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1874
Frank Chinn,
George E. Bacon,
E. R. Spottswood,* Mrs. S. P. Spottswood,* Fred Spottswood,*
Mrs. Elizabeth T. Watson, Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart,*
Frank D. Spottswood,*
Alfred M. Spottswood,* William Onkst.
1875.
Miss Saphronia Risk,
Mrs. Hettie Lindsay.
William T. Scott,
Mrs. Mary Y. B. Scott,
Lucas Brodhead,
H. R. Powell,
Miss Kate Watson,
Miss Rebecca G. Averill,
Miss Belle Garrard,
Mrs. Naomi Gay,
Miss Fannie Hendrick,
Mrs. Elgetha Laughlin,*
Miss Mary L. Crittenden,
Wm. J. Mosier,
Samuel D. Johnson,
Howard Jett.
1876.
J. W. Pruett,
George A. Lewis,
Charles L. McKee,
H. Howe Watson, William Craik,
Robert W. Tilford,
Miss Jennie S. Hendrick,
Miss Ella Dickinson,
Miss Lettie L. Todd,
Miss Allie Todd.
Miss Paulina C. Pepper,
Miss Annie M. Crutcher,
Miss Lavinia Herndon,
Miss Felicia Herndon,
Miss Annie M. Thomas,
Miss Elizabeth Monroe,
Miss Kate G. Bush,
Miss Lizzie Watson,
Miss Sallie Sneed,
Miss Mary S. Bush,
Mrs. Martha Went, Miss Sue B. Barbour,
Mrs. Cornelia Bush,*
Miss Elizabeth Powell,
Miss Kate Ghieselin,
Mrs. Lavinia Terhune.
,
Miss Eliza E. Brown, Mrs. M. J. Kesler,*
Miss Mary Kesler,*
Walter Kesler,*
Miss Sallie Schenck, Matthew A. Gay,
Miss Mary E. Gay,
James M. Todd, Jr.,
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GENERAL SUMMARY.
1877.
Mrs. Lizzie Hunt Chinn,
Miss Annie T. Bull,
Miss Mattie J. Page, Miss Annie M. Monroe,
Miss Mary Hannah Todd,
Mrs. Corinne Watson,*
Mrs. Adeline W. Brown,
Mrs. Kate O. Green,*
Lee C. Woodson,
Miss Emma Pruett. Miss Jennie Craik,
Miss Mary Bell Murray,
Mrs. Ada C. Pugh,*
Miss Mary Pugh,*
Mrs. C. A. Truett,
Miss Ida Crockett. Mrs. Ann Edgar,* W. H. Murray.
1878.
Mrs. Sallie P. Dodd, Dr. John Q. A. Stewart,*
Mrs. Mary H. Stewart,* Mrs. Emmeline B. Pruett, Mrs. Mildred Hudson,* Thomas P. Averill,
Miss Bettie C. Stewart, Miss Jennie Morrow,* Mrs. Mary Donnehue, Miss Nannie Kesler,
Charles Neuramer.
1879.
Miss Lottie E. Smith,
Miss Sallie Zeigler,
Miss Enima Zeigler, Miss Ida Zeigler, Wm. P. Hudson, Jr.,
Jacob Ahler, Finlay F. Bush.
Crittenden Todd,
Dudley Watson, Sam Bull. Jr ..
William Barr, Ben T. Roberts,
Miss Mary Cammack,
Miss Jennie Todd,
Albert H. Crutcher,
Mrs. Lottie Walcott,
Miss Kate Ahler,
Miss Pattie Roberts,
Miss Kitty Todd,
Miss Ruth Merchant,
Miss Agnes Nicol,
Miss Eleanor Nicol,
Miss Lina Stewart. Mrs. Margaret Siltz,
James G. Dudley, Jr., Sidney Bush, John Cornelius, David Nicol,
J. Howard Gray, Grant Green, Jr .. Walter P. Craik, Oliver S. Walcott, Wm. T. Arvin. Clifford Vane, Miss Mary T. Bull, Miss Mary Ely. Miss Sadie B. Pugh, Miss Sue Crockett,
Miss Nellie Dudley, Miss Sue Bush,
Miss Lizzie Jett, William L. McEwan,
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Miss Lina Siltz,
Mrs. Sarah Luckett,
Miss Eleanor Woods, Mrs. Annie M. Keenon,
James A. Murray, Condit Jones, William S. Rosson, Frances Rosson.
1882.
Mrs. Paulina Bauer, S. H. Mendenhall,
Mrs. Jane Mendenhall,
Mrs. Matilda Keaton,
Miss Mary Jane Brown,
Mary J. Gerhart,
Paul Stevens,*
Mary E. Daniel,
Mrs. Rosanna Zook,
George E. Frazier,
Mrs. Lizzie Macey,*
William Tutt.
1883.
Miss Eulia Staines,
Mrs. Elizabeth Puckett,
Emma P. Russell, Edward H. Bull.
1884.
