Historical Sketches of Kentucky: embracing its history, antiquities and natural curiosities, geographical, statistical and geological descriptions; with anecdotes of pioneer life ... and biographical sketches ... Illustrated by forty engravings [Based on materials collected by H. P. Peers. With...

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HISTOKICAL SKETCHES Of KENTUCKY: EMBRACING ITS HISTORY, ANTIQUITIES, AND NATURAL CURIOSITIES, GEOGRAPHICAL, STATISTICAL, AND GEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTIONS; WITH ANECDOTES OF PIONEER LIFE, AND MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF DISTINGUISHED PIONEERS, SOLDIERS, STATESMEN, JURISTS, LAWYERS, DIVINES, ETC ILLUSTRATED BY FORTY ENGRAVINGS. BY LEWIS COLLINS. PUBLISHED BY LEWIS COLLINS, MAYSVILLE, KY.; AND J. A. & U. P. JAMES, CINCINNATI. 1850. Entzeed, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847, by LEWIS COLLINS, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Kentucky. TAMES & CO., Stereotypes, CincinMti. J A. & U. P. JAMES' Steam Press.

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. The late H. P. Peers, of the city of Maysville, laid the foundation for the work which is now presented to the reading community. Mr. Peers designed it to be simply a small Gazetteer of the State ; and had collected, and partially arranged for publication, the major part of the materials, comprising a description of the towns and counties. Upon his de cease, the materials passed into the hands of the Author, who determined to remodel them, and make such additions as would give permanency and increased value to the work. He has devoted much labor to this object ; but circumstances having rendered its publication necessary at an earlier day than was contemplated, some errors may have escaped, which more time, and a fuller investigation would have enabled him to detect. Serious obstacles have been encountered, in the preparation of the Biographical Sketches.

Many of those which appear in the work, were prepared from the personal recollections of the Author ; while others have been omitted, because he did not know to whom he could apply for them, or having applied, and in some instances repeatedly, failed in procuring them. This is his apology, for the non-appearance of many names in that department, which are entitled to a distinguished place in the annals of Kentucky. In the preparation ofthe work, one design ofthe Author has been to preserve, in a durable form, those rich fragments of local and personal history, many of which exist, at present, only in the ephemeral form of oral tradition, or are treasured up among the recollections of the aged actors in the stirring scenes, the memory of which is thus perpetuated. These venerable witnesses from a former age, are rapidly passing away from our midst, and with them will be buried the knowledge of much that is most interesting in the primitive history of the commonwealth.

It is from sources such as we have mentioned, that the materials for the future historian are to be drawn ; and, like the scattered leaves of the Sybil, these frail mementos of the past should be gathered up and preserved with religious veneration. If the Author shall have succeeded, in thus redeeming from oblivion any considerable or important portion of the early history of the State, his design will be fully accomplished, and his labor amply rewarded. Of all the members of this great republican confederacy, there is none whose history is more rich in the variety, quality, and interest of its materials. The poet, the warrior, and the statesman can each find subjects, the contemplation of which will instruct him in his art; and to the general reader, it would, perhaps, be impossible to present a field of more varied and attractive interest It is proper that the Author should state that he has received the assistance of many able pens, in the preparation of the work.

The " Outline History," embracing about eighty pages, was written by John A. M'Clung, Esq., of Washington. William P. Conwell, Esq., of Maysville, has rendered important aid, particularly in the biographical department. He is the writer of the Sketches, among others, of the Hon. Henry Clay, Gen. George Rogers Clark, Col. Daniel Boone, and Gen. Z. Taylor. The author is also greatly indebted to Col. Charles S. Todd, of Shelby county ; Henry Waller, R. H. Stanton, and William H. Wads worth, Esqrs., of the city of Maysville ; Noble Butler, Esqr. (author of a late and excellent

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. work on English Grammar), of the city of Louisville; Bruce Porter, Esq., of the town of Flemingsburg; Thomas W. Riley, Esq., of Bardstown ; and Professor O. Beatty, of Centre College, Danville, for valuable contributions. Col. Todd furnished some seven or eight biographical sketches ; among them, those of Gov. Shelby and Judge Innes. Mr. Waller prepared the whole of the county of Mason, Mr. Butler a large portion of the county of Jefferson, Mr. Porter a portion of the county of Fleming, Mr. Riley a portion of the county of Bullitt, and Mr. Beatty the article on the Geology of Kentucky. A distinguished citizen of the State contributed the interesting Sketch of the Court of Appeals. The Historical Sketches of the several religious denominations, were prepared by the following gentlemen : Rev. John L. Waller, editor of the Western Baptist Review, Frank fort, of the Baptist church ; Rev. W. W. Hill, editor of the Presbyterian Herald, Louisville, ofthe Presbyterian church; Rev. George W. Smiley,* of the Northern Kentucky Confer ence, of the Methodist Episcopal church ; Rev. James Shannon, president of Bacon College, Harrodsburg, of the Christian Church ; Rt.

