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Announcements

· Topic: Announcements
· Total News: 18
· Total Reads: 12413

  Stringbean Memorial Bluegrass Festival
  Couch Summit 2010
  Interview - Morehead State Public Radio
  Kentucky Historical Society - Kentucky State Fair
  Museums-To-Go
  REUNION - Osborne - Cole - Begley - Relatives - Friends
  WHAT'S NEW!
  2010 Membership Renewal
  2009 Owsley Family Historical Society Annual Meeting
  FROM HUCKLEBERRY TO POSSUM TROT, by Jess Wilson
  Family Tree Magazine 2008 Difference Maker
  Family Tree Magazine November Difference Maker
  Publications available through Paypal
  2008 Eastern Kentucky Genealogy Conference
  New book offer!
  Osborne/Cole/Begley Reunion
  Byrd Family Reunion
  Family History Jamboree

Bible Records

· Topic: Bible Records
· Total News: 3
· Total Reads: 1787

  Bowman -Descendants of Thomas Bowman
  Hunt Family Bible
  Metcalf -Bible of Dora Bell Frost Ranes Metcalf

Biographical Sketches

· Topic: Biographical Sketches
· Total News: 27
· Total Reads: 9169

  A Mountain Mother
  Bird, James/The Bridge Burnings in Greene County
  Sams, Rev. Ernest Reginald
  Bowman, James F.
  Porter, Leland
  Bowman, Arch B.
  Baker, Allan W.
  Baker, Rutherford B.
  Bowman, Edward E.
  Bowman, Elihu
  Bowman, Squire F.
  Bowman, Wilburn
  Bullock, William B.
  Glass, Archibald M. M.D.
  Hogg, Stephen P.
  Hogg, Walter Scott
  Marcum, Cornelius, M.D.
  McDowell, Carter L.
  Moore, Carter P. and Harvey
  Morris, James M., M.D.

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Birth Records

· Topic: Birth Records
· Total News: 10
· Total Reads: 10645

  Kentucky Delayed Birth Certificate Index
  1911 - 1920 Lee County Births
  Lee County, Kentucky Births 1874 - 1875
  1852 Owsley County Births
  Various Early Births (A-Q)
  Various Early Births (R-Z)
  1854 Owsley County Births
  1907 Owsley County Births
  1908 Owsley County Births (A-L)
  1908 Owsley County Births (M-Z)

Brick Walls

· Topic: Brick Walls
· Total News: 4
· Total Reads: 1616

  Children of Riley and Elizabeth Wilson Wolfe
  Jackson and Lydia Fox Gilbert
  John Dooley

Cemeteries

· Topic: Cemeteries
· Total News: 67
· Total Reads: 23030

  Sandlin-McIntosh Cemetery
  Clark and Scott Cemetery
  Laurel Point Cemetery
  Cortland Cemetery
  Kash Brandenburg Cemetery
  Rock House – Couch Cemetery
  York / Eversole Cemetery
  Campbell Cemetery
  George W. Edwards Cemetery
  George T. Edwards Cemetery
  Edwards Cemetery
  Children's Graveyard
  John Breckenridge Combs Cemetery
  Harvey Combs Cemetery
  Daniel Callahan Cemetery
  John Tyler Brewer Cemetery
  William T. Becknell Cemetery
  A. Jack Barker Cemetery
  Baker / Amis Cemetery
  Abner Bishop Cemetery

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Census Records

· Topic: Census Records
· Total News: 7
· Total Reads: 4202

  1850 Slave Schedule - Owsley County
  1870 Lee County Census
  1930 Owsley County Census
  1860 Owsley County Census
  1850 Owsley County Census
  Mortality Schedules 1860-1870
  1860 Owsley County Slave Census

Churches

· Topic: Churches
· Total News: 25
· Total Reads: 10214

  The Beginnings of Southern Baptist in Indiana
  Sugar Camp Baptist Church
  Esau Baptist Church
  Lee County - Stone Coal Baptist Church
  Lee County - Rock Springs Church
  Lee County - Ivy Patch Church
  Lee County - Ida Mae Church
  Lee County - Heidelberg Baptist Church
  Lee County - Crossroads Or Pleasant Grove Church
  Lee County - Beattyville Baptist Church
  Mountain Association of Old Regular Baptists
  Anglin Branch Baptist Church
  Booneville Baptist Church
  From the Minutes of the Zion Church
  Piney Grove Church
  The History of the Faith Hill Community Center and Church
  Cow Creek Baptist Church Notes
  New Hope Baptist Church
  Elk Lick Baptist Church
  Cow Creek Presbyterian Church

