Does anyone know of a source for Rowan Co Ky obituaries. I'm looking for an obit for Jesse DAVIS who died 12 Nov 1857 and is most likely buried at Siloam Cemetery. He may have also been the only RW patriot to live and die in Rowan Co. George

This weekend I posted obituaries for the following 51 people to the Rowan County Message Board at Rootsweb: ADKINS, Atley W. 1916-1988 ADKINS, Burl 1917-1981 ADKINS, Homer 1908-1996 ALFREY, Roy Lee 1900-1945 ALFREY, Sid (1890-1960) BLACK, Berlin (1914-1986) BLACK, Ollie (CAUDILL), 1911-2000 CASSITY, George 1875-1960 CRAWFORD, Chester 1914-1994 CRAWFORD, Lula (JONES) 1906-1992 CRAWFORD, Millard C. 1892-1985 FORMAN, Goldman G. 1909-1987 HALL, Albert 1870-1958 HALL, Alpha (MAUK) 1884-1960 HALL, Chloe (HANEY) 1886-1964 HALL, Clara (JOHNSON) 1869-1960 HALL, Cornelia (FISHER) 1898-1962 HALL, Curtis 1912-1997 HALL, Elsie (STEGALL/STEAGALL) 1919-1992 HALL, Etta (STEWART) 1905-1999 HALL, Floyd 1890-1963 HALL, Floyd George 1904-1981 HALL, George W. 1852-1948 HALL, Gertrude (WORKMAN) 1912-1998 HALL, Hassard M. 1894-1977 HALL, Hettie (SMITH) 1889-1966 HALL, Howard 1914-1995 HALL, Jean (MOCABEE CAUDILL) 1884-1965 HALL, Orbie Newton 1906-1994 HALL, Surena 1891-1981 HALL, William Thomas 1854-1944 HALL, Zora Tilden 1879-1954 HARDIN, Elizabeth (PELFREY) 1880-1958 HARDIN, Lindsay 1908-1989 HARDIN, Murvil 1930-1995 JONES, Alberta (HARDIN) 1904-1980 JONES, Gordon Linville 1923-1984 MAGGARD, Lindsay 1869-1948 MAXEY, Overton 1871-1944 PORTER, Alta (CAUDILL) 1907-1977 QUISENBERRY, Isabelle (JOHNSON) 1875-1960 ROBERTS, Allen 1884-1960 SCAGGS, Therissa (TERRY) Here is a link to the message board, but it is long, so you may need to "repair" it into one line if your email program inserts a line break: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.st ates.kentucky.counties.rowan To view just the obituaries, set the View Message Type popup menu to Obituaries. (Or to view just the queries without all these obits getting in your way, set the popup to Queries.) I also brought back from my Kentucky trip photocopies of obits for the following 41 people, which I hope to type up and upload over the course of this week: ALFREY, Andrew 1933-1997 ALFREY, John Henry 1881-1957 ARNOLD, Robert 1927-1998 BALDRIDGE, Claude C. 1901-1963 BALDRIDGE, Ezra 1915-1992 BALDRIDGE, Harley 1911-1994 BALDRIDGE, Linda Eva (CLICK) 1909-1992 BALDRIDGE, Nola (DILLON) 1918-1999 BARKER, Eula (EASTERLING) 1913-1994 BARKER, Everett 1917-1987 BARKER, Oscar J. 1915-1995 BARKER, Thelma (CAUDILL) 1902-1961 BLACK, Bessie (KIDD) 1914-1992 BLACK, Clifford Allen 1918-1990 BLACK, Edgar Victor 1937-1999 BLAIR, Ambrose 1876-1945 BLAIR, Opal (BREWER) 1914-1997 CAUDILL, John 1884-1960 HAMILTON, Lula (ROMANS) 1894-1977 JENT, Myrtle (LEWIS) 1898-1993 JENT, Nina Pearl (RIDDLE) 1924-1979 JOHNSON, Francis Elwood ~1926-1977 JOHNSON, Harve A. 1989-1977 JOHNSON, Joe Allen 1871-1951 KIDD, Daisy (RICE) 1900-1987 KIDD, Davis W. 1909-1999 KIDD, Earl 1920-1996 KIDD, Gwendolyn (PERRY) 1924-1999 KIDD, Lonnie 1928-1992 KIDD, Mirtie 1911-1994 KIDD, Myrtle (LAMBERT) 1908-1996 KIDD, Myrtle (WAGONER) 1908-1993 KIDD, Rosa 1923-1998 KISER, Wanda Lee (JONES) 1936-1993 KISSINGER, Henry 1885-1958 MARTIN, Orville 1900-1977 PETITT, George 1925-1993 PETITT, Leonard 1934-1981 PETITT, Zora 1911-1992 RAMEY, Grover 1885-1960 ROGERS, Cynthia Jane (CARPENTER) 1878-1951 I will not be making an additional announcement when the above obits are posted, so if you are interested in any of the above names, you will want to check the Message Board every few days. Many thanks to the volunteers who maintain the obituary file boxes at the Rowan County Library in Morehead. Almost all the post-1980 obits were from those file boxes. Those of you who live near Morehead should not neglect this convenient resource. The earlier ones I mostly copied from the newspaper microfilms at the library. Happy searching! Oh, and if you have any obituaries or death certificates sitting around home, especially if you have any for folks born before 1910, please consider sharing them with others via the Message Board. -- Teri Pettit

