Showing posts with label Kentucky. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kentucky. Show all posts

Friday, January 13, 2012

Asylum Patient Saw Platt Kill Tyree 1885



According to other newspaper articles, there was a close eyewitness to this 1885 murder. Yesterday I found it: another newspaper article about the murder of Jesse Tyree, my paternal 3rd great grandmother's brother, and it named the witness and told his story. Anyone who is, or knows an epileptic, knows they are not deranged in any way. Like the victim, this witness was an epileptic and considered a "lunatic", therefore his testimony could not be used in court. I have now accumulated over 30 newspaper articles concerning the murder of this man, Jesse Tyree, who was once a teacher and somehow ended up in the Eastern Kentucky Asylum for the Insane in Lexington, Kentucky.

Morning Herald: March 23, 1897

Morning Herald
March 23, 1897
                  AN ASYLUM PATIENT

WHO CLAIMS HE SAW PLATT KILL TYREE, DANGERIOUSLY ILL.

     Jason Reed, a patient at the asylum, who claims that he was present when Arthur Platt killed Jesse Tyree, is very ill and may die. He was sent to the asylum twenty-five years ago suffering from epilepsy.
     In his testimony before the Coroner's jury, Reed said that he knew Tyree and slept in the same room with him. He said he saw the shooting; that he was standing only a few feet from the victim when the shot was fired; that he saw Platt and Tyree coming from the dining room into the day room, Platt pushing Tyree and finally shoving him into a seat, that he heard Tyree beg for mercy, hear Platt say: "I'll kill you now," pull the pistol and fire; saw Tyree fall to the floor to his face, hear Mike McGlade tell Platt he was going to report the killing; saw Platt pack up his valise and leave hurriedly. His mental affliction will debar him from appearing in the witness stand against Platt.

You can read my original post on this intriguing story by clicking on this link: Jesse Tyree: Murder of a "Lunatic"

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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Tombstone Tuesday: Charles Alexander & Josephine Bean Logsdon



CHARLES ALEXANDER LOGSDON  
b. 14 Apr 1856  d. 1 Nov 1938
ANN JOSEPHINE "JOSIE" BEAN LOGSDON  
b. 15 Aug 1858  d. 17 Dec 1907

St. Charles Catholic Cemetery, Marion County, Kentucky

My husband's great grandfather Charles was the son of William B. and Alice McIlvoy Logsdon.  Charles married Ann Josephine "Josie" Bean, the daughter of Ignatius Eulogius "Logan" and Margaret Warren Bean, on September 24, 1878. Children: Mary Alice, Joseph Herman, Josephine "Josie", Mary Agnes (Sister Baptista), Charles Benedict, Joseph Leslie, Margaret Marie, and Mary Lillie. 

Over a dozen years after the death of Josephine, Charles married Mary Genivieve "Jennie" Bickett, a woman nearly 25 years his junior. They had one child, Thomas, who was stillborn on 22 Feb 1922. 

Charles' birth certificate gives his birth year as 1856 instead of 1857 as shown on tombstone.




  
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Monday, July 5, 2010

Amanuensis Monday: The Will of Achsah Jackson Davis 1877 Pulaski Co., Kentucky



About Amanuensis Monday: John Newmark, who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog started a Monday Blog Theme called "Amanuensis Monday". John defines "amanuensis" as "a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."



~Achsah Jackson Davis 1796 - 1877~

James and Achsah Jackson Davis were the paternal great grandparents of Sarah Frances Davis Wallen, my paternal great grandmother.


Will of Achsah Davis (typewritten will - copied here verbatim):


August the 16th 1877


I, Achsah Davis will and bequath all my House hold and kitchen property to James R. C. Lathim and Sarah M. Hamblin my beloved grand sone and daughter first to James R. C. Lathim my clock and table and bedstid wool wheel and hatchel Then to Sarah M. Hamblen my press and bedstead and bead and bed clothes and brass Kettle and worping spools little wheel & check reel and I wish the two children James R. C. Lathim and Sarah M. Hamblen to divide my pot vesels and cupboard ware between themselves allso the claim I have on the Government I wish James R. C. Lathim and Sarah M. Hamblen to divide equal between themselves and the chairs is to be equal divided the waggon I will to James R. C. Lathim and the farming tools This is my last will and testimony to which I set my Seal and commit my soul to heaven.   
                                                            