Mrs. Ellen Grant,
D. L. Sublett,*
Mrs. Mattie Sublett,*
John Grant,
J. Buford Hendrick, Mrs. Hattie Crichton,
Mrs. Emma Reinking.
Mrs. Margerite Trumbo,
Miss Judith Sublitt.
Joseph H. Bohon,* Mrs. Nannie R. Duvall,
Mrs. Kate M. Exum,*
Miss Suc W. French,
Mrs. Anna B. Posey,* Wickliff Chapman,*
Mrs. Editlı Chapman,*
Miss Bonnie B. Todd,
Miss Kate O. Green, William Hulitt,
Mrs. Allie Hulitt, Wm. S. Caplinger,
John W. Fallis.
Miss Alexandria Grant,
Mrs. Helen R. French,
Miss Lizzie R. Hudson,
Miss Mary Mason Scott,
Miss Emily H. Woods, S. French Hoge. J. M. Stephens,*
Mrs. Ione Stephens,*
Mrs. Laura S. Pepper,
Mrs. Mary McFarland, Dr. J. R. Ely. Mrs. Rebecca M. Ely,
James H. Dryden.
Charles B. Le Compt,
Mrs. Charlotte Woodward, Miss Laura L. French,
Miss Theresa Stevens,*
Miss Ann B. Stevens,*
A. F. Crichton,
George W. Macey,*
Miss Mary B. Mckinney,
Mrs. Elizabeth Fallis,
Prof. S. J. Stevens,*
Mrs. L. A. Stevens,*
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GENERAL SUMMARY.
James McFarland, John F. Murphy,
Mrs. Mary Murphy, Aliss Lizzie Schoneberg.
1885.
Miss Lillie Harancourt,
Miss Maria Pepper,
Miss Lizzie Pepper,
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W. H. McClure,
Albert H. McClure, Jr.,
Miss Nellie M. Fellmer,
Mrs. Sallie Willis,
John W. Reading,
Lewis Rossell,
E. M. Hansboro.
Mrs. Florence Dorsey,
James Noland,
Mrs. Mary E. Rossell,
Mrs. Nellie M. Church,
Mrs. Christine Brown,
Miss Alice Cozine,
Carroll Walcott,
Miss Carrie Bush,
Lewis Sneed,
William Todd,*
Mrs. Jane Todd,*
Miss Ettie May,
Miss Louella Willis.
1886.
Mrs. Annie B. Hoge,*
Miss Virginia Briggs,* William Jordan,*
Mrs. M. T. Jordan,*
Mrs. Kitty J. Dryden,*
Mrs. Sarah R. Waggener,*
Alexander Smyrl,*
Mrs. Nancy Byrne,
Mrs. Laura K. Shea,
Miss Emma Kagin,
Miss Mary E. Dryden,
Miss Nora McManaway,
Miss Lula McManaway, Wm. Todd Brown.
Miss Laura P. Starling, Griffin Campbell, Miss Eliza Smyrl.
William H. Waggener,
Mrs. Cinthia L. Bacon,
Miss Mary E. Douglas.
Miss Gracia B. Grant,
Miss Dora Dean,
William Dean, Mrs. Mollie Dean,
Mrs. A. Smyrl,
John W. Milan,
John R. Currans,
J. L. Waggener, Jr.,
Edwin S. Ely, Thomas P. Grant,
Miss Maggie Branch,
William E. Willis
Miss Louisa Peveler, Mrs. Mary Fuhs.
Mrs. E. Hansboro,
Mrs. Mary McKinney,
William F. Johnson,
Mrs. Willie Johnson,
William Mckinney,
John Heller, Jr ..
John M. Bull, Oliver Walcott.
Miss Rebecca Mckinney.
Miss Victoria Peffer,
Miss Lillie Hansboro,
Miss Cora Hansboro,
Miss Kate Hansboro,
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1887.
Miss Jennie Calder,*
Mrs. Anna Calder,*
Miss Lizzie Calder .*
Mrs. Louisa Cannon .*
Miss Sue M. Matthews,*
William McCloy,*
T. Lindsey Blayney,
Mrs. Zenade McCloy,*
Miss Sadie W. Taylor,
Miss Fannie Gray,
Miss Hettie Wilson,
Mrs. Susan Smith,
Kidder W. Woods,
Miss R. McK. Crittenden, **
Mrs. Virginia Stephens,*
Jack Bradley.
Lysander Hord.
Mrs. Josie Bradley,
Mrs. Rebecca Hannin,
Miss Pauline Frazier,
Miss Sadie W. Grant.
Mrs. S. E. Chesney,*
William F. Lanson,*
Miss Mary Chesney .*
Mrs. Adelaide Lanson,*
Miss Jennic M. Rumpp,* Miss Fannie E. Rumpp,*
Hugh Mckenzie,*
Miss Kate Mckenzie, +
Miss Lillie Mckenzie,"
Miss Nellie Mckenzie,*
Wm. S. Morris,
William L. McLean,
F. J. Sutterlin.
1888.
