ky-footsteps Sunday, July 13, 2003 Volume 03 : Issue 72 Today's Topics: # 1 [KYF] OBIT: O. Ritchie Nicholas Co., KY # 2 [KYF] MARRIAGES: Asst. Records, Boyle Co. # 3 [KYF] WILL: Ruth Sebastian, 1888, Boyle Co. # 4 [KYF] NEWS: Old Wilderness Road, 1923, Bell Co. # 5 [KYF] NEWS: Capture of Moonshine Still, 1924, Bell Co. # 6 [KYF] BIBLE: Thomas Wells, Barren Co. # 7 [KYF] OBIT: James Ira Jones, 1967, Metcalfe Co. _____________________________X-Message: #1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by Jeannie Dalrymple Date: 11 July 03 Subject: [KYF] OBIT: O. Ritchie Nicholas Co., KY ------------------------------------------------------------ With the compliments of "The Nicholas Countian Carlisle Mercury" I have NO connection to this person, I am ONLY transcribing information. J<>< OTIS RITCHIE Otis Ritchie, 90, of May’s Lick, died Sunday, June 29, 2003, at the University of Cincinnati Hospital. He was born at Rose Hill in Nicholas county to the late Minor & Mallie Morris Ritchie. He was a retired farmer and one-time operator of the Slip-Up Grocery. He is survived by: his wife of 67 years - Pauline Whaley Ritchie; a daughter - Mary Katherine (& Buddy) Cropper, May’s Lick; four grandchildren -Billy V. (& Anita) Cropper, Shannon (& Harold) Burton and Chuck (& Caroline) Cropper, all of May’s Lick, and Chyligh (& Greg) Rose, Mt. Olivet; 12 great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; and a sister - Louise Snapp, Maysville. He was preceded in death by a brother, Cletis Ritchie. Services were conducted Tuesday, July 1, at Palmer Funeral Home in May’s Lick with Rev. James Gaunce officiating. Interment followed in the Shannon Cemetery. Memorials are suggest to the Shannon Cemetery Fund. _____________________________X-Message: #2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by Rena Voron Date: 11 July 03 Subject: [KYF] MARRIAGES: Asst. Records, Boyle Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ nfo copied from copies of original records. Groom Name Bride Name Date BK # Page Beadles, William Bottom, Eliza A. 2/28/1867 4 359 Bottom, Alexander P. Campbell, Lucy 12/28/1854 2 192 Bottom, Andrew Martin, Frances 7/28/1874 7 45 Bottom, Fidellar S. Bolling, Rachel A. 9/28/1867 5 111 Bottom, Henry Carpenter, Nancy C. 8/3/1878 8 91 Bottom, James Sandefer, Susan 5/14/1855 2 200 Bottom, Nelson G. Russell, Lucinda C. 7/1/1863 4 191 Bottom, Rowan B. Board, Nannie 9/3/1869 5 363 Bottom, S.N. Marlin, Sarah M. 10/17/1887 10 371 Bottom, Thomas G. Crane, Sarah 5/3/1860 4 55 Bottom, W.H. Whitehouse, Salley A. 5/29/1878 8 86 Bottom, Wilkerson Craine Mary J. 4/18/1852 2 104 Broiles, Walter A. Bottom, Lucy A. 2/4/1846 1 100 Campbell, Geo. B. Bottom, Elizabeth T. 12/2/1871 6 218 Carpenter, D.S. Weatherford, Sophia S. 2/5/1874 6 448 Carpenter, F.M. Carpenter, Samantha 3/14/1866 9 365 Carpenter, G.A. Morton, Lucy F. 9/6/1877 8 48 Carpenter, G.G. Hudson, N.A. 9/19/1853 2 151 Carpenter, George C. Linney, Bettie B. 4/14/1887 10 15 Carpenter, George W. Slaughter, Sarah 4/21/1866 4 381 Carpenter, J.A. Guthrie, Lee 6/11/1882 9 217 Carpenter, J.F. May, Chestine B. 3/13/1883 9 339 Carpenter, James B. Crutchfield, Augusta 1/26/1874 6 446 Carpenter, William F. Gibson, Sarah M. 5/4/1858 3 377 Cecil, ? Bottom, Elizabeth W. 12/17/1860 4 97 Cooke, James F. Bottom, Amelia 2/7/1888 10 433 Crane, Tarleton L. Carpenter, Geneva 9/5/1868 5 245 Edwards, Jason F. Bottoms, Eliza 8/24/1863 4 193 Ferrel, John C. Bottom, Isabel R. 4/3/1866 4 377 Fox, James Bottom, Elizabeth 8/8/1868 6 168 Garrett, Benton Carpenter, Mrs. Mary 6/15/1882 9 231 Gibson, Milton Bottom, Mary Jane 10/18/1848 1 17 Goode, George S. Bottom, Sarah 8/10/1861 4 129 Graham, John Bottom, Nancy E. 12/6/1852 2 127 Hafley, Joseph Bottom, Frances 3/27/1853 2 138 Harmon, William Bottom, Clemantine 1/11/1847 1 127 Hatchett, Edward B. Bottom, Milly 5/17/1848 2 2 Hatchett, William Bottom, Catherine 