“Two deaths in rural Lewis County Thursday were blamed on the last week’s bitter weather and road-clogging snow, which prevented doctors from reaching the patients.” “Joseph King, 65, died of pneumonia at his home on Oak Ridge about 2 PM Thursday as his family struggled home with medicine through roads Continue Reading
Lewis County
Ghost Cause Terror in Lewis County Oil Camp
“The Vanceburg Sun says: For some days past excitement has prevailed at the Kinniconick Oil Camp, not saying that excitement is any unusual state of affairs since the oil boom struck Straight Fork some months ago, but a new feature somewhat more novel and interesting to the nonresidents of the Continue Reading
The Obituary of Ellen Crawford Warder
“After an illness extending over a period of ten years, Mrs. Ellen K Warder, wife of George M Warder, passed to the Great Beyond at her home, 3939 Rhodes avenue, New Boston, at 1:15 Thursday morning. Complications caused death.” “The deceased was born in Mason county, Kentucky, her maiden name Continue Reading
A Hot Chase: A Horse Thief Pursued for Three Days by the Man He Robbed
“William Marion Nichols was locked up in the county jail this morning on the charge of horse stealing. He was brought here this morning from Pond Run by Constable Punteney and Joseph L Smith, of Kentucky. His arrest was the finale of a hot chase of three days by the Continue Reading
Oliver Piatt Captured at Vanceburg
“Oliver Piatt is in jail, charged with cutting Ulysses Grant Chapman with a knife. The trouble occurred April 26th, at a dance on Rocky Fork.” “Piatt skipped to Kentucky immediately after the cutting and has been living near Vanceburg. A warrant was issued from Squire Hall’s court and Constable Shields Continue Reading
The Murder of Frank Ginn
“Vanceburg, September 21- A posse headed by Deputy Sheriff CF Ferguson is searching in the vicinity of Vanceburg for Jesse Carrington, who is wanted by authorities in connection with the shooting Saturday night of Frank Ginn, 49, at the Ginn home at Charters.” “Carrington, who lived with Ginn, came home Continue Reading
A Map of Lewis County, Kentucky
1755 Map of the Country about the Mississippi
An annotated map entitled “Maps of the country about the Mississippi believed to have been drafted by Chegeree in 1755. This annotated version is provided by Carter County, Kentucky Genealogy and History and Research site. Various unannotated versions are available at the Library of Congress webpage.
A Story from Quincy, Kentucky: the Bagby Cemetery
The below article was reprinted from the December 2021 edition of the Lewis County Historical Society publication “Shakin’ & Diggin’” (Volume 41 No. 4) having been originally sourced from an unattributed article in the Lewis County Herald newspaper (date unknown.) An ancient tombstone has been unearthed near Quincy in a Continue Reading
The Little Slave Boy of Negro Hill
On the east side of Garrison, is the mouth of Montgomery Creek Road. It leads southeast to the head of Montgomery Creek, to the foot of a very steep hill, with a winding road to the top, commonly known as “Negro Hill.” At the top of the hill is the Continue Reading