Is anyone researching Henry C. BARKER / Lourena (Lou) FLETCHER b 1893 Rowan Co,KY d 1977 FL ? m. 1909 Rowan Co,KY... I have some info on the Fletchers .. Willing to share. Shirley

Would anyone be familiar with Mizpaw or Edston, Rowan Co,KY They do not appear on my map. Are they just very small towns near Morehead? The marriage records show Wm. F. Harris farmer age 21 from Edston m. Alley F. Fletcher age 16 from Mizpaw, KY Alley is my mother in law's sister and from Morehead... My records show Alley as being mother to Buel E. Harris b 1907 Marie b.1919 Dalena b 1911 Eula Mae b. 1922 Wm. died and Alley m. Henry Christian in 1934. Anyone connected / know this family? I have more Fletcher information will share. Shirley

In a message dated 06/01/2002 7:00:40 AM Central Daylight Time, KYROWAN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << X-Message: #1 Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 10:51:41 -0700 From: Teri Pettit <pettit@adobe.com> To: KYROWAN-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <B91D063D.13F11%pettit@adobe.com> Subject: [KYROWAN] Marriage records on Rowan Co KYGenWeb site updated Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit I've just made a substantial update to the marriage record section of the Rowan County USGenWeb site. http://tpettit.best.vwh.net/rowan/rowan-mg.html The week of May 20-26 I went on vacation to Morehead, and spent Monday through Friday at the courthouse, transcribing marriage records from 8 am to 4 pm (when the courthouse closes), and then heading over to the library to photocopy obituaries until the library closed. (Saturday I went to a Hall reunion and Sunday to a McBrayer-Pettit reunion.) Mainly I concentrated on adding details (ages, birthplaces, parents, witnesses, etc.) from Books 3 through 7 (which were already online in names and dates only form.) Full details have been added for books 3 and 4 (1897-1903), and for about 1/3 the records in books 5, 6 and 7 (1904-1912). Also about 50 additional records were added for books 8 through 13 (1912-1921). When I got back home to California, I reformatted the web pages and added a listing by bride. So for all of you long-time researchers who've stopped visiting the Rowan County marriage pages because you already got all you could from them, you might want to take another look. I'll be submitting the obituaries I collected to the Rootsweb message board as time permits, and will announce the names here as I do so. >> Great job!!!! I have passed this new info to all the cousins so that they can enjoy these wonderful new additions. Nolabert@aol.com

