The Owsley County History and Genealogy Society

FEATURED PHOTO: Andrew Wilson Family

Andrew Wilson Family

Back Row;left to right Ida Wilson Fannin, Dock Fraley, Dan Wilson, Ellen Hitch, Avis Wilson; Middle Row, left to right Margaret Wilson Fraley, Andrew Wilson, Elizabeth,Lewis,Wilson, John Wilson, Front Row:left to right Walter Wilson, Baby Stella Fraley

The Rock Springs Baptist Church Minutes

The Rock Springs Primitive Baptist Church is located at the one mile marker on Highway 30 coming from Jackson County into Owsley County. The information in the minutes gives us an overview of the membership and the formation of the church and a look into our ancestors' lives as they were on their journey. Shared by James Clark and retranscribed by Sarah Scott.

Rock Springs Primitive Baptist Church Minutes

Civil War Pensions and Transcriptions

Owsley County, Kentucky Civil War Pensions and Transcriptions

In the list at the link below you will see the name of the Civil War Veteran’s Pension in the first column. The second column is the name/names of the wife/wives if they were included within the pension; the third column is the company in which the veteran served. The fourth column is the number of original pension file document pages included in the file and the last column is the number of pages in the transcribed file in which you will find the most pertinent data we could extract from the original pension. The files with an asterisk beside the Veteran’s name means that there is a photo of him included in the transcription.

Owsley County KY Civil War Pension List Surnames A - Y

For a preview of a pension and its transcription, click on the file links below:

John S. Hamilton Civil War Pension

John S. Hamilton Civil War Pension Transcription

To place an order for any of the files listed, please print and mail the following order form to

OCHGS
PO Box 976
Booneville, KY 41314

In pricing these files we would like to be as fair as possible so that you may have a copy of your family’s pension record if you so desire. All names are spelled as they are written in the files and in the transcriptions. Versions available for purchase: PDF file by email or via CD through the postal service, or printed and mailed through postal service. If by email there will be no S & H.

Pension/Transcription Order Form

Baker - Robert Julius Baker Journal 2

In this file are more pages and family data of some Baker and allied families 9 double pages making a total of 18 pages. I recommend for reading you print this document. We are priviledged to have access to these pages. Shared by Anne Baker: This Journal is the 1811 (published in 1812) “Acts of the Kentucky Legislature”. Every year the legislature publishes it's ‘Acts’ various laws, rules and so on. Robert Baker wrote on blank pages and spaces within this book the various family data. Please note that Lucinda Amis married 16 Apr 1825 to John Hammonds Baker & her sister Lethy Amis married James Oliver in 1827. Evidently the page with this information was written between April 1825 and 1827 as Lucinda "Baker" and Lethy Amis were born in this time frame.

Robert Julius Baker Journal 2

Baker - Robert Julius Baker Journal Photos

Select photos of a few pages in the Robert Julius Baker Journal. These photos are shared by Harley Bowling for all of us to get an idea of what the transcription is from. We do have a full set of photos on the way and will post them as soon as they arrive.

Robert Julius Baker Journal Photos

Baker - Robert Julius Baker Journal

Robert Julius Baker Journal

This file contains the transcription of Robert Julius Baker's Journal where he kept a record of family and even when his favorite Cow would give birth. Transcribed from the actual Journal by Jackie Burton and shared with all of us.

Lee County Agricultural Fair Programs

The following Lee County Agricultural Fair Programs with additional literature were recently submitted by Tom Beatty. Tom found these among his grandmother's belongings after her death in 1982.�Tom's grandmother was Nancy May Breeding Beatty (1887-1982), a daughter of John and Perlina Hogg Breeding. John was a Civil War veteran and was County Clerk in Owsley County at one time. John and Perlina are buried in Riverview Cemetery in Beattyville.

Please be aware that the actual "Fair" programs are in PDF format and are large files.� Those on a dial-up connection may not be able to open them.� The Fair Overview and Fair Name Index files, also in PDF format,�are much smaller, but still quite interesting.

1922 Fair Overview��

1922 Fair ~ 12 MB��

1924 Fair Overview��

1924 Fair Name Index��

1924 Fair ~ 10 MB��

1925 Fair Overview��

1925 Fair Name Index��

1925 Fair ~ 26 MB��

1926 Fair ~ 22 MB��

1927 Fair ~ 12.5 MB��

FEATURED PHOTO: Phillips Evans Family

Phillips Evans family

Front row left to right: Orville, John, Louise, Ruth and Irene. Back row: Charles, George, Walker, Clara Ruby Evans, Bill and Glen Phillips. The Phillips family was from Laurel County, Kentucky and moved to Vandalia, Ohio and this photo was taken there about 1929. Shared by Gayle Bausmith the grandaughter of George and Clara Ruby Evans Philips.

Wilson Family Diary 1906

JOHN B WILSON'S DIARY

John B. Wilson was my great grand uncle. I never met him personally but was acquainted through the correspondence between him and my father about the Wilson family tree. JB was the expert. His handwritten tree was the basis of my initial efforts on Ancestry.com. In the late 1860’s and early 70’s, three sons of Davis Wilson; John, Pleasant, and Davis Jr. left Owsley County, Kentucky to Fraley Ridge in Elliott County, Kentucky where they farmed the rest of their lives. Pleasant (Pless) Wilson, son of John, and John B's father established his own farm and raised a family of seven boys and 2 girls. Shortly after 1900 the boys began to leave Elliott County in search of cheap land and better economic opportunities in the west. This is a great story of one of these young men as he worked his way west, homesteaded in South Dakota, brought his family west, and moved on to homestead again in Canada, raised a wonderful large family, and established a highly successful farm that is still in family ownership.

Thank you John B. Wilson for sharing this part of your life with us!

James F. Wilson

John B. Wilson Diary

Kentucky Genealogical Society 2011 Seminar: Clearing Your Genealogical Hurdles

The Kentucky Genealogical Society brings internationally acclaimed researcher, historian and author Elizabeth Shown Mills to the Bluegrass State for the 36th Annual KGS Seminar, "Clearing Your Genealogical Hurdles," Aug. 6 at First United Methodist Church, 211 Washington St. in downtown Frankfort.

Mills, best known for authoring two "essential references" in genealogy research and documentation, plans to offer four one-hour sessions:
 Genealogical Problem Solving
 In a Rut? 7 Ways to Jump-Start Your Research
 Finding Origins and Birth Families
 How to Build a Case When No Record States the Answer

Doors will open at 8:15 a.m. for sign-in and vendor browsing. The seminar will begin at 8:45 and end at 4 p.m. The registration fee for KGS members is $40. For others, the fee is $50 for registrations postmarked by July 10 and $60 after that date. Lunch is included in all registrations. Seating is limited, and registrations will be honored in the order received.

Seminar information and a registration form are available for download at http://kygs.org/meetings/sem2011.pdf. Send inquiries by e-mail to kykinsearcher@gmail.com or by postal mail to KGS, P.O. Box 153, Frankfort, KY 40602.

Seminar co-sponsors include Downtown Frankfort Inc., Frankfort-Franklin County Tourism Commission and Frankfort-Franklin County Chamber of Commerce.