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Vol. 39, No. 1 Autumn 2003
kentucky ancestors
genealogical quarterly of the kentucky historical society
The Baugh Family:
Virginia to Kentucky,
via South Carolina
From French Huguenots
to Kentuckians:
A deJarnat/Rice Line
Some Germans from
Jefferson County,
Kentucky, Who Served in
the Union Army During
the Civil War
Vol. 39, No. 1 Autumn 2003
kentucky ancestors
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contents
vol. 39, no. 1/autumn 2003
The Baugh Family: Virginia to Kentucky, via South Carolina
Ivan W. Baugh.......................................................................................................................... 3
From French Huguenots to Kentuckians: A deJarnat/Rice Line
Dr. John M. Bell ..................................................................................................................... 7
Some Germans from Jefferson County, Kentucky, Who Served in the Union Army
During the Civil War, Part Two
Joseph R. Reinhart............................................................................................................................. 12
The Alvey Family of England, Maryland, and Kentucky, Part Three
Robert Lee Alvey Sr............................................................................................................................ 14
Book Notes..................................................................................................................................... 21
Corinth Deposit Bank, Grant County, Check Book No. 1, 1890, Part Seven.................................. 23
Civil War Pass of Sally Harris, Camp Nelson, 1863......................................................................... 26
Sales of Forfeited Lands, 1845, Part Two......................................................................................... 28
Vital Statistics.................................................................................................................................. 36
Abstracts from the Louisville Daily Courier, December 27, 1866
Transcribed by Dr. Melba Porter Hay.................................................................................................. 39
Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson and Oldham Counties..................................................................... 50
Announcements...............................................................................................................................55
Queries ........................................................................................................................................... 56
Mystery Album............................................................................................................................... 60
on the cover:Kempis Lee Alvey and Nannie Agnita Carrico on their wedding day, February 5, 1918,

in Louisville. Kempis was employed by Standard Sanitary Manufacturing, where he was killed in an industrial
accident on June 11. The couple’s son, Kempis Lee Alvey Jr., was born four months after his father’s death. Part
three of the article, "The Alvey Family of England, Maryland, and Kentucky," begins on page 14.
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The Baugh Family: Virginia to
Kentucky, via South Carolina
By Ivan W. Baugh
Mr. Baugh lives in Louisville and may be reached via email at [email protected].
I began my genealogical research in a conversa-
“James Baugh, Moses Baugh, John Baugh, Solomon
tion with my father, Paul Baugh. He remembered
Baugh, Jesse Gill and Frances, his wife, formerly Fran-
family members discussing three brothers coming to ces Baugh, Philip Vest Jr. and Mary, his wife, formerly
Kentucky through the Cumberland Gap. According Baugh, William Hatchett and Tabitha, his wife, formerly
Baugh, John Jackson and Sally, his wife, formerly Baugh,
to the story, two brothers remained in Kentucky and
Thomas Hatchett and Nancy, his wife, formerly Baugh,
the third one went to Texas. Using this as a starting and Elizabeth Baugh, in their proper persons, and Samuel
point, I have researched the family’s travels for more Baugh, Rebecca Thomas Baugh, and John and Arthur
than 40 years. Baugh, infant children of Daniel Baugh, deceased….”7
Correspondence with my grandfather’s sister, Sally James Baugh was fatally shot on 1 August 1810
Baugh Koch, gave me a complete list of her brothers and the final distribution of his estate occurred in
and sisters in birth order. Her parents were William 1812.8
Green Baugh and Alice Kelly and Jim and Nancy It appears that James, the oldest son, and Samuel
Baugh were her paternal grandparents.1 left for South Carolina after the distribution of the
After his store in Rochester, Butler County, proceeds of the estate, since Samuel paid personal
burned in 1913, my grandfather John David Baugh property tax in Chesterfield County in, but not after,
moved from there to Shively, a suburb of Louisville, 1811.9
in 1916. He operated Baugh Dairy there until his Chesterfield County marriage records list a John
death in 1931.2 Baugh marrying a Sally Rofret in 1793. John would
Census records helped me learn about Baugh
families in counties adjacent to Butler County. From
this information, I searched deeds in Logan County,
where I found James M. Baugh selling land and the
names of those I later confirmed to be his daughters
also listed.3 Continued research led me to James’
father, Samuel Baugh.4
Kentucky census records showed John Baugh and
Samuel Baugh of Logan County were both born in
Virginia. I found a War of 1812 pension application
for Samuel Baugh, indicating that he was enlisted
in the South Carolina Militia under Captain Key at
Edgefield, