Glimpses of historic Madison County, Kentucky, Part 30

Author: Dorris, Jonathan Truman, 1883-1972.
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The Transylvania Colony, by William Stewart Lester, 1935.


Daniel Boone, by John Bakeless, 1939, and later printings.


Daniel Boone, by Reuben Gold Thwaites. 1907.


A Kentuckian at the Court of the Tsars (Cassius Marcellus Clay), by James Rood Robertson. 1935.


A History of Kentucky, by T. D. Clark. 1937.


A History of the Churches of Boone's Creek Baptist Association of Kentucky, by S. K. Corkwright. 1923.


History of Masonry in Madison County, Kentucky, by Robert T. Burnam. 1914.


Transylvania Bicentennial Celebration Address by Dr. Archibald Henderson. 1935.


A Story of Four Churches and Reminiscenses of Poosey Ridge, Madison County, Kentucky, by Forrest Calico, 1946.


Report of the Daniel Boone Bicentennial Commission and Ad- dresses. 1934.


Kentucky: A Guide Book to the Bluegrass State ( American Guide Series). 1939.


A History of Kentucky, by Temple Bodley, Vol. I.


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Pioneer Kentucky, by W. R. Jillson. 1934.


Kentucky, by W. H. Perrin and Others. 1886.


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History of Kentucky, by Z. F. Smith. 1886.


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Squire Boone, by W. R. Jillson. 1942.


Richmond, Kentucky, by William Chenault. Booklet copy in pos- session of J. T. Dorris.


Famous Saddle Horses, by Susanne. 1932.


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Stage Coach Days in the Blue Grass, by J. Winston Coleman.


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History of the Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Kentucky, by Judge William Rodes Shackelford. 1927.


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Prehistoric Men of Kentucky, Col. Bennett H. Young. 1910.


Geography of the Kentucky Knobs, by Dr. Wilbur G. Burroughs. 1926.


MAGAZINE ARTICLES


"John Finley: The Pathfinder of Kentucky," The Filson Club Quar- terly ( April, 1927), by Lucien Beckner.


"William Chenault, 1835-1901. One of the Founders of the Filson Club." J. T. Dorris, Filson Club Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 2 (April, 1945)


"The Daniel Boone Myth," by Clarence W. Alvord, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Vol. XIX, Nos. 1-2 (April-July, 1926).


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Daniel Boone Bicentennial, 1934, Kentucky School Journal, (Vol.


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GLIMPSES OF HISTORIC MADISON COUNTY, KENTUCKY


13, No. 1), entire number given to Boone, Boonesborough and re- lated subjects. By several authors, J. T. Dorris, Editor.


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"Letter of Col. Nathaniel Hart on the Claims of Boonesborough as the First Settlement of Kentucky," edited by J. T. Dorris, Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol. 31, No. 94 (January, 1933).


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OTHER SOURCES


Madison County newspapers both Richmond and Berea mentioned in the Madison County Press Chapter.


Maps contributing to the history of Madison County are:


Maps of Kentucky, by John Filson. 1784. Later facsimile copies. Map of Kentucky, by J. Debren. London, 1795.


Map of Madison County, Kentucky, compiled and published by D. G. Beers and Co., Philadelphia in 1876. Several copies exist. Map of Madison County, Kentucky, in Old Cane Springs, and A Glimpse at Historic Madison County and Richmond, Kentucky, by J. T. Dorris. 1934, 1936.


Map of Madison County, by H. de Forbes. In Mr. Forbes' office.


INDEX


Academies, 81-2; Madison, 82; Silver Creek, 83; Richmond Female, 83; Madison Female Institute, 84; Mil- ton Institute, 86; Texas Seminary, 86; Walter's Institute, 87; The Kingston School, 87; The Foxtown Private Schools, 87; other types of Private, 88


Adam, George, Justice of the Peace, 37 Adams, Mrs. Margaret Ann, father's home as hospital after Battle of Richmond, 155


Adams, Thomas E., 73


Aftermath of the Civil War, An, Kava- naugh and Parrish factions, shoot- ings and killings, 155-6


Altrusa Club, Richmond, 223-225


American Association of University Women, 220-223


Amnesty Proclamation of 1865, 175


Antietam, Battle of, 149


Apothecary Jars, 201


Arbuckle, Dr. J. A., 304


Arnett, Mrs. J. B., 223


"Aunt Creech Sally," 160


"Aunt Millie," 159, 160


Austin, L. A., 160


Ayers, Dr. Jeremiah, 68


Bales, Sheriff J. W., 33


Ballard, Mrs. J. C., 216


Ballard, P. P., 36


Ballow, George W., Sr., election of, contested, 156


Barkley, Senator Alben W., 276,273 Barlow, Milton K., 186


Barnett, James, oath administered to, 37


Basin Knob, 33


Basin Mountain, description of, 4


Baumstark, Valentine, 67


Bayer, John, 237; 254


Beckner, Col. Lucien, 279


Bee, Ru, 313


Bennett, Belle Harris, 162, 180-184


Bennett, John, expelled from church, 133


Bennett, Mrs. Waller, 215


Bennett, Mrs. Warfield, 215


Berea, organization, 63-4; E. T. Fish one organizers, 64; its growth and utilities, 66; a fourth class city, 67 Berea Cemetery, 313


