In a message dated 6/30/00 9:29:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, knothist@tgtel.com writes: << Subj: Re: A Century Ago in Rowan County, Ky. Date: 6/30/00 9:29:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: knothist@tgtel.com (Knott Historical Society) To: VMcca43559@aol.com, knothist@tgtel.com Thank you fro your response. The exact day was a century ago June 20, 1900. Does that help you any? Sincerely yours, David R. Smith, Pres. Knott County Historical Society David, I always look back just in case someone who is reading the post wonders about a name such as that only earlier in the time frame. Thanks for the post.....It gives us a clear place to start. Neither of the names are mine........ Blessings! Vivian VMcca43559@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 6/30/00 5:22:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > knothist@tgtel.com writes: > > << Subj: A Century Ago in Rowan County, Ky. > Date: 6/30/00 5:22:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From: knothist@tgtel.com (Knott Historical Society) > To: KYROWAN-L@rootsweb.com > > The following newspaper clipping may be interesting to fellow listmembers. > It is taken from the Knott County Historical Society's Electronic > Chronological History of Eastern Kentucky 1673-2000. If you can elaborate > upon this history, please share it with us. > > His Wound Proved Fatal. > > Morehead, Ky., June 20. — As the result of wounds received from a pistol in > the hands of Sam Leedy last Friday, Harry Carroll died at Soldier. Leedy was > arrested and gave bond. WD0006260109b. > > >> > Neither Leedy nor Carroll were a Rowan County name in 1860 or 1880. > This must have been later or the men were from another county. >>