Attest                                                                Achsah    X    Davis
Josiah Brady                                                                her mark
H. P. Broyles
G. W. Burnett


State of Kentucky
Pulaski County


I, E. W. Porch, Clerk of the Pulaski County Court, do certify that the foregoing writing purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Achsah Davis deceased, was produced in open court at the regular November Term 1877 of the Pulaski CountyCourt, and proven according to law by the oaths of Josiah Brady & G. W. Burnett, two of the subscribing witnesses to said writing, and was adjudged by the court to be the true last Will and Testament of Achsah Davis deceased, and ordered to be recorded as such, and that I have recorded it and this certificate in my said office.
Given under my hand, this 22nd day of November 1877.
E. W. Porch, Clerk


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Thursday, July 1, 2010

William B. Logsdon NOTES: Deeds And Tax Records



~William B. Logsdon 1799 - 1882~
Madison and Washington Co., Kentucky


Silver Creek in Kentucky


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NOTES: Deeds and Tax Records
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     DEED - MADISON CO, KY
1824 - Sold to William Logsdon from John Robinson (land)

     DEED - MADISON CO, KY
30 Sep 1826 - Sold to William and Lawrence Logsdon from Samuel Hagins and
wf, 50 acres Silver Crk.    [Deed Bk  "R", p205]
30 Sep 1826 - To William Logsdon from  John Robinson, 35 acres Silver Creek, Madison Co.

     DEED - MADISON CO, KY  - Vol 5, p315
07 May 1834/08 May 1834 - between William Logsdon and Nancy, his wife, of Madison Co, KY of the one part and Norris Harvey of said county.  For $100.00 sold to Norris Harvey, land lying on waters of Silver Creek beginning at three sugar trees on Rudolph Marches line near a branch
thence up said branch with the meanders thereof till it strikes Thomas Willis? line thence west with said line to his corner on Rudolph Marches line thence south with said Marches line to the beginning supposed to contain 15 acres.  Signed william and Nancy Logsdon.  (Norris Harvey
married Nancy Baker  step-daughter of Elisha Logsdon & dau of Susannah Baker Logsdon).   Another date 06 Nov 1834.   [Deed Bk  V, p315]

     DEED - MADISON CO, KY
28 Feb 1837/19 Aug 1837 - Between William Logsdon and Nancy his wife of the one part and Bazel Logsdon all of Madison Co, KY, for $850.00. William sold to Bazel land on waters of Silver Creek bounded by James Logsdon's land and south side of Greens Branch.  Signed William and Nancy Logsdon.    [Deed Bk "X", p124]

     DEED - MADISON CO, KY - 1835-1840, pg 122
29 Feb 1837/19 Aug 1837 -  Between William Logsdon and wife Nancy, Lawrence and wf Sally, of the one part and James Logsdon of the other part, all of Madison County, KY.  For $850.00 land sold to James Logsdon on waters of Silver creek containing 38-1/2 acres, bounded on south bank of Greens Branch and Lawrence Logsdon's land.  All four signed in full (Sally signed as Sarah).   [Deed Bk "X",p122]

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William Logsdon was Taxed in Washington Co, Kentucky from 1837-1850.


     [Source: Washington Co, KY Tax Records 1837-1850]
1837 & 1838 - 1 male over 21, 304 acres, residence: Washington Co, Ky.
1839 - 1 male over 21, 204/150 acres
1840 - 1 male over 21, 339 acres Beach Fork
1841 - 1 male over 21, 70/204 acres, 6 children 7-17 yrs.
1842 - 1 male over 21, 204/124 acres Beach Fork, 6 children 7-17 yrs
1843 - 1 male over 21, 204/104 acres Beach Fork, 6 children 7-17 yrs
1844 - 1 male over 21, 398 acres, 6 children 7-17 yrs
1845 - 1 male over 21, 328 acres, 5 children 7-17 yrs
1846 - 1 male over 21, 328 acres, 4 children 7-17 yrs
1847 - 1 male over 21, 320 acres, 4 children 7-17 yrs
1848 - 1 male over 21, 378 acres, 4 children 7-17 yrs
1849 - 1 male over 21, 378 acres, 4 children 5-16 yrs
1850 - 1 male over 21, 388 acres, 5 children 5-16 yrs



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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Tombstone Tuesday: Cornelius Donaldson Burnette 1832 - 1901


Burnett Chapel Cemetery, Pulaski Co., Kentucky ~ Spring 1999



Cornelius Donaldson "Neelie" Burnette - Second husband of my great, great grandmother Ursula Ann Martin Davis.


My paternal great, great grandmother Ursula Ann was the daughter of James Monroe and Susannah Grabeel Martin. Ursula Ann married John Miller Davis, son of James and Achsah Jackson Davis, in 1874. John Miller Davis died in 1880 and four years later in 1884 Ursula Ann married Cornelius Donaldson Burnette. Cornelius was married previously to Elizabeth Elam and at least six children were produced from that union. Children of Ursula Ann and Cornelius D. are: Daisy Cordelia, Cora Jane, Hobart Cornelius, and Amanda Ursula. Ursula Ann died in 1900 and Cornelius died in 1901. Ursula Ann's daughter and her husband, my great grandparents, Sarah Frances Davis and Oliver Morton Wallen, became guardians of the four half siblings of Sarah Frances.

Some excerpts from the diary of Oliver Morton Wallen:

"Jan. 4, 1901 - Hauled two loads of wood. Wade Mullins came (for) Sarah and I. Mr. Burnette was very bad, he died at 12 P.M. that night.  Jan. 5 - Staid at Mr. Burnette's place most of the day. Took dinner with J. B. Cummins. Sarah and I staid all night with James Denny.  Jan. 6 - Freemasons buried Mr. Burnette at Burnette's Chappel. Rev. Powel preached the funeral. Sarah and I attended the funeral."

"Mar. 26 [1901] - Went from Mt. Vernon to Brodhead and got W. H. Sowder to go on a bond for me to be appointed guardian for Cordia, Cora, Hobert, and Sula Burnette. Went to Mt. Vernon and received the appointment. "
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Monday, June 28, 2010

Amanuensis Monday: The Will of James Davis 1865 Pulaski Co., Kentucky



About Amanuensis Monday: John Newmark, who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog started a Monday Blog Theme called "Amanuensis Monday". John defines "amanuensis" as "a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."


~James Davis 1796 - 1865~

James and Achsah Jackson Davis were the paternal great grandparents of Sarah Frances Davis Wallen, my paternal great grandmother.



Will of James Davis:

Know all men by these presents that I, James Davis, of the County of Pulaski and State of Kentucky, being of sound mind but in bad health and viewing the uncertainty of life, have made this my last will and testament. In the first place I will my soul to the Lord Who gave it me and my body to be decently buried in it's Mother, Earth. 

2d  It is my will that my Executor, herein after named, shall proceed to collect my debts due me and, as soon as can be done, pay off all my own debts and satisfy all the claims that justly come against my estate. 

3d  It is my will that my wife, Achsah Davis, have my farm and all my property, real and personal, of every description, that may be left after the payment of my debts, for her support during her natural life and that she has the entire controll and management of the same and, if circumstances should ever require it for her well doing, she may sell and convey the land and manage the whole matter as may best suit her judgment.

4th  It is my will that after the death of my wife, Achsah Davis, that all and every species of property left by her shall be sold and the money collected by my Executors and distributed in following manner:

1st  That Joseph Alexander Davis, son of my daughter Sarah Ann Roe, have two hundred and fifty dollars given to him. 

2d  That Achsah Pain Davis, daughter of my son John Davis, have fifty dollars given her whenever she becomes of age.

3d  That Sarah Melvina Hamlin, daughter of Darkey Hamlin, have two hundred and fifty dollars paid her when she shall be come of age.

4th  That Leander Sizemore, son of Furney Davis have twenty-five dollars given him when he becomes of age.

5th  That Thomas Hoskins, son of Furney Davis, have twenty-five dollars given him when he shall become of age.

6th That my Grand children by my daughter, Frances Burnet, have fifty dollars each paid to them as soon as they become of age.