Berea College, Clay's invitation to


Fee, 99; the Glades meeting house, 99; school established, 99; a consti- tution, 101; Bereans expelled, 101; Clay's neutrality, 101; return of Hanson, 102; reopened, 102; open- ing of college department, 102; presidency of Fairchild, 102; Ku Klux Klan, 102; Stewart's presi- dency, 102; Frost's presidency, 102; interest in Mountain people, 102; the Day Law, 103; W. J. Hutchin's administration, 103; A. G. Wedler, Dean of Labor, 103; administration of Dr. Francis S. Hutchins, 103


Berea College, Board of Trustees of, 103-4


Berea College donors, 103


Berea College, enrollment and former students, 104; number of graduates, 103


Berea College Hospital, 307


Berea College Press, 75


Berea Evangelist, The, 76


Berea News, The, 76


Berea Press Editors, 75-6


Berea Publishing Co., 75


Berea Woman's Club, 220


Bereans, expulsion of, warned to leave Kentucky, 140-41; appealed to Gov- ernor Magoffin, 141-42; decision to leave, 142; reaction of Northern press, 143


Big Bend of Kentucky, 136


Big Hill Pike, 146


"Big Jimmy," Indian killed by rescue party, 21


Blanton, Chancellor Lindsay H., 106; 186


Blue Grass Ordnance Depot, 249-3; commanding officers of, 252


Blue Licks Park, 278


Board of Trade, Richmond, 228-1


Boggs, Capt. John, 201


Boggs, Mrs. Margaret Jane, report of wounded in the Battle of Rich- mond, 154


Bogie Burial Ground, 7 Boiling Spring, 16


Boone, Daniel, life of, 14-15; with Gen. Braddock, 14; exploration of, 14; loss of son at Blue Licks, 15; with Gen. Clark north of Ohio, 15; loss of land titles, 15; in Virginia


325


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GLIMPSES OF HISTORIC MADISON COUNTY, KENTUCKY


legislature, 15; to Missouri, 15; ex- peditions to Northwest, 15; death and later removal of body to Frank- fort, 15; command at Boones- borough, 244


Boone, Jemina, 18; married Flanders Callaway, 21


Boone Narrative, The, 274


Boone Souvenir Half Dollar, 274


Boone, Squire, with Daniel in Ken- tucky, 33


Boone, Squire, Rock, 33


Boone's Gap, 1


Boone's Trail, cutting of, 16


Boonesborough, incorporation of, 16;


fort at, 16; saved Northwest Terri- tory, 17; second settlement in Ken- tucky, 27; plot of, 27; incorporated, 28; first town incorporated in Ken- tucky, 28; population and economic importance, 28; bid for the State's capitol, 28; today, 28


Boonesborough, Fort, Siege of, 21-26; defense by Major William B. Smith; powwow with Indians, 25; Indian and white casualties, 25


Boonesborough Marker, DAR, Names of persons on, 193


Boonesborough Romance, capture of three girls, 18; rescue, 21.


