Blackford was in Union County until it was divided and Blackford was in the Webster County side. Francis M. Eddings from Wheatcroft, Webster County. Francis Eddings ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carole Palmer" <cjp@insightbb.com> To: <kywebste@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [KYWEBSTE] Blackford/Tradwater Bottoms Before 1860 > On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:39:00 -0600, you wrote: > >>Does anyone know which county Blackford and the Tradewater Bottoms >>area was in before Webster County was formed in 1860. > > According to > http://www.rootsweb.com/~kywebste/towns.htm#Blackford Blackford is just > across the Tradewater from Crittenden County. Crittenden County was > formed > in 1842 from Livingston County but as far as I know, no land was taken > from > Crittenden County when Webster was formed in 1860, from parts of > Henderson, > Union and Hopkins Counties. > > Check out this web site and click on County Formation maps: > http://www.mykentuckygenealogy.com/ky_maps.htm > > My guess is the Blackford area was in Union County at one time and Union > was taken from Henderson in 1811. > > Let us know if you figure it out. <grin> > > Carole Palmer > Webster County KYGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~kywebste/ > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KYWEBSTE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message