Boyd County Kentucky Monographs I "Poor" Folks

Because of the Pandemic, I wish to share some of my past publications, as a gift. Hopefully it will occupy some time as we all stay at home.  Boyd County Kentucky Monographs I was published in 2004.  This is the first chapter in the publication.  I will try to share more chapters in the next few days. Because it is a converted pdf there are a few line issues and errors which I have corrected where possible.

"Poor" Folks

Part1

 Struggle and poverty have prevailed in America since colonial times. Our English forefathers were familiar with the archaic term "alms" which simply meant woe, pity or mercy, and was used to denote food, clothing and money provided to the poor people. "Being poor" was and is measured by community standards. Community leaders have always been burdened with the financial problems to adequately provide for those who, for whatever reason, may not be able to care for themselves.

By the time Boyd County was formed, in 1860, some counties already had government provisions to care for their paupers. While many had poor houses, the local governments realized that many of the paupers had pride, and were willing to provide physical assistance in providing for their own needs. Slowly the idea of a poor farm developed. It was supported by the county while those who resided there, tilled the land, and helped with chores, learning skills to manage on their own.

During the first ten years of Boyd County government, individuals were paid, by the week, to maintain those people within the county boundary that were unable to care for themselves. By the January term of 1870, the county court dockets were overflowing with entries providing citizens with funds to care for individual paupers or in the case of Emeline Harless, also caring for her child, providing $5.00 a week for their care. A separate "Negro fund" had been established, as well, which among others, provided George Kibby with $4.00 a month for Sarah Walker, "a negro pauper." The funds were not just limited to destitute females but also aided in supporting one Robert Reid who was allowed $4.00 a month paid to Martha Smith for his care. The coffers were quickly draining. The county reviewed alternatives to collectively care for the indigent of

the county.

Chrisley Perry Banfield, an active community leader from the Bolts Fork area of Boyd County was appointed commissioner to purchase 118 acres from William Lewis Geiger for poor house purposes. H.W. White and Allen Prichard began preparations to build structures on the property while J.D. Kincaid, NP- Andrews and W.O. Hampton devised a plan for keeping the poor at the "poor house farm." On the 28^d1 of February 1870 a deed was drafted for the property on a fork of Garner Creek The fork was quickly labeled the "Poor House Fork of Garner Creek. "

J.D. Ross and William Davis were appointed to request bids for a contractor, advertising at five or more local public places. The property, in the mean time was rented out so that the farm could be maintained. The court dockets continue to show funds being expended for care of paupers including Sarah Borders, "a Negro" who was cared for by Frank Spurlock at the cost of $30.00. Provisions were provided to Pruda Ellis, William France, and included flour furnished Ned Norris, "a Negro pauper."

James Clay, contractor, completed a house, by July 1870, for $594.00. The court committee requested an additional room for a kitchen be built. A stairway to the 2^nd floor was also needed along with two windows in each room in the upper story. The committee had a good well dug on the premises.

The court continued providing allowances for William France, Spice J. Shafer, Robert Reid, Sallie Salmons and her children, Sarah Gilkerson and others through the September court term when John C. Eastham, sheriff of Boyd County, and Scott Guilkey were paid to convey the paupers to the county poor house- Guilkey received compensation for keeping them at his home in Catlettsburg all night before proceeding to the home.

John Higgins became the first appointed superintendent with a salary of $1.00 per day. The court compensated him for articles that he provided to furnish the poor house. By November the list of yearly claims for paupers to the court included medical attention by Dr- Allen Prichard, who resided on Garner Creek, as well as Dr. W.S. Barnett. It also included burial clothes and a coffin for William France who may be the first buried in the cemetery perched on the hillside a short distance from the home.

The second death that probably occurred at the farm was that of James Bartram in early 1871. John M. Burns, a Catlettsburg lawyer, handled the coffin fee. Provisions for the home were provided by local farmers when possible. C. P. Banfield furnished meat and John C. Eastham was paid for providing chairs. And while most were housed on Poor House Fork, some money was still taken from the poor house fund and given to individuals that were in need, as indicated in June 1871 when James Dunnegan was given $10.00 per month for the care of Jacob and Anne Dunnegan.

John W Hampton was authorized to act as an agent for the county in early 1874 to dispense charity at Ashland and the neighborhood to paupers as he deemed fit. Among those that received aide were Chris Kouns and family at a fee of $28.00 per month. And the Poor House was ordered to pay to pauper Joshua Lunsford, an old and infirm man the sum of $6.00. Expenditures on the farm included fees for a midwife indicating that at least one birth occurred there as well as another death since there is mention of costs of a coffin in 1874. Lunsford's stay at the poor house was later cited by Margaret Lunsford in an application for pension stating her address as Star Furnace in Carter County, Kentucky. She at one time lived in Boyd County and she along with her husband Joshua Lunsford had been declared a pauper- The document explains that she was removed from the poor house by Lewis Watson who lived near Willard in Carter County. Margaret stated that her family consisted of nine children but there was no further indication about their being at the county farm during this period.

Trouble brewed later in 1874 when W. H. White, C. P. Banfield and John M. Burns were requested to inspect the Poor House and report on the conditions. The report was filed in early 1875 which included information against John D. Ross showing the manner he had conducted the Poor House as Superintendent. A settlement was made and life continued on the farm. Rails and fences continued to help improve the area. Joseph Marcum was paid to act as blacksmith for the stock and John H. Eastham was appointed as the new Superintendent. As the year came to a close one resident, Mrs. Burger, a pauper, declared that she could be kept cheaper by her brother, Thomas Lewis and thus moved away from the farm.

About 1876 James Leslie became superintendent, receiving ninety cents per person. His wife, Marie helped with the care, even after becoming pregnant with their second child, Mary. Leslie was a brother-in-law to J. D. Ross who had been superintendent in 1874. During Leslie's term as superintendent a fire destroyed the buildings on the farm. In an interview with Leslie many years later he indicated that there were 62 inmates at the time of the fire but not one was hurt or burned.

A special court was held by the Commissioners with a debate about purchasing other lands. The recommendation was to rebuilt on the existing property. The court requested that the construction be square log 18x20 feet a story and h high well ventilated by windows and doors with a good stout chimney. The main house was to be double two story log with an entry of 10 feet between them covered under one roof with a chimney at each end. The floors were to be covered with 30 inch plank board. The home was to be chinked inside and out. The court hired John Klaiber to build the main home. Other smaller homes were also contracted out, built to accommodate more residents. William Banfield built a single house while Isaac Clay constructed two more single houses. William J. Ross constructed the two large stone chimneys and foundations. Marshall Stewart built three chimneys on the smaller structures as well as their foundations. Both William J. Ross and Marshall Stewart provided board trees from their property for the project. A meat house was constructed by Charles Stewart and Banfield constructed a separate kitchen. The main house was almost identical to the Henry Powell Sexton home, just up the branch, on the right. Both were large enough, that the Sexton home, was referred to as "the mansion house" in at least one county deed transaction. Sexton's daughter, Julina later married John Klaiber's son James. While construction was almost immediate there was a need to house the residents until completion. Mr. Leslie took all of them to his farm on Bolts Fork until the new houses were erected. The county continued to pay Leslie for food and needs of the residents during the construction period.

John Paul Jones kept a diary during this period and wrote of trips to Catlettsburg for the hearings concerning the "poor house." On the fourth of December 1876 his entry reads "Pilcher takes William Moore son and daughter to Ashland depot on their way to poor house. "

By 1880, there were 22 indigent living at the home besides the Leslie family, their son Richard and little Mary. The oldest resident was 76 year old Joseph Rhodes, born in Virginia and his younger wife Elizabeth {age 50}. Warren Grant was 75, born in Connecticut and Luke Howard 74 was born Kentucky. The youngest was a female infant with the surname Sloan.

 Residents had many stories and varied backgrounds. By the time John M. Clay,  

son of Henry Clay, became keeper of the poor, William D. Ball was one of his charges. William came to the Poor House Farm in 1885, along with his wife Cynthia Ann Ward Ball. In February 1890 he appeared before the Boyd County Circuit Court, for the purpose of filing a military pension. The affidavit states that he was so disabled that he required the aid of other persons. William died in the poor house the 22^nd December 1891.

The county continued working on improvements. The road was basically the creek bed, more accessible when the creek waters were down. A change was made to the road in 1891 which included a right-of-way through the neighboring property of John Andrew and Mary Ann McBrayer Klaiber. The county promised to move fences and repair damages where necessary. Even with changes, the creek would raise swiftly with each new rain and residents along the fork would have to wait as the water rushed to Garner Creek and finally into the East Fork of the Big Sandy. A minor inconvenience of mother nature that even 108 years later, residents along the fork patiently contend with, making the statement "God willin and the creek don't rise" common Goods were delivered to Rush Station by way of the Ashland Coal and Iron Railway. Items would be hauled back to the Poor House Farm in a wagon over the very steep, curved, and treacherous Rush Hill.

