The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-09-01

Z feet wide and have two men to at
tend it.
The county was then divided into
school districts, nine in all. (This is
quite contrast to the districts Of the
present day, there now being 100 dis
tricts beside two graded schools, high
schools and colored schools.
School district No. l began at mouth
of Whites creek on Big Sandy and up
creek with county line to dividing
ridge between the waters of East Fork
and Big Sandy along the ridge to the
head OF Bear creek and down Bear
creek to its mouth.
i The privilege OF keeping a tavern
In their homes sas granted 60 Andrew
johnson and Lewis Reugsberry and
the following prices fixed upon their
/ wares:
For good whiskey or brandy 12hc
per half pint.
For good cider 12hc per quart.
For lodging per night 12kc.
For stable with rough food Csc.
For oats or corn per gallon, 12hc.
For pasturage "a hours 121kc.
II was then found necessary TO build
a Jail. the plans of which were to be
made by the court Those finally de-
cided upon provided that the Jail be
two stories high and eleven feet
square, built of good strong hume
timbers the logs to be ten inches
thick and twelve feet long. The low
4 er story was TO be made of double
timber and left one foot apart and
/ that space to be filled with stone. The
floor was to be of good oak stills, the
same size as the walls with the tim
beers shouldered and pinned to the stills
with two inch pins. The upper story
was to be of single timber with the
floor similar TO that Of the lower story
except that II was TO have trap door
three feet square, made of three inch
oak plank and hung with strong iron
hinges. The roof was to be the same
as the first floor, with joint shingles,
and had 10 be extended six feet be-
You'd the wall at the end where the
upper door was cut. Stairs on the
outside were 10 run up TO the plat
form at the door in the upper story
4 Also there were to be enough win
dows. Q inches square with iron CRATES,
to provide ample light for those in
side. And 1t is ordered that the said
commissioners attend to the letting
anu OululLB VI Sttiu jail as soon as
practicable and that the said COM
munity give the undertaken till next
November court to complete same, and
that said undertaken be paid one-half
the price thereof out OF the levy from
Floyd and Greenup counties as soon
as same is collected"
And thus 1t was that the county of
Lawrence was formed and first began
its duties as il county one hundred
years ago. The undertaken was what
We now call the contractor.
Additional Early History.
AS early as 1883 emigrants began to
come to the Big Sandy to settle, and
1t was in that year that the frst set
Element was made at the forks of
Sandy. Indians. were plentiful and
hostile and the early settlers made
forts by building their houses near
each other in the form of a square and
connecting them with high fences
The Indians were driven out in few
years, but 1t cost many lives Of white
people to do this.
: The Harmons, Auxiers and Dam
rons built blocRhouses at the mouth OF
Johns Creek and near Pikevilie. Near
Salyersville also was a white forth
5 fication.
In 1883, the year that a settlement
was attempted on the point opposite
Louisa, the Leslies settled at Pond
! Creek in Pike county, bat were driven
off by Indians. In 1891 they returned
and established themselves on Johns
: Creek. this being the first permanent
settlement in the valley. Then came
fhn
Millardsr Prestons, Hatchers, Borders
! etc.
one hundred years ago the he {
lived on bear meat, venison, wild tar
: key, and other game; wild honey, corr
4 meal ground on hand mills or grated
bear-fat was largely used instead oil
; lard. maple sugar and syrup was
plentiful. Hog meat and beef cams
later with flour and coffee
II Is a well established fact that
George Washington made SURVEY
y through here and tree that b,
marked stood on the John:
: place just south of Louisa until few
: years ago. The kentucky Historical
d Society has a record of it The surve,
was made in 1866 In his field notes
n Washington mentioned a burning
: spring bubbiing up out of the waite
at warfield. III
i The Name Louisa.
. In VIM. E. Connolley's book 9TH
4 Founding of Harmons Station" W
find the statement that .'the Louis
: River was named by DR.. Thomas Wal
i ker June 4, 1850. In the early day
Of the settlement OF the Big Sand
IL valley this stream was known alto
gether as the Louisa River. After
il ward the name was corrupted I
Levisa, 1t appears that the nam
IN Louisa once attached to the Who'll
h State of Kentucky. DIR. Walker CAV
IN the Big Sandy the name Louisa /
honor OF Louisa, the wife Of the Duk
IN of Cumberland. 1t is said. Louisa is
good old English name, coming dow
IL from more ancient people. and wa
a. in great favor with our ancestors
m The proper pronunciation Is Lou
" e-zah. There should be n penalty q
,e calling 1t Lou-i-zay.