9/13/1845 1 84 Houbery, James Bottom, Salvida 7/18/1853 2 144 Kirklighter, Henry Bottom, Sarah M. 9/2/1859 2 63 Martin, George Longnecker, Mrs. Minerva 11/18/1857 3 315 McGee, Lee Bottom, Ada 12/31/1884 10 15 Paulsgrove, J.E. Bottom, Cora H. 7/16/1866 4 411 Powell, W.J. Carpenter, Nannie B. 7/31/1871 6 166 Preslow, Joseph Carpenter, Martha 1/22/1857 3 239 Purdom, McClen Bottom, June V. 1/3/1871 6 120 Robertson, Austin Bottom, Elizabeth J. 2/3/1849 2 26 Russel, Robert P.F. Carpenter, Sarah A. 5/20/1875 7 101 Russell, Geo. W. Carpenter, Louisa F. 1/30/1879 8 131 Russell, George Johnson, Elizabeth A, 5/28/1861 4 121 Russell, J.T. Harman, Minerva 2/26/1857 3 219 Russell, James Kirkland, Martha 1/13/1873 6 318 Russell, John P. Bottom, Sarah 2/2/1853 2 133 Russell, John W. Oldham, Mary 11/24/1846 1 123 Russell, John W. Roberson, Martha E. 9/15/1874 7 52 Russell, Richard Williams, Elizabeth 4/13/1842 1 2 Russell, Robert S. Stith, Elizabeth Ann 10/20/1868 5 259 Russell, Waller C. Barber, Louisa A. 10/17/1871 6 188 Russell, Warren Raines, Anna T. 1/23/1896 12 479 Russell, Wilbert Crane, Eliza 10/4/1894 12 315 Russell, William Reynolds, Amanda 8/23/1860 4 77 Snow, William Jones, Elizabeth 12/15/1860 4 97 Southerland, John Carpenter, Sarah J. 11/29/1853 2 159 Southerland, William Bottom, Nancy C. 11/18/1848 2 21 Stell, James H. Bottom, Mamie 7/5/1892 11 463 Vanarsdale, James O. Bottom, Lillian 3/1/1888 10 44 Watkins, Robert Bottom, Pearl 2/16/1897 13 205 White, Edwin Bottom, Sarah 10/18/1848 2 17 Whitehouse, John A. Bottom, Mary F. 4/24/1866 4 385 _____________________________X-Message: #3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by Steve Sebastian Date: 11 July 03 Subject: [KYF] WILL: Ruth Sebastian, 1888, Boyle Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ WILL OF RUTH SEBASTIAN I, Ruth Sebastian of the town of Danville, in the county of Boyle and state of Kentucky, being of sound mind and memory and understanding do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following: First, I give and bequeath to Mary Lincoln the following named articles, one bed with necessary articles for furnishing same, one rocking chair to be selected by her, one clock, a sewing machine. There being yet due on said machine about ($25.00) twenty five dollars, I wish to apply to payment of said indebtedness the money due me on pension or so much thereof as will satisfy said claim. Second, I give and bequeath to Alice Sebastian, wife of my son George Sebastian, the remainder of my household effects, and from them she is to make certain bequests wherof agreed on between us. Third, I give and bequeath to Doctor Fayette Dunlap the sum of ($50.00) fifty dollars. Fourth, To my sons George Sebastian and John Allen Sebastian, the residue of my estate real and personal, share and share alike. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal and declare this to be my last will and testament in the presence of two witnesses named below. January 14th 1888 Witnesses: M.J. Sallee Fred Harris, Jr. Boyle County Court February term 1888 I, Reed S. Nichols, clerk of the Boyle County Court, do certify that the foregoing last will and testament of Ruth Sebastian dec'd was this day presented to Court and filed and being duly proven was ordered to be recorded which is now done. Given under my hand this 20th day of February 1888. Reed S. Nichols _____________________________X-Message: #4 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by Mary Lou Hudson Date: 12 July 03 Subject: [KYF] NEWS: Old Wilderness Road, 1923, Bell Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, KY - May 26, 1923 OLD WILDERNESS ROAD ONE BEST EARLY HIGHWAYS Ran From Holsten River, Virginia, Through Middlesboro And Cumberland Gap, to Mouth of Otter Creek OPENED JUST BEFORE BEGINNING OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR By Associated Press Frankfort, Ky., May 