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For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE Volume XXVIII - Issue 3 Summer, 2005 • ISSN 1067 7348 Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Bowling Green, Kentucky SOUTHERN KENTUCKY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P. O. Box 1782 Bowling Green, KY 42102-1782 2005 Officers Presidents Ri vers and Barbara Ford 545 Cherokee Drive, Bowling Green, KY, 42105. Vice President Cora Jane Spiller 1056 Oakland Road, Oakland, KY, 42159. Record ing Secretary Cynthia Smith 1518 State Street, Bowling Green, KY, 42101. Corresponding Secretary Gail Jackson Miller, CG W 425 Midcrest Drive, Bowling Green, KY. 4 2 10 1. Treasurer Rebecca Shipley 702 Eastwood, Bowling Green, KY, 42 !OS. Longhunter Editor Gail Jackson Miller, CG W 425 Midcrest Drive, Bowling Gree n, KY, 42 101. Membership Membership in the Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society is open to anyone interested in research in AJle ll , Barrell, Buuer, 2drnonsun. Logall, Simpson. all d "vVarren Coun ty, Kentucky or their ndghLors. Dues is $20.00 per year for an individual or family. The quarterly publication, Tk Longh"nter, is included with membership. Membership extends from 1 January throug!> 51 December. Meetings The Society meets regularly at 6:50 pm on the thir d Monday of each month in the Community Meeting Room at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1680 Campbell Lane, Bowling Green, Kentucky. A cordial welcome is extended to all visitors and prospective new members. Queries Members may submit an unlimited number of queries. These should be limited to 80 words per query and should contain at least one date and place. Send queries directly to the editor. Book Reviews and Announcements Send books for review to the editor with pricing and ordering information. All donated books are placed in the Special Collection at the Kentucky Library at W estern Kentucky University. Members may list any book which they have published in our MEMBER PUBLICATION LIST at no charge. Send a list of books for sale with descriptions, pricing, and ordering information to the editor. Back Issues Current and back issues of Tk L onghunter from 1987 are available for $5.00 each, post paid. Some pre- 19B7 individual issues are still available. Issues for the period 1978- 1986 are available on CD-Rom [ requires Adobe Acrobat Reader] for $20. Orders should be placed at the Society'S address. THE LONGHUNTER Volume XXVIII - Issue 3 Summer, 2005 Table of Contents Upcoming Events 9S Hometown History Day, Russellville, Kentucky 94 Morgantow n High School, Circa 1906, Butler County, Kentucky 95 Warren County Cemetery Documentati on Project Update 99 Greencastle Cemetery, Warren County, Kentucky 99 Whalin Family Records, Butler County, Kentucky 10 I Cemetery Access Aided by Warren County Road Depa rtment 10 1 1909 Warren County, Kentucky Elec ti on Office r Appointments, Districts 1-8 102 James C. McCormick Death Notice, 184 2 102 1854 Births from Warren County, Kentucky Vital Statistics, Part S lOS Newspapers On-line Link 107 Some Medical Remedies of the Nineteenth Century 108 Black Troops from Logan County, Kentucky in the Civil War 109 Land Patenting in Kentucky 1 I I Minutes of The Home Literary Society, Lewisburg, Kentucky, 19 11-19 12 11 5 Index 122 Some Historical and Genealogical Resources for Southern Kentucky 127 Upcoming Events: Please mail information concerning your upcoming event rela ted to history or genealogy in our area to the Editor. October 1,2005 . Hometown History Day, Russellville, Kentucky. No charge for events below. 10;00 a.m. Restoration Dedication Ceremony for Governor John Brea thitt Cemetery, established 18 1S. US 68-80 Russellville Bypass North. Costumed characters will be there to meet you. 1;00 - 4;00 p. m. East 5'h Street. Open house for the fo ll ow ing historic sites: Bibb House Museum, 18 17 Saddle Factory Museum, Governor John Breathitt Houses, and Logan County Archi ves. Guided tours by costumed characters of historic homes. RUSSELLVilLE, KENTUCKY LOGAN COUNTY TOBACCO & HERITAGE FESTIVAL CHomdown CHistory gJay "The Golden Years 1800-1830" Batura",!. Qcto&er 1, 2005 ' Governor 30M q}reathitt Cemetery. 'Est. 1& 13 US 68-80 Russellville Bypass North, Signs will be posted, Noted visitors from the UGolden Years" will be here to meet You. This is the burial site of GOY Breathitt, the tenth governor of Kentucky, (1832-1834) Restoration of the cemetery began in April 2000 and was completed in 2005 under the direction of the Logan County Genealogical Society, Inc, Surnames: Breathitt, Whitsett, Whitaker. Jones, Harwood, Blakey, Poindexter, Byrne, Wilcox, Lonsden, Banks, Hannum, Todd, Felts. and Gorham. 1;00 W. fX, to 4;00 W. 9\. Governor [John <:Breathitt <House East Fifth Street, features the "Golden Years" exhibit. Other open houses are the Cj3i&& <.House ~useum , 1817 Sadcffe ~~ fX.useum, and the ~ County Archives. Stroll the streets of Historic Russellville and view even more notable homes. Hosts and hostesses from the past will share their stories from the "Golden Years 1800-1830." c;P[ease 30m gIsf Self-guided toming continues Oct 2 1hru Oct 9, The above two events are open to the public at no charge. For further information contact the genealogical society at the Archives bldg., 278 W. 4'" St., Mon. - Fri. 8:30 _ 3:00 eDT. MAil P.O. Box 853, RusseUville, KY 42276. Phone 270.726.8179. Email JudyLyne.President. atjudylynela2logantele.com THE LONGHUNTER, Volume XXVIII , Issue 3, Summer 2005, Page 95. Morgantown High School, Circa 1906 Butler County, Kentucky The following was taken directly from a booklet from the school describing their faculty and offerings. The original is in the possession of Sue Spurlock (537 L. C. Carr Road, Bowling Green, Kentucky). Hin r~rll\tllllll\ i!ii~\h §rl]11l11. ffi t1rl\.1I1 111l1l\\ 1..11 " ... .... " .......... ", ... ", .... ,," ... " ....... flo - .... .. .. ... Taken from the front of the booklet. Photo by George H. Dabbs. Green River Republican Print. Morgantown High Sc hool by all means enter our School January 8''; a good start mea ns a good race. The ormal and Advances Cla sses will be under Profs Stinnett and Bush. The tuition for the advanced rooms will be $3.00 per month. W e feel that the fall school has been a success and expect a large spring attendance. If you It will greatly inconvenience you if you fai l to anticipate a teacher's examination you should enter on the first day. Come then and it will be no trouble being properly classified. Many a THE LONGHUNTER, Volume XXVIII , Issue 3, Summer 2005, Page 96. boy and girls needs High School Training. We Normal and High School Department offer you excellent equipment in this line. Prof Geo. B. Bush who has this department. Our High School Course includes Latin, Greek. would refer you to the present patrons of the Literature, Rhetoric. General History. school as to the merits of his work. Psychology. Philosophy, High Mathema tics. He deems "Fitness" the key word of the In the Normal Department the aim of the Twentieth Century and considers that a I nstructors will be not only to prepare teachers school's usefulness depends upon its abili ty to the more eas ily to pass their examinations. but fit girls and boys for the duties and aspirations to put the teaching profession in this and of life. adjoining counties on a higher basis. enthusing the teacher with a love for the work and enabling him the better to perform it. Discipline Our discipline combines mildness with firmness. req uiring strict order, prompt obedience. correct cond uct and persevering industry. Our motto is the thoroughness in what we do. and in arranging the courses of study care has been taken to avoid trying to do too much. The plan is to do a limited amount of work wel l. and especially do we insist on this thoroughness with the younger pupils as this provides a Prof. George B. Bush. foundation for all future stud y and education. Advantages The Morgantow n High School affords the He is not an advocate of the quick method. but following advantages to all pupils. strongly believes that through much study man 1) Cheapness of boa rd. al one can attain true success. 2) T horoughness of courses. S)Teachers of recogni zed ability and Instruction experi ence. 4) No saloons or other places of Realizing that competent Instructors are immorality in the town or absolutely essential to the success of an y school. community. the utmost care has ben exercised in selecting 5) Churches and Sunday schools of the our fa culty. Not onl y ha ve the teachers made leading denominations. special preparations for their respecti ve 6) No place where the young may spend departments; but they have proved by their their money foolishly. experience their aptness to tech. In their selection character was first considered; then scholarship and ability to teach. The methods used are modern and those best suited to the grade of the class and the THE LONGHUNTER, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3, Summer 2005, Page 97 .