C. Kohn, and published by Facts On File, Inc., 1995. Sources: Epidemics in U.S. - 1657 - 1918, South Bend, IN Area Genealogical Society, April 1996. Originally from Sue in Arizona. Epidemics in the U.S. 1657-1918, http://people.delphi.com/pamyates/epidemic.htm U.S. Epidemics - http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001460.html Plagues & Epidemics (from Plumber.com) - http://www.theplumber.com/plague.html Some Historically Significant Epidemics http://www.botany.duke.edu/microbe/chrono.htm Epidemics and Military Battles http://everest.ento.vt.edu/IHS/militaryEpidemics.html The American Experience: Influenza 1918 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/influenza/ Plague and Epidemic in Renaissance Europe - http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/osheim/ And special thanks to Jean Dalyrumple for her assistance in putting these sites together! (c) Copyright, 24 Feb 2000, Sandra K. 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TIP #279 - THE SPANISH INFLUENZA OF 1918. A recent television program dealt with the adventures of a current-day outbreak of the Spanish Influenza; thankfully, just a movie. But it triggered my mind while working on the flu deaths that devastated my town in 1918. I did some searching to see if I could find out what had caused this flu epidemic and it's impact on the United States and Kentucky. It is reported that the flu began in Fort Riley, Kansas, which was an establishment housing 26,000 men and camp, Camp Funston, in a 20,000 acre boundary. Soldiers there began complaining of the weather to be found at the site: extreme winters and unbearable summers. And then there were the dust storms. Also to be found at the camp were thousands of horses and mules producing a nine tons of manure monthly. The latter was to burned. On Saturday, March 9, 1918, a dust storm arrived. The dust, combining with the ash of burning manure, caused a stinging, stinking yellow haze. The sun was said to have gone dead black in Kansas that day. The so-called Spanish influenza would finally take the lives of 600,000 Americans. On Monday, March 11, the first wave of the 1918 influenza was felt. Company cook Albert Gitchell reported to the camp infirmary with a "bad cold." Then Corporal Lee W. Drake voiced similar complaints. By noon, camp surgeon Edward R. Schreiner was treating over 100 sick men on his hands, all apparently suffering from the same malady. In April and May of the same year some 500 prisoners at San Quentin in California came down with the same condition. Camps Hancock, Lewis, Sherman, Fremont and several others were infected. It appears not too many were alarmed - we were in a war. By March of 1918, 84,000 American "dough-boys" were sent to Europe; they were followed by another 118,000 in April. They did not know they were taking with them a virus. Enroute, the 15th U.S. Cavalry incurred 36 cases of influenza and six deaths. By May of 1918, the flu had spread to two continents with no end in sight. Great Britain reported 31,000 flu cases in June. War plans were changed and attacks were postponed due to a shortage of healthy men. In early summer, the flu reached beyond the U.S. and western Europe. Cases of influenza were reported in Russia, North Africa, and India. Then China, Japan, the Philippines, and New Zealand. By July tens of thousands had fallen ill and died. In the fall of 1918, the flu began its deadly trek across the U.S. It happened with such speed and fatal efficiency that many thought it was a deliberate attack by an enemy. After all, we were in World War I! Thousands of Bostonians were felled by the influenza and suspicions grew that German spies deliberately infected Boston Harbor with germs. It was suggested that poison gases used in the war, air charged with carbon dioxide from the trenches, and gases formed from decomposing bodies and exploding munitions had all fused to form a highly toxic vapor that flu victims had inhaled. Among the other causes advanced were: air stagnation, coal dust, fleas, the distemper of cats and dogs, and dirty dishwater. The Red Cross, Post Office, and Federal Railroad administration put up posters. Surgeon General Rupert Blue, who was the nation's Chief Public Health Officer, ordered the printing and distribution of pamphlets with titles like, "Spanish Influenza," "Three-Day-Fever," and "The Flu." The Colgate company placed ads detailing twelve steps to prevent influenza. People were warned to chew food carefully, avoid tight clothes and shoes. Alfred Crosby, in "Epidemic and Peace, 1918," said that the influenza "could have been smothered by paper, many lives would have been spared. " The Committee of the American Public Health Association (A.P.H.A.), believed that the disease extremely communicable, pushed for legislation that would prevent the use of common cups and utensils and would ban public coughing and sneezing. They begged the public to wash their hands before every meal and pay attention to general hygiene. They stressed exposure to fresh air and gargling with a variety of elixirs. Doctors advised rinsing with chlorinated soda or a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and boric acid. Stories began to surface of people relying on folk remedies such as mothers insisting that their children stuff salt up their noses and wear goose grease poultices or bags of garlic-scented gum around their necks. Onions were looked upon as a solution. In Kentucky, the Spanish Influenza took its toll also. In reading old town or state regulations, it appears that much of the nation came to a halt while battling this unknown killer. Many thousands died in the state of Kentucky, but I was unable to find a statistical count. Church services were cancelled with people afraid to go out of their homes. Funeral homes were ordered to stop all public burials and it is assumed that the funeral home simply and rapidly buried the deceased. Public gatherings were curtailed; schools were closed down. Kentucky, along with other ravaged states just stopped most of any public gathering and waited ... and prayed ... and waited for any word that might indicate that it was safe again to go outside. (c) Copyright 17 February 2000, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved. sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. 