Rev. B. B. Smith, D.D., bishop of the Diocese of Kentucky, of the Episcopal church ; Rev. Rich. Beard, D.D., president of Cumberland College, Princeton, of the Cumberland Presbyterian church ; and Rev. M. J. Spalding, D.D., Vicar-General of Kentucky, Louisville, of the Roman Catholic church. He also acknowledges his indebtedness to the following gentlemen, for information con cerning their counties, for incidents connected with the early settlement of the State, or for biographical sketches, &c, viz : James W. Carter, Esqr., of Adair county ; W. F. Evans, Esqr., of Allen ; J. W. Crock ett, and J. H. Stovall, Esqrs., of Ballard ; B. N. Crump, Esqr., of Barren ; James M. Pres ton, Esqr., of Boone ; Hon. Garrett Davis, Dr. Joseph H. Holt, Dr. William M. Garrard, and William C. Lyle, John G. Scrogin, and W. G. Talbot, Esqrs., of Bourbon ; Rev. J. C. Young, D.D., president of Centre College, of Boyle ; General John Payne, of Bracken; John Hargis, Esq., of Breathitt ; Hon. John Calhoun, Joseph Smith, Joseph Allen, and Francis Peyton, Esqrs., of Breckinridge ; W. T. Samuels, and Michael 0.

Wade, Esqrs., of Bullitt ; B. J. Burke, and L. W. Moore, Esqrs., of Butler ; Charles B. Dallam, and Marcus M. Tyler, Esqrs., of Caldwell; E. H. Curd, Esqr., of Calloway; Gen. James Taylor, and S. D. Smalley, Esqr., of Campbell ; David Owen, Esq., of Carroll ; G. W. Crawford, Esqr., of Carter; Daniel H. Harrison, A. G. Stites, and R. R. Lansden, Esqrs., of Christian ; W. Flanagan, and Willis Collins, Esqrs., of Clarke ; Dougherty White, and William Woodcock, Esqrs., of Clay : R. Maxcy, and E. Long, Esqrs., of Clinton ; R. L. Bigham, and H. R. D. Coleman, Esqrs., of Crittenden ; E. B. Gaither, and Th. T. Alex ander, Esqrs., and Dr. David R. Haggard, of Cumberland ; John P. Devereaux, Esqr., of Daveiss; A. M. Barrett, Esqr., of Edmonson; Robert Clarke, Esqr., of Estill ; Hon. George Robertson, Gen. Leslie Combs, Gen. John M. M'Calla, Col. Richard Spurr, Hon. Robert Wickliffe, Rev. Robert J. Breckinridge, D.D.,and John C. Breckinridge, William S. Waller, John Bradford, James Logue, Samuel D. M'Cullough, and Fielding R. Bradford, Esqrs., of Fayette; C. C. Lane, and W. S. Botts, Esqrs, of Fleming; Edwin Trimble, and Daniel Hager, Esqrs., of Floyd ; Gov.

William Owsley, Hon. Benjamin Monroe, Hon. James Harlan, Gen. Peter Dudley, Col. James Davidson, Orlando Brown, John W. Finnell, Wil liam D. Reed, H. I. Bodley, and A. S. Mitchell, Esqrs., of Franklin ; Major J. W. Gibson and R. A. Hatcher, Esqr., of Fulton; Rev. Benjamin Fuller, of Gallatin; A. J. Brown' Esqr., of Garrard; John W. M'Cann, Esqr., of Grant; Jack Thomas, Esqr., of Grayson' G. W. Montague, Esqr., of Greene ; W. L. Poage, Esqr, of Greenup ; D. L. Adair Esqr ' of Hancock; Dr. Samuel B. Young, and Thomas D. Brown, Esqr., of Hardin •' E V TTTitk«r.V Pbri „f TJ„_l-„ rt— Tn-r-.. ,_ » * * Unthank, Esqr., of Harlan; Gen. L. B. Desha, and J. V. Bassett, Esqr., of Harrison ;' •His due ,o Mr. Smiley ,o stale, lhat lhe Sketch of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was prepared by him upon a few days' notice. j»«eu

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. V Robert D. Murray, and John Bowman, Esqrs, of Hart ; Dr. Owen Glass, O. H. Hillyer, and J. E. M'Callister, Esqrs, of Henderson ; W. B. Edmunston, and N. E. Wright, Esqrs, of Hickman ; Samuel Woodson, Esqr, of Hopkins ; Hon. Henry Pirtle, Tal. P. Shafmer, Esqr, and Dr. Bullitt, of Jefferson ; R. E. Woodson, Esqr, of Jessamine : John House, Esqr, of Johnson ; Hon. James T. Morehead, and J. W. Menzies, Esqr, of Ken ton ; B. H. Ohler, Esqr, of Knox ; John Duncan, and William Beelar, Esqrs, of Larue ; G. F. Hatcher, Esqr, of Lawrence ; W. B. Hampton, Esqr, of Letcher ; R. G. Carter, Esqr, of Lewis ; J. Campbell, Esqr, of Lincoln ; William Gordon, Esqr, of Livingston ; M. B. Morton, and Albert G. Rhea, Esqrs, of Logan : Abner Oldham, Esqr, Col. John Speed Smith, and Col. David Irvine, of Madison ; Nicholas S. Ray, Esqr, and Captain Edmund A. Graves, of Marion ; Henry Hand, Esqr, of Marshall ; William Fairleigh, Esqr, of Meade ; Hon. Adam Beatty, Col. James C. Pickett, Dr. J. M. Duke, R. H. Col lins, and Joseph B. Boyd, Esqrs, of Mason ; William H. Jones, Esqr, of M'Cracken ; Gen. Robert B. M 'Afee, Captain Samuel Daveiss, Dr. C. Graham, and James M '.\fee, Esqr, of Mercer ; William Butler, Esqr, of Monroe ; Richard Apperson, Esqr, of Mont gomery ; James Elliott, Esqr, of Morgan ; Charles F. Wing, Esqr, of Muhlenburg ; Hon. Charles A. Wickliffe, G. Clayton Slaughter, and A .

G. Botts, Esqrs, of Nelson ; Charles Henderson, H. D. Taylor, and Stephen Stateler, Esqrs., of Ohio ; G. A\rmstrong, Esqr., of Oldham ; J. W. Bacon, Esqr, of Owen ; William Williams, Esqr., of Owsley ; S. Thomas Hauser, Esqr, of Pendleton ; John D. Mims, Esqr, of Pike ; E. Kelley, Esqr., of Pulaski ; Col. Elisha Smith, of Rockcastle ; Joseph T. Rowe, Esqr, of Russell ; John T. Steppe, Esqr, and Rev. Howard Malcom, D.D., of Scott; Thomas J. Throop, I. Shelby Todd, and John H. Todd, Esqrs, and Rev. Abraham Cook, of Shelby ; John Hoy, Esqr, of Simpson; Ralph Lancaster, Esqr, of Spencer; W. H. Wells, and R. E. Glenn, Esqrs, of Todd ; Kain A. M'Caughan, and Robert Baker, Esqrs, of Trigg ; W. Samuels, Esqr, of Trimble ; J. W. Cromwell, Esqr, of Union ; Hon. A. W. Graham, Hon. Joseph R. Underwood, and Iioyd Berry, Esqr, of Warren ; W. B. Booker, Esqr., of Washington ; W. Simpson, Esqr, of Wayne ; W. S. Cooke, and Squire Gatliffe, Esqrs, of Whitley ; Major Herman Bowmar, of Woodford. — Also, to Thomas B. Steven son, Esqr, Dr. J. R. Buchanan, and Rev. Thornton A Mills, of Cincinnati.

INDEX TO THE OUTLINE HISTORY. Page. Cannon, first employed in Kentucky 24 Caroline, schooner, at the battle of New Orleans 90 Chesapeake, attacked by the Leopard 65 Clark, Gen. George Rogers, first appearance in Kentucky 19 Clark, expedition against Kaskaskia and Vincennes 21 Clark, expedition against the Ohio Indians* ■ 24 , expedition from the mouth of Licking, 27 expedition to the W abash 33 , appointed generalissimo of French legions 47 Clarke, Judge, decides the relief law unconstitutional 89 Clarke, Judge, his trial before the legislature- 90 , , elected governor 97 Clay, Henry, and Daveiss, intellectual combat between 62 Clay, requires of Burr a disavowal of treasonable designs 63 Clay and Jackson, presidential contest between 94 Clay and Polk, presidential contest between, 97 Combs, Capt. Leslie, gallantry of- 73 Congress, old, refers the admission of Kentucky to the new 37 Constitution, federal, unpopular in Kentucky, 38 , first, Us features 44 , new, formed and adopted 56 Convention, first, on the proposed separation from Virginia 30 Convention, second • - 31 , third - 31 , fourth 32 -, fifth 36 , sixth 38 — -, seventh 39 .eighth 41,42 , ninth, and last 44 , to revise the constitution 54, 55 Corn, first raised in Kentucky 19 Counties, Kentucky divided into three 24 Courts, first established 20 , of common law and chancery 24 , U. S., for the district of Kentucky, established 28 Courts, jurisdiction under the first constitution 45 Courts, changes in the system of- 51 , district, abolished 55 , circuit, established 56 , contest between the Old and New- 91 , New, organized 92 Crockett, Col., remonstrance of 40 Croghan, Col., defence of Fort Stephenson 75 Crows, required to be killed 51 Danville, the seat of the Couventions 30 36 Daveiss, Col. Jo.

Hamilton, moves against Burr f 60 Daveiss, intellectual combat with Henry Clay 62 Democratic societies, their spirit and object- 47 Depeau, Charles, a French emissary, letter of, 48 Desha, Gen. Joseph, elected governor - 91 DuQuesne .invades Kentucky 20 Edwards, John, senator in Congress 45 England and France, before the war of 1812 68 English spy in Kentucky 41 Page.

Adaib, Gen., at the battle of New Orleans- -59, 84 Adams, John, second President, very odious in Kentucky ■ 54 Adams and Jackson, presidential contest between 93 Alien and sedition laws condemned 55 Allen, Col., killed 71 Annexation, first step in territorial 57 of Texas, and its effects 97 Bank, first chartered in Kentucky 56 of Kentucky chartered 65 , forty independent, chartered 88 , Commonwealth's, chartered 88 ,Branch of U. S-, in Kentucky 95 of Kentucky 95 , Northern, of Kentucky 95 of Louisville 95 Bird, Col., expedition against Kentucky 24 Blannerhasset, the victim of Burr 59 Blue Licks, Upper, defeat of Capt. Holder's party at 25 Blue Licks, Lower, disastrous battle at 25 Board of War, in Kentucky 43 Boone, Mrs., and daughters, first white women on Kentucky river 19 Boonsborough, founded, and fort built 19 ( attacked by the Indians 19 Bowman, Col., expedition against Chillicothe, 23 Boyle, John, chief justice of the old court- ■ ■ 90 Bradford, John, establishes first newspaper in Kentucky 36 Breckinridge, Robert, first speaker of the H. of R. 45 Brown, James, first secretary of state 45 , John, first delegate to Congress 36 , , letters of, on the independence of Kentucky 37 Brown, John, first senator to Congress 45 , , implicated in the Spanish intrigue 60 Brown, John, President Madison's letter in defence of - 99 Bryant's station, attack on 25 Bullitt, Capt. Thomas, surveying at the Falls, 18 , Alexander, first speaker of the senate, 45 Burr, Aaron, arrives in Kentucky 57 , defeated for the governorship of New York 57 Burr, kills Hamilton in a duel 58 , conceives a plan of an empire 58 , his character and intrigues 59 , his project developed.

Sec. 60 , Daveiss' motion against, overruled- • • . 60 , offers Daveiss opportunity to prove his charge 61 Burr, his trial postponed 61 , his public defence 61 -■■—, his trial again postponed 62 , acquitted by the grand jury 63 , disavows to Mr. Clay any improper design *. 63 Burr, his real attitude at this time 64 , his project unfolded 64 , his fetters to Wilkinson and Eaton 64 , his project denounced and broken up- • 64 Calloway, Col. Richard, moves to Boonsborough X9 Canada, union with Kentucky suggested- • • • 41 (vi) INDEX TO THE OUTLINE HISTORY. VII Page.