Thanks so very much for all your work.. Found several of my husband's family & have not completed looking at your great site! Shirley On Fri, 31 May 2002 10:51:41 -0700 Teri Pettit <pettit@Adobe.COM> writes: > I've just made a substantial update to the marriage record section of > the > Rowan County USGenWeb site. > > http://tpettit.best.vwh.net/rowan/rowan-mg.html > > The week of May 20-26 I went on vacation to Morehead, and spent > Monday > through Friday at the courthouse, transcribing marriage records from > 8 am to > 4 pm (when the courthouse closes), and then heading over to the > library to > photocopy obituaries until the library closed. (Saturday I went to a > Hall > reunion and Sunday to a McBrayer-Pettit reunion.) > > Mainly I concentrated on adding details (ages, birthplaces, parents, > witnesses, etc.) from Books 3 through 7 (which were already online > in names > and dates only form.) Full details have been added for books 3 and 4 > (1897-1903), and for about 1/3 the records in books 5, 6 and 7 > (1904-1912). > Also about 50 additional records were added for books 8 through 13 > (1912-1921). > > When I got back home to California, I reformatted the web pages and > added a > listing by bride. > > So for all of you long-time researchers who've stopped visiting the > Rowan > County marriage pages because you already got all you could from > them, you > might want to take another look. > > I'll be submitting the obituaries I collected to the Rootsweb > message board > as time permits, and will announce the names here as I do so. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

I've just made a substantial update to the marriage record section of the Rowan County USGenWeb site. http://tpettit.best.vwh.net/rowan/rowan-mg.html The week of May 20-26 I went on vacation to Morehead, and spent Monday through Friday at the courthouse, transcribing marriage records from 8 am to 4 pm (when the courthouse closes), and then heading over to the library to photocopy obituaries until the library closed. (Saturday I went to a Hall reunion and Sunday to a McBrayer-Pettit reunion.) Mainly I concentrated on adding details (ages, birthplaces, parents, witnesses, etc.) from Books 3 through 7 (which were already online in names and dates only form.) Full details have been added for books 3 and 4 (1897-1903), and for about 1/3 the records in books 5, 6 and 7 (1904-1912). Also about 50 additional records were added for books 8 through 13 (1912-1921). When I got back home to California, I reformatted the web pages and added a listing by bride. So for all of you long-time researchers who've stopped visiting the Rowan County marriage pages because you already got all you could from them, you might want to take another look. I'll be submitting the obituaries I collected to the Rootsweb message board as time permits, and will announce the names here as I do so.

Taking Orders Now!! The second printing of the Rowan County Cemetery Books "Memories from the Past" is taking place now. A dozen sets of the 5-Volume Cemetery Books will be offered for sale. Several new cemeteries have been added as well as all the burial updates through April 30, 2002. Also, many corrections and additional information have been made. Cost is $110.00 plus $15.00 for shipping and handling - making total cost $125.00 for each 5-volume set. The first four volumes contain all of the Rowan County Cemetery information while the fifth volume contains neighboring county cemetery data. A CD-Rom containing everything found in the 5 books as well as an all-name index is also available at a cost of $35.00 plus $1.00 shipping. Complete instructions for viewing are included with each CD. Special Note: For those who already own a bookset or a CD and who want the updates, a new CD can be purchased at a special rate of $10.50. Talk with Dewie or Betty for this bonus. An all-name index volume will be sold separately if anyone is interested in purchasing one of these books. To place an order (or want more information), please contact Dewie E. Black by email at <dewie@olsusa.com> or contact the Rowan County Historical Society, P.O. Box 60, Morehead, KY 40351. --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]

