Notebook - Kentucky #3 Part 1

Hammers, Marian. Muhlenberg County Kentucky Cemeteries, Vol. I, Madisonville, KY: Hammers, 1976

Map showing cemetery locations

Gish Cemetery

• Jerry Morehead 1949-1962
• Annie S. Morehead 1900-1967
• Hubert Morehead 1900-blank

Shaver Cemetery

• Nannie Lizzie dau. of J.T. & Hannah Morehead 7/3/1879 - 3/19/1880
• Charles N. Morehead 1869-1942
• Maggie E. Morehead 1876-1960

Bethel Church Cemetery

• Bob Durall 9/17/1871 - 5/10/1952
• Florence Durall 8/11/1876 - blank
• J.N. Durall 1844-1912
• A.J. Durall his wife 1846-1915
• Mitchell Durall Co. F 35th Kentucky Inf. no dates
• J.W. Durall Co. H 11th Kentucky Inf no dates
• Leva R. Durall 4/12/1894 - 6/7/1974
• J.W. Durall - no dates
• Wife of J.A. Durall - concrete top, no dates
• John A. Durall concrete top, no dates
• Sallie R. Durall 1867-1948
• Wife of J.W. Durall concrete top, n o dates
• Gilbert Durall 3/29/1905 - 5/16/1923
• John R. Durall 5/10/1886 - 3/19/1958
• Mary Jane Durall 2/12/1883 - 3/29/1957
• Harold Ray Durall 11/1/1928 - 11/27/1972
• Sharon Durall no dates

Antioch Cemetery

• Charles Morgan 2/17/1806 - 12/15/1882
• Mary Jane Morgan 12/21/1814 - 11/18/1885
• Thomas I. Morgan Co. F 12th Kentucky Cavalry, 1844-1925

East Union Cemetery

• Mildred Durall - child's grave, concrete top with shells, no dates
• Earl S. son of LJ & HD Durall 10/26/1914 - 11/27/1914
• Maggie Morgan 7/14/1873 - 1/24/1920
• Charles son of Charles & MJ Morgan 4/30/1840 - 6/30/1848
• Morgan Child - Gary Funeral Marker, no dates
• Luther J. Durall 3/16/1895 - 12/21/1953
• Hazel D. Durall 10/15/1897 - blank
• Ida Stewart Morgan 3/15/1887 - 3/6/1960

Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery

• W.H. (Bill) Durall 5/27/1876 - 8/2/1957
• Sallie Durall 1/12/1883 - 2/14/1972
• J.A. Durall 1904-1958
• Phoebe R. Durall 1910-1936
• Baby Durall 1936
• Bettie May dau. of WH & ST Durall 2/8/1910 - 6/14/1911
• Baby Durall 1950

Coleman Cemetery

• Nette M. Morehead died 9/11/1882 aged 20 & 20 days

Green Cemetery - on haul road northwest of Vogue mine tipple, copied 5/3/1975:

• Jim Durall 1871-1936
• Ellen O. Durall 1876-1916
• Georgia Durall no dates
• James Durall no dates
• Jessie Durall no dates
• James Durall died 4/17/1930

Mt. Pleasant Cemetery

• Our Mother Mary E. wife of Dr. J.W. Morehead 2/22/1838 - 9/31/1893 [really]
• Bettie dau. of Dr. J.W. & M.E. Morehead died 10/1/1884 aged 20 years
• Dr. John W. Morehead b. 9/13/1831, d. 6/27/1883 aged 52 years
• Jefferson B. son of JW & ME Morehead died 9/14/1867 aged 13 months
• Thomas E. son of J.W. & ME Morehead died 11/15/1869 aged 7 months
• Susan, dau. of JW & ME Morehead, died 7/30/1872 aged 15 months
• Charles S., son of JW & ME Morehead died 2/25/1879 aged 1 month

Yeargin's Chapel Cemetery

• Mattie E. Durall 11/24/1909 - 3/29/1967
• Charlie L. Durall 1874-1932
• Annie M. Durall 1872-1947

Unity Cemetery

• Andy Morehead 1885-1957

New Cypress Cemetery

• Aldine Durall 3/8/1906 - 3/27/1975
• Robert Durall no dates
• John Clark Durall Jr. 5/21/1912 - 10/26/1969 KY Tech 5 Co. D 355 Engr. Regt. WWII
• John C. Durall 8/1/1880 - 1/14/1972
• Retta Durall 1880-1949

Pine Grove Cemetery

• Guy C. Morgan 1864-1939
• Minnie S. Morgan 1876-1934
• Lucy K. Morgan dau. of JR & Virginia K. 12/12/1903 - 7/26/1904

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Hammers, Marian. Muhlenberg County Kentucky Cemeteries, Vol. II, Madisonville, KY: Hammers, 1977

Jackson Cemetery

• Alice Morgan (?) d. 1955 aged 59, rusted funeral marker
• one rusted funeral marker beside Morgan (?) grave
• one rusted funeral marker 20 ft. from Morgan (?) grave

Union Ridge Cemetery

• Jas. C. Morgan 2/10/1885 - 5/5/1900
• Jessie, wife of Hestel Morgan 6/26/1895 - 8/8/1926
• Shirley Morgan 5/12/1948 no age given on funeral marker