Erie, Lake, decisive victory upon 76 Estill, Capt., defeat of- 24 Excise law, odious in Kentucky 46, 47 Fayette county, competes for the seat of government - - - ■ • 45 Federal government, disaffection towards ■ ■ 46, 47 Finley, John, visits Kentucky 18 Fort, look for the proper name of each — France and England, their last great struggle, 68 Frankfort, how chosen as the seat of government 45 French revolution, how regarded 46 emissaries in Kentucky • 48 Frenchtown, battle of 70 Garrard, James, governor of the State 55 Genet, citizen, his projects and conduct 47 , recalled, and his acts disavowed 50 Governor, how chosen under the old constitution 45 Greenup, Christopher, elected governor 57 Hardin, Col. John, murdered by the Indians- 45 Harmar, Gen., disastrous expedition of 43 Harrodsburg, founded 18 Harrison, Gen., marches against Canada- ■ • • 70 , defence of Fort Meigs 73 , defeats Proctor at the Thames- - - • 78 Henderson's purchase from the Cherokees-- 18 Holder, Capt., defeat of 25 Hopkins, Gen., expedition against the Illinois Indians 69 Hull, Gen., surrender of- 68 Impressment of American seamen 67 Independence of Kentucky agitated- - ■ -37, 50, 53 Innis, judge, connected with the Spanish intrigue - - 53 Inrus, overrules the motion against Butt---- 60 , tried and acquitted > 65 Insurance company at Lexington chartered- 56 Jackson, Gen. Andrew, at New Orleans- - - • 81 and Adams, contest between 93 and Clay, contest between 94 Jay, John, odium against, in Kentucky 36 , his treaty with England, how regarded- 51 Jefferson, Thomas, elected President 56,57 Johnson, Col. Richard M., at the buttle of the Thames 78 Kaskaskia, surrenders to Gen. Clark 22 Kenton, Simon, settles in Mason county 19 Kentuckians. drafted- 43, 50 Kentucky, explored by the Anglo-Saxons- • • 17 , traces of the earlier occupants of* 17 river, ascended by the McAfees-- 18 , first log cabin erected in 18 " Gazette," printed at Lexington- • 36 , admitted into the Union 42 Knox, Col. James, leads the " Long Hunters " to Kentucky 18 Land law. unfortunate operation of 23 Letc her, Robert P., elected governor 97 Lewis, Col., taken prisoner 71 Lexington, first blockhouse built 23 Limitation in actions of ejectment, changed- 65 Logans fort, erected and settled 19 Louisiana, ceded to France 56 , purchased by the general government * 57 Louisville settled 22 Madison, George, elected governor 87 , President, letter vindicating Hon. James Brown * 98 Marshall, Col. Thomas 39 , Humphrey, elected U. S. senator- • 51 Martin's station destroyed 24 Maysville, blockhouse erected 28 Meigs, fort, attacked 73. 75 Mercer county, competes for the seat of government 45 Metcalfe, Gen. Thomas, elected governor- •• 93 Michigan, effect of the loss of 68 Mills, Judge Benjamin, and the old court- ■ ■ ■ 90 Mississippi, proposed to cede the navigation of- 34, 40 Mississippi, circular of Muter, Innis, and others * 34 Mississippi, negotiations upon the subject- •■ 35 Page.

Mississippi, its navigation secured by treaty, 52 Murray, William, opposes the states' rights movement 55 Muter, Judge George, attempt to remove- ■ ■ • 51 , his letter against an independent government - 39 New Orleans, right of deposit at, conceded- , 52 , this right suspended 56 , preparations for its defence- ■ 79 , engagement of the 24th December 80 New Orleans, brilliant victory of the 8th of January 84 New Orleans, numbers engaged 86 Nicholas, George, in the ninth convention- • • 44 , first attorney general 45 , connected with the Spanish intrigue 53 Nullification, in the legislature 55 Owsley, Judge William, and the old court- ■ 90 , , elected governor- • ■ 97 Perry, lieutenant, brilliant victory of- 76 Polk, James K., and Henry Clay, contest between 97 Power, Thomas, a Spanish messenger 53 Relief and anti-relief excitement 89 laws decided linconstitutional 90 excitement in 1842 96 Replevin, extended conditionally 89 Revolution, French, how regarded 46 , the age of startling, not passed- • 58 Ruddell's station destroyed 24 Scott, Gen. Charles, Indian expedition 43 , joins Wayne with 1,500 men — 50 , elected governor 65 Sebastian, Judge Benj., attempt to remove- ■ 51 , interview with the Spanish agent- 52 , pensioned by Spain 53 , implicated with Burr 60 , inquiry into his conduct 65 Senators, how chosen under the old constitution 45 Separation from Virginia and the Union, agitated 37 Shelby, Isaac, first governor 45 , reply to Depeau 49 Slaughter, Gabriel, first lieutenant and acting governor 87 Spain, resents the purchase of Louisiana- •• 57 Spanish intrigues in Kentucky 53 Specie payments suspended 95. 96 Squirrels, law requiring to be killed 51 St. Clair.

