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Vol. 39, No. 3 Spring 2004

The Troutman Family andits 1911 Nelson County

Reunion

Thomas Arnold, Cooper,Farmer, and Civil Servant

The Strother Moses CookFamily of Mercer County

and the Civil War

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Vol. 39, No. 3 Spring 2003

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The Troutman Family and its 1911 Nelson County Reunion ........................................................ 118

Thomas Arnold, Cooper, Farmer, and Civil ServantRetha I. Sleezer ................................................................................................................................ 127

The Strother Moses Cook Family of Mercer County and the Civil WarJean D. Dones...................................................................................................................... 133

Marriages Performed by Rev. Andrew Tribble, Madison County, 1800–1813................................ 135

The Alvey Family of England, Maryland, and Kentucky, Part 4Robert Lee Alvey Sr.......................................................................................................................... 137

Knox County School Census ......................................................................................................... 148

Jacob and Susan Garr and their Family ......................................................................................... 156

Corinth Deposit Bank, Grant County, Checkbook No. 1, 1890, Part 8 ........................................ 159

Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson County .................................................................................... 163

Book Notes ................................................................................................................................... 167

Announcements ............................................................................................................................ 168

Queries ......................................................................................................................................... 169

Mystery Album ............................................................................................................................. 172

contentsvol. 39, no. 3/spring 2004

on the cover: On a bright Summer day in 1911, the family of Shirley Troutman (at left, with cane)gathered at its home place near Boston, in Nelson County, to celebrate his 60th birthday. Those pictured formeda portion of a 33¼-by-9 inch composite photograph taken by the Royal Photo Co. for the occasion. The articleThe Troutman Family and its 1911 Nelson County Reunion begins on page 118.

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The Troutman Family and its 1911Nelson County Reunion

On a bright Summer day in 1911, the family of Shirley Troutman gathered at its home place near Boston, inNelson County, to celebrate his 60th birthday. During the celebration, a photographer from Royal Photo Co. ofLouisville took an image of the 113 attendees in the large, horizontal, composite format popular at the time for largegatherings. The photo measures 33¼-by-9 inches and contains remarkable detail, not only of family members, butthe large brick home they posed before.

Shirley TroutmanShirley Troutman, a son of Franklin Troutman

and Malvina Quinn, was born in 1851 in NelsonCounty and was named for the family of his mater-nal grandmother, Mary “Polly” Shirley (b. 1 April1755, Culpeper County, Va.).

Troutman married Charlotte “Lottie” Harned (b.1848, Ky.), a daughter of Henry Harned Sr. andCharlotte Johnson, on 25 November 1884 at theHarned family home near Boston.1 The coupleshared their wedding day with Lottie’s father, whowas celebrating his 79th birthday. The Nelson CountyHerald reported that “he was given a gold headed

cane bearing the date of 1805 and 1884, also hisname finely engraved on it, given by his children.”2

In November 1890 Shirley Troutman appeared ona list of the wealthiest citizens of Nelson County, hisworth given as $7,795. Also on the list was hismother in law Charlotte Harned ($7,335), WilliamQ. Troutman ($8,610), and Mrs. Anna M.Troutman ($7,200).3

Shirley appeared in the 1910 census in NelsonCounty as 58 years old, married 24 years, b. Ky.,parents b. Ky. Charlotte was 61, mother of fourchildren, all living, b. Ky., parents b. Ky. Also in the

Courtesy of Mary SniderOf the 113 people who attended the 1911 birthday party for Shirley Troutman, 71 have been identified by familymembers. The original image, a composite made from a series of photographs, measures 33¼-by-9 inches.

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household were Willie F., son, 20, b. Ky., parents b.Ky. and Katie, daughter, 18, b. Ky., parents b. Ky. Inaddition, son Henry (24, married three years) livedthere with his wife Ethel, and their child Shirley B., 2.

Shirley and Lottie’s children were Henry Harned(b. about 1865, m. Ethel Brown), Malvina Quinn(b. 1887, d. 1972, m. Thomas Lafayette Greif ),Katie, and William Franklin “Willie Frank” (b.1888, d. 1936, m. Emily Harned).

