From: KyArchives [Archives@genrecords.org] Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 10:02 AM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Some.Early.Statistics.Of.Bell.County.1942.Bell.HISTORY-Books Some Early Statistics Of Bell County 1942 Bell County KyArchives History Books Book Title: History Of Bell County, Kentucky By Henry H. Fuson SOME EARLY STATISTICS OF BELL COUNTY Jesse Helton married a Watson, July 10, 1816, Person Watson, bondsman. Skelton Renfro married Juda Renfro, April 8, 1819, by Rev. Bloggrove Hopper. Thomas Dean married Catherine Chick, March 10, 1820, by Rev. Bloggrove Hopper. Lewis Renfro married Viney Hubbard, September 12, 1820, by Rev. William Hopper. Noah Cox married Nancy Lea, March 2, 1820, by Rev. Andrew Evins. William Evins married Judah Willson, November 8, 1821, by Rev. Andrew Evins; William was son of Andrew. Ebenezer Ingram married Rachel Goodin, December 25, 1821, by Rev. Bloggrove Hopper. Marcellus Moss (father of Judge M. J. Moss) married Polly Renfro, November 7, 1822, by Rev. Bloggrove Hopper; father, James Renfro, Sr. William Ingram married Margaret Tinsely, December 31, 1822, by Rev. Bloggrove Hopper. Thomas Goodin married Mary Ingram, September 7, 1804, Alexander Stewart, Justice of the Peace. Joseph Goodin married Ellendar Cox, April 8, 1809, by Rev. Elijah Foley. Ambrose Evans married Betsy Golden, December 23, 1810, by Rev. James Sullivan. Joseph Eve married Betsy Withers, November 15, 1811, by Rev. Elijah Foley. Joseph Cox married Rebecca Lee, July 23, 1812, by Rev. Elijah Foley. Elisha Green married Nancy Bingham, June 1813, by George Brittain, Justice of the Peace. John Goodin married Sarah Ingram, November 7, 1854, by Ebenezer Ingram. William H. Dean married Mary D. Fuson, January 9, 1855, by Rev. Don R. Johnson; John Epperson and Joseph Fuson, witnesses. Ephraime Rose married Hannah Lee, September 9, 1822, by Rev. James Sears. Andrew Bunton married Peggy Evins, February 20, 1823, by Rev. Andrew Evins. John Goodin (father of Judge John Goodin) married Mary Ann Morgan, September 3, 1824, by Rev. Bloggrove Hopper; Gideon Carter, bondsman. James Partin married Susan Mosely, August 17, 1825, by Rev. William Hopper. Thomas Goodin, Jr., married Mary Tinsley, October 16, 1827, by Rev. Bloggrove Hopper. Larkin Johnson married Olliva Renfro, May 17, 1827, by Rev. William Hopper. Andrew McRoberts married Amanda M. M. Redd, April 17, 1827; T. J. Woodson, bondsman. John Evins married Jane Farris, November 12, 1829, by Rev. Andrew Evins; Cornelius Farris, bondsman. William Johnson married Ferriby Lee, August 13, 1829, by Rev. Andrew Evins; Benage Harp, bondsman. James R. Fuson married Catherine Lee, November 10, 1831; James Lee, bondsman. Milton Renfro married Isabella Fletcher, November 29, 1832, by Rev. William Hopper; John W. Fletcher, Jr., bondsman. John Bull married Matilda Head, October 9, 1834, by Rev. William Hopper; Louisa Peavler, bondsman. Ebenezer Goodin married Jane Fuson, July 20, 1834, by Rev. William S. Hickey; John Fuson, bondsman. Daniel R. Johnson married Rachel Feuston (Fuson), February 15, 1839, by Rev. William H. Eve; John Fuson, bondsman. James Colson married Sophronia Ann Turley, November 5, 1840, by Rev. Henry Wisor; Jefferson Craig, bondsman. Leroy Goins married Rebecca M. Fuson, February 13, 1840, by Rev. H. Goodin; Jesse Dykas, bondsman. Silas Woodson married Jane McRoberts, September 13, 1842, by Rev. William Hopper. Shelton Partin married Elizabeth Evans, May 25, 1842; William H. Evans, bondsman. James H. Lee married Sarah C. Craig, September 5, 1843; Daniel G. Dickenson, bondsman. James R. Fuson married Lucinda Evans, July 25, 1844, by Rev. William H. Evans; Richard Hayness, bondsman. William Evans married Sarah Peavler, May 