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From: Beth Adams <>
Subject: Re: [KY-7THINF]Flat Lick Lickety-Split From Barbourville
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 13:05:48 -0400
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Thanks, Connie. That sure helps to put things in perspective. I'm assuming
that Hickman's Bridge was somewhere on their route from Cumberland Gap to
Booneville in Owsley County.

Beth

Connie Hoskins Williams wrote:

> Beth,
>
> Flat Lick is about about seven to ten miles south of the town of
> Barbourville. It's about three miles from the Knox Co / Bell Co line.
> Cumberland Gap is about twenty-five or so miles south of Flat Lick. I live
> three miles from Flat Lick in Bell Co. I've never heard of Hickman's
> Bridge.
>
> Hope this helps!
> Connie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Beth Adams <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 11:06 AM
> Subject: [KY-7THINF] Knox Co. Geography
>
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I need a little geography lesson on Knox County, Kentucky. Over the
> > weekend, I was viewing one of the pension records of a soldier who
> > served in the 19th KY Infantry and it talked about some things that
> > occurred in Knox County in August 1862 at about the time Kirby SMITH
> > invaded Kentucky and George Morgan's retreat from Cumberland Gap.
> >
> > Prior to reading this pension record, I knew that a temporary military
> > hospital that was utilized by General Morgan, while he was stationed at
> > Cumberland Gap, was located in Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky.
> > Well, in this pension record it states more precisely that the hospital
> > was located in Flat Lick. Where is Flat Lick in relation to
> > Barbourville? Is it in the same vicinity?
> >
> > Also, as far as Morgan's retreat from Cumberland Gap, I knew that most
> > of the soldier's who retreated with Morgan to Booneville, Owsley County,
> > Kentucky were sick. In this pension record, I found out that the
> > soldier's who were sick at the temporary hospital in Flat Lick or
> > Barbourville, Kentucky were ordered to Cumberland Gap right before Kirby
> > SMITH's invasion. So, they knew Kirby was coming. In the pension
> > record it also stated that they, the soldier's of the 19th KY Infantry,
> > retreated as far as Hickman's Bridge. Does anyone know where Hickman's
> > Bridge is located?
> >
> > I would really appreciate any help on this little bit of
> > Geography...........<grin>
> >
> > Beth
> > List Owner
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >


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