County of Christian, Kentucky : historical and biographical, Part 28

Author: Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago ; Louisville : F.A. Battey Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 636


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Charles S. Morehead ..


89


John G. Page ..


100 97 97


David S. Patton.


Edward Rumsey


Benjamin Shackelford.


Fidelio C. Sharp.


94 99


Robert L. Waddill


110


Organization of Political Parties. 108


Political History. 102


State Representatives. 113


State Senators. 113


CHAPTER V.


INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS. 119


Agriculture .. 13


Agricultural Associations 1.40


Bridges .


Crop Statistics.


130


First General Road Law


120


Henderson & Nashville Road 120


138


Horticulture


143


Indian Trails.


119


Mills .. 136


Negro Slavery 134


Railroads 1229


Roads 120


Tobacco.


138


Turnpikes. 124


CHAPTER VI.


RELIGIOUS HISTORY .. 1-45


Compulsory Education. 158


Education. 149


freen Hiver Whig. 163


Hopkinsville Conservative ... 165


Hopkinsville Gazette ... 162


Hopkinsville Republican 164


Kentucky New Era, The ..


Kentucky Republican 16U


Kentucky Ryte 163


Mercury, The .. 1G1


Press, The ...


158


People's P'ress, The ... 161


School Fund Statistics


PAGE. 101


Robert Coleman.


James ('ravens


Joseph B. Crockett. 90


John W. Crockett. 93


Geology, Local ...


Indians, The ......


Indian Extermination.


Limestone, The Cavernous


02


Mound Builders.


Mounds in Kentucky.


30 31


Mounds, Local.


Natural Bridge .. 28


Pilot Rock


Soils 95


Soil, Effects of the. 21


Streauis


Thaber 26


CHAPTER II.


EARLY SETTLEMENT, PIONEERS, ETC ... 39


Abraham Stites 55


Assessors. 57


C'eusus, The .. 59 Circuit Court. 53


Coroners . 57 19 County Court 57


County Judges.


57


County Officers 65 Court Houses .. 57 52


Court of Quarter Sessions.


Election Precincts ...


Hardships


45 50


James Robinson


Name, Origin of ... 1S


Organization of County.


46


Pioneers, First .. 40


Poor-Farm, The. 61


15


Seat of Justice, Locating the. 50 Settlers, The .. 43


56


CHAPTER IIL.


LATER SETTLERS, LAND SPECULATIONS, ETC .... 62


Additional of the Settlers. 64


Crime ..


Following the Footsteps of the Pioneers. 62 Joshua ( ates. 67 Laud Speculatious and Troubles. 70


Lawlessness ... 72


Penuington Family, The.


72


Penuingtou's Last Game


Pioneer l'astimes. 69


Regulators, The .. 81 Settlers, Later. 65


Sharp Practices 75


CHAPTER IV.


COURT AND BAR, POLITICS, ETC ......... 83 Bench and Bar.


George W. Barhour ...... 101


William B. Blackburn. 86 James Breathitt


Thomas Chilton


Juhu MeLarning


Benjamin W. l'atton.


`County Patronage ..


County Levy for 1797


Jails ..


. Sheritt's


Privations ..


Hopkinsville Tobacco Trade ..


Live Stock 139


644


INDEX.


PAGE.


Schools of the County 155


Schools and Schoolhouses. 155


School System, Present. 149


South Kentuckian, The 166


Spy, The .. 162


State Patronage (Educational). 150


CHAPTER VII.


WAR HISTORY. 167


Cavalry, C. S. A., Eighth Kentucky. 177


Col. L. A. Sypert. 178


Confederates 175


Edmund Alexander Starling. 166


Federals 183


Gen. James S. Jackson. 188


John D. Morris. 182


Pensions ... 169


War Between the Sections 173


War of 1812. 171


War with Mexico. 173 Indian Mounds. 287


CHAPTER VIII.


HOPKINSVILLE CITY AND PRECINCT .. 191


Banking


Bartholomew Wood 191


City Government 213


Crescent Mills, The 208


Early Tradesmen 201


Eugene Mills, The. 208


Fires ... 214


General Business


212


Gen. Ifopkins. 200


Great Butter Company, The 210


Growth of Hopkinsville. 202


Hopkinsville Mills ... 209


Ilopkinsville Precinct .. 197


Judge Lindsay's Recollections of Hopkins- ville


205


Laying out Hopkinsville.


199


Learned Professions. 205


Manufacturing Industries. 208


Merchants. 204


Postetfiee, The 203


Press, The. 204


Settlers, Early 192


Taverns ... 202


Western Lunatic Asylum .. 197


CHAPTER IX.