Gen., campaign of- 43 Stephenson, fort, gallant defence of- 75 Stuart, James, killed by the Indians 18 Taxes, upon what imposed 45 Tecumseh, his generous conduct at Fort Meigs 74 Tecumseh, killed at the Thames 78 Thames, river, victory at the 78 Treaty of 1783, imperiectly observed 28 with the Indians 51 Trimble, Lieutenant David 73 Vincennes, surrenders to Gen. Clark 22 Virginia, action upon the proposed separation by Kentucky 41 Walker, Dr., visits Kentucky 18 War of 1812, causes of- 66 feeling in Kentucky and New England, 68 Washington, Gen., elected President of the United States 41 Wayne, Gen., defeats the Indians at the Rapids 50 "Western World," newspaper at Frankfort- 60 , develops Burr's project. Sec. 60 Wilkinson, Gen. James, settles in Lexington, 29 , his voyage to New Orleans 36 . his tobacco privileges 38 — , accompanies St. Clair 43 , commissioned under Wayne- •■ • 45 , how he regarded the Spanish intrigue 53 Wilkinson, commands the U. S. troops in Louisiana 57 Wilkinson, co-operates with Burr 59,60 Winchester, Gen., at the river Raisin INDEX TO COUNTIES, CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES. are in Small Capitals.

The names of the Counties Page. Grayson 230 Gratson 327 Great Crossings • ■ 508 Greene 328 Greeneville 472 Greensburg 328 Greenttp 331 Greenupsburg • • • • 331 Hamilton 180 Hancock 333 Hardin 335 Hardinsburg 212 Hardinsville 518 Harlan 539 Harrison 340 Harrisonville 518 Harrodsburg 449 Hart 344 Hartford 486 Havilandsville- ■ • • 341 Hawesville 334 Haydensville 535 Hazard 496 Hazle-Green 472 Hazlepatch 398 Helena 430 Henderson 346 Henderson 346 Hendersonville • ■ • 348 Henry 348 Hibbardsville 346 Hickman 318 Hickman 350 HUlsborough 296 Hodgenville 397 Hopkins 350 Hopkinsville 232 Hudsonville 212 Hustonville 402 Independence - - - • 382 Irvine 262 Jackeysburg 212 Jackson 211 Jacksonville 193 Jamestown 502 Jefferson 354 Jeffersonville 469 Jessamine 375 Johnson 376 Keasburg 411 Kenton 380 Kiddville 234 Knox 395 Lafayette 232 Lagrange - • • • 468 Lancaster 322 Larue 397 Laurel 398 Lawrence 398 Lawrenceburg • • - 169 Lebanon 426 Leesburg 341 Leesville 344 Letcher 400 Level wood 397 Lewis 401 Lewisburg, Mason Co 430 Page.

Lewisburg, MuhlenburgCo. 473 Lewisport 334 Lexington 263 Liberty 230 Lincoln 402 Linn 332 Litchfield 327 Livingston 409 Lockport, Butler C. 222 Lockport, Henry G 348 Logan 410 London 398 Louisa 399 Louisville 355 Lovelaceville ••*- 171 Lower Blue Licks 4'i-o Lucto 451 Madison 416 Madisonville 351 Manchester 243 Marion 425 Marion, Crittenden Co. 247 Marion, Owen Co. 490 Marion, Scott, Co. • 503 Marshall 427 Mason 46d Maxville 545 Mayfield 320 Mayslic-k 430 Maysville 430 M'Cracken 446 Meade 447 Mercer 449 Middleburg 401 Midway 553 Milbourn 171 Millersburg 193 Millerstown 328 Milton 538 Minerva 430 Monroe 467 Montgomery 468 Monticello 548 Mooresield 480 Morgan 471 Morganfield 539 Morgantown 222 Mortonsville 554 Moscow 350 Mount Carmel 296 Mount Eden 532 Mount Gilead 430 Mount Pleasant ■ ■ 340 Mount Sterling ■ • - 468 Mount Vernon 500 Mount Washington 216 Muhlenburg 472 Munfordville 344 Murphysville 430 Murray 224 Napoleon 321 Neatsville 165 Nelson 473 New Castle 348 New Concord ■ ■ - 227 New Haven- • • • 475 Pap-.