It is interesting to note that Shirley Troutmanwrote his will in August 1911, about the time thephoto was taken, and died before 12 February 1917,the day the will was probated.4

German ImmigrantsShirley Troutman’s paternal great-grandfather was

John Michael Troutman (b. 23 October 1738,Germany, d. 1814), who married Rebecca Beard/Baird (b. about 1738), and settled in the“Middletown Valley,” of the Catoctin District ofFrederick County, Md., in the 1760s.5

Troutman served as a county militia captain andmember of the committee of observation in 1775and 1776 and was an elder in the MiddletownLutheran Church.6

Michael and Rebecca’s children, all born inFrederick County, included John (m. JoannaBainbridge), Caty (m. Jacob Ambrose), Peter (m.

Peggy Duncan, Catherine Spurgeon), Michael (d.S.C.), Anna, and Joseph, Leonard (m. CatyWilhite),7 and Elizabeth “Betty” (b. 15 March 1778,d. 17 July 1830, m. James Carrico).

After Rebecca’s death about 1782, Michael marriedElizabeth Schroeder (d. 1822) on 4 January 1784. Thecouple’s children included Elizabeth “Betsy” (b. 1784),Abraham (b. 1785?, d. 1848?, m. Eleanor “Nellie”Magruder), Isaac (b. 1787?, Md., m. Elizabeth James),Jacob (b. 1789, Md., d. 28 June 1854, Bullitt County,m. Ursula Magruder, Lucinda Holmes), Rebecca (b. 30December 1791, near Hagerstown, Md., d. 17 June1874, m. John Patterson), Barbara (b. 19 July 1793,Bullitt County, Ky.) Mary “Mollie/Polly” (b. 19 July1793, Bullitt County, d. June 1850, Fort Kearney,present-day Nebraska, m. 1. Jonathan Simmons Jr., 2.James Morton), Phillip, Margaret (m. Lewis Brown),and Catherine “Caty.”8

During a trip to Kentucky in 1780, Troutmanserved in the Lincoln County militia, in GeneralGeorge Rogers Clark’s July and August expeditionagainst Shawnee Indians. He also entered severalland claims before returning to Maryland.

After several family members—including his sonsJohn and Peter and his daughter Caty and herhusband Jacob Ambrose—moved to Kentucky in thelate 1780s, Troutman began making plans to jointhem. He sold his Maryland lands, most of which he


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had inherited from his first wife, for more than athousand pounds and moved his family in 1793.9

Troutman appeared on the 1793 Bullitt Countytax list with 700 acres. The following year, he had2,500 and in 1796, 2,650. At various times, heowned property in Bullitt, Nelson, Washington,Jefferson, Fayette, Henry, Grayson, Shelby,Breckinridge, Garrard, and Hardin counties, inaddition to several mills and tanneries.

In his will, which was written on 10 April 1814and probated on 2 July 1815, he gave his wifeElizabeth his plantation for her lifetime, along with

Those identified in theimage at left are frombottom to top on theimage’s right edge. Atbottom (young boy, sitting)is Jesse Hewitt Harned, ason of Virgil Hewitt Harnedand Ruby Lee Porter. Justabove Jesse (womanholding baby) are LoraMorrison Troutman Durrett(1885-1956), with herbaby girl, Lillian ElizabethDurrett (m. Van Duren).Lora, a daughter ofWilliam Quinn Troutmanand Lillie D. Ray, marriedRobert William Durrett(1884-1979). The couplelived at the “Durretthomeplace,” northeast ofBloomfield along Kentucky55, just south of theSpencer County line.Above Mrs. Durrett is VirgilHewitt Harned (b. 8 May1874, Boston, NelsonCounty, d. 18 October1941, Boston, m. RubyLee Porter), who isholding his son BenStyron Harned, brother ofJesse Hewitt Harned.

four cows, four horses, and 10 head of sheep. Shealso was to receive “one negro girl named Darby andone negro man called Ben, with all the small negroeswith one negro man named Tuller.”

“Moreover,” he added, “Elizabeth was to “takecare of the negro Slego (76 years old) and Tom (55years old) as belonging to her.” After his wife’s death,Troutman’s slaves were to be sold and the moneydivided among the children of his second wife.

