Could this be MY John M. Smith?

I was looking through the book, “Early Days in Danville” by Calvin Fackler and my heart skipped a beat when I found “John M. Smith” listed in the index.  Could this be MY John M. Smith? I copied 4 pages and I will transcribe it here.  There are LOTS of clues to follow up on [...]

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A Better Look at the Map

I had downloaded a digital version of the 1784 Filson map of Kentucky before, but it wasn’t a large enough file to be able to zoom in and read any of the words.  Today, I found a great digital file at http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/etas/3/ If I were to print the map at 100%, but would be about 7 [...]

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Thinking about John M. Smith’s date of birth

If I’m believing the information given in the Oscar Smith biography, John M. Smith was an early pioneer of Danville, Kentucky.  The wording in the biography – “the pioneer of the family in Kentucky” – made me think of researching the first settlers in Kentucky in nearby Fort Harrod, but maybe that’s not quite right. [...]

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1st Land Grants of (Current) Mercer County, Kentucky

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kymercer/grants.html – Also has a nice history of County Formations for the area. Smith Zachariah 400 Harrods Run 02-07-1780 1-9 1000 Harrods Run 05-29-1780 1-56 Zachariah had a brother named John…

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Harrodsburg Original Land Grants Map

This is on my computer desktop. I have no idea where I found this, although it HAD to be through a Google Books search because of the highlighted words.  I tried to find it again, but no luck…  Wish I could get rid of the highlights.

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THE hint

This is the hint that started my Danville quest.  From “The History of Kentucky” (written in 1922) page 437-438 found in Google Books. (My own additions in parentheses.) Oscar M. Smith has been a member of the Russellville bar for fourteen years, and during a large part of that time has occupied his present position [...]

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