New blankets and chairs were purchased for the farm and material was ordered to make a dozen quilts. The county ordered the inmates of the county home to make the quilts. In February 1895 stricter guidelines were set down for the keeper. He was required to furnish one good team of horses or mules, one good farm wagon, one good express wagon and all necessary farm tools to cultivate the county poor farm. He was also to provide at least 2 good milch cows. The keeper was to see that all were clothed, fed, had decent beds, maintain order and follow rules of decency. The rooms were to be kept clean and the physicians notified when inmates were sick. When a pauper died the keeper was to procure necessary burial outfits at the expense of the county and bury the pauper in a humane manner. John Remington Lark, born in Tazewell County, Virginia, was keeper at a fee of $16.65 per month. The neighborhood folks gathered and witnessed the appointment. Among them were Henry Powell Sexton, W. T. Riffe and Landon J. Stewalt. The following year William Shadrick { Shade} McGlothlin, born Buchanan County, Virginia, became keeper of the poor with a term extending to February 1897.

Two years later, in 1899, Theodore Kouns and his sister "Lizzy" Banfield were appointed to care for the poor. Theodore and wife Lucy Johnson had an infant son John J. Lucy, pregnant, had a second son, William Douglas, the October 1900. Sister Elizabeth Banfield, a widow, also had a small child. They worked to care for 17 lodgers while attending their own small children and oversaw all aspects of the farm. Among the lodgers were Elizabeth Rose age 75, Hannah Weeks, Dora Artrip, and three Darnold children, Esther, Rose and Dave. The farm was struggling. After 29 years of service, materials and household items needed repaired and updated.

The court, possibly seeing the decline of the farm and hampered by distance, had ordered steps be taken to sell the poor house and purchase another. Yet they did not readily act on the order. William "Shade" McGlothlin remained an avid promoter of the care of the poor. Knowing that the farm was struggling, and having a love of children, Shade and Cora McGlothlin continued to help whenever possible. McGlothlin and his wife Cora Ellis had married in 1893 and were well known along Jacks Fork and Gamer Creek. In 1901 they had twin children who did not survive. By 1902 Cora McGlothlin was recovered enough, to follow in her husband's footsteps, receiving an appointment as Keeper of the Poor House Farm, and in April 1903, once again pregnant, was reappointed. She lost yet another child in July. The farm still had not been sold. The McGlothlin's took special interest in little Esther and took her home with them. Three years would pass with the roof beginning to leak on the large infirmary house.Little Esther settled in at the McGlothlin's and the 1910 Federal census records show her as the adopted child of the Shade and Cora.

Community active residents of Ashland were well aware of the state of ill repair that the Poor House Farm was in. A group of civic minded leaders were very concerned with the welfare, especially of children. The "Friends of the Children" was organized at the house of Mrs. John Russell on Bath Avenue, Ashland in August 1903- The purpose of the society was to "promote the cause of education by helping to clothe children of unworthy, unfortunate or helpless

Their mission statement also included "to provide homes for orphan children...the ultimate object being to provide a Children's Home in Boyd County." The ladies went before the Fiscal court at least on one occasion to petition for an appropriation to change the existing conditions at the County Poor Farm. Spokesman and attorney, Proctor K. Malin addressed the court asking for two appropriations giving details that proved to the court that the matter could no longer be put aside. The court had ordered no more than $150.00 be paid for its repair in early 1906 and appointed W. H. Banfield for a two year contract as the keeper. Banfield, as keeper of the County Poor Farm, also addressed the court stating that he hoped he was not being blamed for conditions. He had done all that was in his power to make everything comfortable for the inmates. It was noted that everyone knew he was doing remarkably well considering the buildings and general condition.

The Friends of the Children actively approached Ashland business and individuals and at Christmas 1905 were able to send baskets to each of the 14 children and 12 adults residing at what they called the "county infirmary". Dolls were given each little girl and sweaters were provided the boys. Each adult female got a shawl and the men received gloves.

The county court began to take a closer look at conditions. A committee was appointed by Fiscal Court to select a suitable site for a new poor farm. The court described the existing farm as being remote and inaccessible. Buildings were described as old and inadequate, dilapidated frame and log structures "hardly suitable for outbuildings for cattle." The court stated that they had no conveniences comfort or sanitation and were far from schools or churches. Friends of the Children were influential at meetings and later reported in their minutes that "white, black, young and aged, male and female were huddled together and ate in a common dining room about 12x5 feet square." The ladies pointed out that among the inmates were deaf and dumb, blind and idiotic children that ought to be in institutions.

The Friends repeated their donations for Christmas in 1906 for 28 "inmates." That year each boy received marbles along with their sweater and all got nuts, fruit and candy. As 1907 greeted yet another holiday the group sent Reverend D. Ryan and their representative J. L. Smith to drive to Garner to provide the 29 "inmates" with items. A buggy loaded with flannel petticoats for each woman, hose and dolls for each girl, hose and tops for each boy were tucked among the candy and oranges, a box of shoes and slippers for gentleman as well as two comforts.

As the new year, 1908, dawned, the ladies reported that W. H. Banfield and his wife were doing all they could for the inmates considering the limited means and poor accommodations. They wrote in their minutes about the lack of conveniences, bad conditions and the lack of religious influence for the children. The Friends of the Children took it upon themselves to take steps to have the children placed in institutions or homes through the Children's Home Society of Louisville. At a special meeting of their group, several weeks later, they reported that there was no record kept at the courthouse of persons sent to the poor house. However, they were encouraged that County Clerk E. E. Lawrence promised to write W. H. Banfield. When he did not provide satisfaction the ladies sent Rev. W. D. Ryan to the poor house to get the names and information.

The ladies were persistent and in February secured a court order from the county Judge. A committee of ladies worked to see how many children could be taken from the county poor house and placed in homes through the Children's Home Society. The ladies sent Dr. Swope and several other gentleman out into the county once more. They describe the trip on horseback to Kilgore and that the "keeper" [Banfield] would not provide any means for the removal of the children thus they had to leave without them. Later Dr. Swope reported that not only didn't he get the children, they had all been exposed to measles.

The group persisted and by the end of February 1908 got a court order for several children to be removed. Jim Jack Hensley was to be sent to the Colored Industrial Home in Lexington, Kentucky while Cora Bean and Mary Francis Field were to be sent to the Kentucky Children's Home in Louisville. Henry McCormack was also judged as a lunatic and sent to the asylum at Lexington "after having been kept like an animal for two years" and Everett Robinson was adjudged feeble minded and sent to the Feeble Minded Institute at Frankfort. In March, Friend's member, Mrs. Minnie Eba made the trip to Louisville to place Mary Francis Field and Cora Bean with the Children's home The C&O Railroad provided free passes for all those being transported to institutions. While they had successfully removed several their minutes indicate their concern of the whereabouts of the Terry children who the court had also allowed to leave the poor farm But the children could not be located when the others were removed.

During the county court March term, 1909, John Russell, J.J. Montague, G. W. Gunnell, L.E. Veyssie and W.B. Seaton reported that the Poor House Farm had been sold to Burns Banfield for $ 1500.00 and that the money received was to be utilized toward the purchase a new poor farm recently bought by the committee. It was ordered that the furniture and all property at the poor house on Garner Creek be disposed of. An inventory was made by Ed Davis, John Arthur and W.H. Banfield.

Among the residents that were transferred to the new home were Hannah Weeks and Dora Artrip. The residents and their meager belongings were loaded on wagons. They turned left at the end of Poor House Fork, making their way past Pigeon Roost and meager coal shafts dug in the side of the hill. They climbed Rush Hill, holding on to belongings as they rounded a horse shoe like curve on the other side, finally arriving at Rush Station. The AC&I Railway train picked up its passengers at Rush making stops at Kilgore, Coalton, Princess, Meads, and Summit before finally arriving at Winslow where the county residents disembarked. The train ride was so exciting to Dora, that with keen memory, she told the story of walking from the railroad stop over to the [new] home with several other wards, many years later. Records concerning Dora give varied ages. She was placed in the home on Garner Creek when her mother died and her father remarried- Dora died in 1955, making her one of the longest continuous residents of the county home system.

The county home on Garner had heard laughter and tears for nearly forty years. A group known as the Fish and Game Association had a few meetings in the building after the close of the home. But it was to have one more glory day before its final demise. In October 1930, the "Traipsin Woman," Jean Thomas, was host to singer Dorothy Gordon, from New York. While publicity stated that a festival of folk music was to be held "at her spacious log cabin on the Mayo Trail," she actually rented the log house on Poor House Fork from Burns Banfield. Jilson Setters, known as the Fiddler of Lost Hope Hollow, and Dorothy Gordon were her star attractions. According to accounts Mrs. Susan Steele Sampson, the wife of then Governor of Kentucky was in attendance. In her own words, Thomas says that Setters "sat in his straight hickory chair in the narrow dog trot, the entryway of the double crib cabin. ..and sang no end of Elizabethan ballads..." She also states that she "borrowed two dollars and hired a photographer."