Bowman, Col. John, 243


Boyle, John, oath administered to, 37 Bradford Brothers, 70


Brassfield, why named, 68; 167


Breck, Chancellor Robert L., 106


Breck, Daniel, opposed to financing railroad, 56-57; 176; 186


Breck, Judge C. H., 108


Bridges, 52; Clay's Ferry, 54


Brittain, Rear Admiral C. B., 186


Broaddus, Elbridge J., 176


Brock, H. H., 162, 165; Christmas greeting, 166; Lines To Kith and Kin, 166; 182


Brock, Mrs. H. H., 215


Bronston, Sr., T. S., in Union meeting, 144


Brown, John, influence of raids, 140 Brown, Richard L., 248


Bryan, Rebecca, marriage to Daniel Boone, 14


Buchanan, Joseph, published Natural Philosophy, 71


Burnam, Anthony Rollins, 29; 108; 170


Burnam, Anthony Rollins II, 171; 173; 175 Burnam, Caperton, 29; 175


Burnam, Curtis F., 36; 108; 169; cap- tured 169


Burnam, Mrs. E. Tutt, 305


Burnam, Mrs. James R., 215


Burnam, John, 171


Burnam, Miss Lucia, 169


Burnam, Mrs. Paul, 48; 172


Burnam, Paul, 171


Burnam, Robert, 171; 205


Burnam, Sam Parkes, 171


Burnam, Thompson S., 169


Burnamtown, 167


Burroughs, Mrs. Mavis R., 1; 202


Burroughs, Dr. Wilbur G., 1; 202


Bush, William, joined rescue party, 19


Bybee pottery, 67


Bybeetown, 167


Button, Dr. F. C., 162


Callaway, Elizabeth, 18


Callaway, Flanders, married Jemima Boone, 21; in rescue party, 19


Callaway, Frances, 18


Campbell, Alexander, 172


Camp Boggs, named by Federals, 157


Camp Douglas, 174


Cander, George, 111


Cannon, Mrs. Jouett Taylor, 274


Caperton, Adam, killed in Battle of Little Mountain (Estill's defeat), 28; 171


Caperton, Mrs. James W., 172; 173; 213


Caperton, Col. J. W., 36


Caperton, William, 171


Carr, Dr. Shelby, 306


Carson, Christopher (Kit), 179


Carson, Dr. James, 179; 214


Carver, George Washington, 162


Cavalry, Kentucky 11th, C.S.A., 151


Cecilian Music Club, 226


Cedar, utilization of, 69


Celebrations, 261-286; Boonesbor- ough, 1840, 261; Francis Home- coming, 1906, 264; DAR at Boones- borough, 1907, 270; Boone Bicen- tennial, 1934, 273; Transylvania, 1935, 279; Madison County Sesqui- centennial, 1936-37, 282; Berea College Centennial, 1955, 285 Cemetery Fence, Main Street, 317


Cemeteries, rural, 311; village, 312; Richmond, 313-18; Berea, 313 Central News, The, 74


Central University, 105-7; division of the Presbyterians, 105; Southern sympathizers lose Centre College, 105; decision to establish C.U., 105; leaders of the movement in Madi-


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son, 105; character of, 106; R. L. Breck, charter and first chancellor, 106; Blanton, chancellor, 106; num- ber of graduates, 107; publications of, 107; union with Centre College, 107


Challinor, T. B., 74


Chapman, Representative Virgil, 276


Chenault, Anderson, 174


Chenault, David, 174


Chenault, Col. David Walter, re- cruited 11th Kentucky Cavalry C.S.A., 151; killed, 152


Chenault, John Cabell, 160


Chenault, Mrs. Sallie G. H., 213


Cholera, in Richmond, 41


Church, Mt. Zion, 154


Churches, Presbyterian, 111-13; Dis- ciples of Christ, 113-14; Church of God, 114; Episcopal, 114; Union of Berea, 115; Catholic, 115-16; Whites Memorial, 116; Christian Science, 117; Church of Christ, 117; Baptist, 117-20; Methodist, 120-22


Citizen, The, 75


Civil War, Union meetings, 144


Clark, Gen. George Rogers, leader of opposition to Transylvania, 17 Clay Battalion, The, defended the White House, 145


Clay, Bruttus Junius I, 126-27; agri- culturist, 127; in Congress, 127


Clay, Brutus Junius II, 127; U.S. com- missioner to Paris, 128; Minister to Switzerland; 128; 303


Clay, Cassius Marcellus I, 123-26; break with Fee, 135-36; his True American, 124; his writings, 124; his Washington centennial address, 123; influence on Lincoln's nomina- tion, 1860, 125; Watterson's eulogy, 125-26; at St. Petersburg, 126; wrote "Icarus" against woman suf- frage, 129; vs. Squire Turner, 159; dress sword of, 203


Clay, Mrs. Cassius M., dress worn by, 201


Clay, Cassius Marcellus II, 127; presi- dent state constitution convention, 127


Clay, Cassius Marcellus III, 131; at- torney for RFC, 131; general solici- tor for Band O.R.R., 131; Red Cross, 131; publications, 131 Clay, Mrs. Frank, 202


Clay, Gen. Green, 123; built White Hall, 123; delegate to Virginia rati-


fication convention, 123; defended Fort Meigs, 123


Clay, Green II, 281


Clay, Miss Laura, 128-31; Equal Rights Association, 129; for wom- an's suffrage, 129-30


Climax, The Richmond, 8; 72-74; re- moval of Boone Rock, 33-36


Cloyd, Dr. W. C., 306 Coates, Dr. T. J., 186


Cobb, Rev. John, 167


Coleman, J. Winston, account struggle over tolls, 54


of


College Hill, why named, 68 Colonial Dames of Kentucky, 196


Commission, Daniel Boone Bicenten- nial, 15


Committee, Berea's Centennial, 203 Compromise of 1850, 159


Cook, David, 30


Copper Armor, where found and de- scription of, 5


Cornelison, Robert, home used as hospital after Battle of Richmond, 156-57; no claim for extensive damages, 157


· Cornelison, Jr., Mrs. Hubert L., 220 Cosby, Albert, 254


Country Club, 62


Courthouse, first, 37; second, 38; third, 39; cost, 39; valuable records, 39; art gallery in, 39;


Courtyard, market place, 39; post and rail fence around, 39; iron fence around, 39


Covington Coleman, 137


Covington, Miss Mary Q., 217


Crabb, John Grant, 187


Cronston, Thomas, Sr., 71


Crooke, Harrison, 45


Crooke, Hezekiah, 45


Crooke, John, surveyed Richmond, 38; 44; books and teacher, 79 Curry, Dr. E. E., gift of, 204


