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For more information, please contact [email protected]. D .. HUfllER ISSN 1067 7348 So~th~l{~twck~ G~ealosical • Societ\i + VOLUME XXI - ISSUE 3 SOUTHERN KENTUCKY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P.O. Box 1782 Bowling Green, KY 42102 - 1782 http://members.aoi.comlkygen/skgs/skgs.htm 1998 OFFICERS President Mark Lowe Springfield, TN ph. 800-556-4021 Vice President Gail Miller, 425 Midcrest Dr. Bowling Green, KY 4210 I ph. 502-781-1807 Reco rding Secretary Judy Davenport, 516 Ashmore Bowling Green, KY 42 101 ph. 502-842-7353 Corresponding Secretary Betty B. Lyne, 613 E. 11th Ave. Bowling Green, KY 42101 ph. 502-843-9452 Treasurer Rebecca Lowe Shipley, 702 Eastwood Bowling Green, KY 42103 ph. 502-781-2556 Chaplain Ray Thomas, 2036 Quail Run Dr. Bowling Green, KY 42104 ph. 502-781-8629 Longhunter Editors Sue and Dave Evans, 921 Meadowlark Dr. Bowling Green, KY. 42103 ph. 502-842-2313 MEMBERSHIP 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, I January through 31 December. DUES for individual or family membership are $20.00 per year and include a subscription to the quarterly publication the LONGHUNTER. MEETINGS The SOUTHERN KENTUCKY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY meets regularly on the third Monday of each month at the WKU Exposition Center. , Elrod Road, just off 31-W south at 7:00 pm. A cordial welcome is extended to all visitors and prospective new members. Announcements of date, time, and place of all meetings will be displayed on the Community Bulletin Board, Channel 6, and in the AROUND TOWN column in the Park City Daily ews. THE LONGHUNTER VOLUME XXI ISSUE 3 July, 1998 TABLE OF CONTENTS Lo nghunter Information ....... ...... ... .... .... .. ... .... .. ..... ... .... .. ... .... ....... ......... ... ................... ... .... .. .. 2 Allen County, Kentucky ...... .... ........ .... .. ......................... .. ..... ... ..... ............ .. ..... ..... ... ... ... .... .. 3 LI. Col. John Allen .... ... ... ........ ... .. .... .............. ... ............ .. .... .. .... ........................................... 10 Charles Scotl. .... .. ... ... ... .... ....... ......... ................... ... .... .. .... .. ... .. .. ........... ............ ...... .. ........ .. .. 12 Allen County Revolutionary War Soldiers ....... ........ ..... .. ....................... .. .... .. .. .............. ... ... .. 13 Allen County First Families .... ............ ...... ............... ............................................................ .. 16 Mordecai F. Ham ........ .............. ................ ...... .... ..... .. ... ............... ................. ..... ....... .... ....... 19 William Guy Family.. ... ....... ... .... .. ... ... .... ... .... ....... ... .. ...... .... ... ... ..... ..... .. .... ......... ................. ..20 Miss Sallie Edmonds ............................................. ... .... ... ............. ... ......... ... ... ... ... ........ .. ....... 21 John Gatewood Family .... ......... .. .... .... .. .... .. ....... .... .. .. ......... ........ .... ... ... ... ........ ... .... ... ... ........22 The Moore Family. .. .... ............................................. .... ..................... ....... .... ....... ................. 24 The Mitchell Family ... ... ... ... ........ ... ... ... .... .... ... ... .... ... ... ..... ......... ........... .. .... ... .. .... ........... .... .. 28 Some Allen County Firsts ... ... ... ......... ... ... ........ .. ......... .. .. ........ ... ..... ..... .. .... .. .. .... ... ... .... ... ...... 33 Martha W. Jackson - Genealogical Publisher. ..... ........................................ ................. ..... ... .. 35 Allen County Records Available for Research .... ................................................ .......... ......... 36 Allen County Places of Interest. .. ............ ... ..... ... ........ ................ ... ........ .... .. .. .. .... ....... ... .... .. .40 Queries .............. .. ... ... .... .. ...................... ... ... ... .. ................... .... ... ... .............. ... ..... ........ ...... .. .42 SKGS Membership / Treasurer's Report ... ... ... ... .... .... .. ................ ..... .. .... ... ... .... .... ... ... ........ 44 Index ......... .... ....... .. ... ........... .... ......................... ..... ... ..................... ... ... .... ... ... .. ..... ... ..... ... ... 45 Publications of SKGS Members ......... ... .... .... ... ..... ... ... ......... .... ..... .... .. ....... 52 and Back Cover OUT OF TOWN VISITORS When in Bowling Green you 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 WKU Exposition Center at 7:00 PM on the third Monday of each month. THE LO GHUNTER, VOLUME XXI, ISSUE 3, PG. 2 THE LONGHUNTER The LONG HUNTER 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 rrom the South Central Kentucky and the North Central Tennessee areas. Members are encouraged to submit articles for publication. Local newspaper clippings rrom 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. QUERIES All 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 LONG HUNTER 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 rrom 1978 are available, and are $5.00 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 SOCfETY 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, K Y where they are available for all to use. Please include price and ordering instructions when you 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 42102- 1782. ,---- -------------- - -------------------- - -- - ---- --------- - THE LO G HUN TER, VOLUME XXI, ISSUE 3, PG 3 ALLEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY Sue Evans 92 1 Meadowlard Drive Bowling Green, Kentucky 42 103 "Sec. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. That f rom and after the first day of April next. all that part of the counties of Warren and Barren, included within the following bounds. to wit. Beginning on Big Barren river in Warren County, two miles above the mouth of Bay'sfork; thence a straight line to the mouth of the Sulphur f ork of Bay 's fork; thence a straight