Notebooks - Kentucky #6, Part 1

Boyle County Genealogical Association. Boyle County, Kentucky, Cemetery Records, 1792-1992, Danville, KY: Boyle County Genealogical Association, 1992

Goodknight Cemetery - This cemetery is located 3 miles north of Perryville, off US 68, near the Mercer County line on Claunch Road. 

 

Confederate Marker with inscription - Erected by the United States to mark the burial place of an unascertained number of Confederate soldiers said to have died while prisoners of war at Goodknight farmhouse, from wounds received at the Battle of Perryville, October 8, 1862, whose graves cannot be identified and whose names are unknown.

• Dye, Elizabeth, b. 10 Dec. 1797, d. 5 Oct. 1874 
• Hankla, Infant son of J.H. & M.F. Hankla b. 18 Dec. 1894, d. 18 Dec. 1894
• Weems, Frances M. CSA Company B, 3rd Florida Infantry, b. 16 Jan. 1842, d. 8 Oct. 1862
• Goodknight, Willie L. son of John J. & D.V. Goodknight b. 7 Aug. 1859, d. 13 July 1860
• Goodknight, H.L. stone broken, son of J. & S.C. Goodknight, b. ----, d. ---- 

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Fint, Susan & Anne Lee comp. Repeat After Me, Marriage Bonds 1795-1810 Franklin County, Kentucky, Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1983

• William Lowry and John Pemberton signed the bond June 7, 1802 for the intended marriage of: William Lowry & Nancy Fitzgerald, Consent was give by James Fitzgerald, father. 

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Franklin, Charles. Nelson County, Kentucky Marriages 1785-1810, Indianapolis, IN: Heritage House, 1985. 

• Asbel, John & Susannah Morgan, 3 July 1797
• Thompson, Briggs & Betsy Morehead, 31, Jan. 1792
• Foster, Anthony & Ann Compton 6 Oct. 1791 bond
• Foster, Robert & Ann S. Hubbard, 8 Mar. 1790 
• Foster, Robert & Bersheba Williams, 27 May 1800 bond
• Fostor, Thomas & Susannah Cox, 12 Jan. 1804
• Hopkins, William & Polly Burkheart, 21 July 1808
• Jeffries, Moses & Mary Hopkins, 21 Aug. 1788
• Larue, Jacob & Jane Morgan 23 Sep. 1805
• Long, John S. & Elizabeth Foster 12 Feb. 1804
• Long, Nemrod & Rosanna C. Foster 17 Jan. 1808
• Low, Richard & Patsey Morgan 29 July 1786
• Moorehead, Armstead & Miss Latham, 16 Oct. 1793 
• Morgan, Abraham & Esther Sansborne, 25 May 1786 bond
• Morgan, Abraham & Margaret Patrick 3 March 1795
• Morgan, Daniel & Elizabeth Rednor 2 Feb. 1801
• Morgan, Samuel & Rachel Huffman, 6 Aug. 1793 bond
• Morgan, William & Mary Bridgewater, 19 Dec. 1795
• Morgan, William & Nancy Nothen Clark 27 Aug. 1800
• Overall, William & Sissy Runno 25 Dec. 1790
• Overall, William & Anne Hilton 29 May 1794
• Overall, William & Letitia McKinsey 9 June 1787 bond
• Patrick, Thomas & Nelly Hopkins 10 Aug. 1809
• Piety, Thos. & Mary Duncan 6 Aug. 1792
• Pryor, Simon & Susanna Morgan 16 Aug. 1783 bond
• Randall, Chas. & Peggy Morehead 26 June 1806
• Ransdale, Wharton & Polly Morehead 26 June 1806
• Ray, Francis & Rosy Foster 17 Dec 1794
• Read, John & Sally Foster 10 July 1785 bond 
• Redmon, John Jr. & Sarah Morgan 20 Aug. 1809
• Saltsman, William & Susanna Morgan 20 Sept. 1795
• Shepard, William & Susanna Creamon 15 Jan. 1799
• Shepherd, Michael & Mary Cook 25 July 1791
• Troutman, Peter & Peggy Duncan 4 Sept 1790
• West, Nicholas & Elizabeth Moran 9 Mar. 1790
• Wilson, Amos & Peggy Reardon 9 Jan. 1806
• Wilson, Dan. & Sarah Pane 16 Nov. 1788
• Wilson, Isaac & Janet Sutherland 31 Dec. 1805
• Wilson, James & Peggy Whitaker 10 Dec. 1799
• Wilson, James & Malinda Davis 27 Aug. 1808
• Wilson, John & Parthenia Truax 12 Oct. 1809
• Wilson, Joseph Y. & Susanna Wood 26 Sept. 1799
• Wilson, Moses & Peggy Milton 17 Jan. 1803
• Wilson, Samuel & Mary Saunders 21 July 1788
• Wilson, William & Jenny Unsil 14 Oct. 1786 bond
• Wolf, Peter & Polly Coffer 31 Jan. 1792
• Whitledge, Thos. & Fanny Overall 6 Mar. 1793 bond
• Williams, Philip & Sidney Duncan 18 Feb. 1808
• Williams, Rawlugh & Rosey Duncan 19 Sep. 1802
• Williams, Thos. & Rebecca Duncan 16 Mar. 1797
• Wisehart, Henry & Barbara Wolf 5 Apr. 1795

