The Odd Naming of Children #genealogy #kentuckypioneers

The Odd Naming of Children

There is a Sir Francis Drake last will and testament in Logan County dated 1814. He was born in Cumberland, Virginia and appear to be descended from the famous Sir Francis Drake of England. Probably this sort of naming with the first name as "Sir Francis" to a child is a reminder to the heirs of descent from a prominent figure in time. Even the less obvious names seem to have great meaning within the family structure. I recently analyzed the naming of every child in a certain family. Some were given surnames as the first name. The experience was eye-opening once I examined the families in the same county with those surnames. Eventually, I was able to discover the name of the grandmother who never married, but had seven children by the same father. Tracing that particular lineage took me to a Revolutionary War Soldier from Abbeville, South Carolina to Henry County, Georgia. Once I prepared his family group sheet listing all of the children, the identity of the unmarried daughter (who had the illegitimate children) became apparent. 

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The county of Logan was formed in 1792 and was named after Benjamin Logan, second in command of the Kentucky Militia during the Revolutionary War. The territory first stretched from the Mississippi River in the west to the Little Barren River in the east. The county seat is Russellville. 

Indexes to Wills, Estates, Guardianships, Distributions

• Book A, 1795 to 1817
• Book B, 1815 to 1823
• Book C, 1823 to 1827
• Book D, 1827 to 1831

Images of Logan County Wills and Estates Book A, 1795 to 1817 

Adams, E. Allen, Beverley Allen, Reuben* Anderson, Thomas* Anigel, George* Arnold, John* Ashley, William* Baker, Robert* Barnard, William R.* Barton, James* Barnett, William* Barton, James* Bayley, Thomas* Bell, John* Bennett, William* Bernard, Heningham* Bernard, John* Bernard, William* Bowie, Patsy* Boyd, Daniel* Boyle, Patrick* Britt, William* Brown, Jared* Brown, John* Browning, John* Bryant, Abraham* Burton, James* Campbell, George* Carlisle, Henry* Cavender, Thomas* Clark, William* Conner, William* Cook, John* Coreen, John* Crabtree, William* Cransden, William* Curry, John* Daniel, John* Davis, Keiza* Dawson, Redford* Drake, Sir Francis* Duncan, Benjamin* Edwards, Penelope Eley, Eli* Elliott, Thomas F.* Ewing, George* Ewing, John* Ewing, William* Ferguson, William* Fike, Malachi* Fisher, William* Fleming, Ralph* Foster, John* Frizzel, William* Furbanks, Robert* Gilbert, William* Gorham, Thomas* Graves, Frederick* Green, John* Hampton, Thomas* Hannah, David* Hawkins, James* Henderson, Thomas* Hendrick, Henry* Hendry, William* Henson, James* Herndon, James* Hinton, John* Holeman, James* Hollarton, Elizabeth* James, Isaac* Horton, William* Howard, James* Howe,, Levi* Hughs, Roland* Hughs, Rowland* Hunter, James* Johnson, John* Johnston, Nathan* Johnston, William* Jones, Aaron* Jones, Judson Kennerly, John* Kerr, Widow* Kown, L. W.* Lang, N.* Langston, Ragland* Lathem, Dickey* Lee, William* Lockhart, David* Lodge, Matthew* Lofland, William* Lowery, Samuel* Lowry, James* Lyon, John* Mayes, James* Mays, William* McCombs, Jesse* McIntosh, William* McKorne, James* McLean, Ephraim* McLean, Susana* McPherson, George* McPherson, John* McMerter, James G.* McReynolds, James* McReynolds, Robert* McReynolds, Samuel* Miller, James J.* Miller, Randle* Millikin, George* Mitchell, George* Moore, Jesse* W. Morgan, Abraham* Morgan, Jeremiah* Murrey, Michael* Ornforff, John* Phelps, Burges* Philips, William* Porter, Francis* Puntenny, Aquilla* Ragsdale, Frederick* Ragsdale, Sally* Reading, William* Reed, James* Renshaw, William* Roberts, Lina* Strader, Konrad* Stratton, William* Summers, Robert* Talkington, Elizabeth* Temple, Stephen* Thompson, Thomas* Tilghman, Stephen* Travis, Benjamin* Travis, Thomas* Turner, John* Waddle, John* Wallace, William* Ward, John* Ward, Michael* Warfield, Ann* Watson, John* West, James* Whitaker, Thomas* White, Isaac* White, John* White, Thomas* Whitsett, William* Wilcox, Josiah* Wilkins, Richard* Wilson, Josiah* Wilkerson, Joel* Wood, James* Wood, Lashly* Wood, Mason* Wood, Moses* Yarbrough, Jeremiah* Yarbrough, William* 