26 - The Wilderness Road, running from Tennessee and Virginia into Central Kentucky, was one of the hardest and longest highways known in the pioneer days of America, according to a system sketch of the early roads of Kentucky prepared by J.T. Madison, officer engineer of the department of state roads and highways. It led from a settlement on the Holston River, in Virginia, to the mouth of Otter Creek on the Kentucky River and was variously known as Boone's Trail, Virginia road, according to Mr. Madison. However, the Wilderness Road is the name by which it was most generally known. The Wilderness Road was opened just previous to the beginning of the Revolutionary War. An advance army of men, women and children traversed its rough course along Powell's Valley through Cumberland Gap thence to the place known as Crab Orchard. Mr. Madison stated in his sketch of the road. There were probably 25,000 persons who moved from settlements of Virginia over the highway into the edge of the Blue Grass region of Kentucky. "In the year 1763 the King of England issued a proclamation forbidding anyone to secure a title of land beyond the headwaters of stream flowing from the west and northwest and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean," Mr. Madison stated. The citizens of Virginia did not sit idly by, however, but sent an agent named Thomas Walker of Ft. Stanwix, now Rome, N.Y., to enter into a treaty with six nations of Indians for land that Lord Hillsboro, British Secretary for the Colonies, had contrived to keep them out of through the King's proclamation. Indians Battle in Kentucky The Indians of the northwest and those of the South were separated by the rolling sections of Central Kentucky. Tribes of both of these sections wanted the rolling lands of Kentucky and consequently many battles occurred over them. Mr. Madison stated "While Kentucky was still a county in the state of Virginia there was an act of legislature passed in 1835 (sic) providing for the opening of new roads through the state. After Kentucky was admitted to the union in 1792 its legislature re-enacted the law authorizing the opening of roads within its own boundaries. "While in 1793 three commissioners, Bennett Pemberton, Nathaniel Sanders and Daniel Weisiger were appointed under an act of legislature to receive subscriptions for a fund to be expended in clearing a wagon roads from Frankfort to Cincinnati. At that time it was considered that such a road was necessary and that a state fund was needed for clearing the timber, the grubbing and underbrush as the route traversed then was through an unsettled country, which could neither afford the funds nor furnish men for doing the work under county administration. A second act was passed on December 12, 1794 to clear a road starting in the neighborhood of Crab Orchard to Powell's Valley Tennessee. "A third act was passed on December 19, 1795 providing for a wagon road starting in the neighborhood of Crab Orchard and ending at the end of Cumberland Gap. The cost of opening the latter road was to be out of the state funds, which was apparently adequate, for it seems that during the summer of 1796 it was ready for traffic. Road Law in 1801 "On December 11, 1801 the state legislature enacted a law requiring all inter-county seat roads or those leading to other states to be at least 30 feet wide. If extra width was required in any county the responsibility of providing this developed in county courts. "The necessity of a road from central part of Kentucky leading toward Virginia was fit so that the state legislature on December 13, 1802 provided for an opening road from Paris to Mt. Sterling and then to the Big Sandy river. The funds for clearing the timber and grubbing stumps along this route were raised by subscription. "It seems that the appropriated subscription of $1,000 for road purposes was made in December 