Dam, Jessamine Creek, 279


Daniel Boone Bicentennial Commis- sion, 273, 277


"Daniel Boone Myth," 281 Darling, Fred, 248


Davis, J. S., 101


Davis, Willard, his response to the draft, 154-55


Davis, William Quint, secretary of Union meeting, 144


Distilleries, Searcy's, 40; Hume, 40; Yorick, 41; Weddel's mill, 41


Distinguished natives, 176-185


Division of Public Assistance, 310


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GLIMPSES OF HISTORIC MADISON COUNTY, KENTUCKY


Donaldson, Israel, 79


Donovan, Herman Lee, 187


Doniphan, Joseph, 79


Dorris, J. T., 274


Doty, A., 156


DuBois, Dr. W. E. B., 162


Dunn, C. Frank, 274


Dunn, Mrs. Murison, 217


Easterday, Major David M., 248 Eastern Kentucky State College Hos- pital, 307


Eastern Progress, The ,75


Education, public, 1900-1955, legis- lation, 91; teachers' qualification, 93; salaries, 93; terms, 93; courses of study, 93; attendance, 94; high schools, 94-5; Negro schools, 95


Elder, William, stage lines of, 54 Elder, Robert L., 248


11th Kentucky Cavalry, C.S.A., organ- ization, 151-52; joins Morgan's brigade, 152; capture and imprison- ment, 152


Ellis, Capt. William, of the "Travel- ing Church," 68


Elliston, why named, 68; 167


Elm, The Great, organization of gov- ernment under, 26; first religious service, 26


Embry, Joseph, 79


Embry, Talton, 68


Ellis, Thomas S., 68


Emerick, Jacob, 101


Episodes of County celebration, 283- 284


Estill, Benjamin, pioneer horse driver, 40


Estill, Captain James, established Fort Estill, 48; killed at Little Mountain, 31; monument to, 29


Estill, Mrs. Jonathan, 170


Estill, Col. Samuel, member of legis- lature, 48; judge of court, 48; great weight, 48; Harding portrait, 48


Estill's Defeat, 28-33


Exchange Club, 231


Fairchild, Edward H., 187 Farmer's Chronicle, 71 Farris, Hansford, 248


Farristown, 167


Federal Building, post office and Fed- eral Court, 62


"Fee Book" of James W. Caperton, 175


Fee, John G., mobbed, 136-39; at- tempt to return to Berea, 148; turned back by Confederates, 151


Fee, Mrs. John G., return to Berea, 149; home molested by Confed- erates, 150


Fence, post and rail, 39; removal of iron, 39; placed at cemetery, 39 Ferries, 54


Field, Pattie A., 303


Fields, Randall, 74


Filson Club, The, 8, 11


Firsts in Kentucky, 49-51


Fiscal Court, Madison County, 197


Fish, E. T., 64


Fite, Mrs. W. A., 216


Floyd, John B., Captain of Co. H., Medical regiment, 24-6


Ford Clark County, a lumber center, 68


Ford, Miss Edith, 221


Ford, Capt. Wm. W., 247


Fort Delaware, 174


4-H Club, 237-42


Foxtown, 159; 167


Francis, David R., homecoming, 264- 70 Fremont, John C., 179


French, James, surveyor, 37


French, Richard, 177


Frost, William G., 76


Gallaher, Lieut. Col. Charles W., 247


Gass, Capt. David, in rescue party, 19; 188; oath administered, 37


Gass, John, in rescue party, 19


Gass, Jennie, 188


George, James G., 72


George, Nicholas, oath administered to, 37 Gibson Hospital, 305


Gibson, Dr. Hugh, 306


Gibson, Dr. Moss, 306


Gilbert, Miss Bess, 203


Glades, 167


Globe-Register, 76


Goddin, Thomas I., 71


Goodloe III, John D., 188


Goodlow, Judge W. C., for the Union, 144


Graves, Prehistoric, 3


Green, Paul, 285


Green's Chapel, 167


Grimes, John A., published the Lumi- nary, 70; printed a book, 71; made nails, 59 Grinstead, Mathew D., 67


Grubbs, Col. Haydon Y., 249


Guerillas, 41


Guthrie, James, 55


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INDEX


Hacket, Peper, 30 Halley, John, freighted south, 40 Hancock Taylor's grave, 311 Hanson, John G., 101 Harney, Mrs. Elizabeth Hume, 220 Harrodstown, 16; seat of government of Kentucky County, 17 Harrison, Elisha, 204


Hart, Nathaniel, in rescue party, 19; 261


Hart, Thomas, 16 Hatch, Lieut. Col. Alden O., 249 Henderson, Dr. Archibald, 17; 279 Henderson, Judge Richard, 16-17 Henderson, Samuel, marriage, 21 Hennessey, James T., 248 Henry, Patrick, orders of, 37; 243 Herald, The, 72