Images of Logan County Wills and Estates Book B, 1815 to 1823 

Adams, William* Aingells, George* Bailey, T. Baker, John* T. Bagley, P. Baker, Mary* Boone, Squire Boyle, Eleanor Breathitt, William* Breen, James* Britt, Eleanor Britt, William* Brown, Jacob* Brown, John* Browning, Isaac* Browning, John* Bryant, Absalom* Caldwell, Adam Campbell, George* Carlisle, Henry* Clark, William* Cloud, Daniel* Colbert, Samuel* Cook, Valentine Coulter, William* Crewion, Reuben* Curdy, Thomas* W. Dallum, Richard* Davis, William* Dumond, William* Duncan, Benjamin* Duncan, William* Davis, James* Drew, Warner* Duncan, James* Edwards, John* Foster, Anthony Foster, Lewis* Frayer, James* Gorham, Margaret Gorham, Thomas* Gray, Samuel* Hackersmith, Edward* Haddox, John* Haden, William Sr.* Hains, John* Hall, Alexander* Hall, James Slater* Hanley, Jonathan* Hannah, Elizabeth* Hansbrough, Smith* Harding, William* Harrison, John* Henderson, Lewis* Herndon, James* Hise, Frederick* Hogan, John* Holloway, John* Hopkins, Eprhraim* Howard, Lindsey* Hughes, James* Hughes, Rowland* Ingram, Joseph* Ingram, William* Inman, James* Jackson, Joseph* James, Thomas* James, Thomas W.* Johnson, Joseph* Johnson, Thomas* Johnston, David* Johnston, John* Johnston, Nathan* Jones, Aaron* Kellanghan, John* King, John* Langston, Ragland* Lewis, Waller* Ling, William* Lockhart, David* Lowry, John* Lyon, John* Martin, George* Maxwell, William Sr.* McAlister, James* McKain, James* McKinsey, Alexander* Medole, John* Milan, Roda* Miller, Andrew* Miller, John* Millikin, Harbison* Montgomery, Alexander* Morgan, Abner* Morgan, John* Morris, William* Murdin, Edward* Neely, David* Norris, James* Owings, Joshua* Perkins, James* Price, John* Price, William* Punting, Aquilla P.* Purbush, Robert* Reading, William* Roberd, Charles* Ross, John* Rowland, Micajah* Rust, Jacob* Smith, Absalom* Smith, Hansbrough* Steel, Robert* Stevens, Huldy* Taylor, William* Temple, Harman* Thompson, Henry* Thornberry, William* Townsen, A.* Venall, Tobias* Watson, John* Walker, David* Wallace, William* Wash, Thomas* West, Amos* Westray, Simon* Whitsett, William* Wilkins, Richard* Williams, Jesse* Wright, William* 

Images of Logan County Wills and Estates Book C, 1823 to 1827 

Arnold, John* Bagley, Elizabeth* Baker, Robert Jr.* Bell, Wright E.* Bowles, John* Burks, Nathan* Byrum, William* Carr, Nancy* Dallam, Richard* Dodson, William* Duval, William* Ewing, Reuben* Felts, Archibald* Frazer, James* Gilbert, Charles* Haden, John* Haden, Joseph* Harden, William* Henderson, Andrew* Hughes, John* Hughes, Rowland* Johnson, David* Lee, Elizabeth* Littlejohn, Samuel* Millikin, Nancy* Mize, William* Perkins, William* Poor, Robert* Price, John Sr.* Rice, Ignatius* Rice, John* Smith, James* Todd, Benjamin* Turner, Mary* Washburn, John* Wells, Catherine* Wells, Henry* West, Ann* B. Whitsett, Isaac* Williams, Jesse* Williams, John* Wilson, Isaac* Woodman, George* 

Images of Logan County Wills and Estates Book D, 1827 to 1831 

Allen, William* Angell, William* Arnold, John* Baker, Robert* Baker, William* Bantas, John* Bardy, W. C.* Barker, Ananias Sr.* Beakey, William W.* Bell, James* Bowen, Mary* Bowling, S. S.* Britt, William* Browder, Thomas* Browning, Abner* Browning, Bertha Ann* Browning, G. S.* Browning, John* Brumbaugh, Samuel* Byrom, John* Campbell, A. M.* Card, Joseph* Chastain, William* Cook, T.* Crabtree, Nancy* Creel, Mary* Daniel, Garnett* Day, Henry* Denson, Russell E.* Drew, Warner* Duncan, Abner* Dunlap, Archibald* Dunscombe, Samuel D.* Duval, Claburn* Ewing, William* Ewing, W. W.* Fairbush, William* Fitzhugh, Peter* Forgy, Samuel* Fortner, L.* Fortner, Martin* Foster, Edmund* Foster, orphans* Frazer, M.* Full, James S.* Gilbert, Martin* Gill, James* Gill, Presley* Gough, orphan* Graham, orphan* Gray, Joseph* Green, Hannah* Haden, James* Haden, Joseph* Hamilton, Joseph D.* Hamilton, Sally* Hardison, Gabriel* Henry, Elizabeth* Henry, William* Hogan, John* Hogan, Martin* Hogan, Rawleigh* Hoss, Susan* Hughes, John* Hull, Alexander* Huskett, Nathaniel* Ingram, William* Inman, Henry* Inman, orphan* James, Charles B.* James, John* Johnson, James* J. Johnston, Richard* Jones, John* Keaten, Joseph* Kelly, Martin* Kennedy, John W.* Kennedy, Philip* Kennedy, William* Kerry, Levin* King, Levin* Lee, Temperance W.* Limsbaugh, Daniel* Littlejohn, Samuel* Long, B. C.* Long, Frances B.* Mauzey, Henry* McCaleb, M.* McLean, L. D.* McLeod, William* Miller, Charlotte* Mimms, Robert* Morehead, Charles* Morgan, Rolly* Morton, Elijah Mosby, Robert* Moseley, Robert* Munday, William* Murdole, William* Neely, Charles* Ogden, John* Ogden, Mary* Ornsdorf, Christopher* Pace, William B.* Page, Nancy* Page, William* Paisley, Robert* Parks, David* Patterson, A.* Patterson, John* Perkins, James* Perkins, William* Perry, John* Perry, Thomas* Phelps, William* Poor, Robert* Price, John* Proctor, Charles* Roberts, Joseph* Robinson, Charles* Rogers, Reuben* Ross, Stephen* Rutherford, Stephen* Scott, William* Scott, William B.* Simms, Nazareth* Slaughter, Louise* Smith, James* Stribling, Thomas* Stubblefield, Thomas* Traughter, Elizabeth* Traughter, Henry* Traughter, William* Tunstell, Agnes* Turner, Henry O.* Turner, Karns* Vineyard, Elizabeth* Washburn, Philip* Waters, P.* Waters, R.* Wilkerson, Susannah& Williamson, Christopher* Wilson, Isaac* Wilson, orphans* Wolfe, Jesse* Woodhouse, Brewer* Wright, William* Zoubough, Henry 
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Garrard County Wills, Estates, Guardianhips, Annual Returns, Inventories, Settlements

