Underground Railroad

ROCKCASTLE CO. (Robert Mullins) The years 1843 to 1845 worked the development of the systematic enticing away, or stealing of slaves from Kentucky slave owners, and the passing them to Canada by a cordon of posts, or relays, which came to be known as the “Underground Railroad”. A number were stolen and carried away on horses. The abductors traveled with the slaves at night and concealed them during the day. The old McFerron house in Mt. Vernon, Kentucky was used as a relay post to hide slaves enroute to Ohio, Michigan and Canada. The slaves in these parts were locked … Read more

Kentucky Vital Records, 1884-1928

This microfilm is a copy of the original records located at the Kentucky State Historical Society in Frankfort and microfilmed in 1975. It is an incomplete copy of the set of records for each county but can provide the information for the specific counties and years as denoted in the list.

Coombes, Maude Pearl Johnson Mrs. – Obituary

Haines, Oregon Maude Pearl Coombes, 97, of Haines, died Dec. 8, 2001, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. Disposition was by cremation at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Crematory. Her memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Baker City Christian Church, 2998 Eighth St. Pastor Roger Scovil of the church will officiate. Mrs. Coombes was born on April 1, 1904, at Pine Hill, Ky., to John Clark and Liza Edwards Johnson. She was the last of 12 children. She moved from Kentucky to St. Maries, Idaho, and then to the Republic, Wash., area where she met Oscar Cullen … Read more

Rockcastle County, Kentucky Cemetery Records

Rockcastle County Rockcastle County, Kentucky Cemetery Records Hosted at Rockcastle County USGenWeb Archives Project Piney Grove Cemetery , additions Briarfield Cemetery Maret’s Cemetery Morning View Cemetery Skaggs Creek Cemetery Rockcastle County, Kentucky Cemetery Records Hosted at Rockcastle County, Kentucky KYGenWeb A. T. Abney Memorial Garden Adams/Bucklick Cemetery Albert Mink Cemetery Albright/Webb Cemetery Anglin Cemetery Anglin Twins Cemetery Arthur Coffey Cemetery Arthur Collins Cemetery Ausbon Coffey Family Cemetery Baker Cemetery Bales Cemetery Ball Cemetery Bethel Church Cemetery Blair Cemetery Bowman Cemetery Branaman Cemetery Brewer/Stokes Cemetery Briarfield Cemetery Brock Cemetery Brodhead Baptist Church Cemetery Brodhead Christian Church Free Cemetery Brown/Albright Cemetery Buford … Read more

Rockcastle County, Kentucky Census Records

1790 Morgan County, Kentucky Census Records Free 1790 Census Form for your Research Hosted at Ancestry.com – 14 Days Free Hosted at Census Guide 1800 U.S. Census Guide 1800 Morgan County, Kentucky Census Records Free 1800 Census Form for your Research Hosted at Ancestry.com – 14 Days Free Hosted at Census Guide 1800 U.S. Census Guide 1810 Morgan County, Kentucky Census Records Free 1810 Census Form for your Research Hosted at Ancestry.com – 14 Days Free Hosted at Rockcastle County USGenWeb Archives Project Census Index Census Transcription Census Transcription Hosted at US Census.org Transcriber’s Notes Census Pages 159 – 162 … Read more

Biography of R. T. Ellis

R. T. Ellis, a member of one of the old and prominent families of Oklahoma, is well known in agricultural circles of Washington county as the owner of a highly productive and well improved farm near Ochelata. A native of Kentucky, he was born in Rockcastle County and is a son of Thomas J. and Vera Ellen (Smith) Ellis, who were also born in the Blue Grass state, the father’s birth having occurred at Vernon on the 25th of January, 1842. The paternal grandparents were Thomas and Susan (Wadzle) Ellis, the former a native of North Carolina and the latter … Read more