30, 1844, by Rev. William H. Evans; Lewis Peavler, bondsman. Silas Woodson married Malivia Adams, July 28, 1846, by Rev. William Word. James Ingram married Susan Mays, July 12, 1847. John Goodin married Sallie St. John, December 29, 1847, by Rev. William Hopper. John Lambdin married Mary C. Fuson, April 15, 1847, by Rev. Hez. Goodin. William Evans married Elizabeth Mason, March 17, 1848, by Rev. H. Goodin. James C. Fuson married Amanda R. Dean, January 20, 1849, by Rev. Thomas Marsie. Bethanian Fuson married Lucinda Partin, October 24, 1851, by Rev. H. Goodin' Elam Partin, father; William Roberson and Barton Moore, bondsmen. James Duncan married Nancy Lee, May 24, 1851; James Lee bondsman. Thomas Fuson married Delilah Goin, May 1, 1852, by Rev. H. Goodin; William Goin and John Fuson, Witnesses; James Votow, bondsman. William King married Nancy Fuson, July 28, 1853, by Rev. H. Goodin; Thomas Fuson and James Golden, Witnesses; John Fuson, bondsman. John Mason married Nancy Lee, June 1, 1853, by Rev. William H. Evans; James Mason and James Maden Witnesses. Berry Hembree married Rebecca Lee, January 19, 1853; Benjamin Goodin, bondsman. William J. Campbell married Elizabeth M. Lee, December 30, 1853; James H. Lee, bondsman. Reuben Gibson married Henrietta Lee, February 11, 1853; Demcy King, bondsman. Hall Fuson married Elizabeth Gibson, December 2, 1838, by Rev. Richardson Herndon; John Goodin, bondsman. Soloman Carter married Elizabeth Fuson, March 20, 1852; John Goodin, bondsman. Governor Isaac Shelby's old brick house was built by him at Cumberland Ford. A record in the Knox County Court Clerk;s office for 1820 says that he built it. John Goodin, son of John (Jack) Goodin and Mahala Fuson Goodin, who was sheriff of Knox County, partner with James Black, of Barbourville, Kentucky, in the practice of law, Commissioner of the schools of Bell County and County Judge of Bell County, was killed at a show in Barbourville in 1888. There was an account of his death in the Literary Digest at the time. HISTORICAL SKETCHES by William Ayres has a good account of the diary of Doctor Thomas Walker. Joseph Eve was Circuit Judge, Commonwealth's Attorney, County Attorney, and was appointed to represent the United States as Minister to the Republic of Texas. Silas Woodson, who settled near the mouth of Greasy Creek, lived near Barbourville, and who was elected Governor of Missouri, was married three times: To Mary Jane McRoberts, September 13, 1842, by Rev. William Hopper; To Olivia Adams, July 28, 1846, by Rev. William Word; Married after he went to Missouri. (Mrs. W. S. Woodson, who lives between Flat Lick and Barbourville on the main highway knows about the Governor). Walden is said to have named Cumberland Gap after Cumberland County, Virginia, his native County. Public whipping was abolished in Kentucky, December 1, 1873. At one time, before Bell County was formed, the Harlan County line extended from Cumberland Gap, through Ferndale to the mouth of Straight Creek, across from the main part of Pineville. In 1845 James Farmer was surveyor of Harlan County and surveyed lands for others and surveyed and patented lands for himself. Many of the patents were surveyed by Farmer in what is now Bell County. James Farmer's old compass that he used in these days came into the hands of A. B. Culton, Engineer, Pineville, Kentucky. He tells me he has had this compass in his possession for thirty-five years. There is probably no compass, every used in this section of the state, that has done more valuable service than this one. As a general rule the work of this compass has stood the test of the courts in after years. The Farmer patents are known all over Bell and Harlan counties. 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