Garrard County was formed in 1796 and was named after James Garrard, the Governor of Kentucky from 1796 to 1804. The county seat is Lancaster. 

Indexes to Wills, Estates, Guardianships, Distributions

• 1797 to 1805
• 1807 to 1811
• 1805 to 1809

Militia Records

• Paymaster Records of 7th Regiment Kentucky Militia 1808 to 1813

Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories, Guardianships, Distributions, Book A, 1797 to 1805

Alford, John * Ball, John * Banks, Jones Banks, Levin * Banks, Lynn Banks, Samuel * Barbour, James* Blanton, Joshua Bowen, William* Brady, Charles* A. Carns, Alexadnder* Carpenter, Sopher* Compton, Zachariah* Cosden, Matthew* Cummins, Moses* Dickens, Benjamin* Gooch, Elizabeth* Gooch, Jesse* Hayden, James* Harris, R. Harris, Solomon Harrison, Richard Havis, Robert* Hays, William* Hiett, Abner Hinds, James* Hogan, John * Huffman, Frederick* Irvine, Joshua Kincaid, Robert* Lambton, William* Lawson, Elisha Macklin, James* Marksburg, Samuel * Mayfield, Micajah Miller, Jacob* Nelson, Ambrose Nickern, Michael Perrel, Henry* Poor, Robin Sapery, John * Scott, Samuel * Smith, James* Smith, John to Sally Smith* Smith, Liberty, orphan of Henry* Smith, Mark* Smith, William, Capt.* Stapp, Gholson* Stapp, Rachel* Sutton, Rowland* Terrill, Joseph* Terrill,, Robert* Toney, Bishop Wooley, William* 

Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories, Distributions, Guardianships, Book B, 1807 to 1811

Adams, T. O. Askins, William* Alderson, Isaac* Alford, Jacob* Arnold, Humphrey* Arnold, Keziah, orphans* Arnold, Reuben* Banks, Jarret* Barally, J. P.* Ballenger, John * Black, Samuel * Bledsoe, William W.* Bryant legacies* Burnside, Walter Dismukes, James* Finnell, James* Finnell,, William* Fugale, Towison* Gibson, George* Gooch, Jesse* Greene, Garrard* Hagan, James* Hamey, Edward* Hamilton, Henry* Heard, John Sr.* Henderson, Alexander* Hendricks, Henry* Hicks, Edward* Jennings, Baylor* Johnston, Edward* Jones, Elizabeth* Jones, John * Kincaid, Robert* Kirby, Henry* Lawson, Aron* Leavell, James* Loyd, John * Markesburg, Samuel* Montgomery, James* Pond, Griffin* Poor, Robert* Rawling, Henry* Robertson, Alexander* Robertson, Joel* Scott, Robert* Scott, Samuel * Smith, James, orphans* Steel, John * Stegar, Francis* Terrill, Edmond* Terrill, Judith* Terrill, Robert* Thornton, Patsy* Turpin, Henry* Wheeler, Thomas* Wilson, William* Wren, Vincent* Wright, Alexander 

Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories, Guardianships, Distributions, Book C, 1805 to 1819

Adams, Neathergale* Adams, S.* Alford, Jacob* Arnold, Humphrey* Arnold, Reuben* Askins, John * Barlow, Henry* Bellospett, Philip* Benjamin, Henry* Brady, Charles A.* Brasfield, Edward* Brown, John * Burdett, Frederick* Burnsides, Walter* Buckhannon, William* Coats, Elijah* Combs, Zachariah* Conely, David* Downing, Rachel* Dryden, James* Duggin, James* Dunn, William* English, Charles* Giles, Mary* Gooch, Jesse* Gooch, Polly* Graham, Thomas* Hanson, Isaac* Harris, Robert* Hays, William* Hendricks, Henry* Hiatt, Abner* Hiatt, Moses* Holland, Joseph* Hubbard, Harrison* Huffman, Frederick* Jackman, John * Jennings, Baylor* Larkey, Andrew* Lear, William* Macklin, James* Macklin, Polly* Nelson, A.* Nelson, Sarah* Nowling, James* Poor, Robin* Rawling, William* Reed, John * Sampson, William* Slapp, Rachel* Smith, Henry, orphans* Smith, James, orphans* Smith, John to Sally* Smith, Mark* Stapp,, Gholson* Steger, Francis* Totten, John * Tunget, Jeremiah* Wallace, Michael Wilie, John * Wilson, John 

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Kentucky's Patriotism during 1812 and 1815 #kentuckypioneers #genealogy

