ky-footsteps Wednesday, April 02, 2003 Volume 03 : Issue 16 Today's Topics: # 1 [KYF] CEMETERY, Howe, Nicholas County # 2 [KYF] CEMETERY, Huffstutter, Nicholas County # 3 [KYF] CENSUS: 1880 Grant County _____________________________X-Message: #1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Connie Graves Date: 31 March 2003 Subject: [KYF] CEMETERY, Howe, Nicholas County ------------------------------------------------------------ HOWE CEMETERY - located on a farm adjoining Mary Ann and Sterling Evans farm on the Burris Road. The Howe family purchased their farm from the Thomas family in the mid 1800’s. This farm adjoined the land of Ulrich Huffstutter and today the Evans farm contains the original Huffstutter farm. Mary Ann Evans is a descendant of Ulrich Huffstutter. NOTES ON THE HOWE FAMILY: Dunlap Howe, born Jan 1801 Fleming Co., and died June 30, 1852. Married Antha (or Anna) Hall, born 1799, Bourbon Co. and died Aug 15,1875. There are numerous small fieldstone markers for graves. These are rough hewn and about twelve inches above the ground with no lettering. The area is heavily overgrown with lots of thorny bushes! Those stones that were decipherable: Leanne Howe J.C. D Feb 23, 1849 Died Jan 12, 1845 D.H. (a white marble slab approximately 6 inches wide and 18 inches tall) A broken stone with the top half missing and the bottom portion fallen down and partly buried: died 12 yrs 7 mos 3 days _____________________________X-Message: #2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Connie Graves Date: 31 March 2003 Subject: [KYF] CEMETERY, Howe, Nicholas County ------------------------------------------------------------ HUFFSTUTTER CEMETERY on the farm of Mary Ann and Sterling Evans. A large cemetery surrounded by a stone fence. There are numerous stone markers about 12 inches above the ground, only a few have lettering. The names found in the cemetery are Wilson, Sparks, and Huffstutter. All of these families owned land on adjoining farms in the early 1800’s and intermarried. Located on Burris Road near Hinkston Creek and the Nicholas/Bourbon County line. Single stones with lettering: CS ECH EP Single stones with lettering and dates: A.S. DCD KS JS Jan th 16 1817 May 6 1858 May1843 1797 Four 12 inch field stones in a row. The second stone is lettered MH. Fourth stone from the left has date 18 June 0 Tombstones: IN WILLIAM H.C.WILSON WILLIAM SPARKS memory of Born died 28, 1864 John Huffstutter Nov. 11, 1817 who died Died Jan 3, 1849 Jan. 15,1866 aged 70 yrs 5 mo 27 days This grave has afootstone: W.H.C.W. _____________________________X-Message: #3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Debra A. Rigdon Date: 31 March 2003 Subject: [KYF] CENSUS: 1880 Grant County ------------------------------------------------------------ The 1880 Grant County census has been transcribed and donated to the USGenWeb Census project. The transcribed files can be found at http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/grant/census/1880 End of ky-footsteps-digest V03 #03 16 ************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. **************************************************************************