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Death Records

· Topic: Death Records
· Total News: 30
· Total Reads: 13684

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Deeds

· Topic: Deeds
· Total News: 7
· Total Reads: 2982

  Noland Smallwood to Elisha and John Abney
  Clay County Deeds
  Deed Indenture Between Cornelius and Susannah Bowman and John Pinkston
  Deed Indenture Between Cornelius Bowman, Sr. and Cornelius Bowman, Jr.
  Deed Indenture of Elijah Bowman and John Williams
  Deed Indenture Bewteen Cornelius Bowman and Elisha Bowman
  Indenture Between Cornelius Bowman Sr, Cornelius Bowman Jr, and Phillip Goodman

Family Histories

· Topic: Family Histories
· Total News: 32
· Total Reads: 12192

  1 - About Family History Files
  Gabbard - Descendants of Henry Gabbard
  Isaacs - Descendants of Sylvester Isaacs
  Jackson - Descendants of Rufus Jackson
  McDaniel - Descendants of John McDaniel
  Dooley - Descendants of John Dooley
  Bowman - Descendants of Henry B. Bowman
  Schlemp - Descendants of George Simon Schlemp
  Yeary - Descendants of Benedict Yeary
  Mainous - Descendants of Jacob Maness/Mainous
  Gilbert - Descendants of Jackson Gilbert
  Hughes - Descendants of Isaac Hughes
  McIntire - Descendants of Benjamin McIntire
  Amis - Descendants of Wiley Horton Amis
  Rose - Descendants of Robert William Rose
  Taylor - Descendants of Pendleton Taylor
  Duff - Descendants of Colson Duff
  Moore - Descendants of James Moore Sr
  Taylor - Writings of Lee C. Taylor 1877
  Caudell – Descendants of John Caudell

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Famous Owsley Countians

· Topic: Famous Owsley Countians
· Total News: 9
· Total Reads: 3358

  Preston J. Daniels, Colonel, USAF (Retired)
  Tim Flannery
  Grace Bowman Caudill
  James C. Duff
  Willie Sandlin, Winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor
  Senator William Isaacs
  Mildred Burton Gabbard, M.D.
  Chester Blaine Treadway
  Earle Combs

Featured Photo

· Topic: Featured Photo
· Total News: 27
· Total Reads: 8056

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John J. Dickey Diaries

· Topic: John J. Dickey Diaries
· Total News: 1
· Total Reads: 1104

Excerpts from the John Jay Dickey Diaries (excerpts pertain to Owsley residents)

Land Records

· Topic: Land Records
· Total News: 2
· Total Reads: 1254

Land Survey and Endowment Book 1
Selected land records from the research of Robert Smith

Letters from our Ancestors

· Topic: Letters from our Ancestors
· Total News: 1
· Total Reads: 503

The letters of Isaac 'Long Ike' Gabbard

Maps

· Topic: Maps
· Total News: 22
· Total Reads: 6857

  Arnett - Owsley County
  Bear Run - Owsley County
  Buck Creek - Owsley County
  Chestnut Gap - Owsley County
  Conkling - Owsley County
  Modern Owsley County Map
  Cow Creek - Owsley County
  Davidson Map
  Cow Creek Map
  Homestead Map - Clay County
  Early Booneville Business Map
  Cranefork - Owsley County
  Doe Creek - Owsley County
  Eversole - Owsley County
  Grassy Branch - Owsley County
  Upper Buffalo - Owsley County
  The Great Wagon Road
  The Great Wagon Road and Its Offshoots
  Migration to Kentucky
  Railroad - Owsley County

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Marriage Records

· Topic: Marriage Records
· Total News: 25
· Total Reads: 13284

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Military Records and History

· Topic: Military Records and History
· Total News: 18
· Total Reads: 12054

  Dixon, William G. Dixon Civil War Records
  Owsley County WWI Draft Card Indexes
  Index of Names - Civil War Pension Records of Owsley County, KY Veterans, Vol I,
  Owsley County Veterans Wall of Honor
  War of 1812 Land Warrant Records
  Civil War Pensions and Records
  Three Forks Battalion Company Rolls
  Revolutionary War Pensions
  Owsley County Veterans Information as recorded on headstones
  Kentuckians Were With Teddy Roosevelt At Battle Of San Juan Hill
  Korean War Servicemen Killed in Action
  World War II honor list of dead and missing Army and Army Air Force personnel
  1890 Veterans Schedule Owsley County Kentucky
  Medical Definitions used during the Civil War
  47th Kentucky Mounted Infantry
  7th Kentucky Infantry
  Civil War in Owsley
  14th Kentucky Cavalry

Military Tombstone Project

· Topic: Military Tombstone Project
· Total News: 6
· Total Reads: 3373

  Samuel Walkup Cemetery Project
  Nelson Gay Military Marker
  Armistead Roberts
  James A Baker Military Tombstone
  John ''Speed'' Hamilton Tombstone Dedication
  Elijah Couch Receives Military Tombstone