Kentucky's Patiotism during 1812 to 1815 

When America declared War on Great Britain on June 18, 1812, a call for volunteers was issued to aid the regular army. Kentucky was given a quota of 5,500 men. Yet when 1,500 men were required to join General Hull in his expedition into the Northwest, 2,000 answered the call. However, after crossing the Ohio River, they learned that Hull had cowardly surrendered his army and the whole of Michigan territory to the British, although his army numbered nearly double the enemy. But this did not deter the Kentuckian. During January of the succeeding year, Colonel Lewis with his 700 to 1000 Kentuckians, marched against a combined force of British and Indians to Frenchtown on the river Raisin and drove them from the village. Three days later, General Winchester was told that a large force of the enemy was en route to attack the victors. As the night was bitter cold, the precaution of stationing pickets was neglected, and they were attacked by 2,000 British and Indians under General Proctor the next morning. The Kentucky riflemen stood their ground, fighting even as ammunition was low, and when summoned to surrender they said that they preferred death and only laid down their arms after being promised that their wounded would be safely guarded and treated humanely. But the British had already proven during the Revolutionary War to be brutal, so the promise was not kept, and the drunken Indians burned and tomahawked the helpless men and officers. Thus, afterwards the rallying cry of the Kentuckians was " Remember the river Raisin: Raisin and Revenge." They got their revence at Fort Stephenson when 160 men under Colonel Croghan of Kentucky repulsed Proctor and his 4,000 troops. When General Isaac Shelby went at the head of the Kentuckians, all were confident that he would lead them to victory. It is said that after the victory of Commodore Perry at Lake Erie, he wrote, "We have met the enemy and they are ours," 
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New! Floyd Co. KY Wills and Estates #genealogy #kentuckypioneers

Floyd County Wills, Estates, Inventories, Distributions

Floyd County was formed iin 1800 and named for Colonel John Floyd. The County Seat is Prestonburg. 

Indexes to Wills, Estates, Inventories, Distributions

• Book A, 1866 to 1931
• Book B, 1931 to 1969
• Book C, 1969 to 1979
• Book D, 1979 to 1981

Images of Floyd County Wills and Estates, Books A & B, 1866 to 1958

Testators:

Akers, G. W.* Akers, Preston* Akins, William* Allen, Annie* Allen, Bertha* Allen, Blucher* Allen, C. L.* Allen, David Murphey Sr.* Allen, David Murphy and Rebecca Gearheart* Allen, Della* Allen, Dells* Allen, Edward* L.* Archer, Emma* J.* Allen, Eula* Allen, Felix G.* Allen, J. N.* Allen, John R.* Allen, Rebecca* Allen, Rebecca (2)* Allen, William* Alley, J. W.* Archer, Marie Minks* Arney, Mollie* Arnold, E. P.* Aukier, Hollie Friend* Auxier, James Robert Auxier, John C. B.* Bailey, J. C.* Baile, Malissie* Baker, Benjamin* Baldridge, Ellen* Barnett, Nora E.Bartley, J. A.* Bell, Armina* Bender, William E.* Bentley, George W.* Bentley, Margaret Ann* Blackburn, Elizabeth* Blackburn, Fred Sr. Blackburn, Levi* Blackburn, Sally Blackburn, Thomas* Blackburn, Thomas (2)* Bond, Charles F.* Bond, Cordelia M.* Bouchett, T. O.* Boughton, M. C.* Bradley, B.* Branman, Sallie* Bull, Melvine* Burchett, Jesse* Burchett, J. W.* Burchett, Millie* Burchett, William G.* Bush, Melvin T.* Bush, Minnie J.* Busk, Mary* Calhoun, Hiram* Callihan, G. D.* Cecil, Thomas* Clark, Cal* Clark, Hettie* Clark, Lawton E.* Clark, L. D.* Click, Cynthia Jane* Cline, Roscoe* Cogburn, Ossie* Cole, Malcom* Collins, Anna* Collins, Irvin* Collins, Justus* Collins, William* Combs, Albert G.* Combs, B. F.* Conn, Hiram Sr.* Cooley, Harry M.* Cortley, George W.* Cottrell, Fred H.* Cottrell, Lida Richmond* Crabtree, Denver* Crabtree, Sallie* Craft, Florence* Crisp, John L.* Crisp, Sol* Curnitean, Gean and Goldia* Cury, Kattas* Davidson, Josie* DeRossett, Tobe* Davis, B.* Dawhare, Faris* Dingus, Charles* Dingus, Everett* Dingus, P. M.* Dingus, Sidney* Dingus, T. H.* Dingus, William and Polkie* Dingus, William Sr.* Dotson, Eva* Duncan, Pee* Elliott, Arlie* Elliott, Mary M.* Elliott, Peter G.* Ellis, Levi*n* Endicott, John* Fannin, Emma* Ferguson, B. D.* Ferguson, Ella* Fields, E. F.* Fismus, George* Fitzpatrick, Chattie L.* Fitzpatrick, Chattie L. (1944)* Fitzpatrick, Henderson* Fitzpatrick, Henry C.* Fitzpatrick, Isaac* H.* Fitzpatrick, Minerva* Fitzpatrick, Sallie Davidson* Fitzpatrick, Stephen H.* Fitzpatrick, Walton* Ford, Edward* Ford, Grover* Ford, Lavina* Fraley, Sarah* E.* Francis, H. C.* Francis, James D.* Francis, Malissa* Frazer, Henry* Frasure, L.* Frazier, Luther* Frasure, Henry Earl* Frazier, Luther (1951)* Frazier, Mary J.* Gable, James* Gardner, Bell C.* Garrett, Seymore* Gearheart, Creed F.* Gearheart, Dave* Gearheart, Fred R.* Gearheart, Ned* Gearheart, Miranda* Gearheart, Sophia* Gibson, Martha L.* Gillards, John* Goble, Elizabeth* Goble, H. L.* Goble, Tine* Gosley, B. A.* Grace, Sarah* Greer, Webster* Gross, Solomon* Hager, C. G.* Hager, Hart* Hale, Bessie* Hall, Bill* Hall, Frank P.* Hall, Fred C.* Hall, G. B.* Hall, Harman* Hall, John* Hall, J. M.* Hall, Lee* Hall, Leona B. Hall, Lucy* Hall, Mary* Hall, Mary (1933)* Hall, Ora Lee Hall, Tipton* Hammill, John* Hamilton, Darsie Hamilton, Jake* Hamilton, John* Hamilton, John* Hamilton, Mary L.* Hamilton, Rhoda* Hannons, James* Hardie, H. C.* Harkins, Joseph D.* Harkins, Josephine D.* Harkins, Walter S.* Harlowe, A. C.* Harman, L. D.* Harris, Caroline* Harris, Frank D.* Harris, Hiram* Harris, John B.* Hatfield, Jesse* Hatfield, Mary* Hayes, Car* Haywood, Elzor* Heffett, John G. and Sarah* Heinze, F. L.* Hendon, David C.* Hereford, Annabelle* Hereford, James H.* Hicks, John A.* Hilton, Leroy* Hisner, Willie* Hite, W. F.* Holbrook, Cynthia* Holbrook, Pearl* Hoenio, Arthur V.* Honaker, Ida Belle* Honaker, James H.* Hopkins, Alice G.* Hopkins, Frank A.* Hopkins, J. O.* Horn, Lizzie* Hornby, Hubert J.* Howell, James* Howell, Mary* Howerton, Judith* Huckworth, Henry* Hughes, Henry* E. Hunt, Ora Hopson Hagans (Mrs.)* Hunter, Troy* Irick, Felix* James, Ballard M.* James, P.* Jarrell, W. M. M.* Johnson, Bailey* Johnson, Ballard* Johnson, Bee* Johnson, Bud* Johnson, John* Johnson, Levi* Johnson, W. H. C.* Jones, William H. Sr.* Justice, H. H.* Justin, William* Kendrick, G. T.* Kidd, A. M.* Kindred, J. C.* King, Joseph* Kinzer, S. C.* Kramer, J. W.* Laven, John* Lay, Henry* Layne, A. N.* Layne, Carl* Layne, Elizabeth* Layne, Lucinda* Layne, Molly* Layne, Ora May* Layne, Samuel G.* Layne, William H.* Leslie, Maude* Ley, Ann E.* Lykens, Catherine* Lykens, Sallie Moore* Lykens, Virgie* Lynch, Lula D.* Mandt, Sally Payne* Marshall, John* Martin, Ballard* Martin, Grover* Martin, Jobe* Martin, John* Martin, Juda* Martin, Julia* Martin, Kate* Martin, William M.* May, Anna B.* May, Basom* May, B. L. C.* May, Erma* May, G. A., Dr.* May, George A.* May, William H.* Maynard, Lizzie* Mayo, Anna* Mayo, G. W.* Mayo, Sidney* McClure, A. M.* McCoy, Celia* McCoy, Mousie Fraley* McDamson, Rosa* McGuire, William* McKay, James* Meade, Annie* Miller, William* Miller, William (2)* Moore, A. J.* Morrison, George* Napier, Amos* Newsom, Birt and Mollie* Newsome, Lula* Newsom, Retta* Nosby, Virgil* Osborn, Frances* Osborn, Herman L.* Osborn, S. D.* Osborne, Delis* Osborne, James* Osborne, Mat* Ousley, Teedle* Parker, A. P.* Parker, Ida M.* Parker, John* Theodore* Patton, Bertha Carpenter* Patton, Ellen May* Patton, Henry F.* Patton, J. A.* Patton, John F.* Patton, William David* Perry, Roy* Pinion, Frank* Poole, F. J.* Poole, T. J.* Porter, J. B.* Porter, J. M.* Pow, George* Prater, Daniel* Pratt, Miles* Preston, Oma* Prichard, Carl L.* Rafferty, John Sr.* Ransdell, Dr. Martin* Ratcliff, Dock* Ratcliff, James* Ratcliff, S. P.* Ratcliff, William* Redpath, John W.* Reed, William* Reubens, Samuel May* Reynolds, Frances* Reynolds, Nannie* Reynolds, Riley* Rice, Beatrice* Richmond, Isaac* Richmond, Mary R.* Rimmer, William Clarence* Robison, Lucy* Rose, John E. and Polly* Rose, Mary Callihan* Salisbury, Julia* Salyers, Sula R.* Sellards, J. H.* Sellards, Maggie* Setser, Harry* Setser, John* Shepherd, A. J.* Shepherd, Daniel* Shepherd, James E.* Shepherd, Lourana* Shepherd, Rufus and Betty* Short, James* Sizemore, Flora* Sizemore, Martin Hale* Slater, Ike* Slone, Henry* Smith, James L.* Smith, Tilden W.* Snavely, Ralph* Soutchfield, Frank* Sowards, W. H.* Spradlin, Alexander M.* Spradlin, Kate Stephens* Stambaugh, Irwin Rufus* Stanley, Samuel* Stanley, Thomas* Stephens, Camillus* Stephens, Dorcas Hale* Stephens, Samuel* Stone, B.* Stone, Charles* Stone, Elliott* Stone, Green Jr.* Stratton, John W.* Stratton, Mary* Stratton, Solomon* Stout, S. P.* Stumbo, Hugh* Stumbo, John M.* Stumbo, W. L.* Sturgill, Bill* Tackett, Lee* Taylor, Emma* Troutman, Lula Davidson* Turner, Alice* Turner, Ellen* Turner, J. D.* Turner, Joe* Turner, John* Turner, Martha Ellen* Turner, R. Lee* Vaughan, A. E. and Malinda* Vest, N. L.* Vinson, Jay A.* Waddington, Grant* Walker, Fred W.* Walker, Thomas* Wall, J. R.* Wallen, Paul and Zona* Walters, John E.* Ward, Frank D.* Warsham, G. A.* Webb, Jemima* Webb, Nellie* Webb, Tobe T.* Well, Alexander* West, Jonah* Westbrook, William B.* Wheeler, C. B.* Wilbur, Leo H.* Wilkinson, Nell B. D.* Williams, J. M.* Williams, Wilburn* Witter, Mary* Wright, A. J.* Yates, Luke* Yates, Samuel 

