Miscellaneous Kentucky Notes

Livingston County

Jerome, Brenda Joyce, Livingston County, Kentucky Will Books A-B, 1799-1813 (Newburgh, IN: the author, 1991)
p. 100: Will of E.P. Ross, 10 Sept. 1856, refers to land adjacent to land of Stephen & Thomas Sullivant. Not copied.

Caldwell County

Caldwell County, Kentucky History, by Samuel W. Steger (Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Co., 1987)
p. 37 in the section "Kentucky's Last Frontier and the Caldwell County Area Militia"
"We have a roster of the company commanders of the 55th Regiment at the time of the taxing of the first Caldwell County Tax Roll that was made in 1809. The company commanders of the regiment at that time were Captains Claiborne Sullivant, Arthur H. Davis, John C. Doods, Edward Robertson, Robert Cook, Daniel Crider, Samuel Glenn, Stephen Lacy, Thomas Lacy, James Brice, Samuel Burton, Winfrey Bonds, and Dawson Williams. In the year 1810, the same company commanders were serving in the 55th Regiment."

p. 41 "On October 20, 1814, Governor Isaac Shelby issued a call for Kentuckians for service in the New Orleans campaign [of the War of 1812]. Responding to this call were three regiments of Kentucky Detached Militia.
"One of these regiments was organized by Lieutenant Colonel Mittchusson, the commander of Caldwell County's 55th Regiment. After the formation of this Detached Kentucky Militia Regiment, Colonel Mittchusson, because of his age, relinquished the command to Lt. Colonel Samuel Parker of Allen County. Even though Mittchusson relinquished this comand, this unit still maintained the title of 'Mittchusson's Regiment.' This regiment was composed of ten companies, the largest of which was commanded by John C. Dodds, one of the ranking captains in the Caldwell County Militia. From comparing the roster of this company with Caldwell County tax lists, it appears that practically all of the rank and file of this unit was from Caldwell County.
Captain Dodd's staff included Lieutenant William Harrall, Ensign Bert Moore, Sergeants Roger Filley, Jordan McVay, Hiram Prunell, William Perkins, and William Story; Corporals Benjamin Cerby, Mahala Ingram, John Sullivan, and Robert Richey; Drummer Fleming Castelberry, and Fifer William McLaughlin."
[Other evidence shows that Hiram Pinnell, son of Peter Sr., did serve in the War of 1812. I interpret this as a mis-transcription of Pinnell.]

Tippie, Gwendolyn G., Caldwell County, Ky. Will Abstracts, 1809-1834 (Lexington, KY: Kentucky Tree-Search, n.d.)
p. 16 Will of John Hughes, April 10, 1812 witnessed by Mark Sullivan, William Cherton, Peter Pinacer
Could this be a mis-transcription for Pinion?

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