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Franklin, Charles, comp. Nelson County, Kentucky Marriages Vol. II, 1811-1830, Indianapolis, IN: Heritage House, 1986.

• Wilson, David & Eliza Bordens, 1/21/1818
• Wilson, Elijah & Jane Hawley, 1/8/1818
• Wilson, Isaac & Nancy Herron, 5/4/1820
• Wilson, John & Rebecca Pitman 1/3/1811
• Wilson, Jos. M. & Elizabeth Tong 12/23/1830
• Wilson, Joseph & Susanna Burkhead 6/15/1813
• Wilson, Joseph & Nancy McKay 5/3/1821
• Wilson, Lucinda & James Murray 3/27/1823
• Wilson, Maria V. & William May 3/30/1818
• Wilson, May & Matthew C. Bowles (?), 12/22/1811
• Wilson, Nancy & John Lawrence, 9/9/1817
• Wilson, Nancy & Wm. Runnels 12/10/1829
• Wilson, Peggy & William Davis 5/13/1819
• Wilson, Rhoda & Jephthah Berkley 12/12/1822
• Wilson, Sabrina & David Gwynn 7/9/1812
• Wilson, Sara & Clement Johnson 5/9/1815
• Wilson, Thos. O. & Sarah Guthrie 10/27/1829
• Wilson, Tyler & Mary Green 4/17/1820
• Wilson, William & Matilda Neal 3/28/1816
• Wilson, Wm. & Nancy Edwards 2/28/1822

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Franklin, Charles. Nelson County Kentucky Wills & Estates 17-- - 1807, Indianapolis, IN: Heritage Books, 1985.

Includes inventories and administrator's records that indicate the named person are deceased.

• Coldozier, David Book A, p. 318 - typo, is David Colclazier, Aug. 25, 1795 Estate Administration
• Hopkins, William W. Book A, p. 806
• Morgan, Charles C.  Book A, p. 846
• Speers, Solomon Book 1, p. 59
• Wilson, James Book 1, p. 4 

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McAdams, Mrs. Harry. Kentucky Pioneer & Court Records, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1967.

