Remembering the Restrictions of the Mother Country
By Jeannette Holland Austin
When the county records in Kentucky are exhausted, the genealogist
directs his eye towards Virginia and Pennsylvania.
It is not surprising to learn that this genealogy could easily trace
back to the early 1600s. Generally, people in New England seemed to
gravitate Westward, particularly during the 18th and 19th centuries. The
attract was land. It was always land because as fields wore out, there
was a greater need for fertile soil. Too, the incentive to move
westward was not only land grants and homestead tracts, but the idea of
mining gold and silver. There were more interesting reasons for moving
West than there was to remain behind and build a homestead in the
original thirteen colonies. The first settlers in America were true
adventurers, with the spirit of freedom. These are the ones who did not
wish to remain in European towns and restricted by class restrictions
from individual ambition. Class distinctions were a loud reminder that a
yeoman could never be a gentleman or rise in class.

Even
the gentry was required to dress in the clothes in the clothing of a
tradesman, and so on. The American colonies offered broad opportunities.
Is it any wonder that there were so many patriots willing to fight the
Mother Country for freedom? That is who they were.
Wayne County, Kentucky Wills, Estates, Deeds


Wayne County was formed December 13, 1800 from Pulaski and Cumberland
Counties. It was named after General "Mad Anthony" Wayne, a hero of the
American Revolutionary War as well as the Northwest Indian War. It was
his victory at the Battle of Fallen Timbers which ended the Indian
threat against Kentucky settlers. The Americans lost 33 soldiers during
this battle, while the Indians lost twice as many with a retreat to the
British-built fort of Miamis on the Maumee River.
Wayne County fought for the Confederates during the War Between the
States and in 1861, the Confederate Government of Kentucky passed an Act
to rename Wayne County to Zollicoffer County in honor of Felix
Zollicoffer who died at the Battle of Mill Springs.
Wayne County Probate Records available to members of
Kentucky Pioneers
Digital Images of Wayne County Wills and Estates 1802 to 1807
- Bartleson, Zachariah
- Bustard, Charles
- Denny, Samuel
- Ingram, Samuel
- Hunter, Edward
- Kerly, Benjamin
- Mullins, Isaac
- Norton, Mercer
- Perryhouse, John
- Smilie, Anne
- Smiley, George
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