HOPKINSVILLE CHURCHES, ETC .. 217


Baptist Church .. 225


Catholic Church 239


Cemeteries ... 210


Christian Church, 232


Colored Methodist Church .. 239


Cumberland Presbyterian Church .. 236


Episcopal Church 238


Methodist Church .. 217-220


Presbyterian Church .230-232


Rev. Henry Anderson 236


CHAPTER X.


EDUCATIONAL, ETC. 243


Benevoleut lustitutions 256


Bethel Female College 255


Colored Schools .. 252


Free Masons. 257


244


Horticultural Gardens


258


Odd Fellows


258


Opera House.


Prof. C. H[. Dietrich 251


Public Schools 244


Samuel R. Crumbaugh 251


School District Boundaries. 247


South Kentucky College. 252


CHAPTER XI.


CASKY, PEMBROKE AND LONGVIEW PRECINCTS .. 2GI Bethel Baptist Church, 271


Casky Grange, No. 38 .... 274


Cumberland Presbyterian Church. 271


Early Preachers .. 271


Early Schools and Teachers 270


Early Settlers


261


General Description 261


Geology, etc. 273


Industries 273


Negroes, The 268


Pembroke, Town of .... 273


l'rofessional Men. 273


Reformed Church. 272


Salubria M. E. Church. 272


Villages 273


CHAPTER XII.


UNION SCHOOLHOUSE PRECINCT. 277


Churches. 281


Colored Families. 287


Concord Church


285


Earliest Settlers. 277


Fevers.


286


General Description. 277


Newstead Presbyterian Church 285


Patrons ef Husbaudry.


Pee Dee M. E. Church South ...


286


Shiloh Methodist Church. 281


South Union Baptist Church 285


The Unitarians .. 284


Villages .... 286


CHAPTER XIII.


LAFAYETTE AND GARRETTSBURO PRECINCTS. 289


Bennettstown. 291


Church History 294


Early Settlers of Garrettsburg .. 293


First Birth in Flat Lick. 290


293


First Settlers of Lafayette.


259


First Wedding in Flat Lick


290


Flat Lick


290


Garrettsburg.


293


Garrettsburg Schools


296


Garrettsburg Village


296


General Description .


289


Incorporation of Lafayette. 290


Lafayette Precinct .. 259


MeKenzie Kirk 292-295


Merchants and Professionals. 201


292


Pleasant Valley School ....


292


Terrible Tragedy. 292


The Baptist Church .. 294


The Methodist Church .. 294


The Presbyterian Church 294


Town of Lafayette ... 290


War Incident 296


CHAPTER XIV.


MOUNT VERNON, FRUIT HILL, STEWART AND WILSON PRECINCTS


209


Coal Deposits .. 306


Early Settlers of Fruit Hill. 302


Early Settlers of Mount Vernon. 299


Early Settlers of Stewart. 304


Early Settlers of Wilson. 303


Fairview Methodist Church .. 305


Fruit Hill Precinct 302


Natural or Rock Bridge 306


305


Revolutionary Soldiers. 30G


Rock Bridge Baptist Church ... 300


304


Stewart Precinct


The Old Baptists 306


The Universalists 305


Vaughn's Chapel. 305


Wilson Precinct 303


CHAPTER XV.


BAINBRIDGE, HAMBY AND SCATES' MILL PRE- CINCTS 309 An Old Soldier 313


Bear Story 313


Churches. 315


Consolation Universalist Church 318


Crofton 319


320


Crofton Male and Female Academy


First Conuers to Bainbridge. 310


Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. 304


Schools ..


Knights of Pythias.


259


Hopkinsville High School 258


Pleasant Valley Church


First Postoffice.


210


PAOK.


645


INDEX.


FAGE.


General Description. 309 Hamby Precinct ..


312


Methodist Episcopal Church Sonth. ..... .319-320


Philip Hamby. 312


Reformers or Christians. 319


Reminiscences,


314


Hev. J. F. McCord. 312


Schools .. 320


West Union Baptist Church 315


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.


Bainbridge Precinct. 587


C'asky Precinct 603


Fruit Hill Precinct. 561


Garrettsburg Precioct. 575


Hamby Precinct. 557


Hopkinsville, City and Precinct 339


Lafayette Precinct .. 509


- Longview Precinct ... 485


Mount Vernon Precinct ... 437


Pembroke Precinct ... 1-17


Scates' Mill Precinct. 569


Stewart Precinct 615 Union Schoolhouse Precinct. 523


Wilson Precinct ..