Highways, U.S. 25, 41; improvement of, 58


Hillsborough, N.C., 16


A History of Education in Kentucky, 187


Historical Society, Madison County, 282


Hogg, James, admitted to Louisa Co., 16 continental congress, 17


Holder, Col. John, in rescuing Calla- way and Boone girls, 18-21; married Frances Callaway, 21


Hospitals, 303-309; Pattie A. Clay, 303; Gibson, 305; Pope, 306; East- ern, 307; Berea, 307; Irvine-Mc- Dowell Memorial, 308


Hotel, Phoenix, 169 Hoy, William, his preemption, 38


Huffman, Phil A., 67


Hughes, Mrs. C. T., 216 Humanity after Battle of Richmond, 158 Huck, Raymond, 248 Hume, Major O. F., 246 Hurst, Mrs. C, E., 236 Hutchins, Francis S., 188 Hutchins, William J., 188


"Icarus," by Cassius Marcellus Clay I, 129


Indian Fort Mountain, fortifications and description of, 1-4 Indians, Cherokee, 18 Indians, Shawnee, 18 In Memorial, Curtis Field Burnam, 170


Irvine, Christopher, administers oath, 37; deupty surveyor, 49; State Constitutional Convention, 49 Irvine, David, county clerk, 48; Union meeting, 144


Irvine, David Christopher, 205 Irvine, Mrs. Elizabeth, 309 Irvine Memorials, 49


Irvine, Thomas H., stage lines of, 54 Irvine, William, one of incorporators of Boonesborough, 28; rescue of, 32 Irvine, William, Ist county clerk, 48; delegate to State Constitutional Convention, 48


Jackson, Rev. A. W., 182 Jake, Negro preacher, 160 Jennings, Dr., 36 Jennings, Mrs. Frank, 215 Jilson, Dr. Willard R., 276


Johnson, President Andrew, Amnesty of, 175 Johnson, Keen, 74; 189; 277 Johnson, Mrs. Keen, 216


Johnson, Col. R. H., 72


Jones, Robert, mobbed, 137-39


Jones, Major Willard L., 248


Junior Woman's Club, Presidents of, 217-220


Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 159 Kavanaugh, Charles, 156 Kavanaugh, Humphrey, 156


Keene, W. L., 234 Keepsake Album, The Romance of a, 157 Keith, Charles A., 207


Keith, Mrs. Charles A., 214


Kellogg, Mrs. M. C., 201; 214


Kennedy, Jr., John, 45


Kennedy, Joseph, oath administered to, 37; appointed Sheriff, 37; Lieut. Colonel County Militias, 37


Kennedy, Tom, opposed removal of courthouse, 38; 47


Kennedy, Miss Willie, 215


Kentucky, County of, creation, 37; first court, 37; division of, 37


Kentucky Gazette, established, 70


Kentucky Medical Association, 309


Kentucky Rebel, The, 72


Kentucky Register, The, 72


Kentucky State Department of Health, 309


Kerley, William, fight in stray pen, 38 Kingston, 67; 149 Kirksville, 67; 167


Kiwanis Club, Berea, 231, Richmond, 232 Kluth, Fred, 201 Knobs, Kentucky, 1 Korean Hostilities, 253


330


GLIMPSES OF HISTORIC MADISON COUNTY, KENTUCKY


Lackey, Mrs. James, 305 Laffoon, Gov. Ruby, 274


Laine, Henry Allen, 161; 167; 182 Lambert, Warren Dean, account of Battle of Richmond, 147-51


Land Patents; titles in Madison, 42; Illinois, 42 Laurel Ridges DAR, 214


League of Women Voters of Berea, 225


Lee, Joseph, 59


Lewis Chapel, 136


Library, Woman's Club Public, 215


Lilly, Judge Grant E., 74


Lilly, Mrs. Grant E., 214


Lincoln, Mary Todd, 176


Lincoln, President, 169; granted a par- don, 173; 174 Link, Capt. E. M., 247 Lions Clubs, 234-235


Lodges, 205-12, Masonry, 205-9; Elks, 209-11; Odd Fellows, 211; Red Men, 212; list of Masonic, 207-8


Louisa Company, 16; changed name to Transylvania Co., 16 Lukeman, Augustus, 276


Madison County, creation of, 37; organization and development, 37- 44; extent of, 37; trying times, 41 Madison County Sesqui-Centennial Committee, 282 Madison Post, The 74