Mrs. Claudia Montgomery .*
W. E. Lansom.
Miss Maggie Woodson.
Miss Lizzie Kehr.
John A. Pierce,
Mrs. Callie Moore,
Charles Kehr.
1889.
Miss Lizzie Hunt Chinn,
Miss Anna Bell Chinn,
Miss Mildred M. Hoge,
Mrs. Alice Morris, Miss Mary Morris.
Mrs. Georgia L. Hendrick,*
Miss Susanna Morris, W. F. Barrett,
William Nickols,* Mrs. L. Nickols,*
John M. Scott.
Miss Ida W. Dryden,
James E. Nichols,*
Miss Elizabeth Crutcher. Mrs. Nellie B. Gordon,*
Miss Laura Betts,
Miss Eloise Trumbo.
Miss Letitia Chesney.
Anderson Gaines,
John McKee Heffner.
Miss Louisa Rixon,
Miss Eva B. Hoge.
Mrs. Bettie Currans,
Win. L. McLean,
Fred Mckenzie,
David Calder,*
Miss Matilda Haldi.
Miss Mary Boston,* Mrs. Mary Dawson, R. K. Woodson, Jr .. Miss Amelia Kerr,
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1890.
Peter S. Rule,*
Mrs. Elizabeth Rule,* Mrs. Lillie H. Neel,*
Miss Laura Munsell,* Miss Maria Munsell, *
Herbert M. Johnson,* Mrs. Ann E. Tilford,*
Julian Tilford,*
Robert P. Pepper, Jr .. W. H. Averill, Jr., Miss Ruth Ely,
R. B. Averill, W. H. Holt, Jr., Ivan A. Hoge,
Mrs. Annette Walcott,
Mrs. Eleanor Hulitt,
Miss Jane Currans,
Mrs. Mary Stedman,*
Mattie Blair, Miss Nora Noland,
Wallace McCloy,
Win. A. Haycraft.
1891.
Miss Barbara Follis, Dr. John P. Stewart,
Miss Cordelia Cannon,
Miss Pauline W. Brown,
Miss Maria Louise Averill,
Mrs. Ellen Grimes,
Mrs. Mary E. Lewis,
J. L. Waggener, William A. Bull,
Miss Harriet McClure,
Edmond B. Taylor,
Thomas H. Taylor, Jr.,
Mrs. Mary Milam,*
J. McClusky Blayney, Jr.,
Miss Annie Grant,
Miss Mary Bell Rossell,
Miss Mary C. Hulitt,
Steele Reading,
Miss Kate Rose,
Miss Pru B. Chinn,
Mrs. Mary Jenkins,
Mrs. Jennie M. Chinn,
Miss Cordelia Rossell,
Miss Amanda Zeigler,
Miss Ione Grant,
Miss Clara B. Willis,
William Follis, John Webb,
Miss Rosa Gordon, Miss Lucy Dean,
J. W. Rossell, Edward Dean,
James Geters.
1892.
T. L. Edelen,* Mrs. Lillie E. Edelen,* Wni. J. Hendrick,*
Arthur B. Branch, Carl Kagin,
Mrs. Carrie Wolfe,
F. J. Rumpp,
Archie Rossell, Harry Rossell,
Mrs. Louisa Hancock,
Sherley B. Wintersmith,
Miss Agnes Douglas,
Miss Mag Peveler,
Miss Bertha Dean,
Miss Adela Woods, Robert L. Russell,
Mrs. Mattie Hendrick,* Miss Ann Hendrick,* Miss Sophia Hendrick,*
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Miss Hannah Hardin,
Henry H. Wood,
J. McClellan Van Derveer.
Miss Amelia Bauer,
Miss Bessie Hardin.
Miss Lillie Hulitt.
Mrs. Rosanna Harp.
Mrs. Ada Smith,
J. McKee Heffner,
Benjamin Jackson.
1893.
Mrs. Louise L. Hudson,*
Mrs. Sarah Holt .*
Miss Sallie Holt .*
Joseph Ruf.
Miss Carrie Holt .*
Mrs. Mary Hazlett.
Mrs. Lillian Gaines .*
Alfred B Read,*
Miss Mary Staten.
Mrs. Martha J. Read,*
Miss Margaret Reading.
Miss Cordelia J. Bull.
C. E. Herd.
Ashbury Stivers.
Charles E. Hoge,
Mrs. Rosa Jackson.
Mrs. Cordelia M. Woods.
Miss Lula Hulitt,
Mrs. Sarah Herbert .*
1894.
Miss Elizabeth C. Keenon.
Miss Mattie Noland,
Frank C. Cannon,
Mrs. Sallie C. Starks.
Miss Ida B. Hulitt.
Walter O. Bullock. Jr.,
David C. Hardin.
Allen E. Hoffman.
William Hardin.
Mason B. Barrett.
Miss Hannah Hardin,
J. W. Pruett, Jr ..
Miss Flora Hardin.