*8th  And that after paying out the above sum of money, all that be left of my estate to be paid to my grand son, James R. C. Lathum, whenever he becomes of age. Now it is my will that if any of the above named grand children should die before they shall become of age that their part as above mentioned shall be equally divided among the brothers and sisters of said legatee. Now, be it known that it has been my object to make an equal division of my worldly effects among all my children and those not mentioned in this my last will and testament have all had their parts given them heretofore. And, lastly, it is my will that my good friends I. S. Evans and D. O. Gibson be appointed my Executors in witness whereoff I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this the 5th day of December 1864.
Attest
Thomas Head
Wiley Cash
Lafayette Sproul

James Davis (seal)

Back of last page:

James Davis
Last Will
1865 February 28th
Proven by the oaths of
Wiley Cash and
Layfayette Sproul, two
of the subscribing witnesses
to said will release to record
Att E. D. Perch Clk
Recorded in Book
No 6 Page 394

*[There was no number 7 in this Will.]
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Saturday, June 26, 2010

The MELVIN Gals ~ 1941 Plymouth Sedan ~ Louisville, Kentucky





In this photo are some of the MELVIN women from my husband's family standing in front of a 1941 Plymouth Sedan. Left to right: Cousin LaVerne Moore (daughter of Wm. & Grandaunt Ruth MELVIN Moore), Grandaunt Myrtle MELVIN Robinson, Great Grandmother Edna Metcalf MELVIN-Price, Grandaunt Bessie MELVIN Church. Photo taken somewhere in the West end of Louisville probably around 1943-44.
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Wordless Wednesday: Grave Yard Dawg



Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Pulaski Co., Kentucky 1999

Silent as a ghost, this dog followed my mother and I around the cemetery when we visited in the Spring of 1999. He never came close but seemed to want to hang out with us. I still remember the heavenly scent of  honeysuckle at this old burying ground.
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Tombstone Tuesday: Robert Adrian Logsdon - Age 13



~Robert Adrian Logsdon~
Died of pneumonia just 2 months before his 14th birthday

Son of Joseph Leslie and Rose Lee Mattingly Logsdon
Brother of  Joseph Harvey Logsdon
St. Charles Cemetery, St. Mary, Marion Co., Kentucky

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Thursday, June 3, 2010

Irish Ancestors: Clotilda, daughter of Lord And Lady Vincent

Clotilda Vincent Bean 1769-1864





Clotilda was born on 14 Mar 1769, daughter of Lord and Lady Vincent of Ireland. She married Edward Columbus Bean, known as John Bean, in Baltimore, St. Mary's County, Maryland. They came to Nelson County, Kentucky in 1798 with five children and seven slaves and Clotilda's sister, Elizabeth Vincent Kelly who lived with her. Another sister Louanna Brewer lived about 12 miles north of Bardstown in Fairfield.

Children born to Clotilda and John in Maryland: Ann Harriet, Francis Baker, George Alexander, John Randolf, and Augustus. Three more children born in Kentucky were: Nancy, William Polycarp (my husband's line) and James Matthew.

When Clotilda's husband John Bean made a trip back to Maryland to retrieve furniture and supplies and to lead other pioneers back to Kentucky, he was killed by Indians on the return trip through the Cumberland Gap. He was buried in the Gap alongside the road.

Clotilda was a very devout Catholic woman who died 13 Sep 1864, and is the second oldest person buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery at Bardstown. Her tombstone was erected by one of her slaves, Joe Bean.

Clotilda donated the springs on 3 acres of her farm to get Sr. Catherine Spalding to build Nazareth to provide an education for the Catholic girls. This was deeded to Nazareth by Thomas Aud in 1822.



The log cabin that was Clotilda's home was located on the farm of J. C. Greenwell, about 3 miles northwest of Bardstown, Kentucky on Highway 245. The cabin was built before Kentucky was a state. The cabin was donated by the Greenwell family and is now located in "Pioneer Village" in what is referred to as "Museum Row", a collection of five museums in Bardstown. Inside the cabin is a display about Clotilda. 



Most of my information comes from those that have seen the display and quoted the information to me and from those who have quoted excerpts from the book "Historic Nelson County, Its Homes and Peoples" by Sarah B. Smith, copyright 1982.