Madisonian's response to the draft, 154-55


Madisonian, The, 74


Manson, Gen. M. D., in command at Richmond, 149; 150


Markers, Historical, Boone Trail, 196; Kit Carson, 196; Twetty's Fort, 196; Battlefield of Richmond, 197; Fort Estill, 197; Memorial to Union and Confederate dead, 196; Milford, 197; David R. Francis, 197; DAR of Fort Boonesborough near bridge, 213; DAR Twetty's Fort, 213; DAR tablet for D. Boone in Administra- tion Building of EKSC, 213; DAR tablet for World War I dead, 214 Markers, Suggested, 197-8 Martin, D. G., 68 Martin, John, joined rescue party, 19 Mason, Dr. Silas C., 203 Masonry in Madison County, 171 Matson Studio, 285 McClelland, Rev. Hugh, 108 McCreary, James B., in Union meet-


ing, 144; Major and Lieut. Col., 154; 172; 177


McCreary, Dr. E. R., 177


McDowell, Dr. Ephraim, 309


McGuaghey, Charles K. A., 209


McMillen, John, joined rescue party, 19 McMullen, Surgeon John, 308 McWhorter, Virgil, 254


Mersham, A. J., defeated for repre- sentative, 157


Methodist church, court in, 39


Milford, county seat, 37; location, 37; courthouse at, 37


Militia, Kentucky, organization and growth, 243


Mill, The Bogie, 6


Miller, Lieutenant, desert at Estill's Defeat, 31


Miller's, John, barn, 38


Miller, Richard W., 108


Miller, Samuel Freeman, 177; birth- place, 197 Miller, Warfield Z., 211


Million, Glenn W., 248


Million, Village of, 7; 167


Missouri Compromise, 159


Moberly, John, 8


Moberly, Judge R. O., 8


Mobry-Robinson Lumber Co., 68


Monk, strategy saved fort, 30; made first powder in Ky., 60; freed, 60; slave, 188


Moore, Furgesson, gifts of, 204


Moore, Dr. W. J., 282


Morgan, Capt. Ernest H., 249


Morgan, John Hunt, 146; 160; re- organized militia, 244


Morton's Knob, 33


Mounds, Barnes Mill pike, 6; the Bogie Circle, 6; Kirksville, 6; Mob- erly, 8-13; Million and northern Madison, 7; near Berea pike, 7; near Otter creek, 7; near Waco, 8 Mountain Boomer, The, 72 Mountain Democrat, The, 72


Munday, Col. Reuben, 101 Murbach, Dr. Janet, 221


Museum, Eastern's 199; Berea's Geol- ogy, 202; Berea Centennial, 203 My Solution of the Race Problem, 165


National Guard, 243-47 Neale, Col. William, printer, 71 Nelson, Camp, 147


Nelson, Gen. William, defended Blue Grass Country, 146; arrived too late at Richmond, 146, 148, 151 Noland, Mrs. Jerre B., 254


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INDEX


Noland, Superintendent John, 108


Observer, The, 74


O'Donnell, W. F., 189 Oglesby Granite Co., 196 Ohio Annual Conference Rule, 132-33 Old Cane Springs, 159


Oldham, Abner, 68 Oldham, Othniel, 169 Oldham, Thomas, 170


Old Homes, 287-301; Log House Era, 289; Stone Age, 290; Lexington pike and Tates Creek, 291; Kirks- ville, Silver Creek and South Madi- son, 293; Big Hill and Speedwell, 295; Red House and vicinity, 297; Main Street and tributaries, 299 One Timer, 74 Owsley, Mrs. Lee J., 216


Paine College, 182 Pantagraph, The, 74


Pardon and Amnesty under Lincoln and Johnson, 175


Pardons secured, 169; Attorney fees for, 174 Parrish, Henry, 156


Parrish S. D., report of wounded in the Battle of Richmond, 154


Paschall, Col. William D., 248 Peck, Mrs. Elizabeth S., 190


Peoples Press, 71 Perryville, Battle of, 147 Pewee Valley Home, 170


Peytontown, 167


Phelps, Robert M., captain of medi- cal unit of Natural Guard, 246


Pickles, Mrs. George W., 226 Pillory, at Milford, 37 Pinnacle, The, 76


Pioneer National Monument Associa- tion, organization and achieve- ments, 277-79; Commission at Boone's grave, 273 Plowboy, The, 72 Poosey, 167


Pope, Dr. Henry C., 306


Pope, Dr. Russell L., 306


Pope, Dr. Mason G., 306 Population, 167


Porter, Mrs. H. O., 216


Powder magazine, 60, used by Con- federates and Federals, 60 Powell, J. H., 68


Prehistoric Men of Kentucky, Col. Bennett H. Young's, 11


Prehistoric People, Madison Co., 1 Proctor, Joseph, hero of Estill's De- feat, 28; established Methodist


church, 29; buried with honor, 32; ordained by Bishop Asbury, 32


Railroad, Central Kentucky, stock voted by Madison, 57-8


Railroads, Louisville and Nashville, 55; Stanford to Richmond, 55; costs of, 56; opposition to, 56-57


Railroad, Richmond-Irvine, bonds voted for, 58


Raine, Dr. James W., 203 Ranck, George W., Boonesborough, 26


Renfro, T. J., 101 Reporter, The, 75 Republican Party, 159; 178


The Review, 71


Revolutionary Soldiers buried in


Madison, (57), 254-59


Rhodes, Tyra, artisan, 38


Rice, Nathan L., 172


Rich, J. Hampden, 213


Richmond, site surveyed, 59; first house in, 59; sale of lots, 59; spin- ning cotton, 59; little manufactur- ing village, 59; bank in, 59; unim- proved streets, 60; East Main St. bridge, 60; macadamized streets, 60; population and expansion, 61; first telephones, 61; 167