R. K. McClure, Jr ..
Mrs. Caroline Edwards,
George F. Berry.
Samuel C. Chiles.
Wm. Pruett Graham.
Richard T. Chiles.
James S. Ely.
WVm. T. Reading. Jr ..
John S. Cannon,
Henry C. Payne.
Miss Esther Graham.
Charles Adams.
W. P. Hudson.
Edward M. Dryden,
Charles T. Ray.
James P. Woodson,
Maupin Woodson.
Mrs. Mary Arnold.
Mrs. Mary Hastings.
Miss K. L. Jackson,
Mrs. Sie B. Herndon,
Miss Elizabethi Holt.
Joseph Noland.
Walter Edmonds.
Wm C. Herndon.
Mrs. Louisa Greenback .*
Samuel Brown.
Miss Rebecca Trumbo,
Miss Lucy Cammack.
Edwin Kagin.
Mrs. Josie Stivers.
Aliss Ruth Betts.
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GENERAL SUMMARY.
Mrs. Rose Sutterlin,
Miss Jessie Woodson,
Miss Eleanor S. Cannon,
Miss Annie M. Keenon, Miss Flossie E. French,
Miss Mary Crutcher,
Miss Mahala Pepper,
Miss Louise Pepper,
Miss Lyne Pepper,
Miss Virginia Chinn,
Eugene M. Tinsley,
Miss Lou A. Hukill,
Mrs. Anna B. Walcott,
Miss Luey P. Brown,
Miss Flora Wolfe,
Miss Mary Miller,
Miss Pauline Hildebrand,
Miss Bertha Hildebrand,
Mrs. Cassie Nicol,*
Miss Kate Edwards,
Samuel' Sanders,
Mrs. Lula Morse,
Benjamin Fallis,
Miss Mary Bauer,
William N. Tracy,
Wesley Edwards,
Millie B. Rose,
Mrs. Rebecca Tracy.
Miss Lucy Tracy,
Hugh A. Branch,
Gavin C. Morris,
Oscar C. Wolfe,
Walter S. McCloy,
William Kehr,
Robert C. Nicol,
William W. Ely,
James M. Harpe,
John W. Dean, W. H. Neel, Andrew Noland,
Mrs. Susan McGrew,
Miss Virginia S. Brown.
Miss Evelyn C. Brown,
Miss Alice B. Averill,
Mrs. Mag Johnson,
Mrs. Elizabeth MeAnally,
Mrs. Mildred Betts,
Mrs. Margaretta Barrett .*
Mrs. May W. Hoge,*
John C. Wiley, Joseph Greenback,
William Anderson,
William Kinkead,
James E. Rossell,
Sallie B. Hulitt,
Rufus Follis,
Frank Cozine,
Lee Steele, John B. Dryden, Jr.,
Jennie Rossell, A. S. Herbert.
K. J. Whalen, Albert E. Grant, Henry Edmonds, Buford Willis,
J. J. Jordan.
1895.
Mrs. Mary H. Bradley, Miss Jane C. Hendrick, John H. Hendrick, Mrs. Rosa Johnson, Mrs. Bell M. Trabue. Mrs. Nettie True,
Mrs. Jennie Wittmer, James Anderson,*
Mrs. M. G. Anderson,*
Mrs. Eliza Hansboro, Mrs. Susan E. Peyton, Miss Gertie Cobb.
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HISTORY OF FIRST CHURCH, FRANKFORT.
1896.
Strother Buford.
Mrs. Mary Buford,
Mrs. Nannie A. Woodson,
Miss Annie Peyton,
Miss Catherine Dryden,
Mrs. Gertrude S. Blayney,*
H. G. Banta,
Miss Mary Kerr Hoge,
Miss Kate Craig,
Mrs. Stella V. Averill,*
John Watson Brown,
Percy E. Hoge,
Miss Jennie M. Dabney,
Miss Ethyl Reid .*
1897
Miss Antoinette Woodson,
William Nickols,*
Mrs. Emily Nickols,*
Miss Lizzie Patterson,
Miss Prue B. Hunt,
Miss Mary Brown Duvall,
Miss Elizabetlı Hunt,
Mrs. Mary N. Averill,*
Miss Luella Shingleton,
Mrs. Nola B. McClure,*
George Shinkle,*
Miss Cornelia Gordon,
Mrs. Fannie Shinkle,
Mrs. Susie Kieman,
Carl Kagin,
Samuel E. Rigg .*
1898.
Mrs. Cornelia Bush,*
Hugh Duvall Smith,
Miss Ada Horton,*
Wm. R. Worrall,*
Miss Jane S. Watson,
Mrs. Kate G. Worrall,*
Duane Sinclair,
Miss Lucy M. Chinn, Thos. P. Fallis,
George S. Watson,
Mrs. N. T. Crutcher,
James E. Canfield,*
Mrs. Edith Canfield,*
Thomas H. Johnson,*
Miss Birdie Peyton.
