https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/65570/archive/files/71133cdb34ed05c4e88d35eaba494b04.pdf?Expires=1792627200&Signature=lq%7EetxCnE88txm702AGHq%7EI6-3cp4NtomGd0bmqs2tF7ObqUhj-zWRqAZRjNV0bzKI-JTVC3zWD-TbGJCqKk%7ELYM-SYM5oLQuphbA6Uw%7EC1StClmHhb-mQ-rmPt7sXND7GQ5k2QFo0ZWvtP1virPkP6zVfUmqp1uYwSQbgrwmeLaIe6ZQayAAT8ob2Q8HOvCrO8fG0jkR7ZhbGdwMcY6vxzPKchbicjmngANrsJYz9GkgaKiWRdvXSCzFIbyJ-5cCuFaXL9CE3ddyxX2Q8r9ONt8VashyOW9pUi9sN51jeXj7HiZkV0zrvI4QHx8fMrDez0fE8Epy2sUu0UinGuJpA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM ef967fef0267d99a20a947fc6e76573a PDF Text Text BLUEGRASS ROOTS KGS • Founded 1973 Preserving • Sharing • Connecting SUMMER 2020 Seminar 2020 is going virtual (July - August - September) IN THIS ISSUE . . . KGS SEMINAR GOING VIRTUAL Page 1 A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Page 2 THANKS FOR LENDING A HAND! Salute to Project Volunteers Page 3 WE NEED YOU – How to Volunteer Page 4 NEWS & EVENTS Page 5 SEMINAR 2020 FLYER! Page 6 QUERIES Page 7 HOW THE SHELBY COUNTY TAX LISTS REWROTE MY GOTT GENEALOGY by Dann Norton Page 8 GALLERY Page 16 TWO WAYS TO LEAVE A GENEALOGICAL LEGACY Page 17 BOOK REVIEWS Page 18 A RESEARCH CHECKLIST Page 19 Stay updated on KGS news and events on Facebook! After full-house audiences from most states and several other countries registered for the first two KGS webinars, the message was clear: Researchers appreciate virtual learning. That message, plus the unpredictability of COVID-19, brings about a major change in this year’s KGS Annual Seminar. Instead of the typical in-person, all-day event, Seminar 2020 will offer “Discovering Your Bluegrass Roots in Kentucky,” an innovative series of eight webinars presented live throughout August. This carefully curated genealogical series will feature a diverse group of leading genealogical experts, each one offering key insights on researching Kentucky ancestors. All lectures will be recorded and accessible to registered participants to view ondemand at the conclusion of the series. For genealogical researchers, Kentucky is important because it was a gateway for a large percentage of the U.S. population that settled in and migrated through the commonwealth. As a result, a large percentage of the U.S. population likely has at least one ancestor linked to Kentucky. KGS offers this virtual series for $30. Members, see the online registration form for a discount code to save $10. If you know researchers who are not members, encourage them to join before registering so they can save on this unique webinar series. KGS President Christopher Padgett calls the virtual seminar an important step for KGS. “COVID-19 pushed KGS to speed up our timeline for offering virtual programming. This is a tremendous service to people who have Kentucky ancestors but live too far away to attend in-person 2nd Saturday Genealogy and seminar programs,” he said in a message to Bluegrass Roots. “We miss seeing and talking with researchers who come to those programs, but feedback tells us that online programming is meeting a real need. The board is looking at ways to offer both in-person and virtual services in the future.” “Discovering Your Bluegrass Roots in Kentucky” Eight sessions online throughout the month of August. See the seminar flyer on Page 6. Please print and share it. �BLUEGRASS ROOTS President’s Letter A century ago, the world was in the grip of a flu pandemic. As we cope with today’s COVID-19 pandemic, we genealogists can’t help but look for family connections between then and now. The photo below, taken near the end of 1919, includes my grandfather’s first cousin, Sr. Mary Evelyn “Patrice” Padgett. She was one of many Catholic nuns drafted to be nurses during the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1919. Nuns from several religious orders served full time tending soldiers at Camp Zachary Taylor in Louisville. Several nuns caught the virus and died. The world learned a lot from the 1919 pandemic, and much of what was learned came from diaries written by people who survived the disease and from people who were fortunate not to be infected. Are you keeping a journal of your COVID-19 pandemic experiences? Imagine how much your descendants would love to read your own words about this time. So would many others! Libraries, museums, and historical societies throughout the world are gathering pandemic journals. These journals are not literature; they are thoughts shared by people such as you and I. Historians advise us to just write! – describing how we feel about and fit into what is happening right now. You’ll find pandemic journaling ideas and projects online from the Smithsonian Magazine, Connecticut College, National Women’s History Page 2 Museum, and many other sources. Several repositories in Kentucky are asking for copies of pandemic journals, diaries, images, recordings, and stories. These are two of many: • The Filson Historical Society in Louisville • University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center in Lexington Other options: Consider contacting a library or historical society in your geographic area or post it free to the Memories feature on familysearch.org. Imagine my surprise a few years ago when the archivist at the Ursuline sisters of Mount Saint Joseph in Maple Mount, Daviess County, Kentucky, sent me a copy of Sr. Patrice's diary. It included her perspectives and valuable family history, including the names, birth and death dates, and burial locations of family unknown to others as they preceded Kentucky birth and death records. We are living in historic times. What you write down today could help a researcher in the future. Christopher Padgett President, KGS �BLUEGRASS ROOTS PAGE 3 KGS applauds indexing volunteers, opens a new indexing project, and launches Digitization Grants 2020 application cycle – Thanks to volunteers, the first eight years of Bluegrass Roots are now indexed. They will be available online when all indexes are completed. These volunteers completed indexing of issues published in 1974 through 1982: • Barb LaFara * – Cape Coral, Florida • Brenda Hume * – Lawrenceburg, Kentucky • Everett J. Lehman * – Villa Hills, Kentucky • Rosemary McFarland * – Mt. Eden, Kentucky; KGS board member and indexing coordinator • Jackie Menasco * – Peoria, Arizona • Sherry Smith * – Frankfort, Kentucky – who singlehandedly indexed all of the 1979 issues. Thank you! • Sheryl Smith * – Cape Girardeau, Missouri These volunteers have signed on to help index issues published after 1982: • Sarah Baston * – Georgetown, Kentucky • Judy Carter * – Flatwood, Kentucky • Nancy Emison • Kathy Keyser – Ashland, Kentucky • Diana Kimball * – Lexington, Kentucky • Elaine Kuhn * – Edgewood, Kentucky • Jerald Jones * – Russellville, Ohio • Dave McCane * – Winchester, Kentucky • Sammie Mendenhall * – Sequim, Washington • Caroline Redding – Grove City, Ohio • Richard Reis * – Frankfort, Kentucky • Larry Trivette * – Lexington, Kentucky * Members of Kentucky Genealogical Society Want to help? No indexing experience is required – just helping in your spare time, in your own home, using online indexing software. To add your name to the Indexing Project volunteers roster, send email to rmcfarla@hughes.net. Needed: Volunteers to index ‘Lost’ Lewis County Order Book B (1812-1821) Thanks to KGS member David McCane and the Lewis County Historical Society, KGS has images of this entire order book, the second in the county’s history and long thought to have been destroyed. The images – almost 550 of them – are now available to members on the KGS website. To help index this important record, please send a note to rmcfarla@hughes.net and ask to have your name added to the indexers list. New KGS Digitization Grants cycle will open August 1 This year’s KGS Digitization Grants program will accept applications from August 1 through November 1. This program awards up to $5,000 to support nonprofits in digitizing Kentucky historical and genealogical records. Watch for details coming soon to https:// kygs.org/cpage.php?pt=77. Cynthia Maharrey, a KGS board member who lives in Yulee, Florida, will chair this year’s applications review committee. Most KGS volunteers support KGS programs and services via the Internet from their own homes – a perfect situation during pandemic concerns and for people who live far beyond Kentucky’s borders. 1. 2. 3. On the next page, read about the standing KGS committees and the work they do. Decide which of those committees is the best fit for your interests and talents. Offer your help by sending an email to the chair of your chosen committee, or . . . Go to kygs.org and click on the “Volunteer Online” tab. KGS can serve genealogists only when genealogists serve KGS. Please consider volunteering. Bluegrass Roots – Summer 2020 • © Kentucky Genealogical Society, PO Box 153, Frankfort, KY 40602 • www.kygs.org �BLUEGRASS ROOTS PAGE 4 We need you! Please become a volunteer in your genealogical society Committees are the lifeblood of our volunteer organization, and each committee chair needs an active group of volunteers willing to help. Please review this list of committees and choose one that interests you. Send email to the committee chair or go to kygs.org and click on “Help Wanted.” Finance Committee: Prepares the budget; arranges an annual audit for presentation at the annual meeting; determines new sources of income for KGS. Skills needed: Do you have a budget, finance, tax, audit, metrics, or analytics background? Chair: Brenda Hume – finance@kygs.org Grant Committee: Considers, evaluates, and selects the recipient of the digitization grant. Skills needed: Do you have experience evaluating grants or have a passion for seeing rare record sets get digitized for researchers? Chair: Cynthia Maharrey – grant@kygs.org Membership Committee: Prepares and implements a plan for soliciting new members and encouraging renewals. Skills needed: Do you have experience with promotion to help grow the membership? Chair: Rosemary McFarland – membership@kygs.org Program Committee: Plans/organizes/arranges all KGS programs (for example, 2nd Saturday Genealogy events). Skills needed: Do you have organization skills? Are you willing to help bring innovative programs to KGS members and others? Chair: Jodi Roessler – program@kygs.org Projects Committee: Initiates and conducts all projects approved by the KGS board. Skills needed: Do you have experience or an interest in digitizing or indexing Kentucky records for members to access? Chair: Rosemary McFarland – projects@kygs.org Communications, Publications, and Publicity Committees: Informs members and the general public about KGS programs and events through periodical publications, social media, the KGS website, media releases, and other formats. • Bluegrass Roots: Writes, edits, designs, and publishes the KGS quarterly, Bluegrass Roots. Skills needed: Do you enjoy writing, editing, taking photos, designing, or formatting digital publications? Editor: Fran Salyers – publications@kygs.org • Newsletter: Develops and distributes the monthly KGS electronic newsletter. Skills needed: Do you enjoy writing or editing short articles and announcements, taking photographs, or formatting electronic newsletters? Editor: Jodi Roessler – program@kygs.org • Social Media Committee: Manages the content of the KGS Facebook page. Skills needed: Do you have experience communicating information via an organization’s Facebook page? Chair: Cynthia Maharrey – social@kygs.org • Webmaster: Manages the content of the KGS website. Skills needed: Do you have experience planning, writing, or designing an organization’s website? Chair: Johnna Waldon – webmaster@kygs.org • Publicity: Informs members and others about KGS programs and services. Skills needed: Do you enjoy promoting events, projects, and activities to the public and the media? Chair: Fran Salyers – publications@kygs.org Seminar: Organizes the annual KGS Seminar usually scheduled for the first Saturday in August. Skills needed: Do you have a willingness to help organize and bring to life this popular event? Co-Chairs: Christopher Padgett and Terry Smith – president@kygs.org. Technology Committee: The Technology Committee shall be responsible for keeping the organization abreast of advancements in technology and the benefits of that technology to the society and its members. Skills needed: Do you have experience managing websites, technology, webinars, videos, software, or new media? Chair: Jo Olson – technology@kygs.org By-Laws Committee: The Bylaws Committee considers amendments to the bylaws. Skills needed: Do you have legal, governance, contract, or compliance experience? Chair: Open (KGS seeks a member with a legal background to lead this committee.) president@kygs.org Bluegrass Roots – Summer 2020 • © Kentucky Genealogical Society, PO Box 153, Frankfort, KY 40602 • www.kygs.org �BLUEGRASS ROOTS PAGE 5 News & Events! Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, every time we add an event to this list, we learn the event has either been canceled, postponed, or reset to a virtual format. Please check the Kentucky Genealogical Society website’s “Other Events” page for information about scheduled events. Items added to that page can easily be updated or removed if planners cancel or postpone. Please always confirm before traveling to any event. Research Checklist During the Q&A following the first KGS webinar on May 16, a participant asked how to develop a research checklists. Soon after the webinar ended, KGS member Betty Darnell submitted to Bluegrass Roots a chart she developed to help her keep track of her own research – what she had already found and what she wanted to find or investigate. She kindly offers that chart to anyone who might find it helpful. Readers are welcome to print it. It’s on Page 18. Thank You, KAPG The Kentucky Association of Professional Genealogists recently disbanded and, in the process, donated $380 to KGS. That generous donation will be put to work in that organization’s honor to support KGS programs and services. German Records in Kentucky Churches The compilers of the German Immigrants in American Church Records series are now searching Kentucky churches for records of German immigrants. Their search includes all church denominations, and the focus is on finding and publishing records that have not already been microfilmed or digitized. The series will eventually cover all 50 states, and the team expects to be in Kentucky through the rest of 2020 and into 2021 if possible. If you know of a church that has such records, please notify Dr. Roger P. Minert at rogerpminert@gmail.com KGS Seminar and 2nd Saturday Events Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, traditionally in-person KGS programs will be offered online for the foreseeable future. No matter where you live, you can attend these programs on your computer or mobile device. July 11 at noon EDT: Deborah A. Abbott, PhD. – Tracing a Kentucky Family From Freedom to Slavery: A Case Study. Program details and a registration link August: KGS Seminar 2020 – Discovering Your Bluegrass Roots in Kentucky; seven lectures plus on panel discussion on busting brick walls, each on a different date in August. See Pages 1 and 6 in this issue or kygs.org. September: Watch for announcements on the website and the KGS Facebook page. For additional KGS events, check the website and follow KGS on Facebook and Twitter. Bluegrass Roots is a publication of the Kentucky Genealogical Society, PO Box 153, Frankfort, KY 40602. Editor: Fran Salyers Submit comments, queries, manuscripts, suggestions, or questions to publications@kygs.org. ________________ The Kentucky Genealogical Society expressly prohibits any claim of endorsement by the Society without prior written approval by the KGS Board of Directors. Entities claiming such endorsement without said approval may be subject to legal action. All materials appearing in this publication are copyrighted to KGS and/or the authors of submitted articles. While KGS strives for accuracy in all content published herein, KGS does not accept responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, completeness, legality, or reliability of submitted materials or for results obtained from the use of submitted information. Bluegrass Roots – Summer 2020 • © Kentucky Genealogical Society, PO Box 153, Frankfort, KY 40602 • www.kygs.org �Kentucky Genealogical Society Seminar 2020 Discovering Your Bluegrass Roots in Kentucky Eight sessions presented online during August Dates, Times (EDT), Presenters, Topics Aug. 8 – Noon – Peggy Lauritzen, Tracing Your Kentucky Roots Aug. 12 – 7 p.m. – Dave Schroeder, Researching at the County and Local Level in Kentucky Aug. 13 – 7 p.m. – Katherine R. Wilson, Using Maps in Genealogy Aug. 17 – 7 p.m. – Kentucky Genealogy Brick Wall Brainstorm Aug. 20 – 7 p.m. – Melissa Barker, 10 Things a Genealogist Should Do Before Leaving a Library or Archive in Kentucky Aug. 22 – 1 p.m. – Steward Traiman, LGBTQ Genealogy Aug. 27 – 7 p.m. – Cynthia Maharrey, Discovering African Americans in Kentucky Records Prior to 1870 Aug. 29 – 1 p.m. – Alec Ferretti, Strategies to Analyze Endogamous DNA Peggy Lauritzen Stewart Traiman Dave Schroeder Katherine R. Wilson Cynthia Maharrey Melissa Barker Alec Ferretti $30 registration fee. Members save $10 with Discount Code MEMBERS2020. Get details at kygs.org, or go straight to registration at To register, go to the Kentucky Genealogical Society website or straight to the registration form. https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8116431416866053136 �BLUEGRASS ROOTS PAGE 7 Queries ROYS Who were the parents of Courtney Jane ROYS born in Kentucky about 1830? She was married to William Henry Harrison GILLETT in 1849. They lived in Maysville in 1850-1860 Tamara Estes tjestes2@gmail.com SURRIDGE I have a dilapidated family Bible owned by Richard James SURRIDGE (1814) who married (1840) Mary Ann SURRIDGE (1822). Both were from southeast England. The Bible lists their 13 children with dates of birth and death and where interred. All 13 were buried in south London. The Bible was inherited by the third-born child, William (1844-1912), whose marriage and four children were similarly recorded. William and his wife Charlotte are buried in south London. I have found MyHeritage data on William which lacks most of the original information I have on hand. According to this data, William was born in Kentucky! It lists the maiden name of his mother Mary Ann (1822) as Kenfield and says the first of her 13 children, Mary Ann (1841) married a SELVES. I think the MyHeritage data was posted by a descendant of Mary Ann Selves, and I wonder if their information is correct. The second-born child, Judith, died in February 1844 at the age of 13 months and was buried in Sydenham Church in southeast London. I can’t see how William could have been born just 11 weeks later in Kentucky. The next child, Elizabeth (1846) was also buried in England in 1860. Can any Kentucky SURRIDGE or SELVES researchers throw light on when and for how long Richard and Mary SURRIDGE were in America? Mike Lewis mikelewis60@aol.com PARRISH Seeking information on my great-grandfather, John Thomas PARRISH. born March 1871 in Calloway County, Kentucky; died in March 