Troutman’s will also gave $1 to his sons John andPeter and daughter Caty (Ambrose) because they hadreceived their “proportional parts” before. Isaac


received $1,000, Michael Jr. $500, and Leonard$100, “to be paid from the proceeds of the planta-tion I now live on after the death of my present

The Troutman family, continued ______________________________Front row, from left(seated children): WalterS. Langsford Jr. and LeeLangsford, sons of WalterS. Langsford Sr. andEleanor W. Harned; BillyAck and Evelyn Crady,children of Wood DavidCrady and Mary AckHarned. The four childrenwere first cousins,grandchildren of Atkinson“Ack” Lee Harned (b.1840, Nelson County)and Emma Troutman (b.1858). Second row, fromleft: Malvina QuinnTroutman Greif (holdingdaughter Katherine Greif),a daughter of ShirleyTroutman and CharlotteJohnson Harned and wifeof Thomas LafayetteGreif; Eleanor W. HarnedLangsford (holding sonJohn Harned Langsford),a daughter of Atkinson“Ack” Lee Harned andEmma Troutman and wifeof Walter Langsford Sr.;Walter S. Langsford Sr.;Mary Ack Harned Crady(b. 9 March 1881, NelsonCounty) (holding daughterMarion Norton Crady), adaughter of Atkinson“Ack” Lee Harned andEmma Troutman and wifeof Wood David Crady;and Emma Troutman (b.1858), a daughter of Franklin Troutman and Malvina Quinn and wife of Atkinson “Ack” Lee Harned. Third row: RubyLee Porter (b. 29 September 1882), a daughter of Henry Sprigg Harned and Fannie Quinn Troutman and wife ofVirgil Hewitt Harned; Fisher D. (1891-1986) and Ack Hill Harned (1894-1962), sons of John D. Harned and SallieQuinn Troutman; Elza Troutman Harned, a son of Leonard Lee Harned and Ruth Shawler and grandson of ColmoreL. Shawler and Mary M. Troutman; Wood David Crady, husband of Mary Ack Harned; and Atkinson “Ack” LeeHarned, husband of Emma Troutman and father of Eleanor W. Harned Langsford and Mary Ack Harned Crady. Backrow, from left: (between Ruby Lee Porter Harned and Fisher D. Harned) Robert William Durrett (4 December 1884,d. 20 November 1979); (between Fisher D. Harned and Ack Hill Harned) Henry W. McClaskey Jr.; (between ElzaTroutman Harned and Wood David Crady) Sallie Harned Barnes (1886-1968), a daughter of Atkinson “Ack” LeeHarned and Emma Troutman, standing to the left of her husband, Albert Johnson Barnes (b. 1888); and Marcia T.Harned (b. 1883), daughter of Atkinson “Ack” Lee Harned and Emma Troutman.

loving wife Elizabeth Troutman.”Daughter Elizabeth got “the plantation she now

lives on” and $100 from the proceeds of his father’s


plantation. Abraham got “the plantation he now liveson and one negro named Levi,” but had to payvarious notes his father was security for to “Porter.”

The Troutman family, continued ______________________________Front row, from left(seated children): SabinaKelly, a daughter of MaryMyrtle Troutman and JohnS. Kelly; Shirley BrownTroutman (b. 29 February1908, Belmont, BullittCounty, d. 15 October1995, Richmond, MadisonCounty), a son of HenryHarned Troutman andEthel Brown and grandsonof Shirley Troutman andCharlotte JohnsonHarned; and Henry HewittHarned (b. 1906), a son ofVirgil Hewitt Harned andRuby Lee Porter. Secondrow (seated): siblingsWarren Leonard Troutman(b. 1853) Shirley Troutman(1851-1917), and SallieQuinn Troutman (b. 1863,m. John D. Harned),children of FranklinTroutman and MalvinaQuinn; Mary MyrtleTroutman Kelly (holdingdaughter Bethel BowlesKelly), a daughter ofFranklin Troutman andMary Ellen Goodin/Goodwin and half-sister ofLeonard, Shirley, andSallie; Lillie D. RayTroutman McClaskey(holding William Durrett),mother of William Ray andLora Troutman and HenryMorrison and James W.