1899.
Mrs. Rachel Weatherford,* Miss Rowena Weatherford,* Miss Nellie Lewis, John A. Crittenden, Miss Rebecca S. Watson,
J. L. Waggener, Jr., * Thomas H. Stagg,* Mrs. Elizabeth Stagg,* J. Craik Jackson,* Mrs. Mary M. Shackelford,*
Miss Anna Harp, James Anderson, Jr.,
John M. Bull,*
Henry P. Crutcher, Miss Beulah Downey.
Miss Annie Samuel,*
Mrs. Mary E. Peyton,
Thaddeus Zeigler.
Miss Henrietta Nicol,
Mrs. Kate S. Rodgers,*
Miss Mary R. Follis,
C. H. Betts,
S. F. Powell,
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GENERAL SUMMARY.
Miss Mary Todd Brown, A. J. Brown, Samuel Burry, Thomas A. Noland,
Miss Annie E. Brown, William S. Hancock, Mrs. May S. Hancock,*
Miss Nellie M. Brown.
1900.
Mrs. Mattie R. Blanton,*
Benjamin M. Keenon,
Miss Mary Anderson,
Miss Annie S. Anderson,
Mrs. Margerite Sacra,*
David Anderson,
J. W. Beard .* L. A. Trumbo,
Miss Emma Luscher,
Miss Frances McDaniel,
Mrs. W. D. Roy,*
Miss Martha Zimmerman,
Miss Pattie Keenon,
Miss Louise Zimmerman,
Miss Agnes M. Keenon,
Miss Genevieve Posey,
Miss Lida P. Edelen.
Miss Aubyn Chinn,
Ernest Watson,
Miss Jennie Bell,*
William Craig,
William H. Holt,
Miss Laura Rossell,
Gotlieb Kagin,
Miss Bertha Rossell,
Mrs. Eleanor Johnson,
Mrs. Sarah Harper,*
Mrs. Mary Douglas,
George B. Harper .*
Charles E. Ahler.
Mrs. Hallie C. Harper,*
Dr. W. E. Baxter.
Robert S. Watson,
Mrs. Elizabeth Brightwell, Miss Lizzie B. Watson, Hord Hardin,
APPENDIX.
THE LOVE HOUSE.
The " Love House," or "Love Tavern," as it was sometimes called in the early years of the town, was the first building erected in Frankfort. It was built by Generai James Wilkinson in 1786, when he laid out the town, and was intended for his own occupation and use. When he left Frankfort, in 1791, to re-enter the United States Army, the property passed into the hands of Mr. Andrew Holmes, by whom it was held until it was sold by General Wilkinson, in 1797, to Major Thomas Love, of the United States Army, who served under General Charles Scott (afterwards Governor of Ken- tucky), in Wayne's campaign in 1793. Mr. Andrew Holmes was one of the public-spirited citizens of the town, and took an active and leading part in the nego- tiations with the State, which ultimately secured the location of the Capital at Frankfort, acting as the rep- resentative of his fellow citizens, and signing the agree- ments made with the Commissioners of the State. One of the stipulations was the free use of this building by the State for the accommodation of the Legislature ; and it was so used, that body occupying it from 1793 until the completion of the first Capitol building.
The place continued to be used as an " Inn " even after the death of Major Thomas Love, which occurred in 1809. But larger and more conveniently located
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taverns in the business part of the town eventually diverted the patronage of the traveling public, and it thenceforth was used as a home by the widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Love, and her son, James Y. Love, who was born in the house in 1797, at the time the family took possession. Mrs. Elizabeth Love died in 1846, and her friend and companion, Miss Priscilla Talbott, was, through the kindness of Mr. James Y. Love, allowed to occupy the house during the remainder of her life. After her death the property was sold in 1868, and the old building gave place to a modern structure. For nearly a hundred years this house withstood the ravages of time, and when removed, so sound were its massive timbers and so well joined in construction under its well-worn and furred sheathing, that it was an object of interest and wonder to all beholders.
Thus passed away this most interesting and historic building, within whose walls many distinguished per- sonages had for a longer or shorter time sojourned. Aaron Burr in 1805, and at intervals during the fol- lowing year, when under prosecution for conspiracy and treason, made this house his abiding place, and the upper rear end room. shown in the illustration, was the one occupied by him.
Philip Nolan, " the man without a country," was also for some time a lodger here before giving his life as " the first martyr of Texas."
Under its hospitable roof also for a while abode the exiled Orleans Prince Louis Philippe, and at a ball given here in his honor, a maiden of Frankfort won distinc- tion by declining his hand for a dance, assigning as the only reason her unwillingness to offend a more humble admirer whom she had just refused.
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For many years after the settlement of the town this house, being the most capacious within its bounds, was used for public assemblages of various kinds, and was the first house in the place in which a religious service was held. After the organization of the Presbyterian Church in 1816 it was the stated worshiping place for the congregation until the First Church building on Wapping Street was erected.
