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For more information, please contact [email protected]. VOLUME XX - ISSUE 4 SOUTHERN KENTUCKY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P.o. Box 1782 Bowling Green, KY 42102 - 1782 1997 OFFICERS President Mark Lowe Springfield, TN ph. 800-556-4021 Vice President John E. Danielson, PO Box 1843 Bowling Green, KY 42102-1843 Recording Secretary Gail Miller, 425 Midcrest Dr. Bowling Green, KY 42101 ph. 502-781-1807 Corresponding Secretary Betty B. Lyne, 613 E. Ilth Ave. Bowling Green, KY 42101 ph. 502-843-9452 Treasurer Ramona Bobbitt. 2718 Smallhouse J<.d. Bowling Green, KY 42104 ph. 502-843-6918 Chaplain A. Ray Douglas, 439 Douglas Lane Bowling Green. KY 42101 ph. 502-842-7101 Longhunter Editors Sue and Dave Evans, 921 Meadowlark Dr. Bowling Green, KY 42103 ph. 502-842-2313 MEMBERS HlP Membership in the Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society is open to all persons, especially to those who are interested in research in Allen, Barren, Butler. Edmonson, Logan, Simpson. and Warren Counties in Kentucky. Membership is by the year, 1 January through 31 December. DUES for individual or family membership are $20.00 per year and include a subscription to the quarterly publication the LONG HUNTER. MEETINGS The SOUTHERN KENTUCKY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY meets regularly on the third Monday of each month at the Kentucky Advanced Technology Institute (KATT), 1127 Morgantown Rd .. at 7 pm A cordial welcome is extended to all visitors and prospective new members. Announcements ofdate, time, and place of all meetings will be displayed on the Community Bulletin Board, Channel 6, and in the AROUND TOWN coluum in the Park City Daily News. 5 THE LONGHUNTER VOLUME XX ISSUE 4 October, 1997 TABLE OF CONTENTS Longhunter Information 2 The War Years by Sue Evans 3 War Trivia 10 Tracing Civil War Ancestors II Kentucky Military Records 13 Amnesty 14 King Family Cemetery 16 Queries 17 Oeedrnapper 19 Last Surviving Members of the Civil War 19 Old Union Baptist Church Cemetery 20 Early Court Records 27 Owens of Three Forks 30 SKGS Cash Flow Report 37 Warren County, Ky 1797-1900 Marriages by Pat Reid 38 SKGS Committee Chairs 44 Books and Publications of SKGS 45 SKGS Membership 45 Index 46 Publications of SKGS Members 52 and Back Cover OUT OF TOWN VISITORS When in Bowling Green yo u might enjoy visiting: I. The Kentucky Library and the Special Collections in the Kentucky Building, on the campus of Western Kentucky University. 2. The County Court Clerk's office in the Warren County Courthouse. 3. A regular meeting of the SKGS at the Kentucky Advanced Technology lnstitute at 7:00 PM on the third Monday of each month. THE LONGHUNTER, VOLUME XX, ISSUE 4, PG. 2 THE LONGHUNTER The LONGHUNTER is published quarterly and is mailed to approximately 180 Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society members and to 100 other societies in exchange for their publications. This quarterly contains 40 to 50 pages each issue and is indexed with a full name index. It is designed to give researchers information about the ancestors and descendants of members of the SKGS and other information from the South Central Kentucky and the North Central Tennessee areas. Members are encouraged to submit articles for publication. Local newspaper clippings from the past. census records, records of court proceedings, Bible and cemetery records, family histories (which you may have written), pedigree charts, and photographs (send copies only), will be welcomed by our editors. Articles written for publication should be typed or printed legibly and should not be over 10 pages in length. Sources for information you submit should be stated in the article or put in footnotes at the end. The right to edit any material for presentation is reserved by the Longhunter editor. Although it is the desire of the Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society to publish reliable genealogical material, neither the Society nor the editors assume responsibility for facts or for opinions expressed by the contributors. Submitted material becomes the property of the LONGHUNTER and will not be returned to the contributor. Q UERIES AJI members are urged to submit queries. These should be limited to about 80 words per query, but there is no limit to the number of queries a member may submit. Since the LONGHUNTER is read by people throughout the United States, you will be receiving maximum exposure and should be pleased with the results. BACK ISSUES Current and back issues of the LONGHUNTER from 1978 are available, and are $4.00 each, postpaid. Orders should be placed with the Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1782, Bowling Green, KY 42102-1782. BOOK REVIEWS The SOUTHERN KENTUCKY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY welcomes donated books for review in the LONG HUNTER. After review all donated books are placed in the Special Collection at the Kentucky Library, Kentucky Building on the campus of Western Kentucky University, in Bowling Green. KY where they are available for all to use. Please include price and ordering instructions when yoy send a book in for review. If the person who donates a book is a member of the SKGS, the title and description of the book along with the price and ordering instructions will be placed with other member's books on the inside back cover of the LONGHUNTER. MEMBERSHIP DUES Membership dues in the SOUTHERN KENTUCKY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY are $20 per calendar year and include a SUbscription to the LONGHUNTER quarterly publication. Your check should be sent to SOUTHERN KENTUCKY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, P.O. BOX 1782, BOWLING GREEN, KY 421 02-1782. 7 TIIE LONGHUNTER, VOLUME XX, ISSUE 4, PG. J THE WAR YEARS 1861 1865 Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky In 1860 Kentucky's position in the nation was relatively more important than it has been in later years. In population she was ranked ninth in the nation. The value of her farm lands took seventh place and the value of livestock fifth place. Tobacco, com, wheat, hemp. and flax were produced in vast quantities on Kentucky farms , and her Bluegrass whiskey was superior to none. Although, manufacturing was not as important to the state's economy as agriculture, Kentucky ranked fifteenth in capital invested in manufacturing and the annual value of products. Kentucky had many ties to the South. Slaves had been brought into the state since the early days of settlement. In 1860 slaves made up 19.5 percent of the population. but there were not as many large slave holders in Kentucky as in the states of the Lower South. Many Kentuckians saw nothing wrong with slavery even though they supported the Union. Both the North and the South served as markets for Kentucky's produce. At one time there was a very profitable trade association with the states to the south as the Mississippi River and its tributaries served as a major outlet for produce. With the coming of the railroad, co=ercial associations with states to the north also became important. As the War approached and actually broke out (April 1861) citizens ofKemucky were divided as to their loyalty. Volunteers from the state enlisted on both sides. The State Guards leaned toward the Confederacy and many went to Tennessee to volunteer for service. However, the Home Guards tended to support the Union. Many families were divided as to which side members supported and often members of the same family were fi ghting on opposite sides. For example, Samuel McDoweU Starling of Hopkinsville lost one son in Confederate service and another died fighting for the Union. Beriah Magoffin, governor of Kentucky in 1861, believed in the right of secession and was a strong defender of slavery. But he was not anxious for Kentucky to unite with so uthern states in secession and hoped to avoid war. War was officially declared in April 1861 and in Ma y Kentucky adopted an official policy of neutrality. Kentucky's neutrality was short lived. Her geographical location was of importance to both sides. Kentucky's alignment with the South would give the Confederacy a defensible river boundary and allow the Confederate armies the possibility of pushing on to the Great Lakes and thus splitting the Union. President Lincoln felt that the loss of Kentucky could lose the war for the North. "Kentucky gone, ~ cannot hold Missouri, nor, as I think, Maryland. These all against us, and the job on our hands is too large Jar us" he wrote to a friend. TIfE LO GHUNTER, VOLUME XX, ISS UE 4, PG. 4 Kentucky's neutrality was finally shattered in September when the Confederates took Co lumbus. The Union retaliated by taking Paducah. T4e Confederates then moved into Bowling Green and southeastern Kentucky near Cumberland Gap. There were no battles at this time. The army was busy fortifying and building winter quarters or drilling new recruits. Bowling Green was of importance and desired by both sides. The river, roads, and railroads - all major lines of transportation to and from the Kentucky-Tennessee border - made it a strategic point.