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TIP 278 - NATURALIZATION RECORDS. Naturalization records are among the most valued records for family historians. In many cases, this is not so much due to the information that they contain, as for what they represent. Before 1906, there was often very little data in these records, but these documents remain an important piece in the story of our ancestors' lives. However, these records can be difficult to locate and understand. To gain a better insight into these records, it is helpful to understand the procedures involved in gaining U.S. citizenship. There were three steps to the naturalization process: ~ Declarations of Intention (or First Papers) Normally the first papers were completed soon after arrival in the U.S., depending on the laws in effect at the time. Certain groups, such as women and children, were exempt in early years. After 1862, those who were honorably discharged from U.S. military service were excused from this first step. Until 1906, the content of forms for declaration of intention varied dramatically from one county to another and from one court to another. A large percentage of the first papers created before 1906 contain very little biographical information. Declarations of intention produced after 15 September 1906 generally contain the following information: name, address, occupation, birthplace, nationality, country from which emigrated, birth date or age, personal description, date of intention, marital status, last foreign residence, port of entry, name of ship, date of entry, and date of document. ~ Petition (Second or Final Papers). Naturalization petitions were formal applications submitted to the court by individuals who had met the residency requirements and who had declared their intention to become citizens. As with the declarations of intention, their information content varied dramatically from one court to another. Most petitions created before 1906 offer little in terms of personal information. After 1906, petitions contain generally the same information as the Declaration of Intention. ~ Certificates of Naturalization. Most certificates of naturalization contain only the name of the individual, the name of the court, and the date of issue. Certificates were issued to naturalized citizens upon completion of all citizenship requirements. As in the cases of declarations of intention and the petitions, the amount of information provided on the certificate may vary greatly from one year to another. In some cases, the certificate will provide: name, address, birthplace or nationality, country from which emigrated, birth date or age, personal description, marital status, name of spouse, names, ages, and addresses of children, and date of document. Pre-1906 Naturalization records may be found at the local county courthouse, county or State archives, or in the National Archives if the immigrant was naturalized in a Federal Court. For naturalizations that took place after 27 September 1906, request form G-639 from the INS by downloading Form G-639 at: http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/g-639.htm Or, to have the forms mailed to you, fill out the form at: http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/exec/forms/index.asp IMPORTANT POINTS TO KEEP IN MIND: - Many times the immigrant may have filed in one court, possibly near his port of entry, and completed the process in an entirely different location, so the declaration of intention may be in one place and the petition in another. - Not all immigrants completed the process. - Many of these old records are not going to give us precise answers - and if they do, the information may be less than reliable. Sometimes, incorrect answers were given quite innocently and only because the immigrant had honestly forgotten, particularly in later papers. Others may have provided the wrong dates of arrival in hopes that officials would not know the difference and that the wait to be eligible for naturalization would not be so long. - "Derivative" citizenship was granted to wives and minor children of naturalized men. From 1790 to 1922, wives of naturalized men automatically became citizens. This also meant that an alien woman who married a U.S. citizen automatically became a citizen. (Conversely, an American woman who married an alien lost her U.S. citizenship, even if she never left the United States.) From 1790 to 1940, children under the age of 21 automatically became naturalized citizens upon the naturalization of their father. Unfortunately, however, names and biographical information about wives and children are rarely included in declarations or petitions filed before September 1906. - For more information on Naturalization records, see the following sites: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)--Naturalization Records http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/natural.html "Any woman who is now or may hereafter be married . . ." Women and Naturalization, ca. 1802-1940, by Marian L. Smith http://www.nara.gov/publications/prologue/natural1.html Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)-- History, Genealogy & Education Page http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/aboutins/history/index.htm Immigration and Naturalization Records Online at Ancestry.com http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/immigration/main.htm Naturalization Records Message Board at FamilyHistory.com http://www.familyhistory.com/messages/messages.asp?category=topic&forum=Natu ralization+Records Bibliography: "They Became Americans: Finding Naturalization Records and Ethnic Origins," by Loretto D. Szucs http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog/product.asp?pf%5Fid=12246&dept%5Fid =10103002 Courtesy of Julia Smith, published by RootsWeb.com, Inc., RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Genealogy News, Vol. 3, No. 5 2 February 2000. RootsWeb: <http://www.rootsweb.com/> Col. 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