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Text: Marion J. "Jim" Laughlin and Julia Laughlin
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Date: 1992
_FIELD: TX-TITLE
Text: Descendants of John Laughlin and Tabitha Trimble
_FIELD: TX-PUBLISHER
Text: self-published
_FIELD: TX-REFERENCE
Text: 4
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Repository:
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[S1286] - Laughlin/Trimble Book page 4
there was a dislike for each other even then. When the Scots who lived in North Ireland migrated to America, they were called "Scotch-Irish" by the people already living here, to indicate that the newcomers were not Scots from Scotland, nor Irish from Ireland, but were Scots who had lived and immigrated from North Ireland.
Our Laughlin blood or descent line, starting with Adam and Eve down through Noah and his son, Japeth, on down through Lachlan Mor of Scotland, then through Ireland, Pennsylvania, and spreading all over America. We feel that most of the Laughlins will trace back to CLAN MacLACHLAN, all of which CLAN traces back to AODH ANROTHAN (Hugh the Solitary) who came to Scotland about 1038 A.D. through his son AODH ALAINN.
We have not found records showing our Immigrant Laughlin ancestor. There are records of several family groups arriving at Boston or Philadelphia in the mid 1700s. We have not made a positive connection to any of them.
We believe the father of our JOHN LAUGHLIN was in America before the Revolutionary War and may have volunteered to participated along with others who are on records.
We must begin our Laughlin Family Story with the earliest record we have found. The birth year of JOHN LAUGHLIN 1787 in Virginia.
KENTUCKY
Long before any white man had explored the entire Kentucky area, it was claimed by Virginia as part of her Augusta County. It was included in the Virginia County of 1584. Previous to exploration, all of Kentucky had been made part of Fincastle County Virginia. The Eastern section of the area was explored by Dr. Thomas Walker as early as 1750. Twenty-five years later the Transylvania Company was organized under the leadership of Co. Richard Henderson of North Carolina. From Indian tribes he purchased almost half of what is now the state of Kentucky - all of the land between the Kentucky River in the central part of the state, and the Tennessee River in the extreme western part.
During Daniel Boone's activities in the area, Kentucky was designated Kentucky County Virginia. 1774 Herrodsburg was the first settlement and in 1775 Daniel Boone settled his family at Boonesboro. In 1780 three counties were foremd, Feyette, Jefferson & Lincoln. In 1786 Bourbon county was formed out of Feyette Co. and 1800 Nicholas County was formed out of Bourbon & Mason Counties. This is the area we found the beginnings of our family.
On June 1st 1792 Kentucky became the 15th State admitted into the Union.
It took courageous men and women to make their homes in a country as full of danger and excitement as existed in Kentucky in its early days. They came from Maryland, North & South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Tennessee. Originally they were from Germany, English, Irish, and Scottish descent. There are many stories about the explorers and early settlers and their experiences. A recent book "A History of Laurel County" by Thomas D. Clark is a graphic description of the human and political development of the entire state and early settlement along the "Wilderness Road".
JOHN LAUGHLIN
We believe "our" John Laughlin may have been born in the same area where we spent his life from 1800 till he died in 1868. Census records give his birth state as Virginia. Bourbon County Kentucky was part of the vast area that Virginia claimed in 1786. Much of the land was given to Revolutionary War soldiers as payment for their service. It's possible that John's father was given Bounty Land but we have not found a record.
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