It was a blustery fall day- A cloth banner with Dorothy Gordon's name was hung above the entrance and yet another was posted on a flat bed wagon owned by Burns Banfield. Chairs were placed in front of the home and the Banfield children came across the hill from Jacks Fork to see the entertainment. Shade Banfield rode his spotted pony. His mother, at the request of the "Traipsin Woman" had loaned several quilts to display which were hung over the windows. Two American flags were displayed- The photograph that forever tells the true story of the beginning of the American Folk Festival was snapped not by a hired photographer, but with a two dollar Brownie camera by nine year old Georganna Banfield. And in Jean Thomas' own words 'thus ended the first festival of American folk songs, held in Boyd, my home county..." Within the next three years most of the house built for the Boyd County needy, had been practically demolished.

Part #2

The same committee which sold the Poor House Farm on Garner Creek was also empowered to purchase a tract of land containing 68 h acres from Ashland Iron and Mining Company. The purchase price for the land was $2055.00. The deed was drawn on July l, 1909, The land had been part of the Old Clinton Tract purchased from Means and Russell Iron Company in 1896. The property was only 3 ¹/2 miles from the Ashland, Cannonsburg Pike and readily accessible from town. Goods could be delivered from Ashland or received at Winslow's Ashland Coal and Iron station that could be seen from the proposed home site.

The infirmary was completed by July 26, 1909. The Fiscal Court members were assisted by the Friends of the Children Society of Ashland. The Friends of the Children provided refreshments while the Martin's Zouave Band played against the backdrop of the new large two story brick structure. The Friends, a non-profit organization, sold cake and sherbet at "popular" prices placing the proceeds in their treasury to aide those in need. Friends of the Children Society also organized an excursion with the A. C. & I. train for those who wished to come out for the day. The charge was 25 cents for the round trip from Ashland to Summit Station. The sale of tickets also went to the Society. The Ashland paper wrote the following "...the writer begs to appeal to all and asks that the name Boyd County Home should hereafter be its title. Let the name of the Poor House be forgotten..." The ladies of the Friends organization provided milk and drugs for sick, groceries, shoes, rent, tuition, books, toys at Christmas for needy in Ashland and is still quietly contributing to those in need in 2003.

The home was designed and constructed by architect J.R. Geiske. The original plans did not include plumbing and heating. Union Plumbing Company was contracted. A pump house was installed at an additional cost of $108.60. E.O. Smith was contracted for a water supply consisting of a driven well, gas engine and deep well pump. When completed it also contained a cypress water tank. A stable was added costing $725.00. The court appointed John Russell to build a fence at the county home allotting $150.00 for the project- By December he reported a balance of $46.76 and the installation was complete. The building could accommodate 75 people.

John Russell, Proctor Malen and G.W. Gunnell had been appointed by the Boyd County Fiscal Court, in May 1909, to employ a keeper of the county infirmary and properly feed, clothe and care for the inmates. The first keeper was Eli White who turned over his duties to Alonzo C. Queen, in 1910. Alonzo, wife Annie and two children, Haskell and Herman, are listed at the new home in the 1910 Federal Census. Two "servants of the infirmary?' are also listed, May Caudill age 17 and 15 year old Nina Barker.

Twenty-four "inmates" are listed. Among them is Hannah Weeks, Dora Artrip, Gabriel Scott, Willa Peterman and her three sons Earnest, Delbert, and one month old Alonzo. Another infant, eight month old Ferris Johnson appears to have been ward of the home as no other Johnson is a resident. The oldest resident was widower James Robinson born in Kentucky age 73.

Religious services were held at the home on Fridays. W. B. Seaton provided transportation to ministers. Friends of the Children were also indicating a need for the county to build a place on the grounds for tubercular patients.

As with the home on Garner, a cemetery was needed to bury the dead. On January 4, 1911 the stillborn daughter of William Stanton Hardy and wife Cora Estep Hardy was born 6  months premature due to the debilitated condition of the mother. The infant's death certificate states that she was buried at the Boyd County Farm. On May 7^th one month old George Bonecutter, the son of Chris and Alice Abshire Bonecutter was buried in the infirmary cemetery from tuberculous which apparently was a large problem at the home. May 1 I^th yet another new infant died, the son of Henry and Annie Castle Sloan, and was buried in the infirmary cemetery. Then on May 20^ff, 1911 Mrs. Mary Clark was buried at the Boyd County infirmary cemetery. No one available knew her age, birth place nor parents names. Her cause of death was cancer of the nose with A. C. Queen acting as undertaker. In July 1911 little Essie Whitley, just three days old, the daughter of Essie Whitley, was buried and reported by A. C. Queen. She died from convulsions,

Infant deaths continued in 1911. On August 23 the stillborn child of Ida Crawford was buried at the county farm. In October Daisy Brown, daughter ofLeRoy and Ida Pearl Knap Brown died of diphtheria. She was tended by Dr. Allen and laid to rest in the infirmary cemetery. She and her parents were from California. In November Ida also died from typhoid fever followed by dyptheria. She was also tended by Dr. C. T. Allen and buried in the county graveyard.

By 1912 the cemetery was widely used by the county. In January an unknown male negro was found shot to death in the chest by a shot gun by another negro while the deceased was breaking into his home. Fisher Company acted as undertakers and the body was buried in the infirmary burial ground. This burial followed a burial of the male stillborn child of Coleman and Ella Jarrals Frost. In February two month old Melvin Choat died from "indigestion" with C. T. Allen acting as undertaker. He was also buried in the county infirmary cemetery.

Another early burial occurred on June 7, 1917 for Burley Hackworth who resided at the home. He died of the dreaded pulmonary Tuberculosis. The Donta family had taken over duties from Alonzo Queen. Mrs. Donta gave what little information was available for Burley. He was born in Ohio but birth and parentage were unknown. His estimated age was given as 24. With so many burials locals tagged the cemetery area as "Poor House hollers".

Henry Donta, wife Dora and a nephew James Davis were keepers of the Boyd CountyInfirmary in 1920. Annie Fitch, age 28 was cook. Henry Murray a 45 year old widower from Georgia was a laborer and listed as "servant." Henry Donta died during his appointment and was buried in Ashland Cemetery. Dora Fultz Donta died in 1948 and is buried beside him.

Among those having resided in the home for ten or more years were Gabriel Scott who gave his age as 76, Hannah Weeks 77, and Dora Artrip stating her age as 54. Sarah Rhoden 69, Elizabeth Collins 65, George Webber 64, Catherine Howell 64, Emmer Dixon 58, Jenny Houston 58, Rimrod Kiser 55, Mary Felty 50, Henry Snyder 49, Harry Baillus [Bayless?] 40, Fred Moore 35, Troy Baugh 57 and Rachel Stevenson 86. Only one youth age 14 is listed. Troy Baugh died January 18, 1921 and Rachel Stevenson passed away March 25, 1921.

Sometime after 1920 Sarah Kilgore entered the County home. Becoming ill, she was taken to Baptist General Hospital with labored pneumonia where she died February 18, 1928. The county utilized Clark Funeral Home, on Winchester Avenue. A notation in the court records show payment of a casket to Clark for $12.50. She was buried on the "Boyd County Farm." Her death certificate does not provide a birth date, parents names and guesses that her age is about 80 years old.

The graveyard, which is better known as Winslow Cemetery is located in a wooded area near the home. Burials in this cemetery included paupers from the Ashland area that did not have funds for burial elsewhere. Most are unmarked graves until the latter 1950's. Several small children were laid to rest in the cemetery in the 1920's. John and Nora Wilson Simpson buried two infant children, Chester and Estel, from whooping cough in 1924. A full term female infant was found in a sewer tile in Ashland March 16, 1925 and was buried at the "County Farm." The stillborn daughter ofPaul and Clara Mosley Hogue was buried on March 25, 1925. And Sam Johnson described as a black laborer born in Georgia committed suicide by drowning in the Ohio River. Johnson's wife Georgia gave her address as Parish, Alabama and gave the information for the death cenificate. Johnson found peace in the "County Cemetery."

The 1929 Depression trudged into the 1930's leaving a mark on Boyd County. The Boyd County Grand Jury examined all public buildings in September 1935. Their report included the county home, commenting that 42 persons were highly treated by superintendent Mr. Rose. They stressed that the surroundings were well kept, however several improvements were needed to the building. The report took a severe turn as it went on to describe plastering in practically every room was falling from the wall and paper in very bad condition even bare in some places. Several window panes were broken and the north east corner roof in need of repair. The fire hose was deteriorating, the gas furnace needed inspection and the furniture in the living room, which is a place of prayer and preaching services, needed either repaired or replaced. The entire report was published in the Ashland Daily Independent on September 13^th. It was signed by T. Lee Betterton, Grand Jury foreman, and Gerald Lyons, Grand Jury clerk.

Things were so difficult during this time that the court had to refuse to pay for any burial expenses or any case where the price of burial exceeded $35.00 for an adult and $15.00 for a child.