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The Hard Winter of 1779 #kentuckypioneers #kentucky

The Hard Winter of 1779

From November to March (1779-1780) the settlers of Kentucky suffered untold anguish from the severity of the weather and the scarcity of food. More pioneers had come into the wilderness the preceding summer and so increased the population which meant that the products of garden, field, and forest were soon exhausted. Deep, unmelting snow covered the land; many families coming by river were caught in the masses of ice, compelled to abandon their primitive boats, and encamp on the frozen shore; while the traveler by land found trails blocked with snow, creeks frozen solid, and the forest desolate. Horses, cattle, and many wild animals froze or died from want of nourishment, while so great was the extremity that the settlers were forced to eat the flesh of the animals that had thus fallen, and for months had to go without bread. In this severe cold, through the deep snow and over the solid ice, there could be little traveling. To secure supplies from elsewhere was impossible; and even when spring began to bring some relief, one bushel of corn brought, in the continental currency, from fifty to one hundred and seventy-five dollars. Complete relief could not come until the seedtime and the harvest home were over. 
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What Kentuckians Used for Money #kentuckypioneers #genealogy

What Kentuckians Used for Money

In Virginia, the Indians used wampum to trade and white settlers used tobacco as their first currecy. However, Kentuckians used the skins of wild animals as their first currency. As immigrants came into the region, Spanish silver dollars were circulated. Still there was no small change. Thus, our forefathers actually made change by cutting the dollar into four equal parts, each worth twenty-five cents. These were again divided, each part worth twelve and one half cents, called bits. But people were sometimes careless in the work of making change and often cut the dollar into five "quarters,quot; and these wedge-shaped pieces of cut-money were referred to as "sharp shins." Because of this type of cut, silver gradually found its way back to the mint for recoinage, usually at a loss of the last owner. As late as 1806, a business house in Philadelphia received over one hundred pounds of cut silver, brought on by a Kentucky merchant, which was sent on a dray to the United States Mint for recoinage. 

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Fleming County Genealogy, Wills, Estates, Distributions, Inventories, Guardianships

Fleming County was founded in 1798 and named after Colonel John Fleming, an Indian fighter and early settler to Kentucky. The land was taken from Mason County. The county seat is Flemingsburg and the first court house was constructed with logs. 

Indexes to Wills, Estates, Guardianships, Distributions

• Book A, 1798 to 1815
• Book B, 1816 to 1822
• Book C, 1823 to 1829
• Book D, 1829 to 1834