625


ILLUSTRATIONS.


Court Houses. .between pages 18 and 19


Hopkinsville Public School Building.


between pages 242 and 243


Modern Schoolhouse ....... .between pages 306 and 307


Primitive Schoolhouse. .154


Scene at a Schoolbouse, Christmas ..


.245


PORTRAITS.


Abernathy, H. G. between pages 138 and 139


Alexander, L. G. .. between pages 234 and 235 Beard, D. R .. .between pages 210 and 211


Brown, T. F. .. between pages 210 and 211


Buckner, S. G. between pages 158 and 139


Groft, I. F. .between pages 320 and 321


Fairleigh, R. M .between pages 250 and 251


Fraser, J. W .. between pages 290 and 291


between pages 106 and 107


Fuqua, W. M. between pages 138 and 139


Gant, Joseph K.


.. between pages 274 and 275


Green, Thomas.


Hancock, T. R. .between pages 138 and 139


Holland, S. A ... between pages 146 and 147


Holland, Mrs. Almeda ...... between pages 1 bi aud 117


Jameson, R. C ..


„between pages 266 and 267 Jameson, Mrs. Susan C ... between pages 266 and 207 Jesup, J. E.


Latham, J. C.


between pages 210 and 211


Leavell, L. L.


.between pages 130 and 131


Metcalf, J. C .. between pages 296 and 297


Pay, Anstin between pages 114 and 115


Radford, C. W. .. between pages 210 and 211 Sharp, Fidelio C. between pages 94 and 95


Sharp, Mrs. Evelina J between pages 01 and 95


Thomas, Joseph P. between pages 258 and 259


Thompson, George O. .between pages 210 and 211


Whitlock, J. C. .. between pages 122 and 123


Wood, Bartholomew T ..... between pages 190 and 191


MEMORANDA.


PAGE.


Historical .. .


321


Biographical.


633


between pages 138 and 139


BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.


PAGE.


Abernathy, H. G


339


Alexander, L. G


339


Anderson, R. M


340


Anderson, C.


341


Anderson, A. HI


341


Armistead, R. B


147


Armstrong, R


47


Allen, J. W


485


Armstrong, E.


557


Adams, J. M


523


Adcock, W. E


523


Alexander, C. B


524


Anderson, E. H


525


Ballard, H. C


342


Barrow, J. F


342


Beard, D. R


343


Boyd, S. J


344


Breathitt, J. W


345


Breathitt, J


346


Bronaugh, J.


316


Brown, E. A


347


Brown, T. F.


348


Brownell, F. J


349


Burnett, I.


351


Bush, C. H


351


Barclay, E. G


48


Bell, D.


148


Bollinger, H. H


449


Bragg, J. P.


119


Bronaugh, W. M


150


Browder, G. R


451


Barker, T. M


185


Banker, P. M.


486


Batts, Jolm T.


486


648


BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.


Bell, C. D


FAGE. 487


Bendall, G


488


Boone, W. I


488


Buckner, F. W


488


Blair, S.


509


Boyd, J. A.


510


Boyd, W. HI


525


Browning, J. A


526


Boyd, Y


558


Barnes, D. L.


561


Barnes, J. J.


561


Bates, A.


562


Brasher, C. A


569


Brown, J. R


569


Bacon, Mrs. M. E


575


Barns, M. A.


575


Bell, D


576


Boyd, R. L.


577


Bryant, H. HI


587


Bass, J


615


Campbell, J. P., Jr.


352


Campbell, G. V


352


Campbell, A. P.


353


Campbell, A.


354


Campbell, E. P


355


Cansler, Polk


356


Champlin, G. A


357


Clark, J. M


357


Clark, J. HI


358


Coombs, G. B


358


Cooper, J. O.


359


Crumbaugh, S. R


360


Cook, E. R


437


Catlett, A. C


451


Chilton, F. M.


451


Carneal, J., Rev


489


Carter, J. M. 490


Carter, Daniel F 490


Catlett, J. C.


191


Cayce, M


491


-- Cherry, C. B


492


Clardy, T. F


493


Coleman, J. T


511


Cooper, A. M.


511


Clardy, J. C. 492


BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.


649


Campbell, F. B


PAGE. 526


Campbell, Ned


527


Clardy, J. D


528


Coombs, W. E


529


Crenshaw, R. C ..


529


Cavanah, J. H


562 569


Croft, W. V


570


Croft, A. B.


570


Croft, J. E


570


Clark, H. B


588


Cox, W. F


588


Cullom, E. R


589


Clark, J. M.