The 1937 flood also strained the county budget. Ashland cared for 2200 local refugees as well as 600 refugees from outside the area until they could be rehabilitated. By February 3^rd the county was requesting federal aid and assistance from the WPA. Phil R. Stanley took over as Superintendent of forty adults and 12 children at the home as 1938 dawned. Eight of the children were in grade school and one was attending Boyd County High School. Stanley had supervised the clearing of twelve acres of farm land and made sure that there were church services at two-thirty every Sunday afternoon, While there were 52 residents only three or four were able to do any kind of work according to the local newspaper. Yet the farm had twenty-one pigs, five cows, 145 chickens and a pair of colts all personally owned by the superintendent and his wife. The home was described as spotlessly clean and disinfected each morning.

Four of the eight children were John, William, Henry, and Margaret Gullett. Their mother was widowed and unable to care for children all under the age of 9. Their mother would help with the cooking at the home. The children worked in the fields picking strawberries and cutting cane. Within the year the boys were sent to a children's home in Louisville until their mother remarried and was able to retrieve them.

The WPA would still be in the county as 1939 approached with a turbulent fiscal court. At the first term, of the new year, George Bell pleaded that nepotism in the county should be sacrificed. The Stanley surname was one of several, that seemed to hold various positions in the county system. On January 5th Commissioner Robert Stanley attacked the legality of salaries paid several county employees including Phil Stanley, keeper of the county home. 

Phil R. Stanley received $150.00 per month to oversee the twenty-six room home. He was additionally paid for hauling and delivering merchandise to and from the county home as well as gasoline and oil usage expenses. The question, Robert Stanley clarified to the Ashland Daily Independent, was not about the amount but that it had not been correctly budgeted since July 1938.

The same month Commissioner Millard Stanley requested that the births, age, death and history of all inmates of the county home be compiled and lodged in the County Clerk's Offce. When Dora Artrip died 17 years later reference was made to Mr. "Phil" Stanley's records of 1938. [None have been located in the clerks offce at the writing of this article.

Judge Bell had also given his message to the Fiscal Court on the state of Boyd County affairs. He said that the county home was "cleaned and rejuvenated and repugnant imbeciles had been sent to proper homes." Christian burials were afforded those who passed and religious education services had been established. Bell said "the exploitation of the individual, care of the imbecile, care of the pauper and the blind have been taken out of politics and placed upon a humane basis." What followed in the summer of 1939 would certainly place a cloud over Bell's statements.

While the court had authorized a bid for fire escape equipment on January 1^th, it was not acted upon. Things continued to deteriorate. Finally on August 15th Commissioner Robert Stanley approached the court with a resolution. Reference was made to an editorial appearing in the paper- He was impelled by a visit to the county home to ask the court to act to relieve of the 'tinwholesome and unholy conditions that exist in the very place where conditions should be their best - instead of worst and foulest. It does not take good eyes to see...suffering and cause of untidy condition. There has been to much needed to raise hogs, chickens and cows for production of food that is not profitable and not enough on sanitation and general toilet of grounds and buildings..." Stanley recommended that all buildings used as pig styes, silos, and the shanties be removed. He also recommended that the stable be converted into a laundry. He was concerned about corporal punishment. He also requested fire escapes be installed. The WPA was recommended to furnish labor for the beautification and cleaning up of the place. The Fiscal Order book gave no further details, but the Ashland Daily Independent certainly did the following day.

The resolution was published on August 16^th on the front page and continued for two columns. The Ashland Daily Independent stated that many of the improvements embodied in the resolution had previously been approved and ordered by the court but would now be carried out by a large force of WPA workers. New rules of operation and management contained in the resolution, according to the paper, included segregation of inmates by sex, color and age. It also stated that child labor laws would be enforced. Judge Bell having presented the resolution for a vote remarked that a Boyd County Health Department report had been in their hands for a month and the "pulpit, the press and the public have demanded that conditions be cleaned up." A toilet was required in the tenant house on the farm and among other things a shower bath was to be installed in one of the outside buildings for male inmates. The kitchen space was to be enlarged, modifying the dining area and sinks installed.

The resolution had passed and with it the demise of the silos and stable. In June 1940 three new sinks were purchased and installed as well as a new lavatory and in December the county bought a new boiler.

Further improvements which had been suggested by Bell included the immediate construction of three modern isolation cabins to provide housing for six or more tuberculosis patients. The cabins were constructed with W. P. A. labor They were furnished by contributions from civic and fraternal organizations and individuals within the county.

J. D. Caudill, was appointed custodian during the changes staying until relieved of duties in April 1946. The new superintendents, Mr. and Mrs. K.R. Stewart welcomed any residents of the county to come visit the home at any time. There were 22 residents receiving good meals, medical care and religious services. Even so by late 1949 came apparent problems with Stewart's authority to purchase "indiscriminately on credit." The court ordered that any purchases of necessities for the home should be made from recognized wholesalers only and the caretaker was dismissed by unanimous vote.

Elizabeth Leslie took charge of the home in 1950. Time had forced change; instead of milch cows on the property, Johnson's Dairy received the contract to provide dairy products to the home in February 1950. She was there when Jane Slone died in 1954 and when Dora Artrip died in 1955. J.D. Caudill, former supervisor of the home, gave information to the Ashland Daily Independent concerning the death of Mrs. Jane Slone. Her obituary stated that she had been at the Boyd County home since its construction, Her age was believed to have been 102 although no exact birth date was established. The article states that she had made her home in what was known as the Garner Home on Bolt's Fork prior to the construction of the new building. Known as "Granny." She had been in ill health and had not been downstairs in nearly 15 years. Granny was remembered by older folks on Garner. Her obituary, neatly cut out and placed in a box of other keepsakes was recently retrieved from the smokehouse of the H.P. Sexton farm on Long Branch Road. She was buried in the cemetery on the county home grounds at Winslow.

While the poor house farm system and the needs of the county house changed, a legacy continued. In 1959 the county leased the then closed county home to Gertrude Ramey for $1.00. Ramey had become concerned for children she saw taken to the courthouse as youngsters who often had parents that could not keep them at home because of conditions. Ramey had founded a home for neglected children in 1944 at Catlettsburg later outgrowing yet a second residence on Winchester Avenue in Ashland. She quickly filled the now expanded 35 room, six bathroom building at Winslow with orphaned and needy children.

In an interview Ramey described what she found on first inspection of the grounds. "We noticed a foul odor as we entered the door. Filth and debris were everywhere to be seen...dark shades and quite dilly dark drapes hung at the windows, but the walls and floors were solid....Poison ivy and weeds had grown up to the very back doors. ...I personally scrubbed the floors with Lysol and plenty of soapy water. The walls were blackened with previous coal furnace and open fireplaces. ...to add to all the confusion, there were five small cottages on the land that had been used for T.B. patients, but for the past twenty years they had been used for chicken houses.... After scrubbing ...I found the floors to be quite pretty because they were hard wood floors. Each cottage had a half bath, shower and fireplace." Gertrude Ramey, her children and friends cleaned every inch of the property until it sparkled as a show place.

The name was changed to the Gertrude Ramey Boys' Home in 1989. The home began to focus on troubled male children and during the 1990's merged with the Hack Estep Boys Farm located on Pigeon Roost, just over the ridge from the first county poor farm. Today they are known as the Ramey Estep Home. Now a private organization the Estep facility sprawls over several acres that once belonged to the Sexton family of Garner. The facility houses modern dormitories, a new school, baseball fields and groomed picnic areas.

While the term "alms," Poor House Fork and Poor House Holler are archaic, as long as folks are needy, as defined by communities, government agencies continue providing public assistance.

POOR HOUSE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ashland Coal & Iron Ry. Co. Half Fare Ticket, 1910-1913, book #339 possession of compiler.

Ashland Daily Independent October 12, 1930; September 27, 1931; October l, 1931; Oct 1, 1941; Feb 7, 1937; Feb 3, 1937; 17, 1938; Jan4, 1939; Jan 5, 1939; Jan 5, 1939; Jan 8 1939; April 18, 1946, Jan 11, 1954; Aug 19, 2001

Ball, Juanita Low, Ellenton, FL, original correspondence 17 Oct 1996.

Boyd County, KY County Court Order Book #2 page . 58-59; 73; 123; 143, 133, 157, 178, 269 Boyd County, KY County Court Order Book #3 , November 1876

Boyd County, KY Deed book 4 page 236 Boyd County, KY Deed book 17 page 316 Boyd County, KY Deed book 25 page 513

Boyd County, KY Deed book 28, page 314.

Boyd County, KY Deed book 47 page 600

Boyd County, KY Deed book 50 page 336

Boyd County, KY Deed book 61 page 332.

Boyd County, KY Fiscal Court Order Book #2 page 3; 12; 100; 134; 236; 283; 368 Boyd County, KY Fiscal Court Order Book #3 page 54; 64; 82; 91. Boyd County, KY Fiscal Court Order Book #6 pp 169; 495; 153; 534

Boyd County, KY Fiscal Court Order Book #7 page 32;81 Boyd County, KY Fiscal Court Order Book #8 page 209

Bygone Bylines From Eastern Kentucky Newspapers, Evelyn S. Jackson and Cora M. Newman,1996. page 23.