• Stout, Joab, estate, Oct. Court 1823, Commissioners, Wm. C. Counette, Wm. Akin & Reuben Houghton. Admin. Azariah S. Higgins, Recorded April Court 1824. - Fayette Co.
• Cloyd, James - Book B, p. 242 - to wife. To Aggy, Polly & Nancy Nash, daughters of sister Peggy. To Thomas & Tramp Nash, sons of sister Peggy. To Charles Lockridge, sister Polly's son. To Polly Hood, sister Polly's daughter. To John & James Lockridge & oldest living daughter of Nancy Robertson, my sister Polly's daughter. Exec's. William & Benjamin Logan. Written Apr. 10, 1804. Wit: James Dunn, Solomon Laurence, James Cloyd, probated May 14, 1804. - Lincoln Co.
• Conwell, William - Book C, page 42 - Names wife, Esther, Eldest son, Isaac Conwell. Youngest son, William. Daughter, Peggy Conwell. Executrix wife Esther. Written Nov. 23, 1803. Wit: John Davis, John Conwell, Thomas Royall, John Chance, probated Dec. 12, 1803 - Lincoln Co. 
• Duncan, Andrew. Book A, page 130 - Names sister, Elizabeth Buchanan's son, Andrew. Sister, Mary Craig's son, Andrew. Sister, Jean McKenney's daughter Jenny. Exec's. brothers-in-law John Edmiston & John McKenney. Witnesses, William Edmiston, Robert Harreld & John Buchanan. Written March 25, 1784, Probated Feb. 21, 1786 - Lincoln Co.
• Morgan, William - Book B, page 190 - to wife. Son Joseph. My five children, James, William, Joseph, Daniel & Sally & my daughter, Hannah Bruce's children. To daughter, Mary Settle. To daughter, Elizabeth McCormick. To son, Charles. To daughter Phebe Fishback. To daughter, Alice Fishback. To daughter, Rosamond Settle. To Polly Settle, daughter of Rosamond Settle. To William Bruce. To James Withers, husband of my daughter Frances Withers. Exec's. Sons, James, William, Joseph & Daniel. Written Apr. 29, 1797. Wit: William Spillman, John Dodds & Luke Robinson. Probated Oct. 10, 1797. - Lincoln Co. 
• Wilson, George - Book C, page 48 - To my daughter, Mary Hocker. Sons, John & Thomas. Wife Rebecca Wilson. Exec., Friend Hugh Magill. Written June 25, 1800. Wit: Wm. Magill, Hugh Logan,, Wm. Dougherty, Sr. Probated July 12, 1802. - Lincoln Co. 
• Willson, Samuel - Will written, Aug. 22, 1774 - Augusta Co., colony of Virginia. Names executors, wife, Mary & beloved friend Hughart. Eldest son, Ralph, next eldest son, Elibabb, youngest son Sampson. Dau., Ruth. Wit: John McCoy, Joseph Gamwell & John Jordan. Probated Augusta Co. Court Nov. 16, 1774. Note: the above is an abstract of the will of Captain Samuel WIllson, who was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant, Oct. 10, 1774. 
• Willson, Elibabb - Estill Co., KY court records - Deed Book E, pp. 187-275 - date March 9, 1832. Elibabb Willson & Nancy, his wife, Elizabeth Noland & Sarah Willson heirs at law, of Ralph Willson who died intestate, of first part, convey to Mourning Willson widow of Sampson Wilson, deceased and children, Marshall M., Anderson S., America Ann, Polly W., Minitree I., Elizabeth E., Sampson, Jr., and Augustine W., heirs of Sampson Willson, deceased, and parties of second part, land including 250 acres which belonged to Ralph Willson, but now occupied by Sampson's heirs. Wit: Marshall Willson & William Skinner. 
• Clark, James - will - Augusta County, VA - Will Book VI, p. 4 - Court house in Staunton, VA. Will dated Aug. 20, 1774. Proved March 17, 1776. Names wife, Elizabeth Children, Jean Clark, Elizabeth, Sarah Clark, John, James Clark, William, Anne Dunlop, ALexander, Samuel, Robert, Margaret.  Note: James Clark was a private in Company No. 7, Augusta County Militia in 1742. Authority: Drapers' Manuscript Historical Society of Wisconsin.
• Clark, Elizabeth - Will - Augusta Co., VA - Will Book VI, page 208 - date, Oct. 8, 1781. Proved Nov. 20, 1781. Mentions, Jean Elliott's  heirs, Elizabeth Breath, Sarah Elliott, Anne Dunlap, Margaret Clenkard, John Clark, Samuel Clark, James Clark, William Clark's heirs, Alexander Clark & wife, Robert Clark. 
• Clark, James - Will written in long hand by James Clark. Apr. 30, 1810. Mentions wife, Susanna Clark. Sons, John, Edmund, William, James, Hipkins, Thomas, Peter, Samuel & Sidney. Daughters Lucy, Delphy, Betsey, and Susan (Soockey). Executrix Susanna Clark with sons John & Edmund & William Ellis executors. Probated July Court 1810. Note: James Clark, son of above James & Elizabeth Clark. See in list Saffell's Officers & Privates, James Clark, page 265. James Clark, b. Apr. 30, 1759 in VA. Died 1810 in Fayette County, KY.
