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Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Kentucky Library - Serials Society Newsletter Spring 1999 Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter Volume 22, Number 3 Kentucky Library Research Collections Western Kentucky University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/longhunter_sokygsn Part of the Genealogy Commons, Public History Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Kentucky Library Research Collections, "Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter Volume 22, Number 3" (1999). Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter. Paper 96. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/longhunter_sokygsn/96 This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. HUf1TER · Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society + Volume XXII - Issue 3 ,------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN KENTUCKY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P. O. Box 1782 Bowling Green, KY 42102-1782 1999 Officers President Mark Lowe, 505 Josephine St, Springfield, TN Vice President Ray Thomas, 203 6 Quail Run Dr, Bowling Green, KY Corresponding Secretary Judy Davenport, 516 Ashmore, Bowling Green, KY Treasurer Rebecca Shipley, 702 Eastwood, Bowling Green, KY Chaplain A. Ray Douglas, 43 9 Douglas Lane, Bowling Green, KY Longhunter Editor Gail Miller, 425 Midcrest Dr, Bowling Green, KY Membership Membership in the Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society is open to all persons, especially 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 3 1-W south at 6:30 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 News. 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 Send books for review to the editor with pricing and ordering information. After review, all donated books are placed in the Special Collection at the Kentucky Library at Western Kentucky University. Back Issues Current and back issues of The Longhunter from 1978 are available for $5 .00 each, post paid. Orders should be placed at the society's address. The Longhunter Volume XXII - Issue 3 June, 1999 Table of Contents Message from the Editor 104 Update the Family Card File at the KY Library 104 Allen County, Kentucky Marriages, 1858 105 1852 Deaths in Butler County, Kentucky Vital Statistics Records III Book Review 116 Birth Dates from Edmonson County, KY World War I Draft Registration Cards [Continued) 117 Still Family Bible 122 Logan County, KY Mortality Schedule 1870 Census [Continued) 123 Barren River Road Baptist Church Cemetery 132 Selected Abstracts from The Glasguw Times, 1897 142 Simpson County, KY References in Logan County, KY Equity Suits 146 Index 148 Some Publications from Members 155 Message from the Editor: When you are researching your Civil War ancestors, do not forget records associated with their burial. National Archives Microfilm Group M 1845 gives information on those Union Civil War veterans who were provided gravestones based on the 3 Feb 1879 Act of Congress for providing gravestones to soldiers buried in private cemeteries. The soldiers in this film group died ca 1861 through ca 1903. A card record was kept of all gravestones provided by the Government for Union Civil War soldiers as a result of the 1879 act. The cards are arranged alphabetically by surname on 22 rolls of microfilm. They may include some or all of the following information for each soldier: rank, company, and regiment; cemetery name, community, county, and state of burial; date of death; and contractor's name and date stone was provided. These film are available at the National Archives Building, the regional NARA facilities, and for sale by calling 1-800-234-8861. Additional information on these records can be obtained in an article by Claire Prechtel-Kluskens, archivist for the National Archives, published in FORUM, available at the Kentucky Library. Claire Prechtel-Kluskens, "Headstones of Union Civil War Veterans," FORUM, II (S pring 1999), p. l. Update the Family Card File at the Kentucky Library The Kentucky Library on the campus of Western Kentucky University maintains a family surname file for the benefit of those wishing to exchange information on their family lines. Most researchers interested in area families use the Kentucky Library, making this an excellent method for contacting other researchers searching the same lines. As a member of the Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society, you may have your cards prepared and placed in the file. You may also want to update names or addresses even if your surnames are already there. If you are interested in submitting information to be place in the file or changing information already there, mail your requests to Gail Miller, 425 Midcrest Drive, Bowling Green, KY 42101. A separate card will be prepared for each surname. These will contain your name and address. Each surname submitted should have a Kentucky connection. Please indicate the KY county or counties where fami ly members of that surname resided during the time period of interest. 104 THE LONGBUNTER, VOLUME XXD, ISSUE 3 Allen County, Kentucky Marriages, 1858 Transcribed by Gail Jackson Miller 425 Midcrest Drive Bowling Green, KY In 1852, Kentucky passed a law requiring the registration of births, deaths, and marriages by the State. Clergymen, midwives, and physicians were required to return these to the County Clerk's Office on or before January 10 for the preceding year. The law was repealed in 1862. These Kentucky Vital Statistics Records contain marriage records in addition to those recorded by the County Clerk. These records become very important for Allen County because of the destruction of many records when the Courthouse burned. The present transcription was taken from microfilm available through the LDS Family History Centers, the KY State Archives, or at the KY Library. The entries were recorded in a book with the following columns: Date ofMarriage , Name of Groom, Residence of Groom, Age of Groom, Condition of Groom, Groom's Place ofBirth, Name ofBride, Residence of Bride, Age of Bride, Condition of Bride, Bride 's Place ofBirth, Remarks. Added comments are written in [ j. Page I 12 July 1858 C. D. Dockins Allen Co. 27 Single Allen Co. Livona J. Allen Allen Co. 28 Single Simpson 19 July 1858 A. H. Travelstead Allen Co. 23 Single Allen Co. M. H. Mimin Allen Co. 21 Single Sumner Co., TN 25 Mar 1858 M. H. Smith Allen Co. 24 Single Allen Co. Clarinda Balis Allen Co. 23 Single Simpson 12 Feb 1858 P. G. Gilleland Allen Co. 23 Single Tennessee Elizanne Walthall Allen Co. 20 Single Allen 15 Nov 1858 J. H. Goodnight Allen Co. 24 Single Allen Nancy Guy Allen Co. 22 Single Allen 19 Oct 1858 H. C. Hancock Allen Co. 22 Widowed Allen Francis Wadkins Allen Co. 21 Single Allen 105 THE LONGHUNTER, VOLUME xxn, ISSUE 3 7 Jan 1858 Frederick Straine Allen Co. 22 Single Allen Sarah A. Wadkins Allen Co. 28 Single Tennessee 28 Jan 1858 William Kirkham Allen Co. 22 Single Sumner Co., TN Zerilda Willoughby Allen Co. 27 Single Allen 29 Oct 1858 John J. Spann Allen Co. 29 Single Allen Frances Walker Allen Co. 24 Single Allen By Rev B. P. Wilson 2 Nov 1858 Evin D. Hagains Warren Co. 27 Single Allen Mary M. Strain Allen Co. 20 Single Allen Same 14 Decl858 John B. Tilley Allen 22 Single Allen Emily E. Jackson Allen Co. 25 Single Allen 15 Dec 1858 James B. Rather Allen 23 Single Allen Sarah A. Tilley Allen Co. 21 Single Allen 28 Jan 1858 E. J . Stayton Allen Co. 41 Widowed Barren Co. Celia Brown Allen Co. 35 I" Widowed Allen R Y. McReynolds 25 May 1858 Willis Cash Allen Co. 70 I" Widowed Virginia Matilda J. Stoners Allen Co. 18 Single Sumner Co., TN B. P. Wilson 10 Jun 1858 Tho H. Duncan Allen Co. 24 Single Allen Co. Mary Jackson Allen Co. 21 Single Allen Co. Same 9 July 1858 G. W. Harris Allen Co. 23 Single Allen Co. Melvina Gatewood Allen Co. 17 Single Allen Co. Same 15 Jun 1858 Jonathan Davis Allen Co. 67 I" Widowed Birk Co., NC Sintha Landers Allen Co. 35 I" Widowed Allen Co. Same 106 THE LONGHUNTER, VOLUME xxn, ISSUE 3 24 Aug 1858 R. E. Russell Allen Co. 22 Single Allen Co. Mary E. Kimmens Allen Co. 18 Single Allen Co. Same 16 Sep 1858 Marshal Boucher Allen Co. 21 Single Allen Co. Dorinda Pruitt Allen Co. 16 Single Allen Co. Same 17 Aug 1858 Perry Logan Allen Co. 24 Single Allen Co. Lucinda Wilkins Allen Co. 15 Single Allen Co. Feb 1858 John Justice Allen Co. 24 Single Allen Co. Mahala F. Dixon Allen Co. 16 Single Allen Co. 26 Dec 1858 J. S. Duncan Allen Co. 26 Single Allen Co. Kitty A. Dearing Allen Co. 18 Single Allen Co. M.F.Ham 1 July 1858 Jobe D. Dixon Allen Co. 21 Single Allen Co. Zarilda Lovelady Simpson 17 Single Illinois B. Herington 3 Oct 1858 John Holloman Simpson Co. 23 Single Allen Parthena E.