THE BROWN MANSION.
The Brown mansion was erected in 1796 by Hon. John Brown. In its construction he used plan draw- ings and specifications made for him by his friend and law preceptor, Thomas Jefferson, who, in addition to his distinguished abilities as a lawyer, statesman and man of affairs, was an amateur architect. This building, still well preserved as originally constructed, owned and occupied by the descendants of the builder, is invested with peculiar interest to Presbyterians, and especially to those of our local church. It was during the first three decades of the century the center of religious influ- ence in the community, and within its walls the inhab- itants of the town gathered for divine worship before there was any organized religious body or church in the place. It was also, from time to time, the meeting place of the little Sabbath-school, the first in Kentucky or the West, and the home of its founder and principal promoter, Mrs. Margaretta Brown.
Owing to the high position of its owner, in both national and State affairs, and the accomplishments and
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eminent worth of its mistress, this noted mansion was sought by all people of note when visiting or passing through the Capital, and many of the distinguished men of that day enjoyed its abounding hospitality.
It had the very unusual honor, upon one occasion, in 1819, of entertaining at breakfast the President of the United States, James Monroe, together with Gen- eral Andrew Jackson and Major Zachary Taylor, two distinguished officers of the army, both of them future Presidents.
In the year 1825, when Lafayette made his memo- rable and triumphant tour in the United States, he spent a day and night in Frankfort. As was the custom at that day, he was entertained at a grand ball and recep- tion, given in the Weisiger House, during which he took time to withdraw himself, and accompanied by his " aide and suite," visited and passed an hour with Mrs. Brown in this, her home. One motive for the visit, as stated by him, was to seek an opportunity to express his thanks and appreciation of the kind offices of her family in making it possible for him to visit America at that time. He stated that it would not have been in his power to have obtained permission from his government (with which he was in disfavor and under surveillance) to leave France, had it not been for the action of the American Minister, Hon James Brown, her brother- in-law, in making a personal guarantee for his return.
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APPENDIX.
THE CHURCH OF NINEVEH.
In the year 1896 a church was organized by a com- mittee of Transylvania Presbytery, of the Southern Presbyterian Church, at the village of Nineveh, Ander- son County, Kentucky. This was at a point one mile from the site of Upper Benson Church, then extinct about fifty years. A number of persons of advanced age, who had attended the old church in their youth, and had been pupils in its Sabbath-school, came for- ward and identified themselves with the new organi- zation. These persons all traced their religious impres- sions and experience to the old church and the faithful teaching in the Sabbath-school of Mr. Thomas Paxton and his daughters, and thus after the lapse of half a century they formed a nucleus for the organization of a new church in the immediate vicinity of the old.
Is not this another striking instance of the blessing of God upon the sowing of the seed of gospel truth and fruit-bearing many years after His consecrated servants had ceased from their labors and gone to their reward?
One of the ruling elders in the organization of the church of Nineveh was Mr. Marvin D. Averill, a grand- son of Thomas Paxton, and one of the deacons was William H. Averill, Jr., a great-grandson, both of whom were dismissed from the First Presbyterian Church of Frankfort, with their families, to aid in the work.
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A STATEMENT EXHIBITING THE EXPENSES OF THE CHURCH FROM JANUARY, 1829, TO JANUARY, 1833.
Paid for candlesticks, candles, oil, etc. $202 37
Paid for window glass and putting in. . 8 31
Paid for pitchers, glass tumblers, brooms and buckets 10 об
Paid for scouring the church.
22 63
Paid for freight on bell metal to Pittsburg, and bell coming back, and putting up.
57 62
Paid for firewood, etc.
93 31
Paid for burial of Mrs. Lindsey, etc
25 00
Paid for representative to General Assembly ..
61 00
Paid for carpeting, cover for table, and wine ..
31 33
Paid to man who had his boat sunk on the Wabash
22 75
Paid to S. R. Alexander for church at Vin- cennes
13 00
Paid to Mrs. Swan and Mrs. Beavis and sister
30 75
Paid to R. McNutt for teaching vocal music to choir 55 00
Paid to J. F. Carr for Hanover, Ind.
40 00
Paid to sexton. 182 50
Paid to Colonization Society. 265 00
Paid for stove, piping and freight
65 75
Paid for washing white.
8 25
Paid for Synodical expenses.
9 25
Paid to Foreign Missions III 50
Paid for small expenses. 15 62
$1.341 13
Amount of monthly collections
1.324 19
Balance due A. P. Cox, Tr $16 94
Paid for lamp glasses and wick. 10 13
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PRESBYTERIAL LIVERY BILL.
FRANKFORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, order of B. Monroe,
To H. GILTNER, Dr.
1846.