Images of Fleming County Wills and Estates, Book A, 1798 to 1816 

Alexander, William* Armstrong, Robert* Axley, Ely Baker, Charlies* Barnes, Joshua* Barnes, Samuel* Bateman, Thomas* Bazle, William* Beard, Philip* Bell, Benjamin D.* Bell, M.* Benham, Amariah* Bennington, William* Bevins, Sally* Brevard, Adam* Brevard, William* Bridges, Dillen* Bright, Edward* Brown, D. G.* Brown, James* Brown, Manly* Brown, John* Brown, M.* Burke, William* Burrington, William* Butler, Thomas* Carter, James* Carter, Thomas* Chapman, Nathan Chapman, William* Clare, Andrew* Clarke, Thomas* Cobyn, Benjamin* Collins, James* Collins, John* Constant, John* Cornwall, Thomas* Cothran, Robert* Cotteman, John* Curry, Susanna* Dale, James* Davis, John* Dawkins, Thomas* Denard, Margaret* Dickson, James* Donevan, Philip* Dudley, William* Dudley, Will* Dunbar, Alexander* Dunbar, James* Duncan, William* Elijah, Moses* Emmers, James* Evans, Esbert* Evans, Isaac* Evans, Robert* Faris, William* Farrow, Thornton Ferguson, John* Ferguson, Joseph* Finney, Thomas* Fix, Stephen* Floyd, Thomas* Fuller, George* Fulton, orphans* Furlow, Robert* Furr, Edwin Gallagher, John* Goddard, John* Gooding, Abraham* Gooding, John* Gore, Andrew* Gordon, James* Gray, David* Gray, Isaac* Green, John Bishop* Green, Richard* Gully, Thomas* Hambuck, William* Hamm, Joseph* Hannock, John* Harper, William* Harvey, William* Hillecoes, Jacob* Hillison, George* Hinton, Eli* Hitt, Charlie* Hornbuckle, Solomon* Horton, Benjamin* Hudnut, Richard* Jenkins, Thomas* Johnston, Daniel* Jordan, Jared* Lee, James* Leforge, Abraham* Levins, Vincent* Lewis, James* Little, Henry* Loftis, William* Logan, H.* MaGowen, James* Markwell, Amelia* Markwell, William* Marquit, Landy* Marshall, Robert* McAlister, James* McCorkle, John* McCottister, James* McCollum, Seth* McDaniel, Thomas* McDonald, George* McDonald, Thomas* McGowen, James* McIntire, Joseph* McKibbens, Joseph* McKinney, Christina* Miller, Robert* Mills, Thomas* Mims, John* Mooney, John* Morehead, William* Morgan, Levin* Morgan, Simon* Morgan, William* Morrison, Robert* Murphy, Sampson* Norwood, Philip* Orr, William* Park, Hugh* Penland, Alexander** Plemmons, James* Plummer, Abraham* Plummer, Benjamin* Plummer, George* Plummer, Isaac* Plummer, James* Porter, Bridget* Pouldon, John* Price, John* Rawlins, William* Ray, William* Reed, Benjamin* Reed, Jacob* Reed, orphans* Reeves, Elijah Roberson, David* Robinson, Andrew* Roe, Joshua* Ruby, Thomas* Ruddell, George* Scofield, Daniel Henry* Scott, Joseph* Scott, William* Seybold, Jasper* Shannon, Patrick* Simon, John* Smith, Robert* Snider, Stephen* Snyder, Christopher* Spencer, Philemon* Steel, David* Stevens, John* Stewart, David* Stockwell, John* Sweet, Benjamin* Sweet, Martha* Sweet, William* Talton, Hugh* Tapley, James* Taylor, Joshua* Terhune, Albert* Thomas, Patrick* Tilman, Nehemiah Tilson, Samuel* Tully, Samuel* Turner, James* Vanicoe, Frederick* Van Landingham, George* Vincent, Thomas* Walker, James* Walker, William* Weaver, George* Williams, Daniel* Williams, Hazel* Williams, John* Wilson, John* Wilson, Thomas* Wilson, William* Wishard, Joseph* Wishard, William* Wright, James* Yarbrough, Randle* 

Images of Fleming County Wills and Estates, Book A, 1798 to 1816

Alexander, William* Bell, William O.* Brown, Cyrus* Clarke, Benjamin* Dale, James* Davis, Samuel* Deck, Jonathan* Graham, James* Hilliard, George* Hinton, Zachariah* Howe, John* Jernigan, Thomas* Jones, Ignatius* Jordan, Gerard* Loftis, William* Markwell, William* McCorkle, William* Park, Hugh* Penland, Mims* Pettitt, James* Pettitt, Jonathan* Rabourn, David* Rawlins, William* Reed, Robert* Rickson, George* Stockton, George* Swim, John* Terhune, Albert* Terhune, Alexander* Triplet, Presby* Tully, Israel* Turis, John* Vantrim, Frederick* Vincent, Levin* Walker, William* Walton, John* Watson, William* Wishard William* 

Images of Fleming County Wills and Estates, Book C, 1823 to 1829 

Alexander, William* Allen, Joseph* Allen, Thomas* Ashley, Thomas* Bagswell, Joel* Ballentine, Thomas* Barton, John* Beard, Delilah* Beckner, Henry* Bell, James D.* Bell, James H.* Bell, William D.* Bellon, George* Bonan, Amariah* Botts, George W.* Boyd, Daniel* Brand, Thomas* Brevard, Joshua* Brown, John* Brown, Meshack Campbell, James* Carter, Thomas* Clancy, William* Clarke, Benjamin* Cochran, John* Constant, John* Coulter, William* Crain, Samuel* Dale, Uriah* Darsey, Leaken* Davis, James Sr.* Debells, James H.* DeBells, Nancy* Dickins, John* Disbon, James* Dixon, Harvey* Duly, Zadok* Duncan, Margaret* Emmons, Jesse* Emmons, Joseph* Emmons, William* Evans, John* Evans, Robert* Faris, James* Faris, John* Farrow, Thornton* Ferguson, F.* Ferguson, Thomas* Fleming, John D.* Fouck, William Sr.* Franklin, Thomas* Fulton, Hugh* Fyffe, James* Fyffe, Jonathan* Garvin, John* Gills, Samuel* Gimble, Dorothy* Glascock, Matilda* Goddard, John* Gooch, Thomas* Goslin, Joseph* Green, Francis* Green, Frankey* Green, Thomas* Hamilton, James* Hays, Thomas* Hendricks, Phillip* Henry, Samuel* Hinton, Vachel* Hitt, Charlie* House, Jonathan W.* Howard, Gideon* Howe, J. W.* Hunt, Henry* Huntsman, Robert* Hurst, Henry* Hurst, William* Jackson, Thomas* James, John* Johnston, Jonathan* Jones, Daniel* Jones, heirs* Jones, Stephen* Kendall, Peter* Kennon, William* Latham, George* Lee, orphans* Lee, Randall* Logan, heirs* Loyd, Thomas* Magehee, Charlis* Markwell, Amelia* Markwell, Landen* Martinez, James* Matthews, James* McAtiney, James* McCarty, David* McCarty, Nathaniel* McClary, John* McCorkle, William* McCracken, Charlie* McFarlow, Robert* McGehee, Charlie* McGowen, James* McIntyre, Daniel* McIntyre, John* Miller, Benjamin* Miller, William* Morgan, George* Morrison, James* Morrison, Robert* Moss, Moses* Mullagan, William* Muse, George* Newcomb, Daniel* Newman, Judith* Park, William C.* Parker, William* Parsons, Isaiah* Patton, James* Peck, Daniel Sr.* Penland, William* Philson, James* Plummer, George* Plummer, Samuel* Pollett, Jonathan* Pollett, Josiah* Quinn, James* Reeves, Asa* Reeves, Spencer* Rice, William* Ringo, L.* Ritchie, John* Robinson, Zacharia* Ross, James D.* Ross, Richard* Saunders, Ackley* Saunders, James* Secrest, Joseph* Spoon, Phillip* Stockton, Joshua* Stockton, Nancy* Story, Janes* Straham, Samuel* Sutton, George* Sweet, Thomas* Tate, Henry* Terhune, Jacob* Threkeld, Ann* Tilson, James* Tout, Abram* Turner, James* Van Landingham, George* Vantrease, Frederick* Vanzant, Aaron* Varney, Francis* Vincent, Levin* Vinson, E.* Walker, James* Walker, William* Walton, John* Wear, John* White, Ihaf* Wills, Andrew* Wills, Samuel* Worthington, Jacob* Wright, James* Wyatt, Jane* Wyatt, Micajah* 

