This massive compilation contains genealogies of the early families of eastern and southeastern Kentucky, the section originally comprised of the counties of Floyd, Knox, Greenup, and Clay. The genealogies refer to approximately 12,000 individuals, many of them worked through seven generations. The main families, many of them of Scotch-Irish descent, are listed alphabetically starting with the progenitor of the Kentucky line and continue chronologically thereafter according to the succession of children. Data furnished on each of the descendants generally includes name, date of birth, marriage and death, place of residence, incidental facts pertaining to military and public service, references to public records, and so on.
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This massive compilation contains genealogies of the early families of eastern and southeastern Kentucky, the section originally encompassing the counties of Floyd, Knox, Greenup, and Clay. The genealogies refer to approximately 12,000 individuals, many of them worked through seven generations. The main families, a number of them of Scotch-Irish descent, are listed alphabetically starting with the progenitor of the Kentucky line and continue chronologically thereafter according to the succession of children. Data furnished on each of the descendants generally includes name, date of birth, marriage and death, place of residence, incidental facts pertaining to military and public service, references to public records, and so on.
The following families are representative of some of the main lines found in this book: Adams, Auxier, Bailey, Ballinger, Bennett, Biggs, Black, Blair, Boone, Borders, Brack, Brown, Burgess, Burns, Campbell, Carter, Cecil, Chandler, Childers, Conley, Connelly, Davis, Dils, Dixon, Dupuy, Dysart, Elliott, Everman, Fairchild, Fields, Fitzpatrick, Flaugher, Fuson, Fuqua, Garrard, Gerred, Gee, Gilbert, Graham, Grayson, Green, Hackworth, Hager, Hampton, Hannah, Harkins, Harris, Hatcher, Hockaday, Hood, Hord, Horton, Howe, Howes, Hylton, Jacobs, Jayne, Johns, Keesee, Kibbey, Kirk, Kouns, Lackey, Lane, Leslie, Lewis, Lyttle, Martin, May, Mayo, Mays, Meade, Meek, Mobley, Moore, Morris, Osenton, Parsons, Patrick, Pogue, Porter, Preston, Price,Pritchard, Ratliff, Redwine, Reeves, Rice, Richards, Robinson, Rupert, Salyer, Seaton, Scott, Siler, Sparks, Stafford, Stewart, Stratton, Strother, Stuart, Swetnam, Theobold, Turner, Van Hoose, Vaughan, Vincent-Peay, Vinson, Virgin, Ward, Walter, Waring, Warnock, Weddington, Wells, Wheeler, White, Wilhoit, Williams, Witten, Womack, Worthington.
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The subject of mountain people of Kentucky has always been a fertile field for speculation on the part of the sociologists. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
deputy county court clerk, unsuccessful candidate for reelection, candidate for renomination, active party worker, held many public offices, master commissioner, elected circuit judge, rural public schools, elected county attorney, succeeding congresses, onetime teacher, old home farm, sixth generation, circuit court clerk, consistent member, commenced practice, son county, salt manufacturer, early affairs, seventh generation, early colonial days, fifth generation, approximate dates, eighth generation, elected clerk Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Van Hoose, West Virginia, North Carolina, Civil War, Big Sandy Valley, United States, World War, Clay County, Elizabeth Haney, Union Army, Elliott County, New York, Christian Church, Big Sandy River, Knox County, University of Kentucky, Normal School, South Carolina, William Strother, King George, Kentucky State, John Hager, Methodist Church, William Ely, Railway Company New!
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The subject of mountain people of Kentucky has always been a fertile field for speculation on the part of the sociologists. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
deputy county court clerk, unsuccessful candidate for reelection, candidate for renomination, active party worker, held many public offices, master commissioner, elected circuit judge, rural public schools, elected county attorney, succeeding congresses, onetime teacher, old home farm, sixth generation, circuit court clerk, consistent member, commenced practice, son county, salt manufacturer, early affairs, seventh generation, early colonial days, fifth generation, approximate dates, eighth generation, elected clerk Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Van Hoose, West Virginia, North Carolina, Civil War, Big Sandy Valley, United States, World War, Clay County, Elizabeth Haney, Union Army, Elliott County, New York, Christian Church, Big Sandy River, Knox County, University of Kentucky, Normal School, South Carolina, William Strother, King George, Kentucky State, John Hager, Methodist Church, William Ely, Railway Company New!
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