Courier-Journal & Times March 5, 1967.

Friends of The Children Minute Ledger, Boyd County Public Library OHR Heritage ofCarter County, KY, 1992, p. 40-41.

KY Death Cefiificate files 1911: 2951, 11512, 177, 11516, 11518, 20064, 24958, 27593

KY DeathCertificate files 1912: 369, 375, 3270

McGlothlin Family Bible, possession James David Klaiber, Rush, KY, 1999.

Obituary, Dora Artrip, Ashland Daily Independent, October 27, 1955.

Oral Interview, Georganna Banfield KIII, Catlettsburg, KY, 1999.

Photograph, photocopy, taken by Georganna Banfield Hill, 1930, possession of compiler.

Ramey, Gertrude, typed personal interview, undated supplied by free lance writer George Wolfford 2002.

Scoggins, Teresa submitted copy of Margaret Lunsford pension affidavit filed Jan 1883. The Sun Shines Bright, Jean Thomas, 1940, pp 179-180 The WPA Guide Kentucky, replint, 1996 page 142.

United States Federal census, Boyd County, KY, 1880 T9-403 page 173b

United States Federal census, Boyd County, KY 1910 T624-464, "west of Cannonsburg Pike"

United States Federal census, Boyd County, KY 1920, T625-560, Pollard Dist, page 120b

JAMES MATTHEW KLAIBER BLACKSMITH LEDGER 1902-1906 GARNER, BOYD COUNTY, KY

  JAMES MATTHEW KLAIBER

       BLACKSMITH LEDGER

          1902-1906

GARNER, BOYD COUNTY, KY

This was originally published in 1999 and shared on a web page I owned in 2010 which is defunct (2020).  I recently noticed a Carter County, Kentucky genealogy page has a broken link so decided to again share it for my audience.  Please note that there are some line issues because I was using an early computer program at that time. 

           COMPILED BY TERESA MARTIN KLAIBER, all rights reserved.

First Edition 1999

                                                                                                       

Published by:

Family Lineage Investigations, a division of Deliverance farm Enterprises

22937 Long Branch Road

Rush, KY, 41168

James Matthew Klaiber

 James Matthew⁶ Klaiber (John (Johann) Andrew (Andreas)⁵, Matthais⁴, Matthais³, Michael², Thomas¹) was born 21 June 1857 in Catlettsburg. Greenup Co, KY. He was born on Catletts Creek. in the portion of the county that was partitioned as Boyd County when he was three years old.

His father, John Andrew Klaiber was the American progenitor of the family, arriving in America, from Germany, in 1854. A bootmaker by trade, John Andrew was able to move into Catlettsburg, Kentucky by 1864 where his business grew monthly. Catlettsburg was a prospering community and bustling river front town. During the Civil War government stores were set up not far from their home. In 1864 troops marched through the town much to the wonder of a seven year old boy. As the war came to a close the logging trade once again flourished and with it a growth of hotels and saloons. With six children and more on the way, John Andrew and his wife Mary Ann [nee McBrayer] packed their belongings, sold their town property and moved to the country. They settled on Garner, leading to East Fork and back to the Big Sandy River. The road to their property was nothing more than the creek bed later known as Long Branch. The family still traded in Catlettsburg, sold and repaired shoes and were also able to tap further into the logging trade, by logging the land and hauling the logs, on skids pulled by oxen to the river wharf.

James Matthew helped with all aspects of farm life, including logging, and most importantly the repair of equipment.. When he was 21 he married Martha Kathryn Stewart, 11 September 1878. Kathryn was the daughter of Landon Stewart and Eliza Banfield. They were married by Lindsey Fannin at her parents home on Jack=s Fork. He was active in the newly organized sabbath school at Green-hill and was able to file an indenture for 61 acres from William and Mary Ross in 1888 and by 1892 had purchased 57 acres on on the left hand fork Jack=s Fork But farm life was hard. They had six small children and there had been disputes with members of the Stewart family over a horse that ended in a court case in James Matthew=s favor. James Matthew tried his hand at coal mining just over the hill, in Rush, but equipment on the farm and at the mines were always in need of repair. He had learned blacksmithing at a very early age and was proud of his skills.. He was a farmer, not a coal miner and quickly returned to tend his acres and concentrate on his blacksmith skills. In May 1897 the courts granted James Matthew Klaiber a divorce and a year later the land on Jack=s Fork was sold because of liens.

Devoting his energy to farming, he found that more and more neighbors came for blacksmith repairs and help. At the age of 40 he married Amanda McGlothlin, the widow of Anson Pope, 01 June 1898 in Boyd Co, KY, daughter of Robert McGlothlin and Rebecca Correl.. Sadly she lived only a short time after their marriage and he married (3) Julina Leoto Sexton 02 April 1905, daughter of Henry Sexton and Julina McCormac[k].

He now owned property in Boyd, Carter and Lawrence County. besides farming, he operated the blacksmith shop, on his farm, for the area. He also kept up the tools of his trade and new techniques through a subscription to the American Blacksmith during the early 1900's. His blacksmith equipment was well maintained.

James Matthew made his desk from an old crate with drawers designed from cigar boxes. The drawers held everything from nails to shoe the oxen and horses, to slips of receipts for eggs and blacksmith services. The shop was made from board sawed on the farm and nestled near a branch that eventually flows from Long Branch to the East Fork of the Sandy River.

His anvil was a well cared for, typically described in pattern as a London anvil, having a horn and one hardie hole. It was mounted on a sufficient log stump. His tool array included straight lipped and round nosed tongs, a handle punch, hoof clipper, shoeing hammer, and rasps. And with the convenience of modern equipment, he was able to have a rotary blower. 

He was an extremely active man working the farm, cutting timber, hauling coal over Rush Hill from the small mines with oxen, and in later years watching the rock crusher on his property above the barns where his shop had been. Besides his six children form his first marriage and four step children in his household for a time by his 2nd marriage, James Matthew  had two more children, Martha and John Henry Powell Sexton Klaiber with his 3rd wife Julina Leota Sexton Horton Klaiber.

Interested in local affairs and politics, in 1948, at 91 years of age, he appeared in Ripley's Believe It or Not. He had voted in the same precinct for 70 years. His portrait, taken from a small submitted photo was one of the last drawings Ripley did prior to Ripley's death. Mail arrived from all across the country to congratulate James Matthew Klaiber. Many with the Klaiber surname wrote seeking to find out if they were related.

The blacksmith ledger was diligently kept, if only for a short time, at the desk that James Matthew designed. It is a reflection and sampling of life, neighbors and work on Garner, Boyd County, Kentucky. All spelling of names and items are copied as spelled in the original ledger. Extractor comments are in [ ].

Teresa Martin Klaiber, 1999

       BLACKSMITH LEDGER

       William Lambert April through November 1902.
       Amounts for sharpening, shoes, a new plow, work on         
       wagons. [page 13]

WILLIAM H. BANDFIELD [BANFIELD]. April through September 1902 with a balance carried forward from the old book of $14.25. Debits for a hoe, shoes, plow, bolts, shovel, strap on buggy. [page 14]

WILLIAM TAYLOR April through November 1903. Debits for a swingle tree, hoe, cutter, plow, sharps and corn. [page 15]

GEORGE CARELL April through February 1902. Balance from old book $1.35. Debits for sharps, hoes, a swingle tree, shoes, corn, wheels and work on buggy. [page 16]

LON ROSS April through March 1902 with forward from old book balance of $21.40. Debits for shoes, bolts, mattock and a set of swingle tree irons. [page 17]

HARVEY KENNER April 1902 through September Forward from old book balance $1.15. Debits for sharps, shoes, 5 gal. Sorgum, links, work on harrow, tire sets, spokes and 2 rims.n [page 18]

HARVE BREEDING May 1903 through June. Debits for clippers, sharps, work on plow.[page 19]

THOMAS BROWN May 1903 through June 1904. Forward of balance of 95 cents. Debits for sharps, wheel, wheel bolts, shoes, shaft. [page 20]

DAVID RICE May 1903-June 1904. Debits for 1 set of teeth, plow beard, shoes, sharps, one fire ??uval [shovel?], work on plow. [page 21]

WATE WARMEN [WADE] May 1903 December. Forward balance of $6.50. Debits for work on wagon bed, shoes, more work on wagon bed, 4 loads of coal, work on cart, 1 doubletree, 3 open rings, 2 yoke oxen shod. [page 22]

MILLARD ALLEY June 1902 with forward of $1.85 through June 1903. Debits for shoes, work on wagon, 12 dozen oats [as written], 2 tires new, work on wheel and 1 tire rim, 1 rod on brake, 1 wheel. [page 23]

ROSS & KICK [as written probably means KIRK]. May 1903 through May 1904. Debits for 4 shoe toes, 28 loads corn, 17 loads corn, 1 brake rod, 18 corn, shoes, work on wagon, 1 pair of grabs. [Note: Possibly the loads are referencing bushels?] [page 24]