Hortons Chapel Cemetery

• Hestel C. Morgan

Pleasant Hill Cemetery

• Charles Henry Morgan 1/7/1847 - 3/10/1900
• Virginia Taylor Morgan 2/25/1848 - 4/27/1918

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Hammers, Marian. Muhlenberg County Kentucky Cemeteries, Vol. III, Madisonville, KY: Hammers, 1978

Sears Cemetery

• Joseph A. Morgan 9/10/1851 - 4/6/1881

Nelson Creek Cemetery

• Juliah Durall 12/2/1836 - 4/8/1918
• Jim Durall 12/11/1880 - 7/8/1931

Rose Hill Cemetery

• 4 people on Hendricks-Durall Stone
• Mary Ella Hendricks 1898 - 1967
• Zellie Hendricks 1894 - 1950
• Wanda Durall 11/2/1928 - blank
• Hubert Durall 10/24/1921 - blank
• Elizabeth Morgan Campbell 9/6/1905 - 3/24/1973 
• William D. Campbell no dates
• Mary Francis Durall 9/13/1928 - 7/11/1975
• Bennie Durall - no dates

Fairmount Cemetery

• Susan E. Morgan 1/31/1863 - 12/22/1909
• W. Perkins Morgan 6/18/1891 - 3/14/1911
• Ida B. Morgan 1875-1949
• Tal G. Morgan 12/6/1876 - 1/25/1966
• hettie H. Morgan 9/3/1869 - 7/1/1950
• Johanna dau. of TG & Hettie Morgan 4/19/1911 - 12/27/1911
• David C. Morgan 12/26/1831 - 9/8/1910
• Ann Morgan 8/6/1839 - 5/12/1912
• Joseph, son of David & Ann Morgan 6/15/1868 - 10/12/1892

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Hammers, Marian. Muhlenberg County Kentucky Cemeteries, Vol. IV, Madisonville, KY: Hammers, 1980

Evergreen Cemetery

• Thomas J. Morgan 1868 - 1937
• Amanda L. Morgan 1863 - 1942
• William K. Morgan 9/10/1819 - 6/29/1899
• Mary E. Morgan 2/15/1823 - 12/31/1900
• Ruth Ann Morgan 1902-1902
• Nannie S. Morgan 1865-1902
• George W. Morgan 1856-1935
• Anna D. Morgan 1875-1955
• Mollie E. wife of WT Morgan 9/28/18?? - 9/?/1873 stone eroded
• W.T. Morgan 1850-1934
• Anna M. Morgan 1859-1938
• Infant son of W.T. & Anna Morgan b & d. 9/5/1886
• Joseph Lovell Morgan 1854-1925
• Carrie Ingram Morgan 1868-1943
• Mary Anderson Morgan 1893-1920
• William Morgan 11/29/1942 - 11/26/1970 KY A1C 1881 Comm. Sq. AF Vietnam
• Joseph L. Morgan Jr. 12/3/1894 - 4/17/1971 KY Pvt. 164 Co. Trans Corps WWI
• A.H. Morehead 1862-1918
• Blanche Morehead 1865-1934
• Rev. George Durall 3/14/1904 - 5/16/1979
• Hazel Durall no dates
• Vera Morgan, Greenville, KY, 11/12/1967

Oak Grove Cemetery

• Adline Durall 3/8/1906-3/27/1975
• Robert Durall no dates

Friendship Cemetery

• Mrs. Tom Durall Baby died Oct. 19, 1900

Cherry Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery - entries from church records for unreadable tombstones:

• Judith Ann Durall baby 4/1/1947

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Kentucky Historical Society. Kentucky Information Packet, Frankfort, KY, nd

• Kentucky land area - 39,650 square miles in 1970
• Geographical center - 3 miles north-northwest of Lebanon in Marion County
• Highest point - Black Mountain near Lynch, Harlan County
• Name - Commonwealth of Kentucky - Kentucky is one of five states which calls itself a commonwealth. The word was used frequently in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to describe a form of government based on the common consent of the people. The word emphasizes that the people themselves have a direct voice in their governance. 
• 1750 - Dr. Thomas Walker explores the state
• 1767 - Daniel Boone first visits eastern Kentucky
• 1774 - Fort Harrod / Harrodsburg settled by group led by James Harrod
• 1775 - Boonesborough settled; St. Asaph's / Stanford also settled
• 1776 - Kentucky County, Virginia created
• 1778 - George Rogers Clark captures strategic Northwest Territory towns; siege of Boonesborough
• 1780 - Kentucky divided into three counties - Fayette, Jefferson, Lincoln
• 1782 - Battle of Blue Licks
• 1784 - John Filson's publishes History of Kentucky
• 1787 - Kentucky Gazette first newspaper begins publication
• 1792 - Kentucky enters union as 15th state; first constitution; Isaac Shelby first governor; capital moved from Lexington to Frankfort
• 1799 - 2nd constitution adopted
• 1808 - Jefferson Davis born in Kentucky
• 1809 - Abraham Lincoln born near Hodgenville
• 1811 - Battle of Tippecanoe
• 1813 - Massacre of Kentuckians at River Raisin during War of 1812; Battle of the Thames
• 1825 - Marquis de Lafayette visits Kentucky
• 1832-35 - cholera epidemic
• 1838 - Kentucky Historical Society organized
• 1846 - Mexican War begins; Zachary Taylor who had a home in Louisville is appointed a major general
• 1853 - Stephen Foster publishes My Old Kentucky Home
• 1862 - Battle of Mill Springs, KY; John Hunt Morgan raids through Kentucky;  Battle of Perryville
• 1865 - Civil War ends, emancipation of slaves; Abraham Lincoln assassinated 
• 1875 - First Kentucky Derby 

Kentucky's Four Capitols

One June 1, 1792 Kentucky was admitted into the Union as the fifteenth state. As previously determined, the General Assembly convened in Lexington on June 4 of that year to inaugurate the first governor, Isaac Shelby, and to choose the location of the permanent seat of government. A commission was created to choose the site and on December 8, 1792 Frankfort became the capital.