1954 in Mississippi County, Missouri. My question: Who was his mother? Family lore is that John’s mother died when he was young. John's father, Wiley Addison “Add" PARRISH, was married twice. His first wife Lucy BARNETT (?) died. I can not find Lucy or Add in any 1870 U.S. Census. I’m not sure when she died or where. Add's second wife, Edny (a.k.a. Eva) DOWDY, was born in Williamson County, Tennessee. She appears in the 1880 census married to Add PARRISH in Johnson County, Illinois. I can find only the U.S. International Certificates on them, and there are no dates at all. John’s death certificate lists Edney, the second wife, as his mother. Because I can’t find marriage or death dates for Lucy or a marriage date for Add and Edny, I can’t be sure which wife was the mother. Any information on John’s parents would be immensely helpful. Terry Smith snicker21.ts@gmail.com LEEPER Who was the brother of James LEEPER, killed December 1780 on Wilderness Road at Cumberland Gap. A brother of James escaped. North Carolina Land Grant records for 1784 say three heirs of James each received a grant of 640 acres of land because of James’s service to the country. I have no information about the location of that land. Georgina Davis inerlite@sisna.com Bluegrass Roots – Summer 2020 • © Kentucky Genealogical Society, PO Box 153, Frankfort, KY 40602 • www.kygs.org �BLUEGRASS BLUEGRASSROOTS ROOTS 88 PAGE PAGE The Shelby County, Kentucky Tax Lists Rewrote My Gott Genealogy By Dann Norton Editor’s Note: While Mr. Norton’s focus is on his Gott family, his article could be considered a learner’s guide for using tax lists to identify and prove relationships in any family’s genealogical research. When I started genealogy research in 1983, at the age of 13, I was blessed to have several long-time researchers as pen pals. All my original research was conducted through letters to these friends—most now passed on—and to courthouses. With the advent of the internet, correspondence became quicker. Today, Familysearch.org and Ancestry.com can make locating hard-to-get records as simple as opening up your laptop. There are records that previous researchers never saw and maybe did not know existed. These records provide evidence of a different story for the Gott genealogy. The accepted genealogy—at least the one you see most often online—is that Richard Gott b. 1734 in Maryland, and his brother, Robert Gott b. 1745, lived in Orange County, NC. Richard was married to Margaret Weems and had several children: Martha Gott Doyle, Sutton Gott, John D. Gott, Hannah Gott Reese, Richard Gott, Mary Gott Squires, Jonathan S. Gott, Elizabeth Gott Reese, and Peter Gott.1 But there are problems. No records give us any indication of Richard Gott’s age, so his birth year is a guess. The Richard and Margaret Gott who sold land to a Weems did so in 1772 in Maryland,2 and Richard Gott was already in North Carolina at that time, so Margaret may not be his wife’s name at all. The Richard Gott born about 1734 is likely the same Richard listed in 1767 in Gunpowder Manor, Dorchester County3 when Richard should be in North Carolina, so 1734 might not be his birthdate. Robert’s story is a true mess. A separate article is necessary to present the problems and make corrections to his biography. Most online trees mix up Robert’s grandchildren with his children. Robert’s first wife is unknown. His children by her were born between 1765 and 1799. After he moved to Shelby County, Kentucky, Robert married a widow, Lydia Nichols, and had four more children: William Nichols Gott, Wilson M. Gott, Sarah Gott Maddox Scott, and Dann B. Gott.4 Also, he had a step-daughter: Mary Ellender “Polly” Nichols Hall.4 That Richard and Robert of Orange County, North Carolina moved to Shelby County, Kentucky has never been disputed. We see the connections from other Orange County names who are neighbors in Kentucky—the Doyles and Stubbins families specifically. The Shelby County tax lists are preserved and available on microfilm. My initial research conducted in the early 2000s used the films available at the Willard Library, Evansville, IN. Familysearch.org has digitized these films, and they can now be accessed online with a free account. Six microfilm reels cover the years 1792 through 1875. Lists for 1792 through 1815 (with a few years missing) is film No. 7834508; 1816-1829 is film No. 7834509. By 1830, all of the Gotts had moved out of Shelby County, but lists for 1830 and beyond can be found on films Nos. 8140981, 8539494, and 8188402. The film No. 8516104 for 1868-1875 has not yet been digitized. Tax lists are important but often overlooked records. The earliest tax lists for Kentucky followed the Virginia format. The head of household is named, with tallies for white males over 21, white males 16-21, blacks of specific ages, and livestock. Between Bluegrass Roots – Summer 2020 • © Kentucky Genealogical Society, PO Box 153, Frankfort, KY 40602 • www.kygs.org �BLUEGRASS ROOTS Bluegrass Roots the years of the decennial federal census, tax lists can often help to verify whose household a recently married man came from. That is the process used for this report. Additionally, if someone disappears from a tax list, he may have died or moved away. Often a list will show the “estate” of a person being taxed which can confirm the death. When using tax lists, it is important to know what information was being sought. Up to 1808, Kentucky lists show males age 16-21, but not after 1811. The 1822 tax list asked for children of school age—including females. Sometimes tidbits of information included in the name, like “of Richard” can determine parentage. Land was taxed, and the lists show if a man owned land in the county of record or in other counties and who first held the patent for that land, which could show descent through ownership. Familysearch.org has digitized most, if not all, tax lists for Kentucky, and they can be viewed with a free account. The first Gott to appear in Shelby County, Kentucky, is Sutton Gott in 1799 with one male over 21 (himself) and 2 horses.5 This indicates that Sutton was born before 1778. Most genealogies put his birth at 1764. Sutton is found in Henry County, Kentucky after 1799.6 Henry County was formed from Shelby County in 1798.7 Also in 1799, Samuel Doyel, Sr, Farmer Doyel, Samuel Jr., and Thomas Doyel are listed on page 6.8 By 1800, Gregory Doyel had joined the group.9 Martha Gott married