JOHN MCWHORTER May 1903 through March 1904. Debits for shoes, shoe set, 1 hame hook. [page 25]

GREEN BOLT May 1903 through May 1904. Debits for shoes, hook, hoe, sharps, swingletree, 300 feet of lumber, 1 cutter, 1 plow sharpened, 1 new plow. [page 26]

FRANK FRENCH June 19, 1903 4 sharps, paid cash. [page 27]

TAYLOR ROSS January 1903 through October 1903. Debits for buggy, tire set, bolts, links, shoes, anvil, wheel. [page 28]

J.P. McGLOTHLIN January 1903 through January 1904. Debits for shoes, 1 tire set, work on buggy, 2 cradle fingers, front nails. [page 29]

ED WHITE June 1903 through February 1904. Debits for shoes, work, clevis, labor, work on wagon bed, tire sets, shovil plow, work on buggy. [page 30]

ISOM HOGEN [Hogan] July 1903 through March 1904. Debits for shoes, coal, horse colar [collar], bolts, 21 beef, 1 tung, howing, 1 swingletree, 1 doubletree. [page 31]

WM. HAZLETT July 1903 through September 1904. Debits for shoes, 1 hook and 1 clip. [page 32]

CHILTON DAVIS July 1902 through September 1904 with forward balance of $3.95. Debits for work on plow, shoes, links, 1 bell clapper, sharps, work on grass board. [page 33]

GEORGE MAYBERRY August 1903 through October 1904 with forward balance of $5.75. Debits for 1 wagon, clip, plow beam, shoes, 1 load of coal [three total loads], sharps, tongue, 2 wheels. [page 34]

MILLARD RUGGSBY [Riggsby] August 1903 through November 1903. Debits for one log bed, 1 pair of b. chains, shoes, 1 rod, 1 beam, hame.  [page 35]

TOMAS ELSWICK [ Thomas] August 1902 through April 1903. Debits for hoe, 2 wheels, tire and rims, 1 spoke. [page 36]

J.A. KLAIBER August 1903 through March 1904 with a forward balance of $1.65. [This is the father of blacksmith JAMES MATTHEW KLAIBER.] Debits for a yoke, shoes, wheel, hame hook, 1 tire set, 1 plow beam. [page 37]

ROBERT DAVIS Aug 1903 through February 1904. Debits for shoes, 2 rings, work on buggy, 2 days work, matic, work on buggy, 1 buggy swingle tree, plows, 1 tire set, 1 leaver to rubber bar, front nail, 1 saddle, 1 buggy pole, wedge, harrow. [page 38]

J.C. LAMBERT August 1903 through May 1904. Debits for shoes, tires, 400 boards, 1 rod on brake, plow sharpened, sharps. [page 39]

WM. HOGEN August 28, 1903. Debit of 35 cents for shoes. [page 40]

ELH. HICKS [as written] September and October 1902. Debit for plow and shoes. [page 41]

WM. H. BANFIELD October 1903 through June 1904 with forward balance of $13.91 from old book. Debits for shoes, hooks, rod for break, tung, work on plow, 16 2 days of work, links, 1 ring, 4 plow sharps, work on harrow, 1 set harrow wheels, 1 cutter, 1 plow handle. [page 42]

ELISHA SEXTON October 1903 through October 1904. Debits for shoes, plow, sharps, 2 c. finger, 1 bu. corn, 4 tires, 1 bu. corn, 1 1/4 day plowing, 1 load of coal, rent on ground, 2 bu. potatoes, 1 hoe, 1 plow beam,    2 days work, beaf [as spelled]. [page 43]

BOYD COUNTY August 1903 through May 1904. Debits for 1 bolt, strap,s harps, work on scrapper, two scrapper handles, weld, 1 spring, 1 link, 2 hooks, rope. [page 44]

NOAH WELLS October 1903 through May 1903 with forward from old book of $9.30. Debits for yoke, work on buggy, work on wagon, 2 lap rings. [page 45]

JAKE SPERRY October and November 1903. Debits for tire set, shoes and coal. [page 46]

PAT BROWN October 28, 1903 shoes and tire set. [page 47]

RASS RAGGSBY [RIGGSBY] October 1903 through October 1904 with forward from old book of 30 cents. Debits for shoes, links, log hauling, king bolt, tire, tung, fork handle, hook. [page 48]

C.H. KOUNSE [KOUNS] November through December 1903. Forward of balance of $21.25. Sand bord [board], wheel, hook, link, 1 pair howing rack, 1 rubber beam, shoes. [page 49]

ELLIS WARD November 15 and 21, 1903. Shoes and work on buggy. [page 50]

W.D. BOLT November 16 and 21, 1903. 1 b. shaft, shoes and 1 wheel. [page 51]

KENT BOLT November 1903 through July 1904. Debit entries for shoes, work on harrow, 1 plow beam, new plow, lap ring, plow handle, plow sharpened, another new plow, 1 plow stock, 1 clevis, sharps, shoes, 1 plow cutter, work on plow, 4 tires, work on buggy. [page 52]

Ta GRIFITH [GRIFFITH]. November 1903 through May 1904. Debit entries for shoes, 2 wheels, 1 buggy wheel, 7 days [possibly indicating labor?]. [page 53]

DAVID RUCKER. December 1903 through December 1904. Debits for shoes, 1 log bed, 2 tire sets, 2 do. Oats, bolts, work on wagon, 1 link. [page 54]

WM. LAMBERT December 1903 through March 1904. Forward balance of $4.70. Debits for shoes, tail tab, work on wagon, links, sharps, work on plow, work on wagon, ox yoke, rims. [page 55]

WATE WARMEN December 1903 through June 1904. Forward from page 22 with balance of $14.80. Debits for shoes, ruff lock, 2 plow bolts, washing machine hoops, links, 1 rubber lock, 1 axil tree, 3 clevis, tire set, swingle trees, 1 set of teeth, sharps, plow repaired. [page 56]

ALMER BALDRIDGE December 1903 through May 1904. Debits for work on wagon, lock chain, hook, bolts, wedge, 1 pair grabs, work on rubber, 1 rubber leaver, 1 plow stalk, sharps, links, work on plow. [page 57]

NED SAVAGE December 1902 through September 1903. Debits for shoes, breast yoke, shoes, 1 wheel, 1 tire rim, 1 hound, 2 tires set, work on w. [wagon] bed. [page 58]

JACK PETRY January 1903 through September 1903. Debits for work on rubber, shoes, 1 pr. sled stirrups, work on plow, sharps, 1 rod, shoes.[page 59]

JAMES FRENCH January 1903 through May 1904. Debits for shoes, buggy shaft,, bolt, break rod, peck of sweet potatoes, 1 plow cutter. [page 60]

MILT CAMPBELL January 1903 through May 1904. Debit entries for shoes, 3 tire sets, and 1 wheel. [page 61]

JAMES HELEMS February 1902 with balance of $4.80 through July 1902. Entries for sharps, 2 days work, plow, shoes, cutter and plow sharpened, 1 cutter, 1 new plow, 2 cutter keys,, several days work,, sharps, bolts. [page 62]

LON ROSS March 1903 with balance forward $46.90. Debits for 4 tire sets, shoes, ox yoke, mattock laid, 1 bu. Meal, hook. [page 63]

JOHN HICKS March 23, 1903 1 pr. Chains paid cash September 8. [page 64]

BUD DAVIS March 1903 through September 1903. Debits for shoes, work on plow, plow and cutter sharpened, sharps, 30 lbs. grapes, shoes. [page 65]

De WELLS [as written] April 1903 through August 1903. Debits for shoes, 2 shovel plows, 1   2days work, clevis, blots, 4 days work, calves, 2 day work. [page 66]

SCOTT DAVIS April and September 1903. Shoes and tire sets. [page 67]

JAMES FIELDS April 1903 through February 1904. Debits for shoes, teeth sharpened. [page 68]

TED LAMBERT April 23, 1903. 2 plows. Entry for September paid cash. [page 69]

D.I. HOGAN April 1903. Marked paid in September. [page 70]

JOHN RUNION [Runyan] May 1903. Debit for 1 post hole digger, plow and key. One load of coal and one load of corn. [page 71]

REECE EDMON April 1, 1903 through November 19003. Debit entries for shoes, 5 plows sharpened, sharps, lap rings, bolts, tire set. [page 72]

MARSHEL BOCOOK [MARSHALL BOCOOK] May 1903 through June 1905. 1 set harrow teeth sharpened, shoes, sorgum, work, loads of coal, corn, work on buggy, order to MCCORMAC. [page 73]

JOHN SMALLRIDGE 1903 [no month or day listed]. One Mattock laid and 7 shoes. Paid cash. [page 74]

FRANK CONLEY May 1903 through September 1903. Debits for shoes, plows, 2 plows sharpened, sharps, 1 tire, 3 saw blades. [page 75]

JOHN FIELDS May 27, 1903. Four shoes. Paid cash on August 5. [page 76]