“Jimmy” McClaskey Jr.; and William Durrett (held by Lillie D. Ray Troutman McClaskey), a son of Robert WilliamDurrett and Lora Troutman Third Row (standing): Rowena Belle McGee Troutman, mother of Clyde Franklin, Stella,Vernon Quinn, and Lottie Rowena Troutman and wife of Warren Leonard Troutman; unidentified; Charlotte HarnedTroutman, mother of Henry, Malvina, Katie, and William Franklin Troutman and wife of Shirley Troutman; John D.Harned, father of Fisher and Ack Hill Harned and husband of Sallie Quinn Troutman; Stella Harned (or Troutman,daughter of Warren and Rowena Belle?); and James W. McClaskey Sr., father of Henry Morrison and James “Jimmy”McClaskey Jr. and husband of Lillie D. Ray Troutman. Back row: William Ray Troutman (behind Belle McGeeTroutman), a son of William Quinn Troutman and Lillie D. Ray; Katie Thomas Johnson Troutman Harned (1891-1980)(at right of William Ray Troutman), a daughter of Shirley Troutman and Charlotte Johnson Harned, who married ElishaMarvin Harned; Emma May Harned (b. 1897) (behind Stella Harned), a daughter of Atkinson Lee “Ack” Harned andEmma Troutman; and Willie Troutman Harned (next to her sister in law, Emma May Troutman).

Jacob received “the plantation he now lives on andone negro boy by the name of Tony” and $100 fromthe proceeds of his father’s plantation. Rebecca


The Troutman family, continued ______________________________Front row, from left(seated children): JamesW. “Jimmy” McClaskey Jr.,a son of James W.McClaskey Sr. and LillieRay Troutman McClaskey;Henry Sprigg Harned III, ason of Henry SpriggHarned Jr. and Mary Hart(b. 1886); Darrel HarnedWells; and Tone GoodinHarned Jr., a son of ToneGoodin Harned Sr. (b.about 1877) and CallieCook (b. about 1884), andgrandson of Atkinson Lee“Ack” Harned and EmmaTroutman. Second row(seated): Henry SpriggHarned Jr. (b. 17November 1873, d. 12February 1950), a son ofHenry Sprigg Harned Sr.and Fannie QuinnTroutman and husband ofMary Hart Harned; MaryHart Harned (b. 1886),wife of Henry SpriggHarned Jr.; Charlotte“Lottie” Harned Wells(holding unidentifiedchild); and Katherine“Kate” Harned (holding, atleft, Katherine Wells; otherchild unidentified). Thirdrow (standing): EthelBrown Troutman, wife ofHenry Harned Troutman;Henry Harned Troutman,a son of Shirley Troutmanand Charlotte Johnson Harned and husband of Ethel Brown Troutman; Callie Cook Harned, mother of Tone GoodinHarned Jr. and wife of Tone Goodin Harned Sr.; Tone Goodin Harned Sr. (holding, at left, his son James Cook Harned;other child unidentified); and Ida Stamper. Fourth row (behind Ethel Brown Troutman): Marion Pope Harned (b. about1890), a son of Atkinson Lee “Ack” Harned and Emma Troutman and husband of Willie Troutman Harned.

(Patterson) received half of a Grayson Countyplantation, “having sold the other half to her hus-band John Patterson.”

Mary (Simmons) got the 250-acre plantationadjoining her father’s, a “negro named Hannah” –“remitting him his bonds more two hundred Dol-lars” from the proceeds of her father’s plantation.Margaret received a 250-acre plantation “on whichJackson Tally(?) lived,” and “the negro boy called

Charles,” in addition to $500 from the proceeds ofhis father’s plantation.

Phillip got “the whole of my lands and mills onCedar Creek in Bullitt County near Salt River,” onthe condition that he pay “one thousands pounds” tohis father’s estate, “Seven hundred of which is to begiven to my Daughter Caty Troutman.” Caty alsoreceived “one negro girl called Aegar(?)”