• Moses Wilson md. Polly January 4/22/1800 Fayette Co., KY
• Daniel Duncan md. Lucy Lee, 3/6/1799 signed by Stephen Lee, Garrard Co., KY
• James Bezley md. Anny Shackleford, 11/3/1785 Lincoln Co., KY
• John Butler md. Elanor Harbison 6/6/1785 Lincoln Co., KY
• Edward Bradley md. Molly Duncan 8/30/1787 Lincoln Co., KY
• John Breader md. Elizabeth Powell 1/12/1789 Lincoln Co., KY
• John Burnside md. Mary Denton, 4/13/1792 Lincoln Co., KY
• James Breeding md. Peggy Simpson 11/15/1797 Lincoln Co., KY
• David Cloyd md. Marjory Marshal 3/12/1793 Lincoln Co., KY
• David Cloyd md. Nancy McFerran 3/7/1794 Lincoln Co., KY
• James Cloid md. Chanty Graham 3/?/1800, Lincoln Co., KY
• Charles Duncan md. Margaret Burnside 1/27/1787, Lincoln Co., KY
• George Duncan md. Elizabeth Phillips 4/6/1790, Lincoln Co., KY
• James Denton md. Sarah Clarkston 1/21/1794, Lincoln Co., KY
• Claburn Duncan md. Mittice Whittle 7/26/1794, Lincoln Co., KY
• Benjamin Duncan md. Christena Baughman 6/13/1796, Lincoln Co., KY
• Charles Duncan md. Letler Shelton 8/21/1797 Lincoln Co. KY
• John Fitzgerald md. Mary Farris 12/20/1796, Lincoln Co., KY
• Abraham Goodnight md. Mary Hannah 1/22/1794, Lincoln Co., KY
• Samuel McDowell md. Ann Irvine 10/3/1784, Lincoln Co., KY
• John McNelly md. Susannah Duncan, 3/6/1787, Lincoln Co., KY
• Samuel McQuerry md. Mary Young 1/24/1789, Lincoln Co., KY
• Benjamin McDowell md. Hanna Daugherty 11/24/1800, Lincoln Co., KY
• Henry Pope md. Margaret Goodnight, 6/4/1782, Lincoln Co., KY
• Humphrey Pope md. Elizabeth Duncan 2/19/1794, Lincoln Co., KY
• William Preston md. Annie Dove 6/7/1792, Lincoln Co., KY
• Adam Shepherd md. Rachel Drake, 4/20/1784, Lincoln Co., KY
• George Spears md. Mary Nely 2/19/1785, Lincoln Co., KY
• Jacob Spears md. Elizabeth Nealy, 6/3/1781, Lincoln Co., KY
• John Shepherd md. Elizabeth Arnold 12/19/1786, Lincoln Co., KY
• Jacob Spears md. Abigal Huston 12/1/1791, Lincoln Co., KY
• Andrew Spratt md. Polly Tipton 2/17/1794, Lincoln Co., KY
• Cabb Turner md. Ann L. Wilson 4/17//1797, Lincoln Co., KY
• Wm. Williams md. Elizabeth Duncan, 12/16/1785, Lincoln Co., KY
• Henry Wilson md. Franky Faulkner 9/12/1782, Lincoln Co., KY
• Thos. Wilson md. Mary Adams 4/5/1783, Lincoln Co., KY
• George Wilson md. Polly Mitchell, 7/29/1786, Lincoln Co., KY
• John Wilson md. Peggy Stephenson, 2/5/1795, Lincoln Co., KY
• John Withers, Jr. md. Sally Morgan, 9/28/1798, Lincoln Co., KY
• Edward Younge md. Kiziah Rennecks, 11/2/1789, Lincoln Co., KY
• James Younge md. Sally Breeding, 10/8/1789, Lincoln Co., KY
• James Young md. Betsy Noaks, 5/10/1791, Lincoln Co., KY
• Peter Young md. Elizabeth Zachara, 6/29/1793, Lincoln Co., KY
• Thomas Young md. Elizabeth Hughes, 5/18/1796, Lincoln Co., KY
• William Shepherd md. Nancy Sturman, 4/26/1804, Mercer Co., KY
• William Sterling md. Polly McDowell, 6/18/1805, Mercer Co., KY
• Thomas Logan md. Sally Denton, 1/2/1806, Mercer Co., KY
• Thomas. Doxy md. Anna Wilson, 8/18/1805, Mercer Co., KY
• John Wilson md. Polly Carmicle md. 4/13/1806, Mercer Co., KY
• Joseph Denton md. Betsey Key, md. 3/9/1806, Mercer Co., KY
• Martin Duncan md. Polly Ray, md. 9/16/1806, Mercer Co., KY
• John Duncan md. Elizabeth Neff md. 7/30/1807, Mercer Co., KY
• Dennis Brashear md. Lucindia McDowell md. 4/14/1808, Mercer Co., KY
• John Shannon md. Betsey Duncan md. 8/30/1808, Mercer Co., KY
• Alexander Adams md. Janie Wilson 2/23/1801, Mercer Co., KY
• Alexander Adams md. Jane Wilson 1/23/1801, Mercer Co., KY
• George C. Thompson md. Mary McDowell 8/?/1809, Mercer Co., KY
• John A. McDowell md. Lucy T. Starling 11/8/1809, Mercer Co., KY
• Henry Barnes md. Elizabeth Huff (Hupp?) 1810, Mercer Co., KY
• Elisha Denny md. Mary Hedger 11/8/1810, Mercer Co., KY
• Ellis STone md. Peggy Denny 8/2/1810, Mercer Co., KY
• Philip Barnes md. Catherine Gabhart 10/1/1811, Mercer Co., KY
• Josiah Wilson md. Polly Comingore 10/?/1811, Mercer Co., KY
• James Gillispie md. Eliza L. McDowell 5/14/1811, Mercer Co., KY
• Michael Goodnight md. Comfort McCormack 12/31/1812, Mercer Co., KY
• James Wilson md. Nancy Minor 11/4/1812, Mercer Co., KY
• John Hubbard md. Elizabeth Wilson 5/9/1814, Mercer Co., KY
• Joseph Woods md. Elizabeth Wilson 3/17/1814, Mercer Co., KY
• Richard Nicholds md. Rachel Goodnight 12/23/1817, Mercer Co., KY
• Henry C. Woolf md. Susannah Barnet, 8/12/1819, Montgomery Co., KY
• Thomas Wilson md. Rhoda Booth 8/6/1818, Bourbon Co., KY  