Wm. BANDFIELD [BANFIELD]. June 1903 balance $6.86 through February 1904. Debits for tire sets, shoes, sharps, plow, spokes, swingle tree, work on wagon, 9 2 days work, nails, 1 trip to town. [page 77]

J.K. BRAMMER June 1902 through November 1902. Debits for 3 tire sets, sharpen, shoe set, blots, axil.[page 78]

WATE WORMEN [WADE WARMEN]. Forward $8.95. July 1903 through October 1903. Debits for shoes, cradle, tire set, chain, 1 ring and style, work on wheel, tongue pins, links, eye bolt, work on wagon, spokes,, yoke. [page 79]

WM. TAYLOR balance forward. June 9, 1903. Entries for shoes,sharps, 2 days work. [page 80]

JOHN KOUNSE [KOUNS]. July 1903 through May 1906. Entries for work on rubber , bolt, shoes, axil, chains. [page 81]

TOM BROWN balance. July 1 1902 through February 1905. Shoes, plow foot, tire set, log bed, 1 load [does not say load of what]. [page 82]

HENRY MCGINNIS July and August 1903. Debits for shoes, work on mowing machine, 2 mattocks sharpened. [page 83]

KENT BOLT July 1903 through February 1904. Balance forward $10.60. Work on wagon, work on log bed, shoes, cchain, swingle tree, axil tree, rubber bar, lap ring, 1 new sled [December 3], plow beam, work on d. shovel. [page 84]

DAVE SHEPHERD July 10 and 23, 1903. Shoes. [page 85]

SAM McCORMAC July 1902 with a balance of $5.65. Shoes, work on buggy, log hauling, chain, sharps, links, 1 foot pease [piece?], hoe handle, bolts. [page 86]

JAMES HELEMS balance July 20, 1902 through February 1903. Shoes, Several entries for days work. [page 87]

JOE BENTLEY August 1902 through November 1902. Shoes, wheels, tire set. [page 88]

CAN EASTHAM August 7, 1903 through August 28, 1903. Tires, shoes, wheels, pair chains. [page 89]

DAVE CLEAR August 1902 through February 1903. Debits for shoes, 1 rod on rubber, tires and set of spokes, shoe toes. [page 90]

GEORGE McGLOTHLIN August 1903 through June 1904. Entries for 2 tire sets, 2 wagon bed fenders, 4 tires. [page 91]

CHILTON DAVIS October 12, 1902 through January 1904. Entries for shoes, breast chain, wedge, tung iron, oats. [page 92]

HARVEY KENNER September 1903 through November 1904. Forward $7.35. Entries for shoe toes, 5  2gal. Sorgum. [page 93]

GEORGE MAYBERRY forward $29.45. October 1903 through January 1904. Entries for shoes, coalster plates, pick wedges, sharps, wheel, breast yoke, coal, work on horse, bolt - [bottom of page torn off]. [page 94]

GREEN BOLT forward from page 26. October 1903 through December 1903. Shoe toes. [page 95]

VIRGIE STEWART October 4, 1902 four shoes 75 cents. Paid cash January 11, 1903. [page 96]

RAS RIGGSBY [see also under entries of RAGGSBY] forward from page 48. October 1903 through September 1904. Entries for shoes, tire sets, rubber bar. [page 97]

WADE WORMAN. Forward from page 79. [Note different entries have used different spellings of this gentleman - check index.] October 1902 through entries June 1903. Debits for shoes, double tree, king bolt, tire set, spoke, bolt, post hole digger welded, lap ring, road blade. [page 98]

FANNIN [No first name] continued: October 1902 through November 1902. Tires, shoes, links. [page 99]

JOHN HIGGINS December 1903 through October 1904. Forward from old books. Shoes. [page 100]

JOHN LAMBERT. December 11, 1903 shoes and paid cash February 2, 1904. [page 101]

GEORGE MAYBERRY January 1904 through March 16, 1904. Balance $7.80. Cash paid. [page 102]

CLARENCE HAZLETT January 20, 1904 balance $2.40. Entries through January 27, 1905. Shoes, work on buggy, coal, grapes, work on wagon, chain, lap link, 13 lbs. Beaf. [page 103]

ROBERT DAVIS February 1904 through March 1905. Shoes, tung, lock chain. [page 104]

KENT BOLT February 1904 from page 84 $50.33. Paid. [page 105]

MILLARD FRENCH February 22, 1904 through October 1904. Shoes, sharps, strap. [page 106]

BANDFIELD BROS. [BANFIELD] April 1904 through December 1904. Shoes, Shoe toes, work on breast yoke, sharps, links, work on tung, bolt, work on buggy, work on rubber, 1 corn cutter. [page 107]

H. P. SEXTON [HENRY POWELL SEXTON] May 1904 through August 1905. Entries for shoes, work on mower, 1 wheel, 1 bus. Corn, 1 swingle tree,, work on plow, balance on hogs. [page 108]

JASPER SEXTON June 1904 through Oct 1905. Debits for coal, work, shoes, tires and rims. [page 109]

WM. LAMBERT June 1904 through June 1905. Brought forward $11.80. Entries for sharps, cradle finger, blade, loads of coal, log block, bolts, work on wagon. [page 110]

DUMP SEXTON June 1904 through June 1905. Entries for sharps, tire set, corn, work on plow, d. tree, wheels, 1 houn [as written horse? hound?], rubber. [page 111]

SAMATHEY PRITCHARD [SAMANTHA] June 1904 through April 1905. Debits for swingle tree, several months rent, shoes, hay, work on bed, rubber bar, work on buggy, well bucket, work on wagon , shovel handle. [page 112]

ROLL COFFEE June and July 1904. Entries for wedges, trowel. [page 113]

ALLEN ALEXANDER June 1904 through May 1905. Entries for work, sharps, lead chain, bolts, hooks, madox, eye bolt, [page 114]

W. I. ROSS [WILLIAM ISAAC ROSS] June 1904 through August 1904. Entries for shoe toes, work on wagon, hooks, log hook, wheel, lumber, shaft. [page 115]

SAMUEL McCORMAC June 1904 forward from page 86 through September 1904. Entries for shoes, work on cart, swingle tree, mowing brake, rubber beam, hook. [page 116]

TOMAS SAMONS [THOMAS] June 1904 through February 1905. Forward from old books $8.18. One load of coal, one load of wood, balance on work, work on wagon, 2 days work. [page 117]

WM. SELBY June 1904 through June 1905. Entries for shoes, cutter, work on log wagon, hook, log bed, bolts, tire set, brake leaver, rod, , sharps, links, hooks, plows, work on plow. [page 118].

GEORGE HULL July 1904 through December 1905. 1 load of coal, shoes, work on wagon. [page 119]

JOHN HARRIS July 1904 through February 1905. Shoes, tires, straps, feeding 1 hog, 1 bu. Corn. [page 120]

H. K. LUCAS [HENRY KANE LUCAS] July 1904 through February 24, 1905. Shoes, links, clipper, shoe toes, work on rubber. [page 121]

JOHN STANDLEY [STANLEY] July 1904 through September 1904. Work on wagon, work on buggy, cut of, shoes, links. [page 122]

DAVID FANNIN July 23 1904 shoes. Paid May 8 [1905]. [page 123]

FRANK STEWART July 1904 through June 1905. Wheel, spoke and tire, chains, bolster, yoke. [page 124]

FRANK COFFEE. July 1904 through August 1904. Hooks, rods, bolts. [page 125]

JOHN LOCKWOOD July 1904 through November 1904. Entries for shoe toes, wedges, iron rod, work on brakes, axil, work on buggy. [page 126]

LON ROSS August 1904 through November 1904. Debits for cradle fingers, shoes, cart, meal, breast yoke and chain. [page 127]

RICHARD GLANCY August 1904 through April 1905. Debits for tires, shoes, rubber rod, hook, work on pump, tung iron. [page 128]

JAMES SEXTON August 1904 through May 1905. Shoes, hook, work. [page 129]

W. I. ROSS August 1904 through December 1904. From page 115. Entries for sharps, hoes, shoe sets, work on buggy, work on mill, 1 wheel, lumber, shafts, work on yoke, links, clipper, wagon tungs. [page 130]

BOYD COUNTY August 24, 1904 1 scrape and 2 matics. [page 131]

FRANK HANDLEY. [Dates torn off]. Wheels, tire, shoe toes. [page 132]

SAM McCORMAC from page 116. September 1904 through May 1905. Debits for beam, shoes, sorgum, order to McCORMAC, log bed, plate, nails, JOHN LESLEY, 3 bu potatoes, work on press, work on plow. [page 133]

ROB LUCAS October 1904 shoes, March 1905 cash. August 15, 1905 shoes. [page 134]

MELL HARISS [MEL HARRIS] November 1904 shoes. June 1905 corn. [page 135]

WM. SALLMON [Salmons or Sammons] December 22, 1904 4 tire set. [page 136]

DOCK HEFORD December 22, 1904 shoes. Cash. 1 tire, 1 spoke. [page 137]