In November 1793, the General Assembly convened in Frankfort for the first time and met temporarily in the home of Andrew Holmes. The first capitol building was constructed between 1793 and 1794 on the site of the Public Square. The three-story stone structure cost the state only some $3,500. Residents of Frankfort raised the remainder of the cost by popular subscription. The building served as the home of the legislature until 1813, when fire completely destroyed the structure.

A second capitol, built between 1814 and 1816 on the site of the first, also fell victim to flames. In 1824, fire engulfed the two-story brick building.

The third was a building of extraordinary beauty, the "Old Capitol" is familiar to Kentuckians today for its large marble columns, distinctive cupola, and unique self-supporting stairway. Begun in 1827, the building opened in 1830 and served as the home of the legislature for the next 80 years.

In 1904, the General Assembly appropriated funds for the construction of a more modern capitol. Begun in 1905, the building welcomed the legislators for the first time in January 1910. 

Origin of County Names

• Jefferson 1780 - Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, president, author of the Declaration of Independence
• Fayette 1780 - General Gilbert Mortier de Lafayette, the French marquis who fought in the American Revolution. 
• Lincoln 1780 - General Benjamin Lincoln, a Virginian who fought in the American Revolution.
• Nelson 1784 - General Thomas Nelson, governor of Virigina
• Bourbon 1785 - the royal house of Bourbon of France, which provided the colonies with badly needed men and money during the Revolution
• Mercer 1785 - General Hugh Mercer of Virginia, soldier of the Revolution. He died in 1777 at the Battle of Princeton, New Jersey
• Mason 1788 - George Mason of Virginia, political leader
• Woodford 1788 - General William Woodford, Virginian fought in Revolution. He was taken captive by the British in the siege of Charleston and imprisoned in New York where he died in 1780
• Shelby 1792 - Governor Isaac Shelby of Lincoln County, a militia officer in operations on the frontier and later in the Revolution. As governor, he commanded part of General William Henry Harrison's army in the War of 1812.
• Logan 1792 - General Benjamin Logan of Lincoln County, who founded Logan's Station in Kentucky in 1775. He was a member of the convention which formed the first constitution of Kentucky and also was a delegate to the constitutional convention of 1799.
• Hardin 1792 Colonel John Hardin of Washington County, who came to Kentucky in 1786 and was killed six years later during the last of several expeditions he fought in against the Indians in the country north of the Ohio River.
• Fleming 1798 - Col. John Fleming of Fleming and Mason counties who settled in Fleming's Station in 1790 in what is now Fleming County.
• Pulaski 1798 - Gen. Joseph Pulaski, the Polish count who fought in the Revolution. He was mortally wounded in 1779 fighting in Savannah
• Muhlenberg 1798 - General Peter Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania, revolutionary soldier, clergyman, congressman & US senator.
• Henderson 1798 - Col. Richard Henderson, Virginia land speculator, who in 1775 purchased a large part of Kentucky from the Cherokee Indians
• Casey 1806 - Col. William Casey of Lincoln County, who settled two stations in Kentucky.
• Grayson 1810 - Col. William Grayson, who voted against the ratification of the US Constitution in the Virginia convention, but who was later elected to the US Senate from that state. 
• Bath 1811 - Medicinal springs in the county
• Oldham 1823 - Col. William Oldham of Jefferson County. Killed during St. Clair's defeat in 1791.
• Boyle 1842 - Judge John Boyle of Mercer County, chief justice of Kentucky Court of Appeals for nearly seventeen years.

Biographical Sketches of Governors of the Commonwealth

James Turner Morehead - 1834; of Logan County; as lieutenant governor succeeded to the governorship in 1834 upon death of John Breathitt; served two years; U.S. Senator 1841-47; political ally of Henry Clay, a fellow Whig. - cousin

Charles Slaughter Morehead - 1855 of Nelson County; lawyer, two-term Whig member of Congress; born in Nelson County; Confederate sympathizer.  - cousin

A Brief History of the Kentucky National Guard

The story of the Kentucky National Guard began in 1774 when the first settlers moved into the area. The Indians violently opposed the establishment of settlements, fearing loss of valuable hunting grounds. The settlers had to live in or near log forts for protection, and everyone was considered a member of the militia. The militia was made up of citizens armed and ready to band together to defend themselves. Daniel Boone, James Harrod, Benjamin Logan, Simon Kenton and the other famous early pioneers  were all members of the militia. George Rogers Clark was an early commander of the militia of Kentucky. He led a series of attacks against the Indians and their British allies north of the Ohio River during the American Revolution. The exploits of the frontier militia gave Kentuckians an image as expert marksmen, skilled woodsmen and fearful [fearless?] Indian fighters.

The Kentucky Militia fought the British and Indians off and on for almost fifty years through the end of the War of 1812. The militia met defeat in several early campaigns because of poor training and leadership. Kentucky militiamen took part in the campaigns of Harmar's Defeat, St. Clair's Defeat, Fallen Timbers, Tippecanoe, the River Raisin, William Henry Harrison's campaigns in the War of 1812, and many other raids against the Indians. The Indian threat to Kentucky finally ended in 1813 when a force of Kentucky volunteers defeated the British/Indian alliance at the Battle of the Thames in Canada. The great Indian leader Tecumseh died there, and the old peril to Kentucky died with him. At the very end of the War of 1812 Kentucky militiamen gained lasting fame by participating in General Andrew Jackson's successful defense of New Orleans against a powerful British invasion force. This led to the popular name "Kentucky Rifle" being applied to the long flint lock rifle used by the frontiersmen.

With no direct threat in sight, the old militia system fell apart following the War of 1812. Kentuckians still interested in military service formed Volunteer Militia companies, however. These groups were both social clubs and military organizations, proud of their precise drill and ornate uniforms. Regiments of Kentucky volunteers formed for service in the Texas War of Independence in 1836 and the Mexican War in 1846-48. In 1860 Simon Bolivar Bukner began organizing all the separate volunteer militia companies into a single Kentucky State Guard. This would have been a well equipped and trained state army, but the coming of the Civil War made the planned organization impossible to carry out.

Early in the Civil War Kentucky tried to remain neutral between the warring North and South. The State Guard received orders to repel the forces of either side should they enter Kentucky. But feelings were too strong for this policy to last, and many State Guard members began leaving the state to join one or the other of the opposing armies. Most of them joined the Confederate side. While Kentucky state government took a pro-Union stand, Confederate and Union forces began occupying strategic locations within the state, bringing the neutrality policy to an end.

Former members of the Kentucky State Guard fought in most the major battles of the western theater of the Civil War. Most of the Confederates served in the famous First Kentucky "Orphan" Brigade or in John Hunt Morgan's Cavalry.

Some modern Kentucky National Guard units claim the Second or Fifth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiments of the United States Army as ancestor units. Although large-scale fighting soon passed to the south of Kentucky, the state was plagued throughout the war by guerrilla fighting and cavalry raids. The state reorganized a Unionist State Guard to combat these problems. Harsh measures by the State Guard against Confederate sympathizers created bad feelings against the Union cause that lasted for many years in Kentucky.

The Kentucky State Guard was disorganized and not very effective for several years after the Civil War. However, civil unrest made reorganization of the Guard necessary largely to serve as a state police force to keep the peace. For decades Guard units marched into communities to control violence caused by racial tension, opposition to labor organization, family feuds sparked by hatred left over from the Civil War, disputes over prices of farm products, and hard fought political contests.

Kentucky: Land of Contrast - from Frontier to the Civil War

Determination of the origin and meaning of the historical names is difficult - and sometimes impossible. In the case of the word Kentucky various interpretations have been given.

One meaning was "the meadow land." To early Indians who once lived in the area Kentucky furnished abundant game, fertile land, and pleasant climate. Yet, for reasons still unknown, by the time the first white men visited the state, Indians had no permanent settlements there. Several tribes - Shawnee, Wyandot, Mingo, Cherokee, Chickasaw and others - regarded the region as their hunting ground, however.

 As white man and red man met in Kentucky, another of its names grew up: "Dark and Bloody Ground." Explorers like Christopher Gist and Dr. Thomas Walker in the 1750s and then hunters like Daniel Boone and Simon Kenton in the 1760s had first brought to the East stories of the richness of this land beyond the mountains. A young man who would soon conquer the Northwest Territory, George Rogers Clark, proclaimed that "a richer and more beautiful country than this I believe has never been seen in America." Attracted by the promise of what has been called the "Kentucky myth of plenty," eager settlers flocked to the area. Settlements erected at Harrodsburg in 1774 and Boonesborough in 1775 met resistance. Indians fought this intrusion into their happy hunting ground. Bloodshed resulted and filled the first decade of settlement with death and sorrow.

Peace finally did come to Kentucky and another meaning of its name reflected its promise to newcomers. It was "the land of tomorrow." Men and women who had been simply protecting and building wilderness homes now turned to building a state. After flirting briefly with both independence and Spanish intrigues, Kentucky joined the Union in 1792, as the fifteenth state, with Revolutionary War hero Isaac Shelby as its first governor.

In the period from 1800 to 1860, Kentucky was one of the most important states in the early republic. In population in 1840, it ranked sixth in the nation [out of 27]. Its diversified agricultural base gave it a sound economic foundation: it stood first in hemp production (then used in rope and bagging), second in tobacco, first in wheat, second in corn, third in flax, fourth in rye and second in both hogs and mules. Its political leadership gave the state influence in national circles: John Breckinridge served as the first cabinet-level member from west of the Appalachians; Richard M. Johnson and John Cabell Breckinridge functioned as vice-presidents (Breckinridge the youngest ever); President Zachary Taylor, although not a Kentuckian by birth, lived in the state many years; and, of course, the "Great Pacificator," three-time presidential candidate Henry Clay, gained fame for his compromises designed to avert conflict. The state's cultural advancement gave Lexington its title as "The Athens of the West."

Yet lurking below the surface of prosperity lay elements that would disrupt the state and nation. If Kentucky had survived crises with the Indians, the British, and the political factions, it had still to face the questions of slavery or emancipation, secession or nationalism. The greatest crisis was yet to come. 

The Civil War 1861-1865

The cost of deciding those momentous questions came high. With ties to both North and South, Kentucky knew that war would tear the state apart. Divided sentiment means divided families fighting each other. Household after household saw one son ride north, another south. For the Commonwealth the conflict became truly "the brothers war." As many as 100,000 soldiers (some 23,000 of them black) fought for the Union; perhaps another 40,000 went to the Confederate camp. Of all those men, some 30,000 never returned from the battlefield.

Two natives of the state symbolized all the wartime divisions, for both Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis were born in the Commonwealth, fewer than 8 months and 80 miles apart. Both sought to win their home state for the cause. Fighting first broke out in Kentucky in the winter of 1861-62. Confederate losses ended their control of regions within the Commonwealth and the bloody Battle of Perryville in late 1862 marked the Confederacy's high-water mark in Kentucky. After that conflicts, the Southern army made no serious threats to retake Kentucky and so the excesses that often accompany military rule fell chiefly on the Union side. In addition, Confederates who did enter the state, notably the raiders of Gen. John Hunt Morgan, presented a dashing, heroic front to most of the populace.  Though only partially correct, such an image contrasted with that of Federal leaders who had to deal with the daily problems that Morgan never faced. Thus the southern cavalier image grew more attractive.

Union policies regarding slavery compounded Northern problems. While Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation did not directly affect Kentucky, ostensibly a loyal state, news of that event created resentment among state leaders. Even particularly after Kentucky slaves began enlisting in the army in return for their freedom. 

Reconstruction

The Commonwealth slowly turned against the Lincoln administration and perhaps even pro-southern in sympathy. Soon after the end of hostilities in 1865, a newspaper remarked that Kentucky had waited until after the war to secede. And so it seemed, for the vanquished in war soon became the victors in postwar politics. Since Kentucky did not undergo Reconstruction, ex-Confederates quickly regained power and for the next three decades dominated the Democratic party councils until Republicans registered their first gubernatorial triumph in 1895.  . . . 

Yet in the same period, the effects of the war, depression, and general stagnation stripped some of the veneer of antebellum prosperity from the land. The postwar introduction of the new burley tobacco increasingly oriented the economy to one crop, and subjected it to the vagaries of price. Despite Louisville's presence as a supplier of the South, the state could not keep pace with the rapid industrial advancement and urbanization of America. 

In Kentucky
The moonlight falls the softest In Kentucky;
The summer days come oftest In Kentucky
Friendship is the strongest,
Love's light glows the longest,
Yet, wrong is always wrongest, In Kentucky

Life's burdens bear the lightest In Kentucky;
The home fires burn the brightest In Kentucky;
While players are the keenest,
Cards come out the meanest,
The pocket empties cleanest In Kentucky

The sun shines ever brightest In Kentucky;
The breezes whisper lightest In Kentucky;
Plain girls are the fewest,
Their little hearts the truest,
Maiden's eyes the bluest In Kentucky

Orators are the grandest In Kentucky;
Officials are the blandest, In Kentucky;
Boys are the fliest, 
Danger ever nighest,
Taxes are the highest In Kentucky

The bluegrass waves the bluest In Kentucky;
Yet, bluebloods are the fewest In Kentucky; 
Moonshine is the clearest, 
By no means the dearest,
And, yet, it acts the queerest In Kentucky

The dovenotes are the saddest In Kentucky;
The streams dance on the gladdest In Kentucky;
Hip pockets are the thickest,
Pistol hands the slickest,
The cylinder turns quickest In Kentucky

The song birds are the sweetest In Kentucky; 
The thoroughbreds are fleetest In Kentucky;
Mountains tower proudest, 
Thunder peals the loudest, 
The landscape is the grandest - 
And politics - the damnedest In Kentucky

State Flower - goldenrod

Original Seal

State Tree - Kentucky Coffee Tree
State Song - My Old Kentucky Home
State Flag - authorized and approved 3/26/1918. Designated to be of Navy Blue silk or bunting, with the seal of the Commonwealth of Kentucky encircled by a wreath of goldenrod, embroidered, printed or stamped on the center thereof. 
State Bird - cardinal
State Seal - Provided by an Act of the General Assembly, approved Dec. 20, 1792. Designated to be engraved with the following device: Two friends embracing with the name of the state over their heads; and around about them, the following motto, "United we stand, divided we all." 

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Kentucky Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Kentucky Cemetery Records, Vol. I, no imprint, 1960

Bourbon County - Spears Graveyard on old Jacob Spears farm at Clay's Crossroads, now owned by Cary Clay

• Solomon Spears, 3/1/1790 - 8/21/1830
• Margaret Kerfoot, wife of Solomon Spears 9/20/1796 - 6/30/1833 aged 36 years, 9 mos, 10 days

Boyle County - Belleview Cemetery, Danville

• John Spears b. Rockingham CO., VA d. 1/14/1866 age 94 y, 9 m . . . 
• John E. Spears b. 2/6/1810, d. 4/21/1857
• Margaret wife of John Spears b. 6/10/1777, d. 11/13/1844 - Margaret Chrisman
• Nancy wife of John Spears b. 7/21/1818, d. 12/6/1888
• J.A. Spears b. 11/7/1848, 8/10/1878
• Charles W. Spears b. 2/27/1836, d. 9/3/1863
• Samuel McDowell b. 11/17/1735, d. 10/25/1817 Revolutionary Soldier - moved from McDowell Park

Daviess County - Green Briar Cemetery, Utica

• Emmeline Morgan, 3/16/1856, 11/6/1901
• Florilla 2/2/1849 - 5/22/1870 & Idell,  3/8/1854 - 1/20/1885 daus. of Wm. & Isabella Morgan
• Thomas C. 7/25 1864 - 2/18/1886 & Warner S. 4/14/1862 - 8/6/1889 sons of WC & Isabelle Morgan
• William C. Morgan 4/4/1822 - 1/7/1891 wife Isabelle 2/22/1831 - 2/22/1917

Logan County - Hancock, Young, Smith & Morehead Graveyard on Miles farm near Gordonsville

• Mattie Frank Morehead 10/25/1876 - 6/14/1878
• Julia Adeline Morehead 10/15/1877 - 6/2/1878
• S.T. Morehead, 1833 - 1898
• Mary T. Morehead 1846 - 1911
• Maggie M. Moread 8/29/1869 - 3/22/1886

Old Morgan Graveyard on Robert Elliott farm, 6 miles from Russellville on Nashville road (Dec. 1935)

• Abraham Morgan 10/2/1760 - 7/7/1815 Revolutionary soldier & War of 1812 (wife Mary Bedinger)
• Joseph Morgan b. in VA 2/23/1791 - 1/2/1871 wife Nancy 2/21/1794 - 1/18/1862
• Joseph G. Morgan 5/8/1875 - 8/11/1901
• Joseph U. Morgan 9/20/1835 - 9/8/1892 wife Maria D. 10/25/1834 - 2/22/1904

Mason County - Runyon Burying Ground, near Minerva (1933)

• Wm. H. Robertson d. 4/16/1868 aged 54 y, 1 m, 6 d wife, Eliza A. b. 1821, d. 1899 - same stone
• Daniel Runyon b. 3/23/1787, d. 5/5/1876 wife Ruth b. 3/22/1788, d. 2/5/1857, Asa, 2/1/1824 - 9/25/1824, Wm. G. b. 10/9/1815, d. 9/13/1843 sons of D&R Runyon - same stone
• Note by family - D&R Runyon were parents of Eliza Robertson & (--?--) M. Worthington

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Kentucky Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Kentucky Cemetery Records, Vol. II, Florence, KY, 1968

Scott County - Nelson Cemetery on KY1032

• W. Frank Groves 1884-1959 (?)
• Walter F. Groves 1874-1959 (?) - seems to be same as above w/ different birth date
• George W. Groves Co. D, 7th KY Cavalry no dates
• Ralph C. Groves 4/21/1894 - 6/9/1963
• William Noah Groves 11/16/1846 - 3/31/1880
• Hettie N. dau. of WN & Lucy J. Groves  4/19/1877 - 5/31/1895
• Lucy Jane Spears 5/30/1856 - 8/27/1946
• Henry N. Spears 12/15/1858 - 2/15/1918
• Luther G. Groves 1879 - 1952 metal plate
• Bertha Antrobus (Groves) 1891 - 19??

Logan County - Morehead Graveyard, on Tim Robey Farm, south of Russellville

• Major Presley Morehead d. 12/29/1846 age 70 years
• Jamees D., son of P & M Morehead b. 8/26/1804, d. 3/12/1841
• Mary wife of Presley Morehead d. 3/1/1853 age 65 years
• Armstead S. son of Armstead Morehead b. 10/14/1808 d. 11/26/1865
• Richard F. Morehead b. 11/29/1834 d. 11/22/1865
• William A. son of RE & Nancy Poor b 8/29/1850 d. 7/24/1851
• Ann Olive Browning b. 1/30/1843 d. 2/19/1865
• Elizabeth Poor b. 12/30/1788, d. 6/3/1866
• James H. Browning b. 12/24/1831, d. 11/24/1861
• Thomas W. Browning b. 8/11/1841 d. 4/?/1860
• James D. Browning b. 10/?/1812 d. 1/7/1888
• Oliver Browning b. 5/4/1894, d. 1898
• James B. son of James & Maria Morehead b. 9/17/1831, d. 2/8/1857
• Elizabeth dau. of RE & Nancy Poor b. 8/16/1852, d. 3/18/1854

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Kentucky Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Kentucky Cemetery Records, Vol. III,  KY, no imprint, 1969

Boyle County - Revolutionary Soldiers buried in Boyle County

• John Spears, 1771-1886 m. Margaret Chrisman, buried Bellevue Cemetery; b. Rockingham Co., VA
• Samuel McDowell 1735-1817 m. Mary McClung, buried in Bellevue Cemetery, father of Dr. Ephraim McDowell
• Samuel McDowell, Jr. m. Anna Irvine, d. in Danville

Shelby County - Salem Baptist Churchyard, Southville

• J.W. Stout, b. 12/26/1828, d. 7/24/1907 - a generation younger than grandma Sarah (Stout) Runyon
• Sarah A. Stout b. 9/19/1834, d. 1/11/1913

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King, Estelle. Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills & Inventories, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969

Barren County Book A

• Fitzjerrel (Fitzgerald), William. Inventory, Dec. 1813, Appraisers: Simeon Lewis, Mathias Lair, John Black & John Allen

Lincoln County Book A

• Goodnight, Michael 6/15/1783 - grandpa

Madison County Book A 1785-1806

• Cloyd, Samuel. Feb. 20, 1789. May 5, 1795 of Montgomery County, VA, wife: Elizabeth. Nenyan Cloyd and son Thomas mentioned. Ex: wife, Joseph Cloyd, wit: G., James & Thomas Cloyd
• Duncan, Benjamin. Nov. 3, 1796. Dec. 6, 1796. Wife: Elizabeth. Children: John, Samuel, Benjamin, Elizabeth Arnot. "To son John new suit of clothes, Great Coat, short coat, Jacket and Overhalls." Wit: John Black, Alex. Macky, Alex. Garton.

Muhlenberg County Book A 1799-1818

• Durelle, John. May 13, 1808, Aug. 1808, wife: Matha / Martha. Sons: David, Ephraim, Stephen, John, Daus: Rhoda, Matha, Rebecca, Wit: Jesse Reno, David Durall, Joseph Reynolds - grandpa
• Durrall (Durelle), Skinner. Sept. 17, 1809, Oct. 1809. Wife: Elizabeth. Sons: Howard, Benjamin, Ark. Other legatees: Nancy Moore, Ex: wife, Elisha Durall, Wit: Micajah Wells, Spencer O'Neal, Robert Elder 

Shelby County Book A 1795-1804; Book B 1804-1811

• Breeding, Richard. May 20, 1798. probate?, WIfe: Frances. Sons: William, Paul, Daughters: Elizabeth, Ex: wife, Wit: William McCroy, Isaac Whitaker. Appraisers: William Brodie, Peter Bailey, Elijah Whitaker
• Stout, James. Inventory, Aug. 1799. Appraisers: Richard Steel, Philip Ficklin
• Vardman, Peter July 23, 1808. Probate? Wife: Prudence. Daughters: Naomi Marshall, Prudence Marshall, Dorcas Overell, Naomi Nash, Sally Lancaster, Molly Menefee and her dau. Patty. Son: Thomas. Ex: Thomas Lewis, George Marshall (sons-in-law). Wit: John Ford, Jesse Rice.

Washington County Book C Index 1816-1823

• Fitzgerald, Thomas

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Oldham County Cemeteries

Camden Lane, Pleasant Hill Church

• Long, Thomas, b. 10/13/1864, d. 1/21/1888
• Long, John S. b. 1/5/1836, d. 12/7/1904 - cousin son of Robert & Margaret (Runyon) Long
• Long, Edward b. 9/17/1862, d. 12/18/1921 - cousin
• Long, Gertrude Oglesby, wife of E. b. 4/24/1870, d. ?
• Long, Gladys Belle b. 11/7/1907, d. 8/2/1910
• Long, Nannie E. wife of J.S. b. 7/8/1837, d. 3/28/1875 - cousin
• Long, Cora E. dau. of JS & NE b. 5/21/1864, d. 5/31/1886 - cousin
• Long, Robert C. son of JS & NE b. 6/21/1871, d. 9/2/1872 - cousin
• Long, Lillie T. dau. of IN & Martha b. 4/4/1871, d. 1/20/1873
• Long, John E. b. 5/9/1878, d. 10/11/1891
• Runyon, James M. b. 7/31/1822, d. 4/4/1898 - grandpa
• Runyon, N. Louisa b. 6/24/1827, d. 3/10/1900 - grandma Nancy Louisa
• Runyon, James b. 10/1/1848, d. 7/9/1880 - uncle
• Runyon, Annie Bell dau. of JE & MB no dates - cousin
• Runyon, Mamie dau. of WA & JE b. 1/5/1882, d. 3/18/1882 - daughter of William & Virginia (Pearce) Runyon - cousin
• Speer, Anna E. b. 11/24/1848, d. 11/2/1907 - grandma

Floydsburg, Main Street - Speer Family Cemetery

• Brown, Martha A. wife of George W. b. 10/20/1837, d. 3/2/1859 - daughter John & Margaret (Speer) Conyers - cousin
• Hinkle, John T. son of CS & MP b. 8/12/1863, d. 10/22/1864 - probably son of Charles & Mahulda (--?--) Hinkle - cousin
• Speer, Samuel b. 11/18/1806, d. 9/11/1828 - uncle
• Speer, Susan b. 7/1/1813, d. 7/12/1854 - grandma
• Speer, Elizabeth b. 2/26/1822, d. 8/2/1825 - aunt 
• Speer, James H. son of MD & S b. 9/24/1880, d. 9/1880 [dates are incorrectly transcribed as both Marquis & Susan (Hinkle) Speer died well before 1880, the newer Oldham Co., cemetery survey indicates the death date to be 10/4/1840.  It's more likely that the boy was born 9/24/1840 and died 10/4/1840] - uncle
• Speer, Albertia H. dau. of JS & EC b. [2/1863], d. 7/23/1863 age 5 months - dau. of John & Eliza (Hall) Speer - cousin
• Speer, M.D. b. 12/20/1815, d. 3/18/1867 - grandpa

KY 1818, Mt. Zion Road - Long Family Cemetery

• Long, R.M. C. b. 11/22/1809, d. 2/7/1890 - Robert - uncle
• Long, Margaret, wife of RMC b. 8/20/1809, d. 10/28/1882 - Margaret Runyon aunt
• Long, Sarah T. dau. of JM & EA b. 9/9/1856, d. 8/23/1857 - daughter of James & Elizabeth (--?--) Long - cousin
• Long, George Ann dau. of JM & EA b. 6/10/1861, d. 1/23/1864 - cousin
• Long, Wallace son of JM & EA b. 11/8/1862, d. 2/23/1864 - cousin
• Speer, Arthur C. b. 4/11/1880, d. 8/20/1899 - son of Columbus & Louisa (Long) Speer - cousin

Brownsboro, KY329, Harrods Creek Cemetery

• Runyon, Milba b. 1/7/1902, d. 1/1/1904 - has to be a cousin, but I don't know how she fits
• Speer, Dr. John G. b. 2/12/1809, d. 5/4/1909 - uncle
• Speer, James M. b. 1/19/1821, d. 10/18/1895 - uncle
• Speer, Sarah A. Johnston b. 11/2/1823, d. 6/16/1902 - wife of James above - aunt
• Speer, Dr. J.H. b. 5/20/1840, d. 9/19/1925 - John Henry son of John Grove above - cousin
• Speer, Bettie Yager, on stone with Thos. Yager, b. 11/12/1846, d. 9/25/1901 - Sarah Elizabeth (Yager) Speer wife of John Henry
• Speer, Joseph A. b. 1847, d. 1913 son of John Grove Speer - cousin
• Speer, Jane B. b. 1866, d. 1953 - Jane Smith wife of John T. below - cousin
• Speer, John T. b. 1867, d. 1945 - son of John & Sarah (Yager) Speer - cousin
• Speer, Maurice A. b. 1874, d. 1950 - son of Charles & Anna (Runyon) Speer - uncle
• Speer, Harry Y. b. 1878, d. 1959 - son of John & Sarah (Yager) Speer - cousin
• Speer, Rosalie H. wife of HY, b. 1880, d. 1960 - Rosalie Hehl
• Weaver, Jonathan W. on stone with Francis Sherley b. 1827, d. 1917 
• Weaver, Columbia wife of JW, on stone with Francis Sherley b. 1848, d. 1894
• Weaver, Cora on stone with Francis Sherley b. 1888, d. 1892

Floydsburg, Duncan Memorial Chapel Cemetery

• Runyon, William A. b. 11/31/1855, d . 10/26/1928 - uncle
• Runyon, Virginia Pearce, same stone as WA, b. 1855, d. 4/10/1943 - aunt
• Runyon, M. Newton b. 1863, d. 1924 brother of William - uncle
• Runyon, Mary E. (Mollie) same stone as MN b. 10/9/1863, d. 8/31/1945 - Mary Gibson aunt
• Runyon, John Frank b. 8/27/1879, d. 818/1938 - son of William & Virginia (Pearce) Runyon - cousin
• Runyon, Annie Maddox, same stone as JF b. 1/25/1876, d. 3/19/1952 - cousin
• Speer, Sarah C. wife of Charles A. buried with baby, b. 1/17/1844, d. 9/1/1864 - first wife of grandpa Charles Speer
• Speer, Emma G. b. 9/6/1854, d. 1/10/1885
• Speer, Blanche A. b. 7/29/1864, d. 10/1864
• Speer, Hurbert E., 1882, 1933 
• Speer, Infant son of Marquis E. & Ida b. 6/21/1870, d. 6/21/1870
• Single stone with 5 Speer names:
• C. Columbus b. 1851, d. 1941 - uncle
• Louisa Long wife of C.C. b. 1849, d. 1917 - aunt and cousin, she is the daughter of Robert & Margaret (Runyon) Long
• Anna T.  b. 1876, d. 1903 - cousin
• Irving B. b. 1886, d. 1901 - cousin
• Lottie b. 1892, d. 1901 - cousin
• Speer, Robert Marcus b. 5/8/1873, d. 8/28/1951- son of C.C. & Louisa (Long) Speer - cousin
• Speer, Bettie Caldwell same stone as Robert above, b. 6/6/1875, d. 2/22/1953
• Speer, Miss Cora Ethel b. 6/16/1883, d. 8/1/1964 - daughter of C.C. & Louisa (Long) Speer - cousin
• Speer, Maude G. b. 9/5/1887, d. 8/21/1958 - daughter of C.C. & Louisa (Long) Speer - cousin
• Speer, L.D. b. 1889, d. 1930 - son of C.C. & Louisa (Long) Speer - cousin

Pewee Valley Cemetery

• Speer, Marion b. 1854, d. 1911 - son of Marquis & Susan (Hinkle) Speer - uncle
• Speer, Catherine b. 1888, d. 1890 - daughter of Marion - cousin

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Tippie, Gwendolyn. Fayette County, Kentucky Marriage Bonds, 1795-1810, Lexington, KY: Kentucky Tree-Search, nd

• Wilson, James md. Elizabeth Tapp, 9/15/1803 - old enough to be Alexander Wilson's parents
• Wilson, George md. Elizabeth Nichols 4/13/1805 - old enough to be Alexander Wilson's parents
• Bell, John md. Rachel Stout 2/12/1806 - sibling of Sarah (Stout) Runyon?
• Lowry, Gershan md. Prudence Speers 1806
• Runyon, John md. Sarah Stout 2/12/1807 - grandparents
• Spiers, Samuel to Nancy Logan 2/5/1807

Notebook - Kentucky #3, Part 2