Richmond, The Battle of, three in- vasions of the north, attempted, 148; Gens. Nelson and Manson Fed- eral, 148; Gen. E. Kirby Smith, 148; losses, 148; care of wounded, 149; Fee's attempt to return to Berea, 149; a sanquinary engagement, 152; burial of dead, 156


Richmond Cemetery, 313-18; charter, 313; area, 317; number of inter- ments, 317; Union and Confederate burials, 316; illustrations of memo- rials, 318


Richmond Daily Register, 74


Richmond, new county seat, 38; sur- veyed, 38; courthouse at, 38; sec- ond courthouse at, 39 The Richmond Republican, 71 Richmond, Battle of, reminisiences of, 155-57 Roark, R. Nevill, 189 Roberts, C. W., 75 Robe's Mountain, 4 Robinson, Dr. B. F., 304 Robinson, Dr. M. M., 304


Rock-Houses, 3


Rock, S. F., 68


Rodes, Robert, One of incorporators of Boonesborough, 28


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GLIMPSES OF HISTORIC MADISON COUNTY, KENTUCKY


Rogers, John A. R., 101; 190 Rogers, John B., Producing Co., 282 Rogersville, 146


Rollins, Dr. Anthony W., 205 Ross, Judge Innes B., 274


Rotary Club, Richmond, 229-31 ROTC, EKSC, 247-49


Rowland, S. V., 72


Ruble, Dr. Thomas White, published Universal Globe or Universal Regis- ter, 70; published American Medi- cal Guide, 70; inventor, 71 Runyon, Gen. James, 7


Saturday Matinee Musical, 226


Saufley, S. M., Jr., 74


Saufley, S. M., the late, 74


Scarritt College, 180


Schnieb, Dr. Anna A., 220


School Administration, legislation af- fecting, 91-2; term, 93


School districts, independent, 95; Berea graded, 95; Richmond, 96


School legislation, Early, 88; certifi- cation of teachers, 89; School Term,


The, 90; Course of Study, 90; Schools, colored, 91; School attend- ance, 90


Schools, the first in Richmond, 79; subscription, 80; officials of, 81 Scudder, Ira N., 174


Sewah Studios, 197


Shackelford, J. M., 72


Shackelford, Judge W. R., 108; 173


Shackelford, Mrs. W. R., 236


Shanks, Milo, 73


Shaw, Alex, 316


Shaw, Miss Anna, 316


Shaw, John, 316


Simmons, Mrs. George D., 305


Slavery in the church, split in the Methodist, 134-35; Ohio Rule, 132-


33; split at College Hill, split in the Presbyterian church, 105


Smith, Gen. E. Kirby, 150; 151; 153


Smith, Green Clay, 178


Smith, Mrs. John F., 215


Smith, John Speed, 178; 190; 207


Smith, John, 101 Smith, Preston, 74


Smith, Hon. W. B., 108; 173


Smith, Major William B., command of Fort Boonesborough, 22; invaded Ohio country, 22; returned to de- fend Boonesborough, 22


Snoddy, John, administers oath, 37 Sory, Dr. Robert, 310


South, Samuel, 30 Spink, M. L., 76


Stage Coach Days in Kentucky, 65


Stage Transportation, hazards of, 55 Stapp, Squire William, 101


St. Asaph, 16


State Guards, 41


State Highway Commission, 196


Stocker, William, 248


Stocks at Milford, 37


Stone, William J., 178


Stone, James C., 178


Storms, Mrs. John E., 160


Sue Bennett College, 181


Sullivan, Jere A., 36; 108


Surveyors, first, Land, 44-45


Sycamore, Giant, See Sycamore Hol- low, 26


Sycamore Hollow, three giant syca-


mores in, 26; removal of last, 27, George W. Rank's description of, 26


Sycamore Shoals, Treaty of, 16


Tapp, Hambleton, 279


Taylor, Hancock, early surveyor, 42; grave of, 42; 196


Teachers, preparation of, 93; salaries of, 93


Telephones, 61


Telford Community Center, 236


Telford, R. L., 236


Texas, why called, 68


The True American, 71


Thirty Years of Peace, 163


Thompson, Grove, 254


Thornton, James, 242


Thrall, Robert, 159


Tipton, French, 7; 8; 36


Tobacco, warehouses, 46; tax, 40 revenue


Tobin, Prof. T. W., invented tele- phone, 61; infringing on patent, 61 Todd, Beatrice, 283


Todd, Jane, 176


Trachoma, Dr. J. A. Stuckey, 308; hospitals for, 309


Transportation, water, 52; watermill dams, 52; bridges, 52; packhorses, 52; turnpikes, 53; tolls on ferries, 54 Transylvania Colony, not recognized, 17 Transylvania Colony, the, 16-17; founders of, 16


Transylvania Colony, extent of, 16; organization, 16; existence saved Northwest Territory, 17; Bicenten- nial Celebration, 17


Transylvania Marker at Boonesbor- ough, I, organizers, 194; II, legisla- tive assembly, 194; III, Axemen.