1, 1821 for the improvement of a state road leading from Lexington to Nashville, Tennessee. Because of the thinly populated conditions of the country through which the roads would pass, it was necessary for the state to participate with funds for opening it. This was designed to be the great highway leading from the northwest part of Ohio across Kentucky and Tennessee to the State of Alabama. _____________________________X-Message: #5 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by Mary Lou Hudson Date: 12 July 03 Subject: [KYF] NEWS: Capture of Moonshine Still, 1924, Bell Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, KY - June 24, 1921 OFFICERS CAPTURE MOONSHINE STILL A Deputy Marshall of Knoxville and Sheriff Meek of Tazewell, assisted by Thompson, Debusk and Woodson, of the Middlesboro police force, succeeded in capturing a 60-gallon moonshine still this week. The still had not been in operation for a week or longer and no liquor was found with it, but the outfit itself was very complete. It is very seldom that a moonshiner ever places a still upon his own premises, because of the recent laws that make it possible to sell his land and personal property, and turn the entire proceeds over to the government, and if proof can actually be obtained in regard to this, it not only lays the offender liable to the former procedure by law, but also to this latter punishment as well. _____________________________X-Message: #6 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by COL Pascal E. Bailey, Email Registry ID# Date: 12 July 03 Subject: [KYF] BIBLE: Thomas Wells, Barren Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ Thomas Wells Bible Holy Bible. E.Morgan & OO: Cincinnati, 1858. Parents: Thomas Wells was born Oct.20th 1810, June 9th, 1864 Judith Wells was born March 1812, June 11th, 1850 Margaret Wells was born May 16th, 1818, died January 18th, 1857 Artimissia Wells was born August 18th, 1818 Marriages: Thomas Wells and Judith Bybee was married Nov 23rd 1831 Thomas Wells and Margaret Wilborn was married Jan. 15th, 1852 Thomas Wells and Artamissia Renick was married February 23rd, 1858 Births: Barnett Lewis Wells was born January 30th, 1832, died Feb. 28th, 1832 Ann Elisa Wells Oct 22nd, 1833, died Jan. 22, 1852 Martin Vanburon Wells was born Oct 14th, 1835, died Dec. 21st, 1838 Letisha Wells was born April 27th 1838 William A. Wells was Born August 23rd, 1847 Nancy Jane Wells was born October 4th, 1843 and departed this life April 14th, 1861 Rachel Margaret Wells was born January 28th, 1853, died May 18th, 1867 Cordelia E. Wells was born Sept. 17th, 1854 Martha (unreadable ?Sarah?) Wells was born Sept. 17th, 1856 Ralph Smith Wells was born Sept 17th, 1856, died Feb. 28th, 1857 Deaths: George R. Wells died June 5th, 1859 Mary Susan Wells died July 4th 1859 _____________________________X-Message: #7 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Sandi Gorin Date: 13 July 03 Subject: [KYF] OBIT: James Ira Jones, 1967, Metcalfe Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. Name: James Ira Jones Residence: Route 3, Summer Shade KY Died: Monday, 1:15 pm, Samson Hospital in Glasgow KY, age 81, short illness. Survivors: Wife: Myrtie Jones Daughters: Mrs. Gladys M Pace of Eighty Eight KY, Mrs. Ruby Smith of Route 3 Summer Shade, Mrs. Roxie Arterburn of Glasgow and Miss Alma Jones of Louisville KY Sons: James Brent of Elizabethtown KY and Thomas Louis of Route 3 Summer Shade Sister: Miss Evelyn Jones of Jacksonville FL 15 grandchildren Services: Wednesday, 1:00 pm in the Memory Chapel of A F Crow and Son Funeral Home, burial Poplar Log Cemetery in Barren Co. James Ira Jones 16 July 1886 - 6 Nov 1967 Source: Unknown Glasgow (KY) newspaper, Nov 1967. End of ky-footsteps-digest V03 #03 72 ************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. 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