603


Clark, J. M.


615


Cordier, J


616


Davis, M. C.


360


Dietrich, C. H


361


Dneker, C. W


361


Dudley, R. H


452


Dennis, Z. P


494


Davie, M. D.


512


Dowell, Mrs. E


513


Dillman, J. H


530


Dulin, J. M


571


Dinguid, M. N


590


Denton, J. H


616


Denton, J. W


617


Drake, Z. T.


617


Dulin, R.


618


Ellis, William


361


Ellis, J. O


362


Eddins, W. W


453


Edwards, C. N


530


Ellis, A. W


530


Evans, J. E


531


East, J


558


Fairleigh, R. M.


363


Feland, J


366


Forrey, J. S


367


Foulkes J


367


Frankel, M.


368


Fraser, W. I 369


Fuqua, W. M


370


Forbes, J. V


438


Collins, J. D


650


BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.


Forbes, J. E


PAGE. 438


Fritz, M. A


438


Fritz, E. HI


439


Fruit, S. T


439


Forgy, S. P.


453


Fuqua, A. J


514


Fuqua, T. J


515


Farnsworth, H. A


531


Faulkner, E. J


532


Foard, J. W


532


Fuller, J. R.


571


Gaines, R. W


371


Gant, J. K


371


Gish, D. J


372


Grissam, M. W


374


Garnett Family


451


Garnett, B. C


457


Garrott, I


458


Gray, T. D


459


Garnett, J. F.


494


Garrott, M. A


494


Griffin, E. C.


195


Girand, F. M


515


Garrett, J. A


533


Gary, J. C.


534


Gary, R. S


534


Glass, J. C.


534


Green, J. R.


535


Gresham, J. W


536


Gooch, T. W.


563


Glover, D. H.


571


Giles, P.


577


Guthrie, L. P.


590


Garnett, J. T.


604


Garrott, W. W


605


1 Graham, T. L.


606


Green, T. 607


Gunn, J. A


608


Gabard, W. F :618


619


Hancock, T. R 376


Hickman, L. B 376


377


Howe, J. M.


377


Grace, F. E.


Holland, R. H


Harned, E. 140


651


BIOGRAPHIICAL INDEX.


PAGE.


Harned, I


440


Hanna, S


159


Holland, S. A


460


Hollis, W.


464


Hopkins, R. G


465


Hutchinson, D. G.


466


Harris, J. T.


495


Herndon, H. C.


496


Hall, C.


516


Hanbery, J. W


537


Henry, G.


537


Henry, R. W.


538


! Hendrix, A. A


564


Hardy, J. L.


590


Hardy, T. M.


590


Hiser, B. F


591


Ingram, R. HI


572


Jesup, J. E


378


Jameson, R. C


466


Johnson, J. N.


538


. Jackson, R. M.


620


Johnson, G. N.


625


Johnson, R.


625


Kenner, Mrs. Bettie E


167


Knight, J. R.


539


Knight, G. E


539


Landes, J. I.


379


Latham, J. C


380


1 Lewis, M


380


Long, A. V.


381


Lackey, G. W


4.11


Lacy, G. V .:


441


Layton, M. V. B.


142


Lackey, B. D


167


Lunderman J


168


Leavell, C.


578


Lander, G. W.


592


Lander, W. N


593


Lander, C. T. 593


Long, J. W


620


MeCarroll, Joe 382


MeDaniel, R. T. 383


McPherson, J. W 383


Meacham, C. M.


384


652


BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.


PAGE.


Means, L. W.


384


Merritt, J. R


385


Metcalfe, V. M.


386


Mills, J. N


387


Mills, R.


388


Minck, J. W


389


Morris, M. H


390


Morrow, T


390


McComb, L.


468


Mason, W. B.


168


Massie, F. B


469


Miller, M. G


169


Murphy, T. T.


471


Murphey, E. J


471


McKee, Mrs. A. E.


496


Mckenzie, W. W.


497


Major, U. L.


498


Major, HI


498


Mason, M. A


499


Massie, W. M.


499


Medley, J


500


Montgomery, J. M.


500


Moore, J. W.


501


McGee, G. W


517


McGaughey, A


540


MeGaughey, R. H


541


McGaughey, J. W


541


Marquess, J. C


541


Mason, D. S.


542


Morris, E. F


542


Moss, J. L.


542


Moore, J. R.


559


McCord, H. C.


572


Murphy, J. N


573


MeKnight, J. J. C


579


Metcalf, J. C.


