Re: [SCKY] William Howard Ann, William Howard may have been a Methodist. I don't have documentation for it, but some circumstantial evidence suggests this: 1. Howard performed marriages for some known Methodists in Monroe County. Whether he was acting as a minister of the gospel or justice of the peace, I'm not sure. (Paper form of published Monroe County marriage records by Marcella Headrick might indicate this, as would the original records.) 2. Isaac Dickerson, who lived in District #1 (Turner District) near Jeffrey and Mud Lick communities, was a licensed Local Preacher (LP) of Bethel Methodist Church, at old Pikeville--the community that later became known as Flippin--during the 1850/60s. Isaac may have been a relative of Hannah. 3. A "William Howard," who built the "Old Brick" house near Emberton, KY, on County House Road (Hwy 1366), freed his slaves in 1846, around the time that the Methodist Episcopal Church split over the slavery issue (1845)--if this was the same William Howard, as seems likely. http://kentucky.gov/kyhs/hmdb/MarkerSearch.aspx?mode=County&county=86 Hope this helps. best wishes, Charles R. Arterburn ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com