F.M. Rice Court Order, Webster County KY

Submitted by: Charles Rice

        Ordered that F M Rice be and he is hereby appointed Surveyor of the
Providence and Shilo road from Shilo to the Harps head road near Reuben
Herrons and have the following hands to wit:  Edward Rice  Jas M D Rice
Axiom Skinner & John Price and such as may come in their places or live
ajacent  there to and are not listed to work on other roads.

att          P D Clayton   J P [? initials unclear]

Special County Court  October 24th 1860

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Comments by Charles Rice in brackets.  You can contact Charles at:
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[Francis Marion Rice (1836-1861) was the youngest son of Edward Rice
(1798-1878, buried at Lisman; son of James and Rachel Rice of Bertie Co.,
NC) and Macy Nichols Rice (1810-1876, buried at Lisman; daughter of Noah
and Sarah Nichols, originally from Bertie Co., NC).

Francis ("Frank") Rice enlisted with his brothers Kearney Goodwin Rice (b.
1830) and James Monroe Rice (1829-1876) in Capt. James K. Kuey's Company
of
Confederate Cavalry (later Co. K, 1st KY Cav., CSA)  at Bowling Green on
Nov. 1, 1861. He died apparently of disease on Dec. 2, 1861, just short of
his 25th birthday, leaving a wife and infant son. He is buried in Lisman.
James M. D. Rice is a puzzlement. He appears living with Edward Rice in the
1860 census, but he was not one of Edward's son. Perhaps he was a nephew. I
don't find him in 1870.

"Shilo" is Shiloh, the old name for Lisman. The community got its name
from the old Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church, built on land given by
Edward Rice for the token sum of $5. Shiloh became Lisman when the post
office was begun there. There are Shilohs all over the country, so the
people were told to choose a name. The first choice supposedly was Rice,
but there already was a Rice or Riceland post office in Kentucky. Told to
pick another, they decided on Lisman after the name of the first post
master. My great uncle, Guy Whit Rice, was the last post master when the
post office was closed over 30 years ago. Lisman once was a thriving little
community. Now there's nothing much left but the church and a few homes.]



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