Images of Fleming County Wills and Estates, Book D, 1829 to 1834 

Alexander, Samuel* Alexander, William* Anderson, Joseph* Andrews, Thomas* Barnes, Basil* Bateman, William* Blair, John* Botts, George W.* Brown, John* L. Callahan, Andrew* Chandler, Nathaniel* Chapman, Draper* Chapman, Henry* Chrisman, Jacob* Clancy, William* Cogswell, Joel* Conway, John* Cornwall, Thomas* Crain, Samuel* Dale, Sibald* Dalrymple, M.* Darnall, Charlie* Darsey, Isabella* Darsey, land division* Davis, Joseph* Davis, William* Dobens, A. C.* Donaldson, Edward* Dudley, Elizabeth* Dulin, William* Dulin, William L.* Emmons, Catherine* Emmons, Joseph* Emmons, William* Filson, Samuel* Fitzgerald, Janas Fleming, William F.* Foxworthy, Thomas* Gamble, Dolly* Gardner, Andrew* Gardner, Henry* Gardner, Nicholas* Glascock, George* Goslin, Joseph* Graham, Andrew* Green, George* Griffin, Thomas* Hackason, John* Hart, John* Haws, Alexander* Hedrick, James* Helvestine, Philip* Henry, Samuel* Hiatt, Micajah* Hixson, Lewis D.* Honakin, Christian* Honide, H. C.* Hood, John* Howe, David* Howe, John* Howe, William L.* Hudson, Elizabeth* Hudson, John* Hunt, John* Hunt, Samuel* Huntsman, Robert* Hurst, Fielden Hurst, William* Ishmael, James* Jackson, Dempsey* Johnson, Peter* Johnston, James* Jones, Daniel* Jones, Joseph* Jones, Martha* Jones, Stephen* Killigah, Jacob* Kirk, Thomas* Lane, Lucy* Lee, Theophilis* Leeper, Andrew* Leforgy, Jesse* Little, Abram* Litton, R. D.* Logan, Elijah* Loyd, Simon* Marks, William* Matt, Christopher* McDonald, Samuel* McIntyre, John* McIntyre, Joseph* McRee, John* McSteny, James* Minor, Richard* Morgan, William P.* Moss, Moses* Mullikin, William* Nealis, Charlie* Nealis, James* Newman, James* Overby, Jacob* Palmer, John* Parris, James* Patterson, Israel* Patterson, Rachel* Patton, Thomas* Pearce, William* Plummer, Reuben* Powers, Mary* Reeves, James* Reeves, Spencer Robertson, Henry* Robertson, William Sr.* Rosser, William* Saffern, Thomas* Saunders, Ackly* Scott, Robert* Shankin, Thomas* Simmons, William* Skinner, Richard* Smith, David* Smith, John* Smith, Peter* Stickrod, Jacob* Story, William* Summers, M.* Summerville, John* Swain, Bennet* Sweet, John* Tatman, Joshua* Threlkeld, Ann* Threlkeld, Cornelius G.* Thelkeld, William* Thomas orphans* Todd, Thomas* Treach, Thomas* Triplett estate Triplett, William* Triplett, James* Vansant, Aaron* Vanzant, Elisha* Walker, Richard G.* Walker, Robert* Wallington, John* Walton, John* Weaver, Phillip* White, John* Wills, Andrew* Wills, Martha* Worthington, Jacob* Yates, Joseph* Young, Robert* 

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Images of Woodford County Wills, Estates, Inventories, Guardianships

Woodford County was formed from part of Fayette County, Virginia in 1788. It was named for General William Woodford of the American Revolutionary War who died while a prisoner of war in 1780. Scott County was formed from part of the county in 1792 and Franklin County took another part in 1794. 

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Indexes to Wills, Estates, Inventories, Guardianships

• Book A, 1789 to 1815
• Book B, 1796 to 1807
• Book C, 1806 to 1812
• Book C, 1812 to 1815

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