A woman named Peggy Tombteston(?)—perhaps


The Troutman family, continued ______________________________Group of five people (manseated; standing: two girlsin white dresses and twoboys in ties): FranklinTroutman Harned (b.1867) (seated), a son ofAtkinson Lee “Ack” LeeHarned and Katherine W.Troutman and husband ofMartha Lee Slaugher(1874-1934) (with hat ondaughter, Betty RayHarned); Janice Harned(b. about 1904), adaughter of FranklinTroutman Harned andMartha Lee Slaughter;Franklin Slaughter Harned(b. 1897) (standing next tohis father), a son ofFranklin Troutman Harnedand Martha Lee Slaughter;and Hewitt Quinn Harned(b. about 1900), a son ofFranklin Troutman Harnedand Martha Lee Slaughter.

an apprentice—was to receive a 180-acre plantationsomehow associated with Peter Brand “provided shestay with my wife until she is married.”

Troutman’s will, which several of his children fromboth marriages considered unfair, generated litigationthat prevented it from being settled for about 15 years.10

.Leonard Troutman

Leonard Troutman (b. 12 November 1776, d. 19July 1841), a son of Michael Troutman and RebeccaSchroeder, married Caty Wilhite, a daughter of TobiasWilhite and Mary Shirley on 25 April 1799.11

According to historian Evelyn Crady Adams, thecouple began their married life with $100 Leonardreceived in his father’s will and “some help” Caty gotfrom her grandfather. In 1821, Leonard had awarrant for 200 acres along Lick Creek and PineTavern Road, near Boston in Western NelsonCounty. He built a “roomy log homestead … slightlysouth of the creek and west of the road,” and calledthe place Farmington.

Adams described Troutman’s enterprises, whichcould have also described those of his father:


The Troutman family, continued ______________________________The rich, creek bottom land … yielded bountiful

harvests which Leonard, like his neighbors, marketed insouthern ports. … Two caves nearby kept sweet the dairyproducts which were raised and lowered on a platformmanipulated by a windlass, and an adjacent grove of sugarmaples was generous in output of syrup and sugar. Leonardwas a tanner and a merchant as well as a farmer. The largetannery and log store faced the road south of the creek.Some of the slaves were skilled tanners, and the time-worntanning stone, long after it had served its original purpose,was made a part of the style blocks at the Boston ChristianChurch . . . . Leonard’s thrift, industry, and good manage-ment were sufficiently rewarded for him to leave to hiswidow and each of six [surviving] children about $2,000and perhaps some property besides.12

Leonard and Caty’s children were John B. (b. 21March 1800, d. 10 April 1872, m. 1. Mary Hill, 2.Eleanor Quigley, 2. Elizabeth Quigley, 4. AnnaBlackwell Montgomery),13 Mary “Polly” (b. 1803, m.John Howlett), Warren Leonard Wilhite (b. 24 January1805, d. 17 March 1862, m. Sarah E. Lutes),14 Caty(d. 1826?, m. William Temple), Elizabeth “Bettie” (m.John Lee Jr.),15 Franklin (b. 9 December 1812, d. 4February 1883), and Eliza Ann (b. 1823, NelsonCounty, Ky., d. 1850, m. Francis W. Maramen).

Franklin TroutmanFranklin Troutman (b. 9 December 1812, d. 4

February 1883), a son of Leonard Troutman and CatyWilhite, married Malvina Quinn (b. 15 September1821, d. 23 March 1863), a daughter of WilliamQuinn and Nancy ____, on 13 January 1842.

Franklin bought 480 acres—including the

Farmington home place—and tan yard from hisfather’s estate and/or heirs. He brought the tan yardand farm back into production and began planning a“palatial brick home,” which he commenced build-ing just south of the log house in 1848.

Adams’ description:

The first and second stories of the house are identicaland the large basement is stone-lined. The upper and lowerhallways, which are forty feet long, have two rooms oneach side, and there are four rooms in the ell. Each room istwenty feet square and the ceilings fourteen feet high. Atthe entrance is a double balcony with wrought ironbalustrades. A graceful winding stairway is at the rear ofthe lower hall and on the landing the grandfather clockticked the days and years away. Among the pieces ofelegant furniture handed down as heirlooms are handsomebedsteads and bureaus, two rose back sofas that stood oneach side of the fireplace in the old parlor, an inlaid walnutcupboard with fan-shaped doors that once graced the olddining room, and Franklin’s personal writing desk ofelaborate design which stood in the spacious hallway.