hello all i am new to this list i need any info on the families listed below in the census records i also would like to know who does marriage lookups in rowan county i am stuck on isaac hardin and nancy crosse(d/o solomon) i think he is a brother to savil and that they are sons of david hardin but i cant prove it isaac b 1847 married i believe mary meyers but on her daughters death cert it says mary mccarty isaac and mary are my gg grandparents any help is most appreciated and i will gladly share what little info i have bobby hunt augusta ky 1860 Census of Rowan Co., KY Morehead Post Office pg 603 77/98 Isaac Hardin 50 KY farmer Nancy 56 KY (Nancy Cross) Martha J.(?) 21 KY domestic servant Isaac 12 KY (Isaac b. 1847) Mary 10 KY pg 604 Savel Harden 58 KY farmer Mary 29 KY (new wife) Amilda E. 9 KY Malinda 4 KY Nancy A. 2 KY - - - - - 1870 Census of Rowan Co., KY Pg 125 26/26 Daniel Ginter(?) 25 KY farmer Martha 25 KY Henry 5 KY James 3 KY John 9/12 KY Nancy Hardin 64 KY (Nancy Cross, widow of Isaac Hardin) 27/27 Isaac Hardin 22 KY farmer (Isaac b. 1847) Mary 21 KY (Mary Myers - newly married/no children yet) Mary 19 KY domestic servant (is this Isaac's sister?) 51/51 John Hardin 45 KY keeps a boarding house Martha 46 KY Abram Jones 25 KY sawmill worker Lucinda Hardin 24 KY domestic servant (is this the daughter of Savil?) - - - - - 1880 Census Place: Licking City, Rowan, Kentucky Source: FHL Film 1254441 National Archives Film T9-0441 Page 421B Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace James MYERS Self M M W 55 KY Occ: Works On Farm Fa: KY Mo: KY Elizabeth MYERS Wife F M W 53 KY Occ: Keeping House Fa: KY Mo: KY Turner MYERS Son M S W 20 KY Occ: Works On Farm Fa: KY Mo: KY America MYERS Dau F S W 18 KY Occ: At Home Fa: KY Mo: KY Elizabeth MYERS Dau F S W 16 KY Occ: At Home Fa: KY Mo: KY Heneretta MYERS Dau F S W 13 KY Occ: At Home Fa: KY Mo: KY Martha L. MYERS Dau F S W 11 KY Occ: At Home Fa: KY Mo: KY **Next door** Isaac HARDEN Self M M W 32 KY (b. 1847) Occ: Works In Blacksmith Shop Fa: KY Mo: KY Mary HARDEN Wife F M W 29 KY (Mary Myers)??? Occ: Keeping House Fa: KY Mo: KY James D. HARDEN Son M S W 9 KY (b 6/13/1871) Fa: KY Mo: KY White W. HARDEN Son M S W 8 KY (middle name Walker?) Fa: KY Mo: KY Annie E. HARDEN Dau F S W 5 KY (Anna Belle?) Fa: KY Mo: KY Effie HARDEN Dau F S W 3 KY Fa: KY Mo: KY William L. HARDEN Son M S W 9M KY Fa: KY Mo: KY

A reunion is being planned for May 18 in Miamisburg OH for the descendents of Jacob Hall and Nancy Brown Hall married September 16, 1828; Isaac Hall and Sarah Myers Hall married November 25, 1850; Samuel Thomas Hall and Caroline Copher Hall married July 15, 1883; and Samuel Thomas Hall and his 2nd wife Mary Griffey Hall married abt. 1905. For further details please contact: kensuze@aol.com or nsyhall@aol.com Ken and Susan Hall near Dayton OH

Eva HICKS Gregory Hyatts Grave Is as you go South on the Lower Licking Rd Go south to Clearfield Rowan County Kentucky As you get though town It is on the left You'll see a drive that Go up next to the Cemetery There is a line of Jones Headstones maybe six of them Her grave is near the back A Cousin Gave Me these directions Eva's Brother Andrew is there And Eva's Parent's Plus John and Melinda's And Adam's, George and His son Ollie Hicks Eva's stone is a very nice stone It say's On The Headstone Eva Gregory Hyatt She died in August 8, 1955 Does anyone know anything about This Cemetery is? Or Has Been There? Or can you get Photos of the Graves Mentioned Your Rowan County Cousin Who Lives in Virginia Beach Virginia Julia Carol GREGORY Levesque <A HREF="http://home.talkcity.com/MainSt/juliacarol/">Julia Carol GREGORY Levesque Genealogy Homepage</A> http://home.talkcity.com/MainSt/juliacarol/ For More on Eva And Her parents :-) Thanks

