Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Kentucky Library - Serials Society Newsletter Spring 1998 Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter Volume 21, Number 2 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 21, Number 2" (1998). Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter. Paper 101. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/longhunter_sokygsn/101 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]. HUflttR · . ISSN 1067 7348 So~th~l{~twck~ G~~alosical Soci~t\i M~lvin m SOh + ® 19M VOLUME XXI - ISSUE 2 SOUTHERN KENTUCKY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P.O. Box 1782 Bowling Green, KY 42102 - 1782 http://members.aol.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 Recording Secretary Judy Davenport, 519 Ashmore Bowling Green, KY 42101 ph. 502-842-7353 Corresponding Secretary Betty B. Lyne , 613 E. 11 th 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 Kentucky Advanced Technology Institute (KATI), 1127 Morgantown Rd. , 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. THE LONGHUNTER VOLUME XXI ISSUE 2 April, 1998 TABLE OF CONTENTS Longhunter Information.. ..................... .............. .. ....... .. ................. .. ................ ... ... ........... .... 2 The American Revolution ...... ... .... ... .... .... .... ... ......................................... ...... ........ ........... .... .3 Warren County Pensioners ................ ......... .................... ..... .. ......... ... ...... .... ... ... .... ......... ........ 7 Women and the Revolution .. ... ... ......... .. ...................................... ....... ............. .. ... ... .......... ..... 9 Dr. Joseph Warren .................. ........ .. ............... ... .. .... ..... .. .................................................. .. .13 Warren County Kentucky Deed Books. .. ...... .... ..... ............. ............ .. ... ......... ...................... .. 16 Queries ............................................................ ........ ... ................... ..... .............. .. .. .. ...... ....... 22 SKGS Library Donation. .................. ........ ... ..... ... ... ... ..... ...... ................. .... ...... ............... ... ... 23 Old Union Baptist Church Cemetery.. ..... ........... .................................................................. 24 SKGS Meeting Speaker. .. .. ... ... .. ......... .. ............................. .. ....... ... ........ .............................. 32 Owens of Three Forks, Warren County, Kentucky .... .................................... .. .... ...... .. ......... 33 Book Review ... ............... ....... ... ................ ... ... ... ... ... ........ ..................... .......... ... .................. 35 Warren County, Kentucky 1797-1900 Marriages ........... ........... ................. .... ... ............. ....... 36 SKGS Membership ............ ....... ... ....................... .. .... ... ........ .. ......................... ..................... 40 SKGS Donations ............ ... ..... ... ............. ......... ... ................................ ................................. 41 Books and Publications by SKGS .... ... ...................................................... ... ... .. ....... ........... 43 SKGS Treasurer's Report ................................................ .. ................ .................................. 44 Index ......... ... ................. .. .......... ................ ... .... ... ... .. ... ..... .......... ... ....................... ... .... ... ..... 45 Publications ofSKGS Members ............................................................... .. 52 and Back Cover OUT OF TOWN VISITORS When in Bowling Green you might enjoy visiting: I. The Kentucky Library and the Special CoUections 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 Institute at 6:30 PM on the third Monday of each month. THE LONGHUNTER, VOLUME XXI, ISSUE 2, 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. QUERIES AU 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 LONGHUNTER. After review aU 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 aU 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 LONGH UN TER, VOLUME XXI, ISSUE 2, PG 3 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Sue Evans 92 1 Meadowlark Drive Bowling Green, Kentucky 421 03 When Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 Kentucky was still a part of the state of Virginia. Thus, Kentucky did not participate in the war as a state, however, the American Revolutionary War had a major impact on the early settlement and statehood of Kentucky. According to one source (Quisenberry, Revolutionary Soldiers in Kentucky) Kentucky has, in proportion to population more descendants of Revolutionary soldiers than any other state. Most of the original male settlers had seen service in the Revolutionary war. This was especially true of those who carne from Virginia as they were granted land in Kentucky in reward for their military service. These men were also the ones who served in leadership roles as the state