Franklin and Malvina’s children, all presumablyborn in Nelson County, were Nancy “Nannie” (b. 3October 1844, d. 28 October 1869, m. HenryHart),16 Katherine (b. 12 December 1845, m. A.L.Harned), Frances Quinn “Fannie” (b. 16 October1847, m. Henry S. Harned), Shirley (b. 1851, d.1917, Nelson County, Ky., m. Charlotte Harned),Warren Leonard (b. 13 January 1853, m. RowenaBelle McGee), Emma (b. 1857, m. Atkinson Lee“Ack” Harned), William Quinn (b. 13 January 1859,d. 25 November 1889 m. Lillie D. Ray), and SallieQuinn (m. John D. Harned).

After Malvina’s death, Franklin married MaryEllen Goodin/Goodwin (b. 24 January 1837, d. 24August 1882), a daughter of John E. Goodin/Goodwin and Mary Ann Margaret Swope, on 27August 1867. Their children were Jennie E. (b. 1July 1869, d. 4 July 1884), Mary Myrtle (m. 1. AllenMcKay, 2. John S. Kelly), and Lottie (Charlotte?) H.

Franklin Troutman’s will, dated 23 January 1883,names his children Fannie L. (wife of H.S. Harned),Shirley, Warren L.W., Emma (wife of A.L. Harned),William Quinn, and Emma. Fannie L., Shirley,Warren L.W., and Emma each received $4,000.17

Shirley Troutman was appointed the guardian ofSallie, with H.S. Harned the guardian of Myrtle, andA.L. Harned for Jennie. Franklin also directed that

Filson Historical SocietyThe Troutman home place had been owned by ShirleyTroutman’s father Franklin (1812-1883), who beganbuilding the “palatial brick home” in 1848, just south ofthe log house the family had previously occupied.


his “Knob lands” be sold to provide $50 worth ofsilverware and a bedstead to Emma and $25 worthof silver for Sallie, Jennie, and Myrtle.

William Quinn Troutman received the 700-acrehomestead, along with the household and kitchenfurniture and farm implements, horses, cattle, hogs,corn, hay and fodder. This was on the condition thathe give his sister Sallie and half sisters Jennie andMyrtle one horse, one cow, and one bed stead andbedding each. Sallie was to be paid $2,000, withMyrtle and Jennie receiving board, clothing, andeducation, along with $3,000 each on their majority.

The “Elders of Christian Church near Boston”received $100.

H.S. and A.L. Harned were appointed executorsof the will, which was probated on 12 March 1883.18

William Quinn Troutman married Lillie D. Ray,and their children were Lora Morrison (b. September1884, d. 1956) and William Ray (b. August 1889).William Quinn died on 25 November 1889 andLillie later married James W. McClaskey. Lillie andJames’ children were Henry Morrison (b. October1892, Ky.) and James W. McClaskey Jr.19

1 Margaret Schroeder, Lillian Ockerman (and others), NelsonCounty, Kentucky, Cemeteries, Vol. 3 (Northwestern Section;Including Nazareth and St. Thomas) (Bardstown, Ky., no date),p. 54. Shirley and Charlotte Harned Troutman’s birth anddeath dates are taken from transcriptions of their tombstones atBoston Christian Church Cemetery in Nelson County.

2 Carolyn Wimp, Nelson County, Kentucky, NewspaperAbstracts, September 1807-September 1890 (Vine Grove, Ky.:Ancestral Trails Historical Society, Inc.), p. 120.

3 Carolyn Wimp, Nelson County, Kentucky, NewspaperAbstracts, September 1807-September 1890 (Vine Grove, Ky.:Ancestral Trails Historical Society, Inc.), pages 152, 230.