Gregory Doyle in 1785, in Orange County, North Carolina.10 PAGEPAGE 9 9 1800 Tax list, Page 7, lines 6-8 show the three Gotts listed.11 • April 29 – Richard Gott — no land — one over 21, one 16-21, two horses; Robert Gott— one over 21, two 16-21, three horses • April 30 – Richard Gott, Jr. — one over 21 All the 1800 tax list indicates is that there were three adult male Gotts with households. We can figure out that Richard Gott, Jr. is obviously of a younger generation. This then indicates that the supposed brothers, Richard and Robert, are there together: Richard has one male, likely a son, age 16-21; Robert has two males 16-21. Richard Jr. could be the son of either man because in early records “junior” only means “younger,” not necessarily “son of.” This Richard Jr. is the son of Robert.12 1801 Tax List, Page 8, lines 12-13.13 • Richard Gott — one over 21 • Robert Gott — two over 21, two 16-21, 4 horses What happened to Richard, Jr.? Or is this Richard the Junior and older Richard is missing? It really could be either. Richard, Jr. in 1800 has no horse, and this 1801 Richard has no horse. Based on the next year’s list, and knowing that John Gott (son of Richard) married Gracie Stubbins in January 180214 in Orange County, North Carolina, and then appears in Shelby County in April15— it must be that John and Richard returned to North Carolina in 1801, settled up accounts there, then returned to Kentucky. By 1802, all are back in Shelby County. Detail from the 1800 Shelby County, Kentucky Tax List, Page 7 Bluegrass Roots – Summer 2020 • © Kentucky Genealogical Society, PO Box 153, Frankfort, KY 40602 • �BLUEGRASS BLUEGRASSROOTS ROOTS 1802 Tax List 1, Page 916 • April 8 — line 6, Richard Gott, Sen—one over 21, one horse; line 7, John Gott, Jr.—one over 21, one horse • Apr 10 — line 9, John Gott, Sr.—one over 21, one horse • Apr 14 — line 13, Robert Gott–two over 21, one 16-21, two horses; line 14, Richard Gott, Jr. –one over 21, one horse There seems to be a nice grouping of families in this list. Richard Gott, Sr. with his son, called John Gott, Jr (because he is younger than another John Gott); Robert Gott with his son Richard, Jr. John Gott, Sr. is between the families, but with additional information,17 one can determine that he is the son of Robert Sr. Note that Richard Gott, Sr. has no other males in his household—at least none over 16 (born before 1786). If Richard Sr. had any sons left in his house, they would be tallied here. This is an important point when determining who his sons are and are not. In 1803, Robert Gott, Sr. shows himself over 21 with two males 16-21. The tax lists shows us that Robert Gott, Sr. is the only one left with younger males in his household. From 1803 through 1809, we will see a pattern of Gott men marrying and creating new households at the same time a male disappears from the home of Robert Gott, Sr. The logical conclusion is that he has sons who are coming of age (age 21) and setting up their own homes. One of those sons would be John Gott, who married Elizabeth Tucker on 25 March 1803 in Shelby County.18 10 10 PAGE PAGE • Apr 14 — p 8, line 10, Richard Gott Sen—one over 21 • Jun 14 — p 9, line 5, Robert Gott Sen—61a Fox Run—one over 21, two 16-21, three horses By 1803, the Gott men are starting to purchase land. Robert Gott, Sr. buys 61 acres on Fox Run. We see Richard Gott Sr, by himself. We see both John Gott (son of Robert Sr.) next to Richard Jr. (son of Robert Sr.). We see John “son of Richard” as well. This year, we see that Robert Sr. lost a male over 21 from the 1802 list, and a Robert Gott, Jr. appears as a new household on the list. Robert Gott Jr. married Rachel Cole on 12 October 1802.20 Based on his appearance in the tax list at the time when Robert Sr. loses a male, Robert Gott, Jr. must be the son of Robert Gott, Sr. Robert Gott, Jr. was born about 1781.21 Robert Gott Sr still has two males 16-21 in his home. 1804 Tax List 1, Pp 9-1122 May 1 — p 9, line 24, Jonathan Gott – one over 21, two horses May 7 — p 9, line 26 (last line), Robert Gott Sr. – 61a Fox Run – one over 21, one 16-21, three horses; p 10, line 1, Robert Gott Jr. — one over 21, two horses May 10 — p 10, line 2, John Gott—100a Christian Co, Little Riv. – two over 21, two horses Jul 11 — p 11, line 6, Richard Gott—one over 21, two horses; line, 7, John Gott—one over 21, two horses 1803 Tax List, pages 7-919 Life starts to move a little faster. We see the previous players from 1803, except for Richard Gott, Sr. Since Richard drops off the list in 1804, it is assumed he died about 1803. This is where all genealogies get the death date of 1803, Shelby County, Kentucky. Technically, we do not know he is dead, but it is a logical conclusion. There are no probate or deed records for Richard Gott, Sr. • Mar12 — p 7, line 28, Richard Gott Jun.—one over 21, two horses; line 29, John Gott — one over 21, two horses • Mar 17 — p 7, line 32 (last line), John Gott son of Richard — one over 21, one horse; p 8, line 1, Robert Gott Jr. – one over 21, one horse A Jonathon Gott appears, age over 21, and guess what! Robert Gott, Sr. loses a male in the 16-21 category. This would show us that Jonathan is 1) the son of Robert Gott Sr., 2) age 20 in 1803, but 3) age 21 in 1804. Jonathan was born then in 1783. Jonathan Gott married Maryann Brackett on 11 August 1803 in Bluegrass Roots – Summer 2020 • © Kentucky Genealogical Society, PO Box 153, Frankfort, KY 40602 • www.kygs.org �BLUEGRASS ROOTS Shelby County.23 Jonathan is 1) the son of Robert Gott Sr., 2) age 20 in 1803, but 3) age 21 in 1804. Jonathan was born then in 1783. Jonathan Gott married Maryann Brackett on 11 August 1803 in Shelby County. Jonathan has always been placed in the family of Richard Gott, Sr, probably because he moved to Warren County, Kentucky. If Jonathan were the son of Richard, Sr., he would be listed in Richard’s household in 1800, 1802, and 1803. Since he is not, and there are no records to support this parentage, the tax list is evidence that Robert Gott, Sr. is Jonathan’s father. A recap of the first families of Gotts in Shelby shows that there was a Richard Gott, Sr. who had a confirmed son, John, known as John of Richard or John, Jr. There was a Robert Gott, Sr. who had several sons, including Richard, Jr., John (of age by 1802), Robert, Jr. (of age by 1803), and Jonathan (of age by 1804). In 1804, Robert Gott, Sr. still has a male age 16-21, born between 