Revolutionary War records 1782 Washington Co. VA-Capt. Fulkison Precinct Personal Property List: Edward Callahan: Horses 13, Cattle 10, 400 acres on North side of n. fork of Holstein. Actual settlement made in 1774. Listed on Washington Co., VA Surveyors Record 1781-1797. Nov. 29, 1794 Rockingham County, NC Land Deed . Deed book D:231 Ezekiel …
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Migration Patterns
This is another great article in case you run into a brick wall and wonder where your family members could have gone. MIGRATION PATTERNS Since the first white settlers moved into Kentucky in the late eighteenth century, migration has been primarily responsible for the distribution of the state's residents and has shaped the age-sex …
Wilderness Road
I found a really good resource for those who are researching early settlers of Kentucky. In this article it shares the location of where it was located and the towns that it traveled through. WILDERNESS ROAD The first written record of the Wilderness Road is an announcement in the Kentucky Gazette on October 15, …
John Jay Dickey Diaries. “Ghosts of Kentucky, Volume 1 Supplement.”
The Following are Abstracts taken from the John Jay Dickey Diaries. “Ghosts of Kentucky, Volume 1 Supplement.”Baker, Rev of the M.E. ChurchRoll 3 Pg 1602 1 Jan 1896 Baker, Mr. A.C.A young lawyer from Covington. On YMCA Committee.Roll 1 Pg 150,265,423 Feb 1884 / 29 Mar 1885 Jackson Baker, A.W.On town board, his brother and brother-in-law are …
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Activist and writer Michael Harrington (1928–1989) published The Other America: Poverty in the United States in 1962. Read by President Kennedy and many others, this highly influential book argued that despite America’s apparent postwar prosperity, tens of millions of Americans were stuck in desperate poverty. The Other America spurred many of the domestic policy initiatives …
Bowlingtown, Kentucky–A Lost Communiy, but not Forgtten
Interesting article on Bowlingtown, I never noticed that my blog was used as an original source for her article.
This post tells the story of the Bowling’s/Boling’s and Bowlingtown– a story as viewed by ancestors and living relatives; it includes a famous colonizer; a single woman’s efforts to keep Bowlingtown and its families on the map and in our memories; and, a local newspaper’s documentary about them all.
A Brief History
Bowlingtown Main St. 1910
Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer, used his daring, wood-craft, and “wilderness scout” skills and experiences to open up the landscape and colonize Kentucky for his family and other settlers that founded Bowlingtown like the Bowling, Boling, Barger, Begley, Combs, Duff, Hacker, Rice, and West families.
Buckhorn Lake
Bowlingtown was a thriving community of hundreds that once prospered where Buckhorn Lake state park now stands. After several years efforts (1995-1999), by Jewell Gordon, one of the last residents’ of Bowlingtown, a plaque now appears at the front of the Buckhorn Lodge that reads:
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Robert Bolling and Anne Stith
Robert Bolling and Anne Stith(Please note, this was copied the way it was written, there are spelling errors and Bolling is often spelled Boiling. I kept it authentic as possible).In 1681, widower Robert Bolling married Anne Stith, the daughter of Major John Stith. The couple had five sons and two daughters: Robert, Stith, Edward, Anne, …
Bowlings & Baker Family Connections!
Recently dove into the Baker Family doing some research of the connections between the two families, and wow.... They go back a long Way! I had hit a brick wall with Benjamin Bowling Sr, without proof if he was a descendant to Col. Robert Bolling. I found another connection with his daughter Mollie Bowling who …
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Feuds of Clay County Kentucky
June 8, 1899 this date is important to set the tone, this is the date Bad Tom Baker and thirty of his kinsmen rode into Clay County seat of Manchester. Soldiers had been sent in to maintain order and the reason they were there was because of Thomas Baker sometimes called "Bad Tom", Baker unhitched …
Have you ever read the John Jay Dickey Diaries?
If you really want to get a feel for what life was like for the "locals" back in Kentucky, I encourage you to Google the John Jay Dickey Diaries?! You may just read about your kinfolk!
Anderson R. Bowling (Big Ance)
This is a picture of my great great grandfather Anderson R. Bowling (Big Ance). He was the father of my great grandmother Callie Spicer Bowling. Callie married Albert Sidney Bowling, yes they were first cousins (sigh). Big Ance was said to be the largest man in Clay County. Photo courtesy of Sherry Baker, Harley Tucker …
Kentucky Kinfolk: Bowling, Baker, Amis, Spicer, Cornett, and Many More Surnames 