I believe I owe a few of you out there an apology. I posted the following message about a reunion, but had blocked my incoming email from most ISP's because of so much spam mail. So some of you who responded were unable to send your messages to me. I have since corrected the problem. And I do humbly apologize again. Here is the posting again: We are planning a reunion of the descendents of Samuel T. and Caroline Copher Hall, Samuel T. and his 2nd wife Mary Griffey Hall, Isaac and Sarah Myers Hall, and Jacob and Nancy Brown Hall. These families were all from eastern Kentucky and western West Virginia. This reunion will be held on May 18 in Miamisburg OH. If you would like further information, please contact us directly at: nsyhall@aol.com or kensuze@aol.com Susan and Ken Hall

We are planning a reunion of the descendents of Samuel T. and Caroline Copher Hall, Samuel T. and his 2nd wife Mary Griffey Hall, Isaac and Sarah Myers Hall, and Jacob and Nancy Brown Hall. These families were all from eastern Kentucky and western West Virginia. This reunion will be held on May 18 in Miamisburg OH. If you would like further information, please contact us directly at: nsyhall@aol.com or kensuze@aol.com Susan and Ken Hall

In a message dated 03/21/2002 5:01:29 PM Central Standard Time, KYROWAN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << X-Message: #1 Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 20:01:43 -0800 From: Shirley Toohey <s2ee@juno.com> To: KYROWAN-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20020320.202211.-325437.1.s2ee@juno.com> Subject: [KYROWAN] BLAIR, CANTRELL, CHRISTIAN, FLETCHER, HARRIS, LUTHER Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Looking for "cousins" connected with many of the FLETCHER girls of Morehead,KY. Amelia Fletcher Harris & Bessie Fletcher Johnson are pictured in the Pictorial History book.. They were the d/o Wm. Jerry FLETCHER & Sarah ALDERSON Fletcher... There were 11 Fletcher girls namely: Rachel SPARKMAN, Allie HARRIS, Amelia ADAMS SPARKS , Margaret "Maggie" HARRIS TOOHEY, Lorraine "Lou" DE BARKER, Cora BLAIR Jewell CANTRELL Cynthia Unk Elizabeth Bessie JOHNSON Grace CHRISTIAN Goldie WILLIAMS SPEERS I have some of the next generation but in most cases there are many blanks. Would exchange what I have if any one has connections to this large family. I have a few facts on the DAY family connected to the Fletchers. Shirley Toohey >> Hi Shirley, Saw your post and wanted to suggest you contact the Alderson list. A Reverand Alderson's name shows up on several marriage licenses in Rowan county. He married my grandmother and grandfather, and I noticed on the Register, that an Alderson girl was married a few days before my grandmother in Sept, 1896. Rev. Alderson was part of the Slaty Creek (I'm not sure if I'm spelling that right. My notes are buried in the mess of a desk right now) Church, and it's still an active church. I think it's in Mt. Sterling. You might find some folks descended through the Alderson line that may be able to help you. Nola Thacker Austin, TX

