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From: "Janice Katherine Lund" <>
Subject: Re: [KYNELSON-L] POLKE and related lines
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 12:24:09 -0700


Do any of you subscribe to Sandi Gorin's Kentucky Tips? She is now sending
all the old forts and who settled them...check Rootsweb for the address.
Her mailings are very useful! Jan Lund


-----Original Message-----
From: Robin Whitney <>
To: <>
Date: Thursday, October 28, 1999 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: [KYNELSON-L] POLKE and related lines


>Mary,
>
>I did get this info, but I have no other info other than what I sent you
>so I have work to do to make a connection. I asked John for more info
>on the COX and POLK Station settlers as this passage was particularly
>interesting:
>
>Page 196: The "Simms Surveys" were made in April and May 1780 around the
>area of Chaplin, by order of the Virginia Legislature. Some of the
>people
>who originally lived in Cox's and Polke's Stations (my note: these were
>two
>of the initial forts which surrounded Bardstown) were listed as the
>DUNCAN
>family, south of Chaplin.
>
>Also, the mention of DUNCANs near BLOOMFIELD as several POLK were in
>that area of Nelson Co. as well.
>
>I have Mary DUNCAN, dau. of James DUNCAN, wife of Thomas PIETY (his
>mother was a POLKE) and William DUNCAN married Sarah BROWN, her sister
>Margaret BRWON married Edmund POLKE, Jr., (this is my line). Edmund is a
>1st cousin of Thomas PIETY.
>
>Robin
>
>Thanks,
>Robin
>
>
>
> wrote:
>>
>> In a message dated 10/28/99 1:04:07 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>> writes:
>>
>> << Mary,
>>
>> Trabuco Canyon is in South Orange County, near Mission Viejo. This is
>> what I have on the COOPER faamily. I will post what I have on the other
>> names mentioned ASAP. Maybe something will connect.
>> Robin
>>
>> >>
>>
>> Hi Robin,
>>
>> I looked over your Duncan and Cooper information and can't link yet but
will
>> hold on to for future. There has to be a connection somewhere will all
>> these names. Trabuco Canyon sounded familiar but wasn't quite sure
where
>> it was.
>>
>> Below is info on DUNCAN in Nelson Co. that was sent to list just prior to
you
>> coming to List I think. It is below. Note: The Dawsons of Hungry Lodge
are
>> the same Thomas and Nancy Saunders Dawson that I sent information to you
>> prior. I will look though it again and see if I see anything. It shows
>> Millie's father as Thomas DUNCAN. There is a DUNCAN/DAVIS link and
several
>> other DUNCANS.
>>
>> Mary
>>
>> Subj: [KYNELSON-L] Sarah B. Smith Book: Duncan
>> Date: 10/21/99 12:32:08 AM Pacific Daylight Time
>> From: (John Cresseveur)
>> To:
>>
>> Hi Carlene,
>> Here's the information on the Duncan name.
>> John Cresseveur
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 7:47 PM
>> Subject: Re: [KYNELSON-L] Re: Sarah B. Smith Book Index
>>
>> I sent in my ancestors name also, Peter b. Duncan. I too was enjoying
the
>> stories from the book on different folks. I kept each one so I do have
the
>> ones you had posted. it is a shame, so many of us were really interested
but
>> I do understand all that is entailed here. keep me in mind or at least
post
>> on the Nelson County Page when and where you get the index finished. Good
>> luck, Carlene
>> **********************************************
>> Page 177: DAWSON HUNGRY LODGE
>> A land survey dated 02/20/1793 for 500 acres states that Benjamin
Hutchinson
>> and his wife Molly, from Loudon County, VA, were the original owners. The
>> land was deeded to their children who then sold it to Thomas Dawson and
his
>> wife, Nancy Saunders, also from VA (no county listed) in 1816.
>>
>> The Dawsons had the following children: John, born Bracken County, KY,
and
>> Olivia and Charles born at Hungry Run (I have no idea where that is).
Mary
>> Elizabeth Dawson, the oldest child, married Joshua Jarett in 1828, a date
>> burned into the beam of the home by her youngest sister Olivia. Mary's
>> younger son, Benjamin, is buried in the family cemetery near the house,
>> along with her parents, Thomas and Nancy, and some of their slaves. John
