Miscellaneous
Newspaper Article Abstracts
The Western
Citizen Fri 4 Oct 1861
Submitted by Kellie Scott
Bettie, a negro woman
belonging to Maj. Jer. Duncan of our place, departed
this life on the the 24th, aged 93 years. She was born
in Alexandria VA. and was purchased there and bought to
KY my Major Duncan's father in 1784. For the last 18
months she had the loss of her lower limbs.
The Western
Citizen Fri 11 Oct 1861
Submitted by Kellie Scott
The negro man Aaron belonging to Maj, Williams , who was
accidentally shot last week, died on Friday last
The Western
Citizen Friday 19 Aug 1864
Submitted by Kellie Scott
Henry, an angry negro man belonging to Mrs. Mary R.
Godman , killed Peyton, a negro man belonging to Mrs.
Pryor, by striking him over the head with a club on
Saturday night. He was committed to jail on Monday for
further trial a the next term of our circuit court.
The True
Kentuckian Thu 12 Jul 1866
Submitted by Kellie Scott
On Wed. afternoon in Paris, George Morgan, a colored
barber aged 55 years, a native of Bourbon County.
George was a dwarf in size and for many years has been
what has called an institution in Paris. -death
The True
Kentuckian Wed 16 1868
Submitted by Kellie Scott
On Sunday evening last a bloody affray occurred in
Cottontown, a district of Paris lying on the other side
of Stoner Creek, which resulted in the death of a negro
named Jo. Pratt, a brick maker, from a blow with a club
at the hands of another negro named Johnson Goodman.
The True
Kentuckian Wed 26 Oct 1870
Submitted by Kellie Scott
A negro woman aged 70 years, formerly a slave of Silas
Parvin, deceased, now a servant of Nicholas Talbott,
gave birth a short time ago to a child that is doing
well. There is no doubt of her age.
The Bourbon
News 16 May 1913 Submitted by
Mary Hatton
Richard White, colored, left
Tuesday for a visit to the family of his old master near
Midway. "Dick" as he is better known, belongs to the
Wallace family of Woodford County and left them in
1864. He has never seen any of the family since that
time, though he has kept in touch with them. He is one
of the old-time slave negroes, of whom they are but few,
and he is a connecting link between the past and present
generations. He is also one of the only colored
students of Berea College, and is one of the most
prosperous negroes about Millersburg.
March 20,
1960 by Betty Lee Mastin -Herald Leader
Submitted by Kellie Scott
William Rogers
father of Benjamin Rogers
William Rogers
first clerk under Barton Stone at Cane Ridge Meeting
House.
Daughter Annie
married July 27, 1853. Groom James Thomas
Uncle Ike-probably
a slave by the way the article reads.
William had a
daughter in law - Mary E.
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