Many more photos of the Bean cabin may be seen at this link: 

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Monday, May 3, 2010

Pioneers To Indian Territory 1881


~A 1938 INTERVIEW WITH FANNY SUTTON WALLEN~

From Kentucky, to Texas, to Indian Territory 1881-1938


Mary Frances "Fanny" Sutton was married to my 3rd great uncle, Isaac Newton "Ike" Wallen. Ike and my third great grandfather Jesse B. Wallen were brothers. Fanny was also related by blood through our common ancestors Jonas Sutton, Jr. and his wife Sarah. Jonas's son Micajah is mentioned below. Micajah was married to Eleanor Haggard and he and another of my 3rd great Grandfathers, Uriah Sutton, were brothers.

Ike was probably a practical joker of sorts considering a picture we have of him posing naked.  Now I know where my dad and my brothers got their "Wallen" sense of humor! This picture was probably taken between 1885-1895 in either Cooke Co., Texas or Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory (Oklahoma). 

     The Interview


INDIAN PIONEER PAPERS
Interview 10593
Interviewed by Ethel B. Tackitt, dated 22 April 1938 (8 pages)
Lone Wolf Kiowa County

Mrs Mary Francis Sutton Wallen, Hobart OK
Born 8 December 1856, Pulaski County Kentucky
Father: Andrew Jackson Sutton, born in Kentucky
Mother: Martha Ann Gasteneau, born in Kentucky

        "I was born in Pulaski county Kentucky December 8, 1856.  My father Andrew Jackson Sutton and mother Martha Ann Gasteneau were both natives of Pulaski county Kentucky and member of pioneer Kentucky families.


My Father's Father, Micajah Sutton had established a tan yard for making leather and leather articles at a very early date in the history of Kentucky in a valley 6 miles East of Somerset, Pulaski county Kentucky and here grandfather reared his family teaching each one to work in the tan yard and thereby providing a living as all work was done by the family.


This valley was well watered not by creeks but by wells of wonderfully sweet good water and when I can first remember there were 300 tanning vats and sheds with all the equipment which went with such an extensive plant.  All parts were operated by hand as there was not one bit of machinery in the whole establishment.  


The hides were lowered into these vats which were about 15' deep by 10' square boarded up on the inside with heavy timbers while at each corner was a heavy piece of square timbers called a plug which was raised when it was desired for that the vat be drained and cleaned to make ready for another pack of hides.  These vats were dug into the ground but were so constructed that the stale water would run out at the bottom.

              After the hides were well soaked so that the flesh adhering to the under side and the hair would slip off when the hand operated scraper was used on tem they were ready for the leather making process which was that of the old German kind which was used in Germany and put in practice by my grandfather Micajah Sutton.


            My father purchased 800 acres of land near him just to secure the tan bark off the chestnut, oak and read oak trees as this bark is what they used for tanning.  Lamp black and fish oil were also used on the leather.

             I worked in the tan yard also, when a child and a young woman.  Harness and leather horse collars were also made here by hand.  I have stuffed the wheat straw into many, many horse collars as that was usually my job.  I can think of nothing that stinks like that tan yard and if a person was not accustom to the smell he or she could hardly endure working there, but of course, our family was brought up to do this sort of work.


When the civil war came up my father was not drafted because of his operating this tan yard, neither was it ever destroyed by either army.  I remember on one November 23 during the war that twenty five Union soldiers came to our home, all very ill of dysentery and remained two days and 2 nights until all but one was well enough to travel.  The one was left and we took care of him the best we could, until some Confederate soldiers came and took him away and father feared that the man would be killed but eight months later, we received a letter from him stating he had been freed and sent to his home.





       After the war my Folks hired Negroes to work in the tan yard and there were two who worked there a long time but the most of the work was still done by the family. When I was 24 and had married, my husband and I left Kentucky and came to Texas, there we lived until 1889 and then in 1890 we moved three miles south of Ardmore in the Chicasaw Indian Nation and with us we brought a wagon loaded with hogs and chickens and nothing else and in the other covered wagon we had our bedding, cooking utensils and our clothes. We leased land from the Jackson Brothers who controlled twelve thousand acres of land in Clear Creek bottom. The land was very productive, the corn grew fine, long ears and the cotton was also fine, but prices were low and there was so little market for either corn or cotton that there was no money in the country.

        Having grown up as I have told you about, working in the tan yard and doing all kinds of farm work. I was able to look after my children and to plant a garden to help provide food. I would take the children and go out into the woods and gather post oak grapes, wild plums and currants for we were accustomed to having plenty of fruit and doing with out fruit was a hardship to me. There were very few orchards in the country at that time and those which were growing were on old home places that had belonged to the Indian families.