1783 and 1788. In 1805, the details are basically the same.24 All the men are listed as over 21, heads of households. Robert Gott, Sr., still has one additional male age 16-21. (This narrows down the son’s age between 17 and 20 based on the age in 1804 and in 1805 – born between 1785 and 1788.) In 1806,25 Jonathan is gone. One John Gott owns 40 acres on Bull Skin in Shelby County. (This is John Gott, Jr., also known as John D. Gott, son of Richard, Sr.26) Richard, the other John, and Robert, Jr. are listed. Robert, Sr. is listed on page 8, line 1, with his 61 acres of land and no other males in his household. Right below him, line 2, is Peter Gott, head of household, but only 16-21. Peter Gott married Margarette McClemants on 9 December 1805 in Shelby County. Since he was underage, he would need his father’s consent, but no consent has been located. Based on Peter’s appearance on the tax lists in 1806, a few months after his marriage in December 1805, and knowing Robert Gott, Sr. had a son the right age in 1805, Peter must be Robert’s son. Peter is always shown as a son of Richard Gott, Sr.; however, Richard, Sr. has no males the right age in his PAGE 11 household in earlier tax records. As with Jonathan Gott, there are no records to support that parentage, but the tax lists are evidence that Peter is the son of Robert, Sr. Jonathan and Peter seem to move in tandem, first to Warren County, Kentucky, then eventually their families end up in Greene County, Missouri. By 1807, the Gott men are moving out of the county of Shelby. Peter is still listed, age 16-21; Robert (with no land) is next to Peter.27 On the next page is John Gott (no land)28, and further down the page is Robert Gott, Sr., with 61 acres of land and a new male age 16-21.29 Only one John is listed from 1807 on, and it would appear John Gott, Sr. (son of Robert Gott, Sr.) had moved away.30 In 1808, John Gott31 is listed several lines above Robert Gott, Sr. (61 acres) who has a male 16-21.32 Below Robert is Peter Gott, now 21, making his birth year about 1787; below Peter is Robert Gott, Junior.33 In 1809, the state of Kentucky did not ask for males age 16-21. Robert, Jr., Richard, Peter, and Robert, Sr. (with 68 acres) are listed as heads of household. 34 Further down is John Gott.35 There is no 1810 tax list for Shelby County, but that is the year of the federal census. The census gives us additional information about the families by including the females. The numbers below indicate males under 10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, and 45+; females under 10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, and 45+. Page 677, line 3 John D. Gott 30010—20010 Page 676, line 3 Richard Gott 21010—20010 Page 714, line 17 Robert Gott 30010—10010 Page 721, line 4 Robert Gott 30101—11101 Page 730, line 9 Peter Gott 20100—10100 Based on this information, Robert Gott, Sr is obviously the oldest man listed, age over 45. He has one male 16-26, which fits with the data in the tax records of 1808. This narrows that son’s birth year to between 1787 and 1792. Robert has females including his wife, Lydia, two older daughters, and then four children under 10, the children by Lydia. Based on Bluegrass Roots – Summer 2020 • © Kentucky Genealogical Society, PO Box 153, Frankfort, KY 40602 • www.kygs.org �BLUEGRASS ROOTS the tax lists, all the other men are his sons, except for John D. Gott. Peter, listed as 16-26, would be 23 based on the analysis of the tax records above. Adding additional support that Peter is the son of Robert, Sr., the census shows Peter living next to Powell Skelton, who married Hannah Gott on 28 May 1805.36 Hannah is the daughter of Robert, Sr. Next to Powell is Daniel Butler, who married Margaret Gott, another daughter of Robert, Sr.37 In 1811, the Shelby County tax list again asks for males 16-21, and Robert Gott, Sr has a male in that age bracket.38 Richard and Peter appear on page 14 of that list; Robert Jr. and Sr. are on page 15; and John is on page 16.39 In 1812, the only age bracket for white males is 21 and older, but this is the year Thomas Gott shows up on the tax lists as a 21-year-old landholder with 54 acres on Fox Run. Thomas is the next Gott male to arrive of age from Robert Senior’s household. From the records, it appears Thomas was the youngest son by Robert Senior’s unknown first wife. No new Gott households will appear until the year 1825, when William Nichols Gott comes of age. William N. Gott is the son of Robert Gott Sr and Lydia—if he is 21 in 1825, his birth year before 1804. John D. Gott last appears in Shelby County in 1819.40 He moves to Warren County, Kentucky.41 Richard Gott’s last appearance is in 1824.42 He is located in Marion County, Indiana on the 1830 U.S. census.43 The year 1827 is Thomas Gott’s last tax record in Shelby,44 and he moves to Montgomery County, Indiana. William N.45 and Robert Jr. remain until 1828,46 but both move to Montgomery County, Indiana, as well. Robert Gott, Sr. is the only one left in tax lists in 1829.47 An 1824 deed between Robert and Lydia to their son Dann B. Gott recites that Dann was to get the land as long as he took care of his parents.48 Another deed shows Robert and Lydia, and Dann and his wife, Eliza Jane (nee Hannah) Gott, selling that land in 183049 and moving to Montgomery County, Indiana. They are not listed on the 1830 tax list. Robert Gott, Sr.’s last appearance was in 1829, page 33, line 30–the last line on the page.50 Robert and Richard Gott may have been brothers. This has not been fully proved. There are no records to give PAGE 12 an indication of Richard’s age. Another possibility could be that Richard, Sr. was Robert, Sr.’s father, and he had younger children by an unknown wife. There are no known marriage records for Richard Gott. We do know that Richard had children of comparable age to Robert’s children, and some of them had the same names. There were two Richards in the children’s generation, two Johns, two Hannahs, and two Elizabeths. Richard Gott, Sr. had at least those children, but finding evidence that Peter and Jonathan S. Gott are sons of Robert Gott, Sr., and not of Richard Gott, Sr. calls every one of his assumed children into question. Could Sutton Gott be the son of Robert Gott, Sr. as well? Even if he is Richard, Sr.’s son, is he Robert, Sr.’s half-brother or nephew? No one has yet provided records to prove the kinship of Sutton to the rest of the