W.I. ROSS forward from page 120. December 30, 1904 through September 1905. Entries for shoes, bolts, hooks, work on wagon, wheel, lumber, shoes. [page 138]

CLARENCE HAZLETT January 1905 through May 1906. Forward balance $9.60. Cutter, shoes, work on buggy, hay, work on plow. [page 139]

WM. LAMBERT January 1905 through December 1905. Forward $13.25. Entries for chains, hook, link, work on wagons, work on buggy, work on hames, shoe toes, work on rubber, work on bed. [page 140]

      TOM BROWN May 17 through November of next year [years        not cited]. Entries include shoes, work on buggy, 1 c. knife,         work on express, shoes, work on wagon, 1 bushel apples.           [page 141]

MARSHEL BOCOOK April through December [year not cited]. Entries for cutter, plow, shoe set, 1 day work. [page 142]

     SAM BOCOOK April through December [year not cited]
     Entries for plow, shoe set, cutter, 1 day work. [page 143]

SAMANTHA PRICHARD May 21 through February following year [year not cited] Entries for work on buggy, several months rent, work on mower, 1 cow on pasture, wedge, shoes, sharps, 1 horse on pasture. [page 144]

SAM McCORMAC May 29 through June following year [year not cited]. Entries for shoes, 1 leg grab, 2 days work, tung, links, plow handle. [page 145]

BANDFIELD BROS. [BANFIELD] May 27 through following year September. [Year not cited]. Entries for lap rings, shoe toes, poke meal, flour, swingle tree. [page 146]

W.R. SELBY June 15^th balance [year not cited] through December following year. Entries for plow, work on brake, cutter, sharps, l. wheel, sorgum, ring. [page 147]

TOM BURTON July 18 through May following year [year not cited]. Debits for tire set, days work, rim, paint. [page 148]

ALMER BALDRIDGE August 5^th through November 27 following year [year not cited]. Entries for shoes, brakes, hook ,tung, boards, work on buggy. [page 149]

DR. STURGILL August 21 [no year cited]. Six oxen shod. Shoes. [page 150]

H.P. SEXTON September 4, balance, through following February 8 [no year cited]. Entries for shoes, clipper, links, oaks, part plow handle, hook, work on wagon, pasture, 1 rod of iron. [page 152]

MILLARD ROSS September 9 through following March. [no year cited]. Entries for rubber bar, gloves, tobaco, oats, rack, work, and GEORGE MCCORMAC work 10 days tobaco. [page 153]

HENRY ROSS September 9 through January 22 following year [no year cite]. Entries include plow hame, buggy shaft, swingle tree. [page 154]

WM. EASTLAND September 25 through October 13 [no year cited]. Lumber, shoes. [page 155]

MR. LIHOW HICK [no dates] work on buggy, shoes. Marked over as Paid. [page 156]

WM. LAMBERT December 6 forward [no year citation] through March following year. Entries for shoe toes, brake, work on plow, lock chains, 2 ox shod. [This entry has been xxx=d out.]

ELISHA SEXTON December 1905 credit forward. Credit on fodder, work on buggy, shoes, corn seed. [page 158]

MR. HARVEY KINNER December 28 [no year cited] [Can not read entries as they are xxx=d through completely].[page 159]

MR. POWELL SEXTON January 6 through April of the following year [no year cited]. Work on wicker chair, shoes, several days work. [page 160]

MR. WILLIAM QUAL February 18 through October 2 [no year cited]. Entries for 12 ox shod, work on yokes, freight on yokes, shoes, grap hook, bolts, several more oxen shod, work on wheel, hack and links, bolt. [page 161]

HENRY AND JOHN ROSS February 14 through May 27 [no year cited]. Entries for work on wagon, work on chain, bolt, truck iron, meal, yoke, 1 ox shod, work for JORDAN [entered twice], bolster, plate. [page 162]

CHILTON DAVIS May 7 through January 7 following year [no year cited]. Toe set, ox shod, shoes. [page 163]

ALLEN ELICHANDER [Could he have meant ALEXANDER?] Balance May 25 [no year] through Feburary following year. Work on wagon, swingle tree, shoes, work on wagon, tire set, one pair of rubbers. [page 164]

HENRY AND JOHN ROSS June 3 [no year] from page 162, through August same year. Entries include chain hooks, bolts, work for JORDAN, ring and staple and links, shoes, plate 1112 lbs. Bacon. [page 165]

HENRY AND JOHN ROSS September 4 through December 27^th [no year]. Entries forward include 1 pair houns [as spelled], axil, shoes, work on log cart, work on buggy, links, work on wagon, 3 ox yoke, tung iron. [page 166]

SAM McCORMAC June 20 forward from page 145. Entries through November 8^th [no year cited]. Shoe toes, honey, work on express, nails, wheel. [page 167]

DUMP SEXTON June 20^th forward through March 28 following year [no year cited]. Entries include horse collar, hauling, work on wagon, fodder 31 shocks, rings, work on front cage, February 8 one order ELISHA SEXTON, shoe toes. [page 168]

GEORGE HAMONS August 20^th through March 9^th following year. [no year cited]. Entries include swingle tree, irons, ruff lock, several ox shod, 1 turkey, 1 acil [as spelled], shoes, bolts, spokes. [page 169]

SAM SEATON [NOTE: SEATON is circled and CEATON is entered beside it - extractor is aware of the SEATON family in area.] September 25^th [no year] sharpen, 1 drill and maddic. [page 170]

SAMANTHA PRICHARD September 24 forward [no year cited]. Entries include gate hinges, shoe toes, bolts, 1 set hair teeth, 1 cutter stalk. [page 171]

DAVE RUCKER September 28 through January following year. [no year cited]. Entries include shoes, links, grab, 1 pair houns [as spelled], hames, strap, dubble [as spelled] trace, rubber bar, tung, ox shoes, 10 bu. Apples, 1 breast yoke, 1 ruck and bolster, wheel, double tree, shoe nails. [page 172]

BANFIELD BROS. Forward October 3^rd through March 10 following year [no year cited]. Entries include a poke of meal, a poke of flower [as spelled], shoes, shoes, hook link, ox nails, 1 ring. [page 173]

W. A. COLE October 16^th [no year cited] through April 29^th following year. Debits for shoes, ox shod, hook, link, ring, 2 meals by MURPHY, lock chain finger. [page 174]

HENRY AND JOHN ROSS December 31^st through March 23^rd [no year cited]. Work on wagon, bolts, staple, spokes,, links, tack chain, tungs. [page 175]

[Pages 176-179 blank and several missing]

LARKE GALLION for banking. December 31^st through March 6^th [no year]. Paid in lbs. Of coal totaling 1291. [page 180]

[Pages 181 through 186 missing]

JOHN MURPHY Board October 29^th through Janury 7^th [no year]. 1 meal counted for each entry or day. [page 187]

JASPER SEXTON December 14^th through January 25^th [no year cited]. Shows weeks worked and entries for coal, meat, flour, paper and coffee, sugar, and a card. [page 188]

ALL. GALLION November 1 [most dates torn and can not read]. Entries for poke of flour, 2bu. Meal, 2 bu. Potatoes, beans, work and rent, coffee. [page 189 loose in book]

[Pages missing - loose]

MILT STEWART Feb 1 and 3 days worked. [no year cited]. [Bottom of page torn off.] [page 193]

GEORGE McGLOTHLIN [no dates] Entries for wheel, 1 pair houns [as spelled], matic, work on pick. [page 194]

DOCK HEFORD $3.50 [written on lower portion of page.] [page 194]

Entries for price of horse shoes, spokes, bolts. August 25^th order to JOHNSON. Next entry same page is for October 3^rd, 1905 for 1 days work. [page 195]

The final page has page number torn off and is loose in book. It appears to be a list of people ordering sundry items. It is undated and undoubtedly torn from the ledger for another use. We have included it since it was from the original ledger. The folks of Garner and Long Branch, Boyd County, were smelling pretty good!

ED WOOLLENS Bayes

Heliatrope perfume [as spelled]

TRUDIE SEXTON --- powder

Maid of the Mist

Glycerine

CORA FANNIN Maid of Mist

----ponds

HENRY LUCAS Glycerine

TICE SEXTON [can't read]

---ponds

HENRY ROSS Glycerine

ED ROSS Glycerine

WILL RIFFE Florida ---

WILL STABLENTON Washing powder

MRS. JORDAN World Work Toilet

DENT LUCAS World Work Toilet

LINZEY SEXTON Bayes Rum

MARY KLAIBER Maid of Mist

KATE SEXTON Glycerine

MIRIAM SEXTON [can't read]

LADE KLAIBER Tooth picks

HOWARD LAMBERT Bayes Rum

MARTHA DOWDY [can't read]

ESIE STEWART Maid of Mist

H. P. SEXTON Maid of Mist

JOHN HARRIS Tar -----

VINT McCORMICK Bayes Rum

JOHN HARRIS Shaven soap

LADE KLAIBER Cold cream

END

05/13/2010

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