Documents from Assorted Readings The History of Bourbon County 1785-1865 by H. E. Everman, published by the Bourbon Press, 1977. Available in the Special Collections of Tampa, FL Public Library. Page 14: Bourbon Court Leaders ruled in the Virginia tradition. A natural aristocracy seemingly surfaced. The same families provided early leadership. . . . John Gregg, a justice, tax collector, and high sheriff appointed George Mountjoy as a deputy sheriff. Garrard, Edwards, Allvin Mountjoy, and Gregg rotated offices and all four erected grist mills during the economic expansion of the 1790s. Along with William Griffith, a longtime justice and tax collector, they formed the "power elite" of the Virginia county. History of Fayette County As above. Page 851: Sanderville Precint S.E. McDaniel went to Petits County, Missouri in 1846. He had come to Scott County about 1858 and married Adeline Gregg in 1856. She was born in Scott co. Holland's, The Magazine of the South-August, 1952 Pages 5 and 6 have an article by Sue McClelland Thierman entitled: Long Run Baptist Church, Jefferson County, Kentucky. It reads in part: The story begins in 1789, when Morgan Hughes, with a party predominately Quaker and Baptist, came into central Kentucky and settled near a pleasant little stream at the east end of Jefferson County. The original survey for his station, or fort, was made by Squire Boone, Daniel's brother. When one of the surveying party was interrupted at his work and pursued for a great distance by Indians, the little creek gained its name, Long Run. Hughes' Station was a weak fort, according to contemporary historians, affording little protection against the hostile neighboring redskins. However, poorly built as they were, its cabins and blockhouses were enough to induce Captain Abraham Linkhorn to bring his wife and family there to settle a 400-acre grant of land adjoining the little settlement. With the help of his three boys, he built a small cabin on his land -- though the family continued to live at the fort -- and "put in" a crop. He never lived to harvest the crop, however, for one day as he worked with his sons in the field he was felled by a shot from the nearby woods.. . . The "Widow Linkhorn" buried her husband in the dooryard of the little cabin and stayed on at the fort with her children until they could harvest the crop. They then moved to Washington County, where the boys grew to manhood. Thomas Lincoln, as the name was now recorded, married Nancy Hanks and mvoed again, this time to Hardin County. When, three years later, their baby boy was born, he was named Abraham for his grandfather.. . . During the month of October 1844, the old stone meeting house was razed; the following year a new brick church was built, using the historic old stones as its foundation. The building today stands virtually unchanged. The family whose name was most outstanding in the church records in 1844 were the Greggs. William Gregg served on the building committee, while John Gregg, his brother, was treasurer of the project. They contributed more than their leadership. The bricks were fired on the old Gregg place and donated, along with much of the labor, by the Gregg family. When the church's title to its land proved uncertain, it was a Gregg who gave the land to the church. One-hundred-and fiftieth on the church roll of that year was the name of Harriet Louisa Gregg, sister of William and John. Harriet Gregg married Solomon Young, a fellow church member, and with him later moved to Jackson County, Missouri, where in 1852 their daughter Martha Ellen was born. Martha Ellen married John Anderson Truman, and in 1884, her baby boy was born. He was named Harry, presumably for his grandmother. "Land of Our Fathers" History of Clark County, KY Vol. 1 by Bedford Page 64 John Griggs who lived in Clark County was a Revolutionary War Veteran. Page 137 Daniel Gregg was killed at the Battle of Blue Lick. [The statue in Blue Lick State Park, just off US 68 in Robertson County, near the Fleming County line has his name inscribed on it.] Page 469-470 Dunaway Methodist Church sat on the edge of the county at a considerable distance from Winchester. The newspapers did not contain a great deal about its activities. On the circuit she was always overshadowed by stronger churches. Founding of the church is dated at 1815, and it may have been part of the Hinkston and Mt. Sterling Circuits. John L. Gragg was there from 1858-1860 and returned in 1962. Fitch's history of the Clark county churches heads his list of ministers as the Vienna circuit under Winchester. Evidently the Winchester church, at least in the early years of the circuit, was more or less responsible. None of the ministers mentioned seemingly have had much history in the general area. At least one, Gragg, became a northern Methodist minister. Page 481 Howards Chapel is mentioned in Deed Book 40 of Clark County. Trustees of the church were J. Patrick, Henry Schrieviens and Solomon Richardson, and J.S. Griggs was president of the Vienna Quarterly Conference. Howards Chapel went with the Northern Methodists. Correspondence of 1949 between a researcher and the Kentucky Historical Society. In the public vertical files at the KHS Library in Frankfort. March 30, 1949: "I need the 1812 service of John Gregg b. 4/28/1786 - Stafford Co., VA d. 8/19/1857 - Rush Co., IN married Frances Spillman/Spelman 1805. [Thomas Spelman bond - handwritten note added onto the letter] "His fathe's application (Matthew Gregg) for Rev. pension was made from Campbell Co., KY 1818 -- so evidently the family was family was living there at the time when John would have served in War of 1812." May 3, 1949: "Thank you so much for the copy from the Ky Roster of the service of the various John Greggs. I thought you would appreciate knowing that the service of John Gragg. Ky Militia Aug. 27 to Sept. 26, 1812 is accepted by the U.S. Daughters of 1812 as the service of John Gregg whose marriage to Frances Spillman is listed at at Campbell Co., Ky Oct. 10, 1805. The name has been miscopied somewhere. I am glad to be able to send you the Rev. Service of John Gregg's father, Mathew Gregg whose pension you said you did not have. This is an exact copy of the proof listed on the DAR papers of two members of our DAR chapter and accepted by National Society DAR. It evidently has been checked and found correct." Attachment: Revolutionary War Records Section -- Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C. Sept. 28, 1916 Mathew Gregg: Enlisted Oct or Nov 1776 serving three years. Rank of private Officers under whom service was rendered Colonels-Edward Stevens, John Green, Abraham Buford Captains-John Mountjoy, John Spotswood, Thomas Hold Battles engaged in Monmouth-Strawberry Hill and Valentine Hill Enlisted Stafford County, Va Applied for pension Campbell Co., Kentucky April 20, 1818 Resident of Rush County, Indiana in 1827 Died March 30, 1832 -- Wife Nancy Gibson. Maried 1769 Stafford Co., Va Signed F.C. Tieman