>> Jarrett her other son, married Josie Younger, sister of Cole and Bob
Younger
>> (my note; The Younger Gang) and a good friend of her niece Martha Sanders
>> who married George Shepherd and later Alex McMakin.
>>
>> Charles Dawson married Milly DUNCAN, daughter of Thomas and Nancy Berkley
>> DUNCAN. Milly named the house "Stony Point on Hungry Run". They had five
>> sons and five daughters, some of whom died young. Three daughters -
Nancy,
>> Mary, and Ann lived at the house all their lives. When Ann, the last
>> daughter died, it was sold to an ancestor of the family that currently
owns
>> the home. Near the house is the family cemetery which includes the
>> following: Thomas Dawson, b. 05/22/1782, d. 03/10/1846; Nancy Saunders
>> Dawson (his wife), b. 03/18/1781, d. 10/28/1863.
>>
>> Page 177: DUNCAN HALL
>> Located south of Bloomfield, KY, and built by Billy Riggs, Billy Goodin,
and
>> Mr. Batcheldor. Originally owned by Major Green Duncan. Walls are four
>> bricks thick, burned on the farm. The lumber is also from the site. Eight
>> rooms measuring 20 X 20 feet with 13 foot ceilings. two halls, kitchen,
and
>> hall in an ell. Original paint on woodwork. Slave quarters for the house
>> across the road. Present owners, Mrs. Elizabeth DUNCAN ****** (sorry, no
>> current owner's names listed) and her son Joe DUNCAN *******, are the
fourth
>> generation of the family to live in this house. Major DUNCAN served in
the
>> State Legislature and as Sheriff of Nelson County at one time.
>>
>> Page 173: WILLIAM Y. DAVIS HOMESTEAD
>> Amos Davis arrived in Bloomfield, KY, about 1801 with his wife from
Fairfax
>> County, VA. They had several children, one of whom, William Y. Davis,
>> occupied the home at the corner of Main and Perry until the death of
their
>> daughter, Mrs. Annie Davis DUNCAN. The house was torn down prior to 1982.
>>
>> Page 274: Listed as a pastor of the Rolling Fork Baptist Church,
1788-1948,
>> G. W. DUNCAN 1907-1908.
>>
>> Page 162: Article from the "The Kentucky Standard, 04/12/1906" (our local
>> newspaper) states that "Green DUNCAN was depot agent at Bloomfield, KY,
and
>> held this position every since the locomotive announced to Bloomfield
that
>> the railroad was finished". (My note: railroad line no longer in
existence.
>> Just a guess, but it was likely the Louisville and Nashville, L&O,
>> railroad).
>>
>> Page 120: ORDER BOOK 1793-1797 (found in the Nelson County Clerk's
Office)
>> 10/08/1793, Ordered that Henry Miles be appointed overseer of road from
John
>> DUNCAN to the Gap of the Knobs." (My note: "The Knobs" are currently the
>> name of small hills in the southern part of the county near the Hardin
>> County line. Unsure if these are the same.)
>>
>> Page 317: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BARDSTOWN, KY,
>> 02/11/1782-04/06/1827
>> An Act of the Virginia Legislature incorporated Bardstown 11/04/1788. At
the
>> time, a survey of the area was required. Included is that: "George
Calhoon
>> was chosen to survey this township. Said survey to begin north of First
>> Street and north of Spring Street, and go west to include M. DUNCAN
House.
>>
>> Page 287: FIRST CEDAR CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH: Pastors 1781-1981
>> Reverend DUNCAN listed as pastor 1908-1911
>>
>> Page 270: NELSONVILLE, KY
>> Nelsonville is located between Boston and New Haven at Highway 52 and 46.
In
>> 1836 William Miller and John Irvin built a furnace to smelt iron ore. In
>> March 1837, the Furnace Company purchased 600 acres from John Sportsman
and
>> his wife. The land had been willed to her by Thomas DUNCAN, her father.
>>
>> Page 194: Article on Chaplain, KY, a small town south of Bloomfield lists
a
>> resident of the town in 1822 as William DUNCAN.
>>
>> Page 196: The "Simms Surveys" were made in April and May 1780 around the
>> area of Chaplin, by order of the Virginia Legislature. Some of the people
>> who originally lived in Cox's and Polke's Stations (my note: these were
two
>> of the initial forts which surrounded Bardstown) were listed as the
DUNCAN
>> family, south of Chaplin.
>>
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