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195; IV, first religious service, 196 Tucker, Joseph T., lieutenant and colonel, 154 Turner, Cyrus, mortally wounded, 159 Turner, Joe, printed the Farmers Chronicle, 71


Turner, Squire, opposed to financing railroad, 56-7; vs. Clay 159; 179 Turnpikes, 53


Uniform, Revolutionary soldiers, 201 Union, 167


United States Public Health Service, 309 Up from slavery, 168


Utilities, public, gas works, 61; elec- tricity, 61; water works, 61


Valley View, lumber industry at, 68 Veterans of Foreign Wars, 253


Voting, manner and places, 39, later places for, 40


Waco, village of, 8; named, 67; Waco pottery, 67; raided by Morgan's men, 67


Walker, Mrs. Jason, 226


Wallace, Salem, 279


Wallace, Tom, 280


Wallpaper, The, 77


Walters, Roy N., 76


Walters, S. P., aided in financing rail- road, 57


Warriors' path, 20


Washington, Booker T., 168


Watauga River, 16


Watts, Miss Emma, 316


Watts, Mrs. W. W., purchased iron fence, 39; 316


Weatherford, Dr. W. D., 285


Weekly Messenger, The, 72


Weidler, Albert G., Dean of Labor, 103


Welsh, William B., 67


Western Whig, The, 72


Westinghouse, lamp division, 62-3


Wherrit, Miss Clara, later F. W. Old, 157


Whig Chronicle, The, 72


Whig Party, The, 72


Whipping post, at Milford, 37


White John, 190


White, "Printer Jim," editor, The Re- view, 71 Whitehead, Lieut. Guy, 248


Wilcox, Col. Frank H., 201; 248


Wilderness Road, 285


Willis, Bert E., 230; 282


Wilson, Allie Frances, 283


Wilson, Judge Samuel M., 274; 277 Woodlawn, scene of recruiting of 11th Kentucky Cavalry, 153; spring of water, 153-4


Woods, Archibald, oath administered to, 37; 171


Woods, Mayor Clarence, 108


Wyker, Rev. James, 184


Wyker, Mrs. Mossie Allman, 184


Yates, Brown Lee, 36,40 Young, Col. Bennett H .. exploration of Moberly Mound, 8-13


Zaring, Mrs. Allen, 214 Zaring, Margaret Steele, 283


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GLIMPSES OF HISTORIC MADISON COUNTY, KENTUCKY


Other Publications by J. T. Dorris


The Oregon Trail (Master's thesis at Wisconsin ) 1918.


A Glimpse at Historic Madison County and Richmond, Kentucky, 1934


Three Decades of Progress: Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College (editor and contributor with members of the faculty) 1936


Old Cane Springs: A Story of the War between the States in Madison County, Kentucky. 1936, 1937.


A Log of the Vincennes, by Lieut. Donald Hugh Dorris, USNR (editor and contributor ). 1947


Methodism and the Home Church ( with Mrs. Dorris). 1952


Pardon and Amnesty under Lincoln and Johnson: The Restoration of the Confederates to their Rights and Privileges. 1953


Five Decades of Progress: Eastern Kentucky State College (editor and con- tributor with members of the faculty). Forthcoming in 1956.


States' Rights and Sectionalism, 1948. An address.


Some Articles


"Pardoning the Leaders of the Confederacy." Mississippi Historical Review, 1928


"Federal Aid to the Oregon Trail Prior to 1850." Oregon Historical Quarterly, 1929.


"President Lincoln's Clemency." Journal of the Illinois Historical Society. 1929. "The Early History of Madison County, Kentucky," by William Chenault, (editor) Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, 1932.


"Central University," Kentucky Historical Society Register, 1934.


Editor Kentucky School Journal, Daniel Boone Bicentennial Number, 1934.


"President Lincoln's Clemency" (a revision and extension of the first), The Lincoln Herald, 1952.


"President Lincoln's Treatment of Kentuckians," The Filson Club Quarterly, 1953.


"Pardon Seekers and Brokers: A Sequel of Appomattox." Journal of Southern History. 1935.


"Early Kentucky History in Madison County Circuit Court Records," The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol. 43, Nos. 143, 144, 145. April, July, October, 1945.


"Pardoning North Carolinans," North Carolina Historical Review, 1946.


"William Chenault: Lawyer and Economist," Filson Club Quarterly, 1951.


"Squire Turner, Lawyer-Statesman," The Filson Club Quarterly, 1951.


"Michael Kelly Lawler: Irish-American Soldier-Hero," Forthcoming in Journal of the Illinois Historical Society Journal. 1955.


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