4 Nelson County will book 20.5 Evelyn Crady Adams, “The Troutman Families of

Kentucky,” Filson Club History Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 3, p. 199.See also Ruby S. Caulwell to ____ (fragment of undated letter) inTroutman file, Thomas D. Clark Library of the KentuckyHistorical Society. Caulwell said Michael Troutman’s familyarrived in America in 1743 and settled near Hagerstown, Md.The information was apparently handed down in Caulwell’sfamily. She was a descendant of John Michael Troutman’sdaughter Rebecca (b. 30 December 1791, near Hagerstown,Md., d. 17 June 1874), who married Phillip Patterson.

6 Adams, pages 199-203.7 Leonard Troutman and Caty Wilhite, a daughter of Tobias

Wilhite/Wilhoit (b. 5 October 1750, Orange County, Va.) andMary “Polly” Shirley (b . 1 April 1755, Culpeper County, Va.)were married on 25 April 1799.

The Troutman family, continued ______________________________

8 Evelyn Crady Adams, “The Troutman Families ofKentucky,” Filson Club History Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 3, p.200. See also Ruby S. Caulwell to ____ (fragment of undatedletter) in Troutman file, Thomas D. Clark Library of theKentucky Historical Society. Phillip Troutman was said to havebeen born blind.

9 Evelyn Crady Adams, “The Troutman Families of Kentucky,”Filson Club History Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 3, p. 201-2.

10 Bullitt County will book A, pages 161-63 and EvelynCrady Adams, “The Troutman Families of Kentucky,” FilsonClub History Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 3, p. 202-3. See also BullittCounty will book A, p. 191, in which Troutman’s slaves, as of 12September 1814, are listed. They were Sleg, Tom, Ben, Hagan,Tony, Darby, Miller, Charles, Toby, Cislow(?), Hanna, and Harry.

11 Tobias (1750-1839) and Mary Shirley Wilhite (1755-1844) joined the Shaker Community in Mercer County, leavingBullitt County in 1808.

12 Evelyn Crady Adams, “The Troutman Families ofKentucky,” Filson Club History Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 3, p.209. See also, Nelson County will book 4, pages 124-37 and448-459 and will book 5, p. 448. Leonard is buried in thefamily cemetery, just southeast of the intersection of U.S.Highway 62 Kentucky 733.

13 Sarah B. Smith, Historic Nelson County (Louisville:Gateway Press Inc., 1971), p. 267. Mary Hill was a daughter ofAtkinson Hill, “First Judge of Nelson County.” Eleanor andElizabeth Quigley were Atkinson Hill’s granddaughters. John B.Troutman and his wives are buried in the Troutman Cemetery“Off Highway 733” in Nelson County. Mary Hill Troutmandied 22 September 1830, “Age 28, 5 months, and 18 days.”Eleanor Quigley Troutman died on 6 March 1842, at “31 years,7 months, and 17 days.” Elizabeth Quigley Troutman died on21 December 1856, “Age 38 years, 22 days.” Anna BlackwellMontgomery Troutman was born on 4 July 1826 and died on17 February 1907. Also buried in the cemetery is Nancy HillQuigley (b. 24 March 1788, d. 12 October 1873), presumed tobe a daughter of Atkinson Hill and mother of Eleanor andElizabeth Quigley.

14 Sarah B. Smith, Historic Nelson County (Louisville:Gateway Press Inc., 1971), p. 267. Sarah E. Lutes Troutmanwas born on 12 April 1815 and died on 11 December 1832. ANelson County birth record lists “W.L.W. Troutman and SallyLutz” as parents of Mary M.E. Troutman, born 8 January 1854.The family was listed as having lived in the Petersburgneighborhood, west of Boston.

15 Mary Harrel Stancliff, Marriage Bonds of NelsonCounty, Kentucky, 1785-1832, Volume 2 (Houston, Tex.,1963), p. 13. Elizabeth Troutman married John Lee Jr. on 14November 1829.

16 Sarah B. Smith, Historic Nelson County (Louisville:Gateway Press Inc., 1971), p. 267.

17 Nelson County will book 19, pages 77-79.18 Nelson County will book 19, pages 77-79.19 Stith Thompson, “The Beauchamp Family,” Filson Club

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