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O'Malley, Nancy. Stockading Up: A Study of Pioneer Stations in the Inner Bluegrass Region of Kentucky, Archaeological Report 127, Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky, 1987.

Map of Pioneer Stations Around Fort Harrod, includes Harlan's Station, Dentons' Station and Wilson's Station

Silas Harlan's Station - Silas Harlan (also spelled Harlin and Harland) and his brother, James, both accompanied James Harrod on his 1773 Kentucky survey. Upon their return in the following year, Silas Harlan chose to lay his claim for land along the Salt River. Silas must have been an energetic and charismatic personality because history paints an admirable picture of him despite his untimely death. . . . 

In 1778, Silas, his brother James, and his uncle Jacob erected a log station on Silas' Salt River property (Greene 1964). This must have taken place early in the year since by June, Silas was with [George Rogers] Clark in Kaskaskia and did not return home until August. . . . Silas returned to Kentucky in the spring of 1779 in time to be promoted to Captain and participate in the disastrous expedition to the Ohio towns, which has come down in history as Bowman's Defeat. . . He entered his claim in October 1779 when the Land Commission sat at Harrodsburg. The land claim included a 1400 acre settlement and preemption "on Salt River about 4 miles south of Wilson's Station" (Brookes-Smith 1976:84; Virginia Survey Book 1, pp. 207-208). . . . 

His relatives apparently kept the station in order as Jacob's son, George came to live at Harlan's Station in fall of 1780 (Greene 1964:64-65).  . . . Suffice it to say Silas Harlan died in the battle [of Blue Licks] and was buried on the battleground in a mass grave with the others slain.  He left his brothers, John, Elijah and James, his worldly estate and possessions. . . . 

Harlan's Station is indicated (as Harland) on Filson's 1784 map at the head of Salt River on its west bank, immediately west of Danville on the Beech Fork trail. The station is believed to coincide with the site on which James Harlan built a stone house around 1785. The house stands in ruins on a rise above the west bank of the Salt River (Figure IV-32). A good spring enclosed by a springhouse flows approximately 200 feet to the northeast . . . This site is designated 15Bo24 by the Office of State Archaeology. The structural remains once formed a two-story, three-bay symmetrical block facing east (Kentucky Heritage Council 1976: National Register nomination form). Two later northern additions were made along with a log ell to the west. The house appears to have been built on the Quaker plan which specified a form 30 feet long and 18 feet wide with a middle partition and another at one end to form two small rooms.