579


Mason, P. P


593


Meacham, A. W


594


Mitchell. Jas. T


596


McKee, C. .609


Myers, G. H 621


Martin, P. O 625


Meacham, C. W


626


Meacham, J. M


626


Nelson, M. II


391


653


BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.


PAGE.


Norwood, R. W.


392


Northington, C. J


517


·Nanee, B. B


543


Nixon, J. J.


573


Nolen, W. H.


59€


Orr, J


392


Overshiner Family


393


O'Neal, C.


501


O'Neal, L. L


502


Owsley, D. B.


518


Owen, T. T


544


Owen, M. V


394


Phelps, H. A.


395


Pike, E. A


395


Poindexter, G


396


Pyle Family


397


Perry, D. R.


442


Pendleton, R. Y


472


: Pendleton, P. B


473


Peyton, J. P.


473


Parrish, J. S


565


Peay, A.


597


P'Pool, G. A


622


Pepper, S. D


398


Radford, C. W.


100


Renshaw, R.


400


Ricketts, J. T.


401


Rodgers, A. D.


402


Rust, J. W.


104


Radford, W. T


474


Richardson, J


474


Rose, W. G.


476


Radford, W. B


502


Ragsdale, W. E


503


Rives, H. P


503


Robb, E. C


519


Radford. M. G


545


Ramsey, J. M


545


Powers, T. J


580


P'Pool, J. M


598


Prouse, J. P


627


Rabbeth, J. T


399


Randle, W. F.


502


Payne, N.


543


654


BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.


Russell, R. A


PAGE. 546


Renshaw, J. M


559


Roberts, M. 573


Radford, J. B.


581


Rives, Mrs. R. A


582


Rawls, C. E.


599


Renshaw, F. II


599


Renshaw, W. J


600


Radford, C. J


609


Rawlins, L. B


610


Rives, R. F


610


Roberts, E. J


611


Robinson, Mrs. E. J


627


Robinson, E. M


628


Robinson, G. A. H


628


Seargent, A.


105


Sebree, E. G


406


Shackelford, C


106


Sharp, F. C. and E. J 407


410


Smith, G. W


410


Smith, J. W. I


411


Smith, T. L.


412


Smith, M. O


413


Starling, S. M


413


Stites, II. J


417


Sypert, L. A


420


Shanklin, W. H


43


Shaw, T. H


443


Steel, J. D.


444


Smith, R. H 476


477


Stuart, E. S 478


50-


Sherrill, P. E.


519


Stepbens, E. T


520


Southall, G. W


547


Stowe, W. T


547


Summers, W. D 548


600


. Smith, J. J


Stith, J. W 601


Thompson, G. O 120


Thompson, G. V 121


Townes; A. V


122


Tyler, J. D


422


.


Shipp, W. M


Smith, O. J


Steger, E. W


BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX. 655


PAGE.


Tandy, T. J


478


Thomas, J. P


479


Thomas, J. Q


504


Tuck, H. D


549


Thurmond, J. C.


550


Terry, J. D.


574 583


Terrell, T. J


583


Terrell, J. W


C22


Tandy, Mrs. S. E


423


v Underwood, B. T


551


Usher, J. H.


565


1,' Underwood, J. W


601


Vaughan, R. W


424


Weill, Joe


424


Wheeler, W. G


425


Wilgns, W. A


425


Williams, M. W


426


Wilson, R. H


427


Winfree, W. P


428


Withers, W. J


429


Wood, B. S.


431


Wood, E. P


431


Wood, E.


132


Wood, H


434


Woosley, J. B


480


Willis, J. C.


481


Williams, S. F.


482


Wood, Mrs. J. D.


182


Walden, C. H


505


Whitlock, B. A.


506


Winfree, S. T


506


Wallace, J. B.


552


Whitlock, J. C


554


West, B. HI


50€


West, C. C.


566


West, W. W


567


West, W. M


574


Wilson, A. L


427


Winfree, J. H.


430


Wood, D. B. S.


433


Wood, J. R


434


Wills, Mrs. S. A


521


Thurmond, Mrs. J. E


550


Torian, J.


-


656


BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.


PAGE.


Wallace, T. H.


584


White, J. B


584


Wilson, E. A


585


Wood, J. W.


602


Warfield, W. E


612


Whitaker, D. M.


613


Williams, B. D


.622


West, J. K


629


Wicks, J. W.


629


Wilson, J. M.


636


Withers, F. M.


631


Yancey, J. W


435


Young, J. A


435


Young, T. S.


522


Yonts, T. L.


555


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