Miscellaneous

· Topic: Miscellaneous
· Total News: 13
· Total Reads: 5080

  In Remembrance of Today
  Formation of Virginia Counties
  Tennessee Counties Formation and Origin
  Criminal Records Index, 1879-1903
  History of North Carolina Counties
  The Owsley County Arts Council
  Offices Held in Owsley County
  Beattyville, Lee County History
  The Land of Lee
  Lee County Circuit Court Records Index 1879 - 1903
  Lee County Mayors
  Homicides and violent deaths in Owsley County
  Owsley County Representatives in the Kentucky Legislature 1843 – 2000

Newspapers

· Topic: Newspapers
· Total News: 60
· Total Reads: 13884

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Obituaries

· Topic: Obituaries
· Total News: 158
· Total Reads: 24570

  Burch, Clyde
  Bowling, Justice
  Bowling, James
  Baker, Oakley
  King, Woodard
  Sebastian, Cyphia Ann
  Becknell, Harvey
  Cart, Sindia
  Murrell, Laura E.
  Reed, John
  Treadway, E.B.
  Marcum, Sanford
  Flannery, Hubert William
  Shepherd, William
  Marcum, Maggie
  Amburgy, Claude I
  Cornett, Mattie
  Amis, Edd
  Beard, Mary
  Duff, Adron

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OCHGS Member Biographies

· Topic: OCHGS Member Biographies
· Total News: 4
· Total Reads: 1563

  Betty Thomas Finger
  Wilson O. & Betty Gabbard
  Harley T. Bowling
  David G. Moore

OCHGS Publications

· Topic: OCHGS Publications
· Total News: 8
· Total Reads: 7138

  Cities, Towns, Communities of Kentucky
  THIS WAS YESTERDAY, by Joyce Wilson
  Civil War Pension Book Compact Disk
  Cemetery CD # 1
  ATHAWOMINEE by Joel Meyers
  The Owsley County History and Genealogy Newsletter Winter Edition
  Civil War Pension Records book now available!
  Owsley County Kentucky Cooking

Poems written by Owsley Countians

· Topic: Poems written by Owsley Countians
· Total News: 17
· Total Reads: 4560

  Buffalo Hills Where I Was Born
  Vision of the Night of Dec 14, 1863
  Cana Baker's Poetry
  When Death Has Come
  The Organ In Clifty Church
  Reply To: The Failure Of Union
  The Failure Of Union
  A Letter by Lester A. Rowland
  Going Calling In The City
  A Tale Of A Cow’s Tail
  My Trip to Berea
  Reflections of Hope
  Thoughts While at Chartes France Awaiting to be Re-assigned to Duty
  She's Not in the Store Anymore
  The South Fork Country
  To Mollie My Wife
  The Cow Creek Blues

Post Offices

· Topic: Post Offices
· Total News: 38
· Total Reads: 8155

  Arnett Post Office
  Ash Post Office
  Bear Creek Post Office
  Blake Post Office
  Booneville Post Office
  Botner Post Office
  Buck Creek Post Office
  Burley Post Office
  Conkling Post Office
  Couch Post Office
  Cowcreek Post Office
  Endee Post Office
  Eversole Post Office
  Gabbard Post Office
  Green Hall Post Office
  Hawk Post Office
  Island City Post Office
  Joshua Post Office
  Lerose Post Office
  Levi Post Office

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Schools

· Topic: Schools
· Total News: 42
· Total Reads: 10958

  Becknell School History
  Lee County - Twin Creek School 1923
  Lee County - Rocky Hill School ca 1907
  Lee County - Proctor School ca 1914
  Lee County - Pine Grove School 1913
  Lee County - Gum Springs School 1903
  Lee County - Mill Branch School ca 1915
  Leslie County - Dry Hill School Group about 1913
  Lee County - Heidelberg School 1939
  Owsley County 1960 Graduating Class
  Lee County - Cable School - about 1905
  Lee County - Cross Roads School 1916
  Lee County - Heidelberg School 1924
  Lee County - Crab Tree School 1920
  Lee County - Gum Springs School 1903
  Lee County - Canyon Falls Presbyterian School Students 1915
  Lee County - Pleasant Flat School
  Lee County - Brandenburg School
  Lower Buffalo School - 1911
  Lee County - Oliver School 1930-1931

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Tombstone Placement Project

· Topic: Tombstone Placement Project
· Total News: 2
· Total Reads: 1043

First Stone Setting 12-2-08
Marion and Martha Couch with Memorial Stones

Wills and Estates

· Topic: Wills and Estates
· Total News: 10
· Total Reads: 6071

  Will Transcription Index
  Owsley County Will Book II, January, 1970 - September, 1983
  Owsley County Will Book I, April, 1930 - September, 1971
  Appraisal of Cornelius Bowman Estate
  Hamilton, William
  Sandlin, Lewis
  Bowman, Jacob
  Allen, Adniram
  Moore, James Sr.
  Wilson, Phillip Sr.