The precise location of Harlan's log station was not determined. The stone ruins stand nearly two hundred feet west of the edge of the ridge, overlooking Salt River, allowing for a generous tract in front of the house where the station could have stood. This location also is close to the associated spring. Unfortunately, it was densely vegetated with tall grasses and weeds at the time of survey. However, the owner stated that the area in front of the house had never been plowed in his memory (James E. Stockton 1984: personal communication). A plowed field behind the house was examined for early historic remains but only nineteenth and twentieth century artifacts were discovered. The owner also stated that many people had searched the lower area for early artifacts but he knew of none that had been found (James E. Stockton 1984: personal communication). However, the occurrence of later artifacts bodes well for the preservation of earlier ones. The 1876 Beers map indicates that W. Harlin was living in the stone house at the time of publication. . . . At least one local tradition states that a James Harlan's house (and, by extension, Silas' Station) was located nearer the Perryville Road. However, given the Harlan custom of using the name James in subsequent generations, this site probably relates to a later descendant . . . Silas Harlan's land grant appears  to conform reasonably well to the area around the confluence of Quirk's Run and Salt River which placement locates James' 1785 stone house in or near the northwest corner of the settlement.  The actual confluence is shown on the original survey plat to lie in the preemption rather than the settlement. However, as the land courts recognized improvements in preemptions as sufficient grounds for granting settlement claims, this placement is acceptably accurate. The site as a whole, including the structural ruins, springhouse and environs, is designated 15Bo24 by the Office of State Archaeology. The house is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 

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Schroeder, Margaret & Carl Schroeder. 1785-1791 Residents of Nelson County Virginia (Now Kentucky) Recorded in Tithable & Tax Lists Vol. I, Bardstown, KY, no imprint, 1988. 

• Map The State of Kentucky with the adjoining Territories from the best Authorities, 1800 - Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee
• 1787 - Samuel Wilson, 0 tithables
• 1787 - John Wilson 1 tithable 
• 1788 - Anthony Foster 5 tithables - slaves - Jeffry, Harlen, Cat, Rachel
• 1788 - Charles Morehead 4 tithables - slaves - Will, Eve, Betty
• 1789 - David Fitzgilene (?) 1 tithable
• 1790 - Charles Morehead 4 tithables - slaves - Will, Eave, Betty
• 1790 - Armstead Morehead 3 tithables - slaves - Monday, Dinah
• 1791 - Charles Morehead 4 tithables - slaves - Will, Eave, Betty
• 1791 - Anthony Foster 5 tithables
• 1791 - John Foster 0 tithables - slaves - Martain, Kate, Rachel
• 1791 - Robert Foster 2 tithables - slave - Tamer
• 1791 - Armsted Morehead, 3 tithables - slaves - Monday, Dinah 

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Schroeder, Margaret & Carl Schroeder. 1792-1794 Residents of Nelson County Kentucky (formerly Virginia) Recorded in Tax Lists, Vol. II, Bardstown, KY, no imprint, 1989

Columns - month, day, surname, first name, white males 21+, white males 16-21, total blacks, blacks under 16, horses, cattle, ordinary license [tavern], acres, retail store, stud horses  

Benjamin Frye District 1792

• Nov. 10, Morehead, Charles, 1 white male 21+, 9 blacks, 6 blacks under 16, 4 horses, 9 cattle, 425 acres
• Nov. 10, Morgan, Charles 1 white male 21+, 1 horse

James McMahon District 1792

• Oct. 17, Duncan, Samuel, 1 white male 21+, 1 white male 16-21, 1 horse

Gabriel Cox District 1792

• Oct. 24, Morehead, Armd [Armistead], 1 white male 21+, 1 white male 16-21, 2 blacks, 1 black under 16, 2 horses, 7 cattle, 268 acres 
• Nov. 6, McDowell, Robert, 1 white male 21+

Austin Hubbard District, 1793

• Aug. 5, Morehead, Charles, 1 white male 21+, 9 blacks, 5 blacks under 16, 4 horses, 12 cattle, 425 acres

Gabriel Cox District 1793

• Sep. 5, Morehead, Armsead, 1 white male 21+, 2 white males 16-21, 3 blacks, 1 black under 16, 2 horses, 9 cattle, 268 acres 

Anthony Foster District 1794

• Apr. 23, Morehead, Armstead, 1 white male 21+, 2 white males 16-21, 4 blacks, 2 blacks under 16, 4 horses, 8 cattle, 268 acres

Austin Hubbard District 1794

• Mar. 21, Morehead, Charles, 1 white male 21+, 9 blacks, 5 blacks under 16, 4 horses, 11 cattle, 425 acres 
• Mar. 25, Shepherd, Adam, 1 white male 21+, 9 blacks, 2 blacks under 16, 6 horses, 34 cattle, 5,000 acres 
• Duncan, John, Green County, 333 acres, rate: 2 
• Speers, Henry's Administrators, Jefferson County, 800 acres, rate: 3
• Speers, Henry's Administrators, Hardin County, 1,300 acres, rate: 3 
• Foster, Anthony, Benson County, 256 acres, rate: 2 