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Looking for "cousins" connected with many of the FLETCHER girls of Morehead,KY. Amelia Fletcher Harris & Bessie Fletcher Johnson are pictured in the Pictorial History book.. They were the d/o Wm. Jerry FLETCHER & Sarah ALDERSON Fletcher... There were 11 Fletcher girls namely: Rachel SPARKMAN, Allie HARRIS, Amelia ADAMS SPARKS , Margaret "Maggie" HARRIS TOOHEY, Lorraine "Lou" DE BARKER, Cora BLAIR Jewell CANTRELL Cynthia Unk Elizabeth Bessie JOHNSON Grace CHRISTIAN Goldie WILLIAMS SPEERS I have some of the next generation but in most cases there are many blanks. Would exchange what I have if any one has connections to this large family. I have a few facts on the DAY family connected to the Fletchers. Shirley Toohey

My copy arrived today.. It is a beautiful book. Worth the wait!!! There were a couple of my husband's Fletcher family.. His Aunt Amelia Fletcher who married Charlie Sparks..and their son Virgil is also pictured. My husband would have enjoyed seeing the pictures of Morehead where he visited his grandmother in his youth.. he passed away in Dec 2001. Shirley

Hello Dear Rowan County list, I'm still battering at my brick wall, and thought maybe some of you might be able to help me. My grandmother, Mary Alice Donelson/Donaldson, married my grandfather, Rubin Calvin Dennis in Rowan County in 1896. Witnesses were Jack Carter and Johnie Ellis The minister who performed the wedding was Rev. H. G. Alderson. I have a copy of the Rowan County Court Minister's Return marriage register, and Rev. Alderson shows up in four of the ten marriages on this page. Here's my question; Do any of you have any information about the Reverend Alderson? Do you know what church he would have been affiliated with? I have not been able to find birth information for my grandmother's first two children, and a cousin thinks maybe the only record of their births might be in their church. Any ideas on where to look in county records or the Kentucky Archives that might have information on churches that were active in that time period? Thanks for any help or suggestions. Nola Thacker Austin, TX nolabert@aol.com

Nola, Yes, I have quite a bit of information on Rev. ALDERSON as he was the brother of my husband's grandmother. Rev. Harvey G Alderson was b. Mar 13, 1851 in Logan, WV m. 1885 Died Feb 14, 1924 inFarmers, Rowan Co, KY age 72 . 13 ch from 2 marriages. He was first pastor of the Slaty Point Baptist Church, Rowan Co, KY. This information thanks to a descendant Raymond Alderson who did extensive research on the family. There is a John Ellis in the Alderson family. This may be one of the witnesses? Maybe this will help and I shall try to look up any other name for you in the index. Didn't find your Donaldson or Dennis. Shirley ========= On Sun, 10 Feb 2002 21:52:28 EST Nolabert@aol.com writes: > Hello Dear Rowan County list, > > I'm still battering at my brick wall, and thought maybe some of you > might be > able to help me. My grandmother, Mary Alice Donelson/Donaldson, > married my > grandfather, Rubin Calvin Dennis in Rowan County in 1896. > > Witnesses were Jack Carter and Johnie Ellis > The minister who performed the wedding was Rev. H. G. Alderson. > > I have a copy of the Rowan County Court Minister's Return marriage > register, > and Rev. Alderson shows up in four of the ten marriages on this > page. > > Here's my question; Do any of you have any information about the > Reverend > Alderson? > > Do you know what church he would have been affiliated with? > > I have not been able to find birth information for my grandmother's > first two > children, and a cousin thinks maybe the only record of their births > might be > in their church. > > Any ideas on where to look in county records or the Kentucky > Archives that > might have information on churches that were active in that time > period? > > Thanks for any help or suggestions. > Nola Thacker > Austin, TX > nolabert@aol.com > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hi! I have just rec'd a picture that came from a book at the Rowan Co. Library and it has the following names in in the Picture. L-R Front: Grandma Basford [black dress] Phoebe Wills holding baby America McCarty Basford [w/o Sam Basford] L-R Back: Blanche and Minnie Basford I would love to know who the person called "GrandMa Basford" is? Shes the one in the middle with the black dress on. There is also a couple of other children that are not identified. Who can identify Phoebe Wills? I will send the pic to anyone who thinks they can identify it. Thanks Vivian