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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 William Caldwell, in Perrin, William Henry, ed. History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky. (Chicago, IL, USA: O. L. Baskin, 1882)
p 468-469.
William Caldwell was a native of Ireland, and emigrated to Pennsylvania at an early day, and joined the Colonial Army, where he was wounded, and died afterwards in consequence of injuries received in that struggle. He emigrated to Kentucky, arriving about the time the battle of the Blue Licks was fought, and located near Paris, on the farm now owned by Mr. Wilcox, near the cemetery. He had a family of one son and five daughters: Samuel, Elizabeth, Mrs. S. Hall; Margaret, wife of W. C. Lysle.; Lucretia, wife of Luther Smith; Sallie, Mrs. Ben. Warfield; Jane, Mrs. Dr. Joseph Holt.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 William Caldwell, in Perrin, William Henry, ed. History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky. (Chicago, IL, USA: O. L. Baskin, 1882)
p 452.
... William Caldwell, the “pioneer.” He was a native of the North of Ireland, and emigrated to America -prior to the Revolutionary War in which he participated, and was wounded at the battle of Brandywine. He was among the hardy pioneers who came to Kentucky when the buffalo and other wild game were plentiful. He located on the Houston, one mile West of the Court House. Some of the land he then purchased is now occupied by the Cemetery and Fair Grounds. He was one among the first merchants in Paris, and finally he removed to the place above described, and engaged in farming and distilling; lands he then purchased for a mere trifle will now command hundreds of dollars per acre. He died about the year 1829, aged seventy-five years;
- ↑ Will Abstract, in Ardery, Julia Hoge Spencer. Kentucky records: early wills and marriages, copied from court house records by regents, historians and the state historian; old bible records and tombstone inscriptions; records from Barren, Bath, Bourbon, Clark, Daviess, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mason, Montgomery, Nelson, Nicholas, Ohio, Scott, and Shelby counties. (Lexington, Kentucky: Keystone Printery, Inc., c1932)
1:24 (Bourbon County).
Kentucky Records, Volume I, BOURBON COUNTY WILL ABSTRACTS, Contributed by Mrs. William Breckenridge Ardery, Jemima Johnson Chapter, Paris, Kentucky), p. 24.
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Will Book H, page 185-Wife, Ann; daughters, Lucretia and Margaret Ann, land purchased from Robert Trimble, married daughters; daughter, Jane Holt; grandsons, William L. Caldwell and John N. Caldwell, sons of Samuel; J. H. Holt; Jane Holt's children, lot in Cynthiana and land in Ohio; son-in-law, Benjamin Warfield; daughter, Betsy Hall. Executors friends, Geo. W. Williams and Thos. Kelly. Written December 8, 1828. Proved March, 1829. Witnesses--John G. Martin and William Hamilton.
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