Changes in the border of Nelson County between 1792 and 1794:

• Washington County was formed from Nelson County on Sept. 1, 1792, Springfield is the county seat, Washington assumed its present boundaries March 1, 1834.
• Green County was formed Jan. 3, 1793 from Nelson & Lincoln Counties, Greensburg is the county seat, Green assumed its present boundary May 7, 1860
• Hardin County was formed Feb. 20, 1793 from Nelson County, Elizabethtown is the county seat. Hardin assumed its present boundaries Mar. 1, 18?3
• Nelson County formed by Virginia in 1792 before Kentucky was admitted to US

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Spurlock, John & Sue Spurlock, ed. A History of Lewisburg & North Logan County, Kentucky, Lewisburg, KY: Lewisburg / North Logan County Historical Commission, Inc., 1999

John B. Duncan, born in Culpeper County, Virginia, was married three times: 1) Nancy Browning, d/o Lt. Capt. John Browning, 2) Nancy Danks, d/o John Danks, 3) Elizabeth Palmer. John & Nancy came to Logan County in the early 1800s and bought 275 acres of land in the area of Edwards Station on Alston Creek [Austin Creek on some maps].  John cleared the land, built a log home and farmed the land. He father children with all his wives, giving him twelve children in all. He died 5 Apr 1860 and was buried on his own land in the Duncan Cemetery, east of Edwards Station.

John Duncan's home was located on the high ground west of Alston Creek (Lewisburg-Edwards Road) - a farm presently owned by Asber Turner. The Duncan family were members of the Center Baptist Church. . . . John's main profession was farming, but deed records show that he also had earnings from buying and selling land. In early years before savings & loan associations, this was a common practice among several enterprising individuals. The ancestors of the Duncans came from England, Scotland and various European countries, where land was not plentiful . . . 

John Duncan was the great, great grandfather of Reyburn Duncan, of Lewisburg. . . . 

Spurlock, Sue, et. al. Epley Station Community - Midway between the towns of Lewisburg and Russellville, on the highest ridge in Logan County, sits the village of Epley Station. The ridge lies on a north-south plane, which provides its residents with panoramic sunrises and sunsets. 

The village consists of a grouping of homes beside both Highway 431 and the east side of the old Owensboro-Russellville Railroad route. It was named for the family of Jacob "Fritz" Epley, an early settler of German heritage. About the year 1881, the O&R Railroad Company built a shelter-type depot here for a passenger stop and mail drop, four railroad "section houses" for its railroad workers and a house for the track foreman; thus, the village eventually became known as Epley Station. . . . 

Before moving to the Epley area, Jacob "Fritz" Epley, born 1772, had married Susanne Crisel, daughter of Mary and Andrew Crisel, also of German descent, in Emanuel's Lutheran Church in Lincolnton, North Carolina, in 1796. By the time the couple arrived in north Logan County, they had at least seven children. Ten children are known to have been born to them. The children, the approximate years of their births and their spouses were as follows: 

• Fanny ca. 1797 md. Moses Bumgarner
• Mary Elizabeth / Polly 1803 md. Fielding Woodruff in McLeansboro, IL
• Andrew Jackson 1798-1857 md. 1) Leah Moore 2) Mary Ann Stanley
• John 1804 md. 1) Rebecca Higginbotham, 2) Maria Munday
• Daniel 1806 md. Amanda M. Simmons
• Jacob 1809
• David 1810 md. Sally Thompson
• Sarah W. / Sally 1814 md. Thomas Nash
• Margaret md. William S. Crawford in Hamilton County, IL
• Jane married (--?--) Smith 

 Two of Mrs. Jacob Epley's sisters married sons of Ambrose Maulding, who was a member of the first Logan County Court in 1792 and an early political leader.  Fannie Crisel married Ennis Maulding in 1804, and Margaret / Peggy Crisel married James William Maulding in 1809. Margaret and James moved North with the Crisel and Maulding families, to the area now known as White County, Illinois, by 1814. Thereafter, there was much traveling back and forth of the Epley children between White County, Illinois and Logan County.  Ninian Edwards, a prominent attorney who had practiced law in Logan County before he was appointed as governor of the Illinois Territory in 1809, was forming companies of volunteers for defense against Indians in the Illinois Territory during this period. He owned land in the Epley vicinity and may have been an influencing factor in the decision of several Logan County families to move to White County.  . . 