family. So, it is now the duty of responsible genealogists to ask: “What records prove my Gott pedigree?” Many will be surprised that the top branches are built on guesswork, not facts. What should hold greater credence?: an unsourced genealogy passed down by researchers from decades ago, or actual records, like these tax lists, that have been analyzed, perhaps, for the very first time. Records are Amazing Things! The children of Robert Gott, Sr. can be proven with records. Since there were people in the next generation with the same name, we can pinpoint some of Richard’s children by default: Richard Gott (c. 1821 Orange Co, NC), John D. Gott, Hannah Gott Reese, and Elizabeth Gott Reese. If some of the children of Richard were misattributed to his family, others could be also. There are (as yet) no conclusive records to link Martha Gott Doyle, Sutton Gott, or Mary Gott Squires to Richard, Sr. or to Robert Sr. Records do connect children to Robert, Sr., and those records change the accepted online genealogies. There are gaps in the birth years where more children could fit. Robert’s confirmed children, with the evidence for their parentage, are in the chart below. For more research on the Gott family, visit the author’s blog at www.dannmnortongenealogy.wordpress.com. Bluegrass Roots – Summer 2020 • © Kentucky Genealogical Society, PO Box 153, Frankfort, KY 40602 • www.kygs.org �BLUEGRASS ROOTS PAGE 13 James Skelton biography. Beckwith, H.W., History of Montgomery County, Indiana, 1881, p. 419. http:// genealogytrails.com/ind/montgomery/scott-twp-bios.htm Endnotes 1 From a family group sheet by researcher Mary K. Pierson (1922-2006); this is the family most often shared online. 2 Text of the deed can be found at Maryland Online Archives. At the link http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000726/html/am726--304.html. Nothing in this deeds suggests Margaret is a Weems, but this is the record referenced for that conclusion. 3 Gaius M. Brumbaugh. Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, County, and Church, Vol. II, page 43, listing 100 acres of Gunpowder Manor, leased to Robert Gott on 2 Mar, 1737, now in the possession of Mary Gudgeons (Robert’s widow, remarried to Thomas Gudgeons), for the lives of Richard (age 31) and Elizabeth (age 42) in 1767. 4 Bainbridge Hall married Polly Ellender Nichols “step-daughter of Robt Gott Sr” on 8 Oct 1806, Shelby County, Kentucky. Marriage Bond linked at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89S9-RFTY?i=668&cc=1804888&cat=192528. 5 Shelby County, Ky., 1799 Tax List 2, p 8, line 14: Got, Sutton. (Sign in to familysearch.org to access the document via the link.) 6 Sutton Gott is listed in Henry County, Ky., 1800 Tax list, p 9, line 10, through 1808 Tax List 2, p 4, line 5. By 1810, he was on the Warren County, Kentucky census records. 7 “Henry County, Kentucky.” wikipedia.com. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_County,_Kentucky 8 Shelby County, Ky., 1799 Tax List 2, p 6. Bluegrass Roots – Summer 2020 • © Kentucky Genealogical Society, PO Box 153, Frankfort, KY 40602 • www.kygs.org �BLUEGRASS ROOTS 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 PAGE 14 Shelby County, Ky., 1800 Tax List 1, p5, line 9. Gregory Doyle to Martha Gott, bond dated 19 Oct, 1785. Link at Familysearch.org: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZ9-NC3S?i=656. Shelby County, Ky., 1800 Tax List 1, p 7, lines 6-8. DNA matches between for the author’s father are high enough to confirm a sibling relationship between Thomas Gott (1790-1860) and Richard Gott, Jr. Another Richard Gott, of comparable age, remained in Orange Co, NC. He married Catey Gill and died in 1821. He lived near the Freshwater family, who purchased the land of Richard Sr. (See Orange Co. Deed Book 8, p 133). This proximity suggests Richard of Orange Co. was the son of Richard Sr. Shelby Co, Ky., Tax List 1801 List 1, page 8, lines 12-13. John Gott to Gracie Stubbins, 2 Jan 1802, Orange County, N.C., link at familysearch.org: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZ9-NQZR?i=1486 Shelby Co, Ky., Tax 1802 Tax List 1, page 9. Ibid. John Gott, who married Elizabeth Tucker, later moved to Darke County, Ohio. He applied for pension off his father’s Revolutionary War service, naming Robert Gott as his father. See http://revwarapps.org/r4150.pdf. "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F47W-MM8: 11 February 2018), John Gott and Elizabeth Tucker, 25 Mar 1803; citing Shelby, Kentucky, reference; FHL microfilm 259,273. Shelby County, Ky., 1803 Tax List 1, pp 7-9. “Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89S9-R6TV?cc=1804888&wc=QD3Q-WXS%3A1300334232 : 17 May 2018), 005552474 > image 315 of 537; citing various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky. The birth year for Robert Gott (Jr) taken from his age in U.S. Census, Brown Tp, Mongtomery Co, Indiana, p 1064, dwelling 821, family 851. Familysearch.org link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-67K9-6X4?cc=1401638 Shelby County, Ky., 1804 Tax List 1, pp 9-11. "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89S9-R6P5?cc=1804888&wc=QD3Q-WXS%3A1300334232 : 17 May 2018), 005552474 > image 306 of 537; citing various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky. Shelby County, Ky., 1805 Tax List 1, p 8 (lines 1, 9, 20, 26, 27) and p 9 line 7. Be aware of similar names like Goe, Gooch, Gothia, and Gie. Shelby County, Ky., 1806 Tax List 1, p 7 (lines 14, 17), 8 (lines 1, 2, 3, and 12). Shelby County, Ky., Deed Book S, p 364, John D. Gott and Gracey, his wife, of Warren County, Kentucky, sell 40 acres on Bull Skin to Sam M. White, 25 Feb 1822. Shelby County, Ky., 1807 Tax List 1, p 8, lines 18-29. Shelby County, Shelby County, See note 17. Shelby County, Shelby County, Ky., 1807 Tax List 1, p 9, line 3. Ky., 1807 Tax List 1, p 9, line 19. Ky., 1808 Tax List 1, p 9, line 17. Ky., 1808 Tax List 1, p 9, line 29. Shelby County, Ky., 1808 Tax List 1, p 9, lines 30-31. Shelby County, Ky., 1809 Tax List 1, p 5. Ibid. The marriage bond for Powell Skelton to Miss Hannah Gott “the daughter of Rob Gott.” Familysearch.org link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9S9-RNTX?i=396&cc=1804888&cat=192528 Daniel Butler to Margaret Gott, 1 Mar 1810; marriage consent dated 28 Feb 1810 signed by Robert Gott Sen. Familysearch.org link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8937-KY5J?i=823&cc=1804888. Shelby