The “Famous” Kit Carson
Christopher Carson, by his countrymen familiarly called “Kit Carson,” was born in the County of Madison, Kentucky, on December 24, 1809. The Carson family were among the first settlers of Kentucky and became owners of fine farms. Besides being a skillful farmer, the father of Kit Carson was a celebrated hunter. When the Indians of […]
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Big Bone Lick in Kentucky
The early 1700s was a significant era of travelers passing through the Blue Ridge and Alleghany Mountains. The Boone families first settled among the Irish Quakers in Philadelphia. George Boone, the grandfather of Daniel Boone set the precedent for his heirs having large families. Also, the descendants of George Boone continued the use of first […]
The First Fort in Jessamine County
Levi Todd established the first and only fort in Jessamine County, Kentucky in 1779, one year before Lexington was built. The line of travel between Harrodsburg and the Fayette County stations passed through the northern and western parts of the county. It was on this trace, near Keene, that Todd’s Station was built. But the […]
Persistent Indian Attacks in Kentucky
The founding of the Transylvania Colony by Henderson, in 1775, gave an armed and trained force to meet Indian attacks, with forts located at Harrodsburg and St. Asaphs, or Logan’s Fort. Yet the Transylvania land scheme did not include Jessamine County! The Wilderness Road entered Kentucky at Cumberland Gap, divided at Rockcastle River, one branch […]
John Finley, Woodsman and Hunter
It was John Finley of North Carolina who saw the huntsman’s paradise in Kentucky and in 1767, moved into the Blue Ridge region of Kentucky. He was the first white man who ever penetrated the wilderness and forests sufficiently to view the central portion of the state. Two years later, after having returned to his […]
An Unsung Hero of Jessamine County
Major Benjamin Netherland was born in Powhatan County, Virginia in 1755. He first went to Cuba as his father’s agent to dispose of his tobacco crop where he heard that Sir Peter Parker was to attack Charleston. He left his cargo and ran the blockade to Charleston where he helped to defend Fort Moultrie from […]
Some Early Records of Madison County Kentucky
You might say that Davy Crocket and Daniel Boone’s descendants helped to populate Kentucky, and you would be correct! However, despite their surveying and transporting new settlers into the region, other land companies were formed to bring new immigrants to the lovely forests and landscapes. A colossal land acquisition in Madison County became possible in […]
The Origin of Kentucky Settlers
After a route was discovered across the Appalachian Mountains through the Cumberland Gap, Daniel Boone, and other land speculators began bringing small parties into the region. Researchers of Kentucky will discover that the first will books also contained plentiful estate records. The latter is worth reading because that is how to discover the details. For […]
Born in France, Came to America
Stephen Theodore Badin, Kentucky’s earliest Catholic bard, was born in Orleans, France, in 1768. Though very poor, he received classical and theological training in Paris and Tours, and in 1792, he emigrated to America. In the following year, Badin was ordained a priest in Baltimore. He was subsequently appointed to do missionary work in Kentucky, […]