April 20. Keeping I horse 3 days, Rev. Price. $1 12
Keeping I horse 3 days, Rev. Bayless. I 13
Keeping I horse 3 days, Rev. Brackin I I2
Keeping I horse 3 days, Rev. McKee. I I3
Keeping I horse 3 days, Rev. Logan. I 12
Keeping I horse 3 days, Rev. Cowan. I 13
Keeping I horse 3 days, Rev. Shane. I 12
Keeping I horse 3 days, Rev. Fields. I 13
Keeping I horse 3 days, Rev. Foreman I 12
Keeping I horse 3 days, Rev. Brown I 13
Keeping I horse 2 days, Mr. Wallace. 75
Keeping I horse 2 days, Mr. Carr.
75
Keeping I horse 2 days, Mr. Griffith. 75
Keeping I horse 2 days, Mr. Elliott. 75
Keeping I horse 2 days, Mr. Atkinson 75
Keeping I horse I day, Mr. Polk. 371/2
$15 371/2
Received payment of Wm. M. Todd.
RICHARD SHARPE. for H. Giltner.
274
SYNODICAL LIVERY BILL.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, per Wm. Todd, To GILTNER & LINK, Dr.
1850. For Keeping Horses of Synod.
Oct. 16. I Horse 4 days, Mr. McCoun.$1 50 I Horse 6 days, Mr. Forman.$2 25 .. $3 75 I Horse 51/2 days, Mr. Todd. 2 06 .. 3 94 I Horse 51/2 days, Mr. Simrall 2 06. . 3 93
I Horse 5 days, Mr. Wilson .. 1 88 I Horse 5 days, Mr. McKinny 1 87 I Horse 2 days, Mr. Strahan .. 75 I Horse 6 days, Mr. J. Fee. . 2 25. . 3 00
I Horse 6 days, Mr. Lyle. ... 2 25
I Horse 6 days, Mr. Brown .. . 2 25 2 Horses 6 days, Mr. Stewart 4 50
I Horse 572 days, Mr. Logan 2 05 I Horse 51/2 days, J. C. Brown 2 06
I Horse 6 days, R. F. Colwell 2 25. . 4 50
I Horse 6 days, Mr. Grundy 2 25. . 4 50
I Horse 6 days, R. Jones. . . . 2 25. . 6 75
I Horse 6 days, Mr. Lapsley 2 25. . 4 31
I Horse 6 days, J. Hawthorn 2 25. . 4 31
I Horse 6 days, Mr. Knight. 2 25 .. 4 50
I Horse 5 days, Mr. Willis. . 1 88. . 4 13
I Horse 6 days, J. A. Boyle. . 2 25
2 Hforses 6 days, dun & bay. 4 50 ... 6 75
2 Horses 6 days, Dr. Young .. 4 50
2 Horses 6 days, grey team. . 4 50. . 9 00
2 Horses 6 days, McRoberts. 4 50
2 Mules 6 days, wagon. . . . . . 4 50. . 9 00
I Mule 6 days, gig. . . . . . . . . . . 2 25 Extra feeds. . . 3 60. . 5 85
Received payment of Wn. M. Todd. GILTNER & LINK. $78 22
APPENDIX.
1 Horse 6 days, J. S. Rainy .. . 2 25 I Horse 6 days, R. S. Cheek .. 2 25
APPENDIX. 275
SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE GIRLS' SUNDAY- SCHOOL, MARCH, 1819.
Amount collected by Mrs. Berkley. $9 00
Received from Mrs. Foster. 2 00
Received from Mrs. Bibb. I 00
Received from Mrs. Hensley. 1 00
Received from Mrs. Starling
I 50
Received from Mrs. Scott (Doctor) 1 00
Received from Mrs. Crittenden I 00
$16 50
Received in the Year 1820. 1.
Received from Mrs. Bibb, $1 00
Received from Mrs. Margaretta Brown. 4 00
Received from Mrs. George Todd. 1 00
Received from Mrs. Foster 2 00
Received from Mrs. Innes. 50
Received from Mrs. C. Scott. I 00
Received from Mrs. Crittenden. I 00
Received from Mrs. Starling. 3 00
Received from several scholars in firewood. 2 50
16 00
Received during 1821 and 1822.
Received collection in the church. $14 87
Received from children in firewood. 3 25
Received from subscriptions in small amounts. 4 12
Received from church collection 6 66
Received from M. and V. Brown 75
29 65
Total for four years. $62 15
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SAMPLE PAGE OF EXPENDITURES, 1819 AND 1820. GIRLS' SABBATH-SCHOOL.
Paid Kendall & Russell for printing 50 copies Command-
ments $2 50
Paid same for printing 5 dozen Shorter Catechisms. 10 00
Paid sanie for printing 3 dozen Primers. 2 00
Paid postage on tracts sent as present to school. 88
Paid 2 Class books; 4 Watts' Sacred Songs, I.
75
Pair for premiums and rewards, Philadelphia. 9 00
Paid for paper for covering rewards and tracts. 43
Paid Kendall & Russell for printing 3 dozen Brown's Catechisms 3 00
Paid same for 25 copies Food for Lambs 6 25
Paid Lexington Bible Society for tracts I 00
Paid for 2 loads wood, $2.00; cutting, 50c.
