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From: "Neva Clark" <>
Subject: Re: [ILHARDIN] Re: Underground Railroad
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 20:32:32 -0400


Dear Jon,

I do not know any more about Sarah Jane and Andrew V. Holmes' activities
in the underground than I mentioned. I have been told that Sarah spent "her
teen age years" in Ky. I don't know if she married in Ohio or Ky. Thanks
for answering.

Neva11
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Musgrave <>
To: <>
Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [ILHARDIN] Re: Underground Railroad


>Were they active in Hardin County or Ohio?
>
>Jon Musgrave
>www.IllinoisHistory.com
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Neva Clark <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 11:41 AM
>Subject: [ILHARDIN] Re: Underground Railroad
>
>
>> Family history stories tell me that my grandparents were once active in
>the
>> Underground Railroad. Sarah Jane Louderback md. Andrew V. Holmes about
>> 1867-69 in or near Lawrence Co., Ohio. How can I get a lead on this
>> report?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jon Musgrave <>
>> To: <>
>> Date: Monday, May 29, 2000 12:25 PM
>> Subject: [ILHARDIN] Re: Ohio River ferries
>>
>>
>> >Hello,
>> >
>> >This is in response to the query about Ohio River Ferries...
>> >
>> >Battery Rock - post-Civil War era - I'm not sure who operated it.
>> >
>> >Flynn's Ferry - Below the mouth of the Tradewater in the southeastern
>> corner
>> >of Hardin County. This one started maybe as early as 1799, definitely
>> before
>> >1806. This crossed at a low water point and could be forded in low
water.
>> >According to tradition, the sandbar on the Illinois shore that made it a
>> >good crossing disappeared in the New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812.
The
>> >road leading from the ferry went through modern-day Lamb, then parallel
>to
>> >Route 1, up to Potts Hill and Spring. About 10 miles later the road
>> traveled
>> >past the Great Salt Springs / Lower Lick saltworks, then to Equality.
>This
>> >road, with the exception of the southernmost mile or two is what is
>> >remembered as the Ford Ferry Road. Members of the Prince family
purchased
>> >this ferry from Flynn, they sold it to James Ford who moved it about a
>mile
>> >or two downriver to Ford Ferry, Ky.
>> >
>> >Ford's Ferry - This is actually the second ferry known as Ford's Ferry.
>> >However, this is the one that people remember and still shows up on
>> detailed
>> >Kentucky maps. It is about a mile or two upstream from Cave-in-Rock.
>> >
>> >Cave-in-Rock - Lewis Barker operated the ferry here early on, as did
>> someone
>> >named Robin.
>> >
>> >Elizabethtown / McFarland's Tavern - James McFarland, builder of the Old
>> >Rose Hotel operated a ferry here at one point.
>> >
>> >Rosiclare - The town didn't development until fairly late, however it's
>> site
>> >hosted the first ferry in the area - the Miles' Ferry around 1799 -
1800.
>> >The trail from the ferry crossing to Kaskaskia became known as the
Miles'
>> >Trace. The trail also served as the first border between Gallatin and
>> >Johnson Counties where it ran through what is now Saline and Williamson
>> >Counties. Miles' son Richard ran it for a couple of years and then
>> Richard's
>> >brother-in-law James Ford took it over. By 1807, Ford ran it and
operated
>a
>> >tavern on the Illinois side. While we have no definite proof, this is
>> >probably the site of the early frontier fort near the current watertower
>in
>> >Rosiclare on the bluff looking upstream. This fort is the one taken over
>by
>> >the Sturdivant Gang of counterfeiters in the late 1810s and early 1820s.
>> >
>> >Golconda - James Lusk opened the ferry here in 1797 (I think, if not
>1799).
>> >At first he lived on the Kentucky side, then moved to the Illinois side.
>> >When he died Sarah Lusk, his wife, operated it. She married a Ferguson
(I
>> >think Robert, but I'm doing this from memory) and he operated it and it
>was
>> >known as Ferguson's Ferry, not to be confused with Hamlet Ferguson's
>ferry
>> >opposite Smithland, Ky. It's easy to remember because Hamlet's
plantation
>> >and settlement became known as Hamletsburg which is still around.
>> >
>> >Jon Musgrave
>> >www.IllinoisHistory.com
>> >
>> >If anyone knows of others, let me know. Trying to keep tract of the
early
>> >ferry operators is more fun than one person can take.
>> >
>>
>>
>

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