        I was not very happy for the country was so wild and unsettled that there was nothing for women and children but loneliness and work as the land could not belong to the white people there was no incentive to build more on a place than was required by the lease, which was for so many years, usually five, and then a person would either have to rent it or move to another lease and improve it in the same way.

        Our stock did well as they ran at large but it was several years before the country settled up and we could have a subscription school and that was for only two or four months in the year and for that reason my children were able to get little education which was of great grief to me. I am now 81 years old and 48 of those years have been spent in Oklahoma. My husband has passed on and I am living with my daughter Mrs. Lillie Hulsey, who was born in Oklahoma and has lived here all her life. Some things are better now than when I first came to the country but I think it is harder for people to make a living at this time."


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Friday, April 23, 2010

The "Saga" of Oliver's Diary

In my very first blog post I said I would tell about the saga of the original Diary of Oliver Morton Wallen, my paternal great Grandfather. Rather than tell the story myself I will relate the story that my Dad's first cousin told me, in his own words. Charlie gave me permission back in 1999 to post the following as I saw fit. It is a revision of Charlie's first efforts. He and I worked on it together to make it more readable. This "History" in it's entirety was to be included with the newly completed transcription of the Diary when I was finished with it. I have omitted here most of the full names to help protect the privacy of the living.


A HISTORY OF THE DIARY OF OLIVER M. WALLEN
As told by Charles Homer Wallen Jr.



"When Oliver died in January 1907 his diary remained in the possession of his Widow Sarah until her death in August 1939. I don’t know the details of why, but when Sarah died the diary went to her youngest son Hobart, where it remained until his death in June 1987.

When Hobart died his second son David acted as the executor of his father’s estate. For reasons known only to him, David gave the diary to Debra, the oldest child of Darrell. Darrell is Hobart's fourth and youngest son.

I first became acquainted with the existence of Oliver’s diary in 1982 when I received a condensed version of it from my aunt, Sula. Sula had transcribed this copy from the original diary, omitting parts of it at her discretion. (I credit this copy of the diary from Sula as the beginning of two things: my interest in the genealogy of my family and my interest in locating the whereabouts of the original, handwritten diary.) Hobart, I was to discover later, made a second, fully complete transcription of the diary.

So, I began my hunt. Sula told me the diary was still in Hobart's possession so I made requests by mail and telephone asking him if he would mail it to me that I might copy and return it. These requests were refused, no reason given. Years passed and so did Hobart.

During a telephone conversation with David in March 1999 I learned how he had given the diary to Debra after his father died. At my request David gave me Debra’s address and telephone number. In the meantime Dale, Hobarts’s third son graciously sent me the transcription of the diary done by his dad to copy and return at my leisure.

I called Debra and talked to her about giving me the opportunity to make a photocopy of the diary. Debbie made it very clear that she would not allow the diary to leave her possession. After a number of telephone calls, covering a period of about three months, Debbie agreed to go to a professional copying business and have a copy made provided I would send her the money to cover all expenses. I agreed and on June 22, 1999 my quest was ended with a photocopy of the original, handwritten diary in the mail from Debra."

Charles Homer Wallen, Jr.
June 25, 1999



The original diary was contained in four separate “books”. These books consisted of three English composition books and a small ledger style book. 

As family research colleague of Charlie Wallen (now deceased), I am presently working on a new transcription of Oliver's diary. Nothing will be omitted. All wording and spelling will be left as they were written and it will be fully indexed. The first three "books" are completed and were done with Charlie's help. I have the fourth book, the book that includes Oliver's move to Texas to complete and the index will be done after that. This has been a slow and painstaking effort. Each new person mentioned has been fully investigated to see what connections might be found, friend or family. This practice has led to many discoveries of family connections that I might not have made otherwise. It is my hope to finish this diary in 2010 and to publish it in some way so that other researchers will have free access to it. The Diary contains hundreds of names from the Rockcastle and Pulaski county areas of Kentucky and the fourth book has many references to people from the Cooke, Denton and Sutton counties of Texas. 


I have been encouraged by some that I should make money from my work, but in the spirit of genealogists everywhere, and in the spirit of "what goes around comes around", I will resist that temptation even though times are hard. I feel certain Oliver would have wanted it that way.


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