The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-03-18
FAMILY HISTORY
OF BIG SANDIANS
WANTED BY NEWS

has been adopted by the Big Sandy
News and we are ready to publish the
history of Big Sandy families. Please
send II In according to plan outlined
in the letter of Mr.. Johnson. Where
requested we will not use the name of
the person sending us report. but We
want TO know the name OF each of the
authors Of the reports sent in;
NJ F, conley
Louisa, Ky.
Dear Sir:
Every time hear Of some old man
dying think of suggesting that the
Big Sandy News donate column each
week In which TO publish the names OF
the descendants OF the men who first
settled the Big Sandy Valley.
A great many old people know the
names of their ancestors and all of
their relatives from the original one
who settled in Kentucky down to the
present. When one wants to know
where some old man lived or get the
names OF his descendants he is fire.
quently told that If he had asked for
this information before some old man
in that neighborhood died, he could
have learned what he wanted to know.
Many people under forty years of age
remember so well what they have heard
their parents say that they can, tell
almost as much as their parents could
have told but when an old man dies
he always takes with him some infor-
nation which is not known or renem-
bered by anyone living and woman's
memory concerning such things is
generally better than mans.
SO many persons in the Sandy Valley
are related TO SO many families that
information concerning some of those
families would interest hundreds OF
people. All families probably have one
or more members who could and would
be glad to furnish such information.
One member of the family can often
give information which is not known
or remembered by other members and
which would be interesting TO them as
well as to outsiders.
A man who has no inclination TO
Furnish such information may conclude
to do 10 whep he sees that II Is being
done BY representatives of other fam
| lilies. or he may take the time to cor
rest mistake or give additional in
formation concerning his or his neigh
bors family.
The party who gives this informa-
ton should sign his name. and be re-
quested to not give Information which
some other member of the family
would not like to see published. Sorie
people would not care wl'at was pub
lished, while others would want some
things left out
In looking over land titles on the
heads of the Kentucky. Big sandy and
Licking Rivers for the past twenty
years | have learned that YOU can and
out who settled on all of the land and
that you can generally get an accurate
list of their children. | found some
old people who did not remember any
thing about their families. Somastnf
them could not give the names of, their,
brothers and sisters. Many of tlinm
could moi tell who their brothers and
sisters married. l found other parties
who knew the names OF the children
OF all the first settlers within ten
miles of them, found that women
have better recollection than mcE
The parties who furnish this infor-
nation should be requested to take
their time and not send 1t in the day
| II is written, but to wait two or three
weeks and talk II over with other per-
sons who may be able to correct 1t or
give additional Information, Each Nof
the fifty correspondents for the NEWS
would probably be glad TO furnish such
information concerning the principal
families in his neighborhood. This
information would not be uniform be-
cause II would be written by so many
persons 1t would be well TO request
them to give the name of the original
settler and his wife; tell when they
married; where they moved from;
when they came to the Sandy Valley;
at what places they livedS the year in
which some of the older ones we're
born and give the names of the de-
scendants down to the persons who are
now living When any of the living
ones are old. II would be well to give
the names of their children and tell
who they married, where they lived
OF any of these descendants moved
away, tell where they moved to; who
their descendants are and where they
llveD
This information would be nearly as
interesting to 80 per cent of your sub
scribers as 1t would be TO the descen-
dants and friends OF the families.
If this family history data had been
published by the Big Sandy News for
the past ten years, any one could have
found in II material for a good history
of the Sandy Valley.
II 1t should be published. the, fiscal
court probably would be justified in
kept in the vault of the County Clerks
office with the county records.
Very truly yours,
]. j. JOHNSON.