Last year,my wife and I crossed the Ohio River,in the beautiful new bridge east of Ripley,and followed the river west on Ky 8 thru Dover,Augusta,Foster,and Carntown [my Rev George Brown owned 500 acres at the limestone mine. .Then we cut sw to the AA highway past the Flagg Springs cemetary. The pioneer there,Benjamin Beall ,and the pioneer of Alexandria,Francis Spillman,were bondsmen,in 1798,to the Campbell Co court,when George Brown was licensed to preform marriages. 1802,Brown moved 5-6 miles north,to a good mill site,on Big Indian Crek,that empties at Pt Pleasant. My Lawrence Byrn's buried at Point cemetary. My Adam Fisher,Adam Simmons, and Margaret Abrahams Brown,plus George Brown,are buried,on the Ohio side,within 5-6 miles of Flagg Springs cemetary,on the Ky side. Evans Run,is just across Straight Creek,from Union township,in current Pleasant township, There is a group of genealogists meeting under the Sandusky-L@ROOTSWEB.COM BANNER. Jacob Sadowski was in Ky's 1773 and 1774 early surveying parties. His 2nd wife was one of the Evans,as was the wife of his son,Ephriam Sandusky. They were,[and the Evans?] from Jessamine Co,Ky,which lies between Lexington,Fayette Co,Ky and the cliffs of the Ky River,before the Union Shaker village, in Mercer Co,Ky. Straight Creek had Shaker's,1806-11. 100 Shaker families moved from s Bro wn Co,Oh and sw Adams Co,Ohio in 1811 to the ill-fated Buseron Shaker village. Shakers were celebate,but these people joined the Shakers after being married and having some children. As early as 1806,Sharkers were moving from s Brown Co to the Shaker villages west of Lebanon,Warren Co,Ohio,and Mercer Co,Ky. Mid-western Shaker leaders of 1806,were Revs John Dunlevy and Richard McNeMarr,who had ministeres Presbyterian churches at Red Oak,and East Eagle Creek,til the Great 1801 Cane Ridge Revival hed 2 miles from James Sandusky's fort in Bourbon Co,Ky Thomas McQueen,Jr,of Dugal's line,lived very close to Flagg Springs ,Ky with his sister,Mrs Rev George Brown, 1797-1811 period before Bartholomew Co,Illinois. On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 10:38:55 EDT GenealogyJunky@aol.com writes: > Thank you so much for this information on the Pisgah Ridge/Union > Township in > its early days. My son's ancestors were settlers to this area of > Ohio by 1801 > when Benjamin Evans married Mary Gregory in the part of Adams County > that > became Brown County. They went on to have many descendants in the > Union Township > area. My son's grandmother still lives in Fayetteville on Evans > Road. It's good > to know the early names of the area called Red Oak, as that's the > name given > in much of the genealogical information that has been passed to me. > > Much thanks, > Constance Frazier > Flagg Spring KY (just down river, a mile inland from Mentor, KY > about 25 > minutes from Ripley) > > > ==== OHBROWN Mailing List ==== > Do you need to contact the List Administrator? Post your question > to the list if it is of general interest, or send a private e-mail > to: > ohbrown-admin@rootsweb.com > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!