Adair 164 Adairville 411 Albany 246 Alexandria 225 Allen 166 Allensville 535 Anderson 168 Ashbysburg 351 Athens 267 Augusta 209 Ballard 171 Ballardsville 488 Barboursville • ■ • • 3% Bardstown 474 Barren 174 Bath 177 Bear Wallow ■ • • • 344 Bedford 538 Belleview 232 Benton 427 Bethel 177 Big Spring 447 Blandville 171 Bloomfield 475 Bon Harbor 250 Boone 179 Boonsborough ■ ■ • ■ 416 Boston 550 Bourbon 192 Bowlmg-Green ■ ■ ■ 540 Botle 204 Bracken 209 Bradlbrdsville 426 Brandenburg 447 Breathitt 210 Breckinridge 212 Breedings 165 Brooksville 210 Brownsborough ■ ■ 488 Brownsville 253 Bryantsville 322 Bullitt 216 Burksville 249 Burlington 180 Butler 221 Cadiz 537 Cairo 346 Caldwell 222 Calloway 223 Campbell 224 Campbellsville 328 Canton 537 Carlisle 480 Carroll ■ • • - 228 Carrollton 228 Carter ' 230 Casey 230 Casey ville 539 Catlettsburg 332 Centre Point 467 Centreville 193 Chaplin 475 Chapline 451 Chaplinton 174 Christian 231 Christiansburg- • ■ ■ 518 Clark 234 ( 'larksburg 401 (viii) PaS-J- Clay 243 Claysville 341 Clay Village 518 Clementsburg 247 Clinton 245 Clinton 350 Clintonville 193 Cloverport 212 Colbysville 234 Colemansville 341 Columbia 164 Concord 401 Concordia 447 Constantine 212 Cornishville 451 Covington 360 Crab Orchard 402 Creelsburg 502 Crittenden 247 Crittenden 325 Cumberland 249 Cynlhiana 340 Danville 204 Daveiss 250 Dover 430 Downingville 325 Bddyvillc 223 Edmonson 253 Edmonton 174 Elizabethtown 3-15 Elizaville 296 Elklon 535 Estill 261 Fairfield 475 Fairview 535 Falmouth 494 Farmington 327 Fayette 263 Ferry Corner 537 Fitchport 322 Fleming 296 Flemingsburg • • • . 296 Florence 180 Floyd 302 Floydsburg 488 Francisville 180 Frankfort 304 Franklin 303 Franklin 531 Franklinlon 348 Frederick 174 Fredericktown • « - 545 Fredonia 222 Fulton 318 Gallatin 320 Garnetsville 448 Garrard 322 Garreltsburg 232 Georgetown 504 Germantown, Bracken Co. 810 Germantown, Mason Co. 430 Ghent 228 Glasgow 174 Grahampton 447 Grant 325 Graves INDEX TO COUNTIES, ETC— GENERAL INDEX.

IX Page. New Liberty . . • . 490 New Market 426 Newport 220 Page. Page. Page.

Union 180 Union 539 Uniontown 540 Union Village . . . 451 Vanceburg 401 Verona ISO Pleasant Hill 451 Pleasuresville • • • 348 Scottsville 166 Seventy-Six 246 Sharpsburg 177 SnELBY 517 Poplar Flat 401 Poplar Plains 297 Port Oliver 166 Newtown 508 Nicholas 479 Shelbyville 517 Shepherdsville . . 216 Sherburn 217 Nicholasville 376 Port Royal 348 Powersvillc 210 North Liberty 376 North Middleton- . 193 Nottsville 250 Versailles 553 Wadesborough . . . 224 Waitsborough . . . 499 Wallonia 537 Walnut Flat 402 Walton 180 Warren 540 Warsaw 320 Washington 429 Washington .... 546 Wayne 543 Preston 228 Simpson 531 Prestonsburg 303 Princeton 222 Simpsonville •••• 518 Skilesville 473 Oaktown 232 Ohio 486 Proctor 492 Smithland 410 Somerset 499 Oldham 488 Providence 351 Orangeburg 430 Oregon 451 Pulaski 498 Somerville 328 Raleigh 540 South Carrollton . . 473 South Union 411 Owen 469 Raywick 426 Red Mill 335 Owenborough • • • ■ 250 Owenton 490 Spencer 532 Richmond 416 Rockcastle 500 Rockcastle 537 Rock-Haven 448 Springfield 545 Springtown 180 Springville 332 Stamping Ground . 509 Stanford 402 Owingsville 177 Owsley 491 Waynesburg .... 402 Webster 234 West Liberty .... 472 West Point 335 West Port 488 Whitesburg 400 "Whitley 547 Owsley C. H. 492 Paducah 446 Roduster 222 Paintville 376 Ruddell's Mills . . 193 Steamport 346 Stephensburg .... 335 Stephensport .... 212 Taylorsville 532 Tetersville 322 Todd 534 Palmyra 538 Rumsey 473 Paris 192 Russell 501 Pendleton 493 Russellville 410 Williamsburg. . . . 550 Williamstown . . . 325 Winchester 234 Woodford 552 Perry 495 Salem 410 Perryville 205 Petersburg ISO Pike 497 Saloma 328 Salvisa 451 Tompkinsville . . . 467 Trenton 535 Sardis 430 Woodsonville .... 552 Wyoming 177 Yelvington 250 Pikeville 49S Sehollville 234 Trigg 536 Pittstown 216 Scott 504 Trimble 538 GENE RAL INDEX.