Jacob and Susanne's son Andrew Jackson Epley (1798-1857) moved to Carmi in White County, where he married Leah Moore in 1819. By 1825 the couple had moved to St. Louis, where Andrew became a cigar manufacturer; by 1842 the couple moved by oxcart to Booneville, Missouri, and later back to Illinois, where Leah evidently died before 1850 (McLeansboro, IL, Times, 7 May 1925; 1850 Census). Andrew lived for a time with a son in Illinois, before moving back to Logan County and marrying Mary Ann Stanley (b. 1832 NC) in 1853. He fathered two children by each wife.

Jacob and Susanne's son John Epley spent some time in Illinois before returning to Epley. He and his first wife Rebecca were there in 1830 and their son David W. was born there in 1833. They had six children before Rebecca died. John then married Marie Munday in Logan County in 1835. The latter couple had eighteen children. It is recorded that during an epidemic, ten of John's children died within a two-week period.

Other of the Epley children had large families. Jacob's daughter Mary (Epley) Woodruff died at an elderly age in Illinois, in 1895. Her obituary stated she had eleven children and "about 100 great grandchildren." Jacob's son David had at least ten children; his son Daniel had at least seven; and his daughter Sarah at least eight. No less than sixty grandchildren can be documented for Jacob and Susanne Epley.

The Epley family first lived on the east side of the ridge, which is drained by McAddo and Laurel creeks. These are the streams sighted in their early deeds. By 1817, Jacob Epley was licensed by the County Court to operate a tavern at his home. Also in 1817, Jacob was appointed by the Logan Court as overseer of the road "from P. Hansborough's place on Muhlenberg road to a branch near Elijah Allen."  During this period, the local tavern was the gathering place and center of business activity in all rural communities. Court records show that when someone was ordered to give a deposition, it was often given at the local tavern.  Also, the local court closely monitored the taverns and set the prices for the various beverages of ale, hard cider, etc. Stagecoaches usually made their stops at the local taverns, where one could also find room and board. . . . 

In 1837, Jacob & Susanna Epley's daughter Sarah, born 1814 married Thomas Nash (b. ca. 1800) of Virginia. This couple settled in the village near Sarah's parents and were progenitors of the Nash family in north Logan County. Eight children are known to have been born to them. . . . 

Jarretts Cemetery is the largest of the cemeteries near Epley. Others are the Epley Cemetery, located on the south side of Epley - E.H. Vincent Road; Arnold Cemetery, located at the end of Stuart Road; Bond Cemetery, located on the north side of Buena Vista Road; and Flecher-Lawson Cemetery, located on the north side of Epley-Stuarts Church Road. . . . 

The Epley Station pioneer settlers were God-fearing people and remain so to this day. The early settlers held brush-arbor meetings in the area before a church was erected . . . It is not known when the first church building was erected in Epley. Several accounts speak of an early church built of logs, which was also used as a schoolhouse. . . . It appears certain that both Methodist and Baptist services were conducted in the village long before a church house was built.  

 

Notes - 1) Sarah (Epley) Nash gave birthplace of her parents, Jacob and Susanne (Crisel) Epley, as Germany (1880 Census). The name Epley originally was spelled Eppley. One will also find it spelled Apley, Applee, Epple, Eppli, Eply and Epele.  2) All marriages mentioned in this essay were in Logan County unless otherwise specified. Hamilton County, Illinois was formed from White County in 1821. 3) White County, IL was created in 1815 from Gallatin County. All Illinois data on Epley family was researched by John William Epley of Plymouth, Indiana. There is a small Epley Cemetery in Emma Township, White County, Illinois. 

Graham, Katie. Homer Community - the town of Homer, situtated ten miles north of Russellville, was located in the vicinity of one of Logan County's oldest settlements - Motes Lick (Motts Lick on map).  Located here was a large "fountain" - a spring of cold, clear water gushing from the mountainside - which made an ideal place for early settlers to build their homes. The early historian Alex Finley, stated that pioneer Morton Maulding cut the letters of his first name in a tree here in 1780 (Finley, Vol. I, 19).  Pioneer Philip Alston is said to have begun the first Logan County business here - a salt works - around 1783-84 (Coffman, Logan County, p. 36).  As early as 1793, a road was surveyed "from the Logan Court House to the mouth of Big Barren [Woodbury, Ky.] by way of a branch of Motes Lick Creek" (Finley, Bk, II, p. 71).