County, Ky., 1811 Tax List 1, p 15, line 37. Shelby County, Ky., 1811 Tax List 1, pp 14-16. Shelby County, Ky., 1819 Tax List 1, p 29, line 14. See note 26. Shelby County, Ky., 1824 Tax List 1, p 30, line 11. Bluegrass Roots – Summer 2020 • © Kentucky Genealogical Society, PO Box 153, Frankfort, KY 40602 • www.kygs.org �BLUEGRASS ROOTS 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 PAGE 15 Richard Gott is actually enumerated twice in the 1830 Marion County, IN, census, once in Center Township and again in Marion Township. The census data is not exact but certainly represents the same household. Shelby County, Ky., 1827 Tax List 1, p 32, line 10; listed below Robert (Sr) and William N. Gott. Shelby County, Ky., 1828 Tax List 1, p 28, entry 23. Shelby County, Ky., 1828 Tax List 1, p 29, line 12, listed as “Gate, Robert” with 91 acres of land on Clear Creek, and two males over 21, indicating that his sons were coming of age. Shelby County, Ky., 1829 Tax List 1, p 33, line 30—last line of the page. Shelby County, Ky., Deed Book U-1, 1824-1826,p 19. Available on Familysearch Film No. 007897709, image 275 of 770. Shelby County, Ky., Deed Book Y-1, 1829-1831, pp 327-28. Available on Familysearch.org Film No. 008141845, image 184 of 548. Shelby County, Ky., 1829 Tax list, p 33, line 30. ********************************************************************** About the Author: Dann Norton is a genealogist from Vincennes, Indiana, where he lives with his wife, Amy, and son, Paschal. He teaches high school English across the Wabash in Lawrenceville, Illinois, where he has been employed for the last 25 years. He started family history research as a school project at Rushville, Illinois, when he was 14 and has continued for 35 years. On his blog he states, "Everything I ever needed to know, I learned from genealogy." It is no surprise then that he guides his students through the research process to write their own family histories. Dann writes articles in newsletters and journals across the country and last year, as part of an Illinois Bicentennial Project for the Lawrence County (IL) Historical Society, he penned the play “The Hanging: The Saga of Betsey Reed," about the only woman hanged in Illinois. He also publishes a blog at https://dannmnortongenealogy.wordpress.com/. Bluegrass Roots – Summer 2020 • © Kentucky Genealogical Society, PO Box 153, Frankfort, KY 40602 • www.kygs.org �BLUEGRASS ROOTS PAGE 16 Gallery Unidentified Family Submitted by Tom Zumwalt of Lexington, Kentucky It’s every genealogist’s frustration: Finding in a family album a beautiful photo of people who are probably kin to you – but finding no information that identifies those people or even where or when the photo was taken. To save your descendants from such a fate, take action now! Organize your ancestral photos and identify the names/ place/time for every image. Make notes about anything that would be of interest to your descendants. Label the back of each photo without doing harm. For details on how to do that, do an online search for “how to label old photos” and look for products designed for archival labeling and storage. Can you identify the family in this photo? If so, please contact Tom Zumwalt at tczumwalt@live.com. He found this picture with other family papers but has no idea who they are. Share your ancestral photos by sending them, along with identifying information and brief stories, to publications@kygs.org. ******************************************************** The KGS Mission The Kentucky Genealogical Society was organized in 1973 to foster excellence in genealogy through educational programs and projects that preserve, produce, and disseminate knowledge of genealogical value. Bluegrass Roots – Summer 2020 • © Kentucky Genealogical Society, PO Box 153, Frankfort, KY 40602 • www.kygs.org �BLUEGRASS ROOTS PAGE 17 Two Ways to Leave a Lasting Genealogical Legacy As a genealogist/family historian, you probably plan to leave a legacy of family history for your family to enjoy for generations to come. Did you know you can extend your legacy beyond your own family? By sustaining the mission of the Kentucky Genealogical Society, you can benefit the work of family historians and genealogists long after your passing. Here are two options to consider when you are planning your estate. Obituary Memorial Gifts Make sure your family knows that you want your obituary to encourage friends, family, and others to make a donation in your memory instead of sending flowers. Here are sample phrases your family can include in your obituary: • “Memorial gifts to celebrate the life of [insert name] may be given to the Kentucky Genealogical Society. Please send donations online at www.kygs.org (click on “Donate”) or send a check to the postal address listed on the website.” • “Family history was important to [insert name]. In lieu of sending flower arrangements, please consider making a donation to the Kentucky Genealogical Society at www.kygs.org." Please let the Kentucky Genealogical Society know if you include KGS in your loved one’s obituary. A few weeks after the obituary is published, KGS will inform you of donations received in your loved one’s memory. Planned Estate Gifts Support the mission of the Kentucky Genealogical Society by leaving a gift to the organization in your last will and testament. An estate gift will not alter your current lifestyle and will not affect your current asset balance or cash flow. Here are some examples of statements you can include in your last will and testament. For an unrestricted gift: “I give, devise, and bequeath to the Kentucky Genealogical Society, a Kentucky nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation, the sum of [insert amount] at the time of my death.” For a specific-percentage gift: “I give, devise, and bequeath to the Kentucky Genealogical Society, a Kentucky nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation, an amount equal to ____% of the value of my estate at the time of my death.” For a residual bequest: “I give, devise, and bequeath all of the residual of my estate, both real and personal, to the Kentucky Genealogical Society, a Kentucky nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation.” Please let the Kentucky Genealogical Society know if you include the organization in your last will and testament. 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