50
Paid Miles for making fires. 75
Paid for scouring room four times. 50
$40 56
APPENDIX. 277
ROSTER OF CLASSES. SEPTEMBER, 1826.
MRS. BROWN, Superintendent, Secretary and Treasurer.
MRS. LOVE, MRS. ROBERTS, MISS GRAY and MISS SPROULE, Teachers.
Mrs. Love's Class. Mrs. Roberts' Class.
Lucy Ann Goodrich,
Cornelia A. Crittenden,
Margerite Markerly,
Gabrella Lewis,
Margerite Van Allen,
Maria Lewis,
Lucy Samuel,
Lucy A. Bibb,
Jane Breckinridge,
Elizabeth Graham,
Lucretia Coleman,
Susan Russell,
Agnes Todd,
Catherine Graham,
Josephine Gray,
Catherine Watson,
Sarah Ann Taylor,
Jane Hardin,
Eliza Samuel,
Mary Jane Goodrich,
Mary Ann Watson,
Charlotte Crumbaugh.
Fannie Phillips.
Miss Gray's Class.
Miss Sproule's Class.
Martha Mitchell,
Eliza Harden,
Eloise Taylor,
Maria L. Crittenden,
Ellen Harvie,
Sarah Hannah Russell,
Frances Deaver,
Mary Jane Todd,
Mary J. Ransdale,
Margerite Whitehead,
Mary A. Taylor,
Angelina Gower,
Mary Graham.
Jane Davidson,
Mary Crumbaugh,
Mary Tuttle,
Ann Evans,
Sally Tuttle,
Margerite Coleman,
Ann Maria Evans.
Susette Ransdale.
278
APPENDIX.
A STEWARD'S ACCOUNT BETWEEN HIMSELF AND
THE PROPRIETOR OF THE WORLD .*
" And he called him and said, Give an account of thy stewardship."
" It is required of stewards, that a man be found faithful."
RECEIPTS. $ Cts.
I Life, Health, Family, Friends Society, Liberty, Food, Raiment
Bodily senses, seeing, hearing, etc.
2 Intellectual powers, reason, judgment ..
Conscience, sympathy, power of speech, etc ..
3 The world for our habitation, and. Its wonderful adaptation to our wants.
Pure air, gushing springs, flowing rivers.
Beautiful landscapes and blooming flowers.
Superintending Providence.
Changes of season, seedtime and harvest.
Early and latter rain, summer and winter
Day and night, with refreshing sleep
Religious Privileges. The Bible
The unspeakable gift of His Son.
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5
The gift of the Holy Spirit.
'The preached Word, the Sabbath Day.
The Promises, and hope of Heaven.
* Rev. E. N. Sawtell.
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APPENDIX.
Let each Christian, as a faithful steward, fix the valuation of his "Receipts " on the preceding page, if he can estimate them, and put the question to his con- science, " What owest thou unto my Lord? " and then fill up the blanks on this page as an answer.
REMITTANCES
Made by the steward, and deposited in the bank of heaven, which, although a debt he owes, draws an interest during life of one hundred per cent. 1 (Matthew xix. 29.)
Remittances Made.
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For the support of his own local church.
$ Cts.
For Home Missions
For Foreign Missions
For Sabbath-school Work.
For Education of the Ministry
For Building Churches.
For Relief of Disabled and Infirm Ministers
For Aid to Christian Schools and Colleges.
For Education and Evangelization of the Freedmen .. For the Bible Society.
For the Relief of the Poor
For Other Benevolent Objects
For Incidental Charities
28c
APPENDIX.
ANCIENT ADVICE. *
Let your
Thoughts be divine, lawful, chaste. Conversation be brief, honest, true. Works be profitable, holy, charitable. Manners be grave, courteous, cheerful. Diet be temperate, convenient, sober. Apparel be frugal, neat, comely. Will be constant, obedient, ready. Sleep be moderate, quiet, seasonable. Prayers be short, frequent, fervent. Recreation be lawful, suitable, seldom. Memory be of death, punishment, glory.
Hear Be silent Understand Remember
and learn to
be silent. understand. remember. do accordingly.
All that you
see, judge not. hear, believe not. know, tell not. can do, do not.
* Rev. E. N. Sawtell, in Manual of Second Presbyterian Church, Louisville, Ky., 1833.
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APPENDIX.
TO REMEMBER:
" My first great business on earth is the salvation of my soul."
" Whenever we become unwatchful and self-con- fident, we are near some humiliating fall."
"That those experiences or excited feelings which result in no efforts for Christ are groundless."
" Pride takes no delight in begging. Beware, there- fore, of pride, which will soon make thee a stranger at the throne of grace."
" Though we brought sin with us into the world, we shall not carry it with us out of the world. As death came by sin, so shall sin itself be destroyed by death."
" A man may go to heaven without health, without wealth, without honor, without learning, without friends, but he can never go to heaven without Christ."
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