P»ce. Acoff, Rev. Francis 129 Adair. Gen. John 165 Adoption, Indian mode of 546 Allen, Rev. Carey H. 135 " Col. John 168 " Judge John 203 Allan, Hon. Chilton 235 Almanac, first, printed in Kentucky 273 Anderson, jr , Richard G 169 " Col. Richard G 366 Appeals, Court of, sketch of- 101 Arnold, Capt. John 554 Artillery used against Ruddell's station 342 Artist, remarkable escape of an 451 Asbury, Bishop Francis 125 Ashland, residence of Henry Clay 292 Ash tree four hundred years old 295 Asylum for the Blind 356 " " " Deaf and Dumb 205 " " " Insane 267 Audubon, the Ornithologist 347 Augusta college 210 Bacon College, at HarrodBburg 114, 450 Badin, Rev. Stephen Theodore 140 Baker, adventures of, with Ward and Kenton, 440 " Capt. Isaac, escape from the Indians- 442 Ballard, Capt. Bland 171 Bank Lick 394 " of Kentucky, its constitutionality 103 " U. S., re-charter agitated 283 Baptist Church, historical sketch of 108 " established 108 u associations organized 108 " Bracken association 108 " the ''great revival" 108 Page.

Baptist Church, Regulars and " Separatists "• 110 " the " Reslrictionists" Ill " the "Emancipators" Ill " schism caused by a negro trade Ill Baptist Church, the "Reformation" Ill " early ministers 112 " number of members 112 Baptist Theological College, at Covmgton- • - 380 Barbour, Maj. Philip N- 347 Barnet's station, waylaid 480 Barry, Maj. Wm. Taylor 277 Battle of Saline Creek 213 " on Salt river, disastrous 217 " near Four-mile Bar 225 " in Cumberland county "250 Basin, natural rock 213 Bear wallow 344 Bedinger. Maj. George M. 485 Bell, at the Mammoth Cave 257 Ben. a negro, anecdote of- * 300 Benham, Capt. Robert, remarkable escape-- 227 Betrayal of two Indians - 197 Bibb, Judge George M. 555 Big Bone Lick 1 80, 454 Birchett, Rev. Henry ' 126 Blackburn, Rev. Gideon 137 Bledsoe, Judge Jesse 203 Blind, asylum for the 356 Blue Licks Springs 480 " battle of. detailed account 481 Blythe, D. D..

Rev. James 137 Boat, the last assailed by the Indians • •• 513 Bones, large, discovered 180, 195 Boone, Col. Daniel GENERAL INDEX. X Church, Christian {£} " Cumberland Presbyterian I*" « Episcopal }2* " Methodist Episcopal J24 " Presbyterian Mg " Roman Catholic 13J " in the Mammoth Cave 254 Cincinnati, adventure of hunters at 514 Clark, Gen. George Rogers -236, 385, 457, 459, 460 Clarke, Gov. James 23j> Clay. Gen. Green g*} " Hon. Henry 280 " jr., Lieut. Col. Henry 294 Clelland, D. D , Rev. Thomas 138 Cliffs on Kentucky river 466 Clinton, Gov. De Witt 246 Coal,— see each county 158, 491, 498, 499, 500 Coburn, Judge John 444 Coffins found in a mound 167 Coffman, JVIrs., anecdote of 109 College, Centre, at Danville 206 " Augusta 210 " Cumberland, at Princeton 223 " St. Mary's, at Lebanon 426 " Bacon, at Harrodsburg 450 " St. Joseph's, at Bardstown 474 " Masonic, at Lagrange 488 " Georgetown 505 t; Shelby, at Shelbyville 517 Colleges, Presidents of, from Kentucky 151 Combs, Gen. Leslie 277 Compromise Act 289 Conch shells in Lincoln county 408 Congress, list of senators 144 u " representatives -.... 145 Continental money, heavy discount 362 Contract, singular 176 Conventions, list of members of the several, to erect a State government, Sec. ■ -146, 147, 148 Cook family, remarkable defence of 306 Coomes.