News Articles - Jefferson County, Kentucky
The Centinel (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania),
Wednesday, February 3, 1808
Louisville, December 22
Within the last week the Ohio has experienced an extraordinary rise, (nearly
12 feet) and is still rising. Sunday night the ships Rufus King and
Tuskarora, which had struck and moored among the rocks on the falls last
spring, floated off without receiving further injury. The former, having her
crew on board, is secured at the mouth of Silver Creek, the latter was not
missed until Monday morning, and is supposed to have drifted a considerable
way down the river; a boat’s crew has been sent in pursuit of her. [Contributed
by a Friend of Free Genealogy]
The Centinel (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) January 20, 1813
Louisville, Kentucky, Dec. 8
To the politeness of Col. Richard Saylor, of Frankfort, we are indebted for the following particulars of the army under the command of Major General S. Hopkins.
The army reached the Prophet’s town on the 21st ult and destroyed the town which had been rebuilt, also a Pottawatomi and Winnebago town; the whole number of houses destroyed about two hundred and twenty, together with about three miles of fencing burned. The next day Colonel Miller went out with a small party to reconnoiter and about 7 miles east of the Prophet’s town, they heard Indians and supposed them in Council; they there discovered two horses and brought them in with them. The day after four men consisting of Le Plant the interpreter, Doct. Guest, Lieut. Tibbles and Maxe Dunn, went out on a scouting party, fell in with a party of Indians and in the conflict Dunn fell, the other 3 escaped unhurt.
The following day sixty brave men, headed by Col. Miller went out for the purpose of burying Dunn, whom they found mangled in a most horrid manner, and while there, an Indian mounted on a very fleet horse was descried (which no doubt was sent out by the Indians in order to decoy the party) was pursued until the party were surprised by a body of Indians that had been in ambush, the ground ahead unfavorable, being a perfect swamp, our men, though so inferior in numbers, fought through those savages and made good their retreat with the loss of 16 men killed and 3 wounded. Of the killed there were 11 rangers of Capt. Bachus’s company; of Kentuckians, Murray and Edwards of Nelson county, Ensign Mars of Jefferson county, Mr. Webb of Shelby county and Samuel Rose, a volunteer from Jefferson county and Lieutenant Little severely wounded and a Mr. Shannon and Mr. Dubois slightly wounded.
The army the day afterwards interred the dead and found an encampment where they supposed 300 Indians had been and confirmed by a squaw who had been taken by Colonel Miller’s party.
Col. Taylor left the army 50 miles above Fort Harrison on Saturday week with the wounded and was engaged all that day cutting through the ice. The army generally distressed for want of winter clothing, but well provided as to provisions, liquor excepted.
The squaw states, says Col Taylor that Tecumseh, with a party he had in Canada were at Mississinewa, fortifying and building a garrison. [Contributed by Nancy Piper]
The Centinel (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) April 21, 1813
Louisville, March 30
A report states that Major John Tipton with a party of about thirty men, overtook a party of Indians, whom they had been some time in pursuit of, on the drift wood fork of White river, Harrison County, (I.T.) on Thursday last, and after killing two of the Indians, the remaining part of them supposed about 9, jumped into the river and everyone perished either by drowning or shooting. [Contributed by Nancy Piper]
Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) May 2, 1827
Lexington, Ky., April 7.
Randall W. Smith has been tried, found guilty of manslaughter and sentences
to the Penitentiary for seven years for killing Dr. Brown. He is to be tried
for shooting Mr. Christopher at the same fire. [Submitted by Nancy Piper]
Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) May 16, 1827
From the Frankfort Ky. Commentator
The Judge of the Jefferson circuit court has set aside the finding of
the Jury, by which Randall W. Smith was to be sent to the Penitentiary for
seven years for killing Doctor Brown, and has granted a new trial – and has
admitted the prisoner to bail in the mean time. We are not accurately
informed of the grounds upon which a new trial was granted or upon what
principle the man was admitted to bail. We have understood that eleven of
the jury were for finding the prisoner guilty of murder. If such were the
fact, there can be no doubt the presumption was great and the offence not
bailable. [Submitted by Nancy Piper]
Illinois State Democrat, September 26, 1860
Fort Smith,
Arkansas, Sept. 15.
A man who gave the name of William Owen, late of Louisville, was arrested
yesterday for horse stealing and committed to jail. Last night about 11
o'clock, he was forcibly taken from jail, and attempted to hang him to a
tree. While the noose was being adjusted to his neck, he suddenly cast off
the rope and fled, a volley was instantly fired at him by the infuriated
crowd, brought him to the ground; he was then carried back to the calaboose,
where he now lies in a dying condition. Another horse thief was brought in
to day and will doubtless share the fate of his companion in crime.
[Contributed by Candi H.]
The Inter Ocean, August 16, 1887
ACCIDENTS
AT LOUISVILLE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 15 – James Summers and wife, living near Memphis,
Ind., struck by lightning and instantly killed this morning.
FELL FROM A SCAFFOLD
John McCullough, Henry Parrish and Louis Wolf, painters, were precipitated
from a scaffold by the breaking of the stirrup-iron and fell forty feet.
McCullough was fatally injured and the others received serious fractures.
[Contributed by Teri Moncelle Colglazier; Sept 2010]
The Oklahoman September 12, 1907
Discovered
Son in Chain Gang
Father Locates Missing Boy In El Reno, Charged With Vagrancy
Special to The Oklahoman
El Reno, Okla., Sept. 11 – After having considered his son as either dead or
lost for several years, Clayton Williams, Sr., an old man from Louisville,
Ky., unexpectedly found Clayton Williams, Jr., in this city today.
Williams had been searching for his boy in Oklahoma for more than a month
and had stopped into the police station to telephone to Ft. Reno to see if
he had enlisted as a soldier. While waiting for an answer to the call, the
city prisoners were marched through the room to court and the father saw his
son in the chain gang.
Along with several others he had been arrested as a vagrant. The father paid
the fine and two left for Kentucky this evening. [Contributed by Dale
Donlon]
El Dorado Daily Republican,
Saturday Evening, January 16, 1909