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For more information, please contact [email protected]. /'-T"1 j VD I. ITl- Ne. 3 f!t\ffi,- - 11 6olrtn~rn l{enluckB 6~tt~a.loglCo.l GOCi~lB + VOLUME XVI. ISSUE 3 SOUTHERN KENTUCKY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P. O. Box 1782 Bowling Green, KY 42102-1782 1993 OFFICERS AND CHAIRPERSONS ***************************************************************************** President: Melvin Adamson, 1340 US 31 W-BY Pass, Bowling Green, KY 42101. P h. 502 843 9291 Vice President: James David Evans, 1544 Chestnu t, Bowling Green , KY , 42101, P h . 502 842 2313 Recording Secretary: Mrs. Alexandr a W. Ebling, 1500 Bryan t Wy, C7 St., Bowling Green, KY, 42103, Ph 502 781 6568 Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Betty B. Lyne, 613 E 11TH Ave. ,Bowling Green, KY 42101, P h .502 843 9452 Treasurer Mrs. Betty B. Lyne, 613 E 11th Ave.,Bowling Green, KY 42101, Ph 502 843 9452 Sergeant at Arms/ Parliam. Leroy Collier, 1644 Smallhouse Rd., Bowling Green, KY , 42104, Ph. 502 843 4753 Chaplain Willian J . Martin, 604 Dennis Way, Bowling Green, KY, 42101 Ph, 842 2245 Program Chairpe rsons Che ster Bay s , P. O. Bo:! 945 i Bowling Green, KY, 42102, P h. 502 843 1141 Mrs. Sue Spurlock, 537 L. C. Carr Rd. , Bowling Green, KY 42101, Ph. 502 781 4790 Publication Chairpersons Longhunter Co-Editor Mrs. Pat Reid, 640 E. Main, Bowling Green, KY, 42101, Ph. 502 843 1303 Longhunte r Co-Editor Mrs. Barbara Ford, 545 Cherokee Dr. , Bowling Green, KY 42103, Ph. 502 782 0889 Me mbership Chairperson Rivers Ford, 545 Cherokee Dr., Bowling Green, KY, 42103, Ph 502 782 0889 Scrapbook Chairperson Mrs. Irene Constant, 364 Old Lovers Ln , Bowling Green, KY 42103 P h. 502 842 8400 Telephone Chairperson Mrs. Drucilla Jones, 1332 Chestnut, Bowling Green, KY 42101, Ph. 502 843 4210 Hosp/Social Chairperson Mrs. Bettie Conner, 627 Loving Way, Bowling Green, KY 42104 Ph. 502 843-8480 Public/Pub.Rel. Chairperson Mrs. Mildred E. Collier, 1644 Smallhouse Rd. , Bowling Green, KY 42104, Ph. 502 843 4753 Sunshine Chairperson Mrs. Ruby Breedlove, 1716 Media Dr. ,Bowling Gre en, KY 42101, Ph. 502 842 3067 Libr /Liaison Chairperson Leroy Collier, 1644 Smallhouse Rd, Bowling Green, KY , 42104, Ph 502 843 4753 Immediate Past Pre sident Mrs. Betty B. Lyne, 613 E llth St., Bowling Green, KY, 42101, Ph 502 843 9452 ***************************************************************************** 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. Member­ ship is by the. year, 1 January through 31 December. DUES for individual or family membership are $15 per year and include a subscription to the LONG­ HUNTER which is published quarterly. Current and back issues of the LONGHUNTER, are available back to 1978 and are $4.00 each postpaid. THE ·LONGHUNTER VO LUME XVI , NO. 3 FALL ISSUE - 1993 CON T EN T S Hohemir Corr ection ... 98 Carter Clarification by Van A. Stilley . 98 Memorial - Rosa H. I s bell . 98 How Will We Wr ite 3 February 2001? 98 Messaging in Cemeteries . 98 Joseph Moore, comp iled by Ruby Moore Gilpin 99 Revolutionary War Pension Applications James R. Alexander .100 Isaiah Alley . .102 Beware of Tho se Wh o Promise Your Family Hi s tory .103 The Price They Paid , submitted by Chester Bay s . .104 Willoughby History, compiled by Laurita Sledge . .105 Civil War Data Base Can Trace Family Ties .113 Book Announcement . 1l4 Dower Rights , by Marsha Hoffman Rising . 1l5 The Last Word . 116 Warren Co , KY Deed Books (Cont ' d ) compiled by Leroy Collier .. 117 Warren Cou ntians in War of 1812 . 125 Delayed Birth Certificates ... 127 Melungeon Descendants Unco vering Heritage .128 Ancestor Chart - William Fountain Raymer , by Laura Aust .130 Houchin Bible Record, submitted by Marna L. Clemons .131 Missing Pe r son? . .131 • QUERIES FROM OUR MEMBERS . 132 Confederate Tidbits . 135 German Resear cher . .l36 BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE FROM LONG HUNTER MEMBERS . • .....Inside Back Cover 98 ' THE LO:;CHU :,TER , VLJL . XVI. Ii LJ . :3 HOH EHIR . CORRECTION , DSP or "orbin sine prole II oris:Y0ur ancestor's tombstone? You have a 'r :eal problem­ Sharon Hohemir, 873 ,Oxford Drive" Chatham. IL· this is Latin from "died:\dthout issue I" 62629-1237 vrote to ,inform us that infor­ AE indicates years of life. .. mation ' published in the ANCESTOR INDEX vas Relic means a vidov. incorrect: Consort-husband vas alive at time of vife's HOHIMER, HENRY - .. bom c 1755 (not c 1785) death • . died 1824 , (not 1834}' Inst. indicates present month • . Marriage II before 1780 Ult . indicates the previou's month. The information for his 2nd marriage to ' [Vol 20 #4, TRACES, South Central KY Elizabeth Sidebottom vas correct. His t orical and Genealogical Society.] Committee work is like a soft chair-easy to CARTER ,CLARIFICATION get into but hard to ge t out of. [Oklahoma Gen. Soc . Quarterly, Vol 37, 14.] Van A. Stilley , 3812 Sveetbrair Rd., Wilmington, Ne has shared some information on Frances E. (Chilton) Jenkins Ca rter, the vife How will we write 3 February 20017 of Elihu Carter which will be of v'alue ,to all Those vith computers will write 010203. those wo rking on the Carter line.. For many Ame ricans will write 2/3/1. years Mr. Stilley thought her maiden name was Eng lish will write 3/2/1. Jenkins and despaired of finding her parents LDS will call it 03Feb2oo1 . but he t hen discovered she was :the vidow NATO may call it 03FebOl. Jenkins when she married Elihu Car t er . Relatives will write Feb. 3/01. • Frances , born 11 Feb 1778, died 18 Jul Legal documents may have: On the third 1860, buried Mt. Olivet Cem , was the daughter day of February in the year tva thousand and of John and Elizabeth Chilton. ,She married one . ca 1798 Sampson Jenkins and bor,e him six Of all of these, the LDS method seems most children. Sampson died i n Jun 1810 in useful to genealogists, for it can only be Loudoun VA and six months later , Frances interpreted one way .and is reasonable short. larried Elihu Carter there. By 1814, . this But, will it permit computers to record couple, vit h some of . her Jenkins children and various items in chronological order? thei r Carter children, her mother Elizabeth During the next decade , some standatd [vho md 2nd Thomas Mews/Muse] and a number of should be developed. What is needed is 'a other in-laws and relatives had relocated in me t hod that is acceptable in all countries Warren Co KY. where genealogy is a n active hobby. Fr om : Wes t ern NY Gen. Soc ., Vol XVII #4. IN MEMORY OF MESSAGING IN CEMETERIES ROSA H. ISBELL A Charter Member of An Eagle Rock:; !:to researcher ·found a vay Southern Kentucky Geneol ogical Society to comm unicate with unknown family members by making contacts in cemeteries. She left Date of B'irth basic genealogicaL information in a small jar 20 July 1918 at her ances tors' gravesites and included her Date of neath name and add ress . She has been surprised to 08 July 1993 receive responses as much as three years Place of I nterment l ater from previously unknown "cousins!! vho Fairview Cemetery visited t he cemetery . From Antique Week. Jul Bowling Gre'en' KY 92 . / ------------------------- ---- - --- 99 THE LONGHUNTER , VOL XVI , NO 3 JOSEPH MOORE Joseph Moore was born 06 May 1776 in North Ca rolina and died in Warren Co unty KY 21 Apr 1863 . His first wife was Elizabeth , born 21 May 1790, died 19 Aug 1841 . He married second in Warren Co 20 Oct 1842 Rebecca Wantland , b KY. Joseph and Elizabeth are buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery , Matlock & Plano Rds , Warren Co . Deeds recorded in Warren Co : BK 6, P 205 ; BK 7, P 293 ; BK 15, P 280 ; KY 16, P 325; BK 17, P 361; BK 24 , P 155 . CHILDREN OF JOSEPH & ELIZ ABETH MOOR E (all buried Mt Pleasant , except Alfred) : 1. Elenor Moore , b 25 Feb 1807, d 25 Jul 1892; md 01 Feb 1825 Absalom Kirby , b 24 Aug 1806, d 26 No v 1871 , son of David and Mary (Anderson) Kirby. 2. Wilburn W. Moore , b 01 Jan 181 1, d 13 Sep 1870 ; md 13 Dec 1834 Mary Ann Butt. [She ' s not buried with Wilburn . ] 3. Nancy Moore, b 15 Apr 1813 , d 27 Sec 1878; md 06 Oct 1828 Bailey Kirby , b 08 Nov 1808, d 12 Oct 1894, son of David and Mary (Anderson) Kirby . • 4. Eliza Moore , b 15 Aug 1815, d 07 Sep 1841 . 5. Hu gh M. Moore , b 15 Sep 1817, d 16 Sec 1841 . 6 . Alfred Ewing Moor e , b 01 Fe b 1824, d 01 May 1907; md first 29 May 1847 Mahala T.