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Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® Traces, the Southern Central Kentucky, Barren Kentucky Library - Serials County Genealogical Newsletter Fall 1991 Traces Volume 19, Number 3 Kentucky Library Research Collections Western Kentucky University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/traces_bcgsn Part of the Genealogy Commons, Public History Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Kentucky Library Research Collections, "Traces Volume 19, Number 3" (1991). Traces, the Southern Central Kentucky, Barren County Genealogical Newsletter. Paper 72. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/traces_bcgsn/72 This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in Traces, the Southern Central Kentucky, Barren County Genealogical Newsletter by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ISSn - 0882-2158 1991 • VOLUME 19 ISSUE NO. 3 FALL TRACES ICTORIAN KENTUCKY 1991« MEETING HISTORICAL CONFEDERATION OF KENTUCKY Quarterly Publication Of The SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY INCORPORATED P. 0. Box 157 Glasgow, Kentucky 42142 iW iM c;. •/ VICTORIAN KENTUCKY 1991 HCK Annual Meeting . November 1-2, 1991 . Bowling Green, Kentucky Friday, November 1, 1991 6:30 p.m. Board a chartered coach at Hampton Inn for a ride through Bowling Green's "Fountain Square" Park, the centerpiece of town. 6:45 p.m. "'Rivervlew at Hobson Grove" will host an evening candlelight tour of the Italianate Victorian home filled with a remarkable collection of fur nishings throughout the period Interiors. 8:00 p.m. A short drive from Bowling Green. "Shakertown at South Union" will be the site ofour evening meal as we dine as "people ofthe world" did In the 7. •») ^ 1869 Shaker Tavern. Following dinner, we will tour the Shaker museum • ^ to leam more about the alternative lifestyle of the Shakers. "Xii t", V. Saturday, November 2. 1991 t- - ;i Xi 9:00 a.m. Registration and hospitality at the Kentucky Museum on the campus of Western Kentucky University. « ' 6 9:30 a.m. Annual Business Meeting. t' ,• s 10:00 a.m. "A Celebration of Victorian Kentucky** -a look into the customs and ^ i-*- lifestyles of our Victorian ancestors. "Courtship and Marriage in Victorian Kentucky" -by Mary Grace Pettlt, Adsmore Museum, Princeton. Kentucky. "Growing Up Victorian" • a gallery talk and tour by Dlanne Watklns, The Kentucky Museum. BR£AK "Blessed Are They That Mourn: Death and Mourning in the Victorian Era" • by Sue Lynn McGulre. The Kentucky Library. "Victorian Parlor Music" - performed by Naomi Lewln of WKYU-FM Public Radio and accompanied by Terry Tichenor. ?5 12:00 Noon Luncheon and free time to visit the museum's exhibits. 1:30 p.m. Regional Reports and Annual Awards Program. •'>> 03 -..rX.-. .JC - • •A' -.••Vr- •'> :: O. TRACES OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY VOLUME 19 - GLASGOW, KENTUCKY - FALL 1991 ISSUE 3 contents" ON THE COVER - Victorian Kentucky C3 From the President's Desk ,.,.,75 Help Needed - Marriages 76 Cave City - Characters of Bygone Days 76 Letter to Mr. Edmund Rogers 78 Biography of William Croghan 78 John Whitson Moore 1856 Glasgow Times Articles 81 Inquisitions 81 John Cole Family 83 Facts on Inspection Points 85 Error in Cyrus Edwards' Book 86 Monroe County, Ky. Guardians 86 Lick Branch School District 87 Winners of the Mabel Shelby Wells Memorial Awards 88 L. Mitchell Davis, Barren County Educator Robbery of '76 Barren County Executions The Underground Cave System of Glasgow History of Houchens Stores Charles E. Boles Col. Joseph E. Hays 94 Grave of Nehemiah Meador 95 The William E. Thomas Family 96 The John Oscar Thomas Family 97 Correction and Update of the Book : Callam Bailey 98 A Barren County Halloween 101 Pioneer Certificate Program 102 Queries BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS! 107 MEMBERSHIP DUES PER CALENDAR YEAR $10.00 "TRACES" PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES PER YEAR SEND CHECK TO: SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. P 0 Box 157 GLASGOW, KENTUCKY 42142-0157 South Central Kentucky Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc Post Office Box 157 Glasgow, Kentucky 42142 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS 1991-1992 President Paul Bastien 1st Vice President Don Novosel 2nd Vice President Ruby Smith Treasurer Jaunita Bardin Recording Secretary Sandra K Gorin Corresponding Secretary Frances Y Jones Editor, Traces Martha Reneau OTHER DIRECTORS (♦Past Presidents) Mary Ed Chamberlain John Mutter * Ralph Garmon James M Simmons * Cecil E Goode * Katie Maud Smith * Mrs Bobby Lawson Virginia Thomerson * Brice T Leech » Emery H White Charlotte B Leftwich Gladys B Wilson Mrs Otto Lutzow Loretta Murrey ****************************************************** Correspondence of any nature concerning business with our Society is to be addressed to the Society, PO Box 157, Glasgow, Kentucky 42142. Please enclose a S.A.S.E. if a reply is requested or needed. Members Queries and Genealogical and Historical information for publication in "Traces" is sincerely appreciated. Queries will be published as space permits. Annual Dues $10.00 per year. With help from our members we can continue to bring valuable information to all our members. FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DESK I approach my tenure as President with humility, for I am well aware that among our members there are better researchers, superior historians, telented authors, prolific publishers of collections and records, knowledg'eable collectors of historical artifacts, and impressive naturalists. Frankly, I am awed by the task of focusing all these diverse talents on our common goal of preserving our past and use of that accumulated wisdom to better plan our future. Most of our members are not aware of the volume of mail handled by Corresponding Secretary Frances Jones. I counted over pieces of mail which she responded to in the last six months. Thanks to her knowledgeable efforts and the links made via "Traces" many of those inquiries had positive replies and further enchanced our reputation for wisdom and knowledge. Pete Leech and Ken Beard have spearheaded the Barren County Cemetery Book project and the Kentucky Bicentennial Commission has approved a matching grant of $10,600 to assist us with this project! And, as the new President of the South Central Kentucky Histori cal and Genealogical Society, I would like to thank all of the members who have contributed so generously over the years. The materials you send are used in "Traces" on a space-available basis and provide important links for other readers. One of the most important concerns of all researchers is the preservation of our old records. The Barren County courthouse holds a wealth of information to make our work easier, but there has been a steady erosion of these records. The marriage licenses and bonds have been available to the public for copy, but the years 1799 through 1806 are all missing with the exception of a few sheets. There are 279 marriages missing from 1850-1860, for example. In August, County Clerk Wilmer Hodges, asked one of our local members, Sandi Gorin, to attend a meeting with the Regional Administrator of the Local Records Program, Public Records Divi sion of the KY Department for Libraries and Archives. Hodges named Gorin as the Coordinator between the County Clerk's Office, the Kentucky Libraries and Archives and the Historical Society. Thanks to an appropriation from the Fiscal Court through the efforts of Judge Wood Gardner, funds have been released to preserve the remaining records through 1850. Our Society is making a copy at our expense for library use. What's being done? Step #1 is the photostating of all documents in each year's bundle, with the Historical Society retaining one copy which will later be bound and placed in the Mary Weldon Wood Library in Glasgow. Step #2 involves making "apperature" cards 75 which will contain microfiche of all documents pertaining to each marriage ~ license, bonds, permission slips, and minister's return lists. One set of these cards will be maintained as the master file; one set will be made available to the researcher. The cards will be filed by year alphabetically by the name of the groom. A researcher will check in the male and female marriage index books, find the year of marriage, go to that drawer and pull the card. The original documents will be preserved by the Ky Libraries and Archives. Finally, I want to solicit the ideas of every member on ways to make our Bicentennial Celebration more meaningful, and ways to involve more members of the community in our projects. Paul Bastien HELP NEEDED Do you have a copy of a Barren County marriage 1799 thru 1866? Would you be willing to make a copy and send it to Sandi Gorin, 2®5 Clements Avenue, Glasgow, KY 42141-34G9. I wi11 put the copy in the County records. Thank you! Keep your eyes open at flea markets. Old documents are a hot item - "own a bit of history". If you find an old document and it is affordable, please send it to the proper county or to your local historical society. Can you donate a few hours to help in preserving the Barren Co marriages? Please call Sandi Gorin at 651-9114. CAVE CITY Characters or Bygone Days t Memoir No 5 of the Late HY Davis, of Cave City The late Cy W Mosby said that, "Cave City" was right on the "top side of the world". It is not known how he ascertained the fact, but the citizens accepted the statement as true. The 20Q acres of land upon which the town is built was acquired under a land grant by James Perry in the year 1798. In 1811 Henry Rountree, an assignee of James Perry, in consideration of $19G.Q0, deeded the tract to John Owen, ancestor of the Owens hereabout. The company laid off a town site and began to sell lots about the time the L & N Railroad was finished through the county.