In a message dated 3/29/2006 9:34:41 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: The same is true with Jessamine Co, KY. The Higbee family, for whom the town was named, was from there as were the Owens and Bakers, as I recall, and possibly Joel Smith of 'Smithland' fame, but I'd have to re-read some info to be sure of that. The brothers John LESSLY and James LESSLEY were also from Jessamine Co., KY. The PATTRICKS, who were related to the OWENS, probably also set out from Jessamine Co. Hezekiah PATTRICK was said to have been born in Fayette Co., KY but his father appears in Jessamine Co. in the 1830 census (right next to an OWENS brother-in-law). Family stories place the move of the PATTRICKs in 1830. The LESSLY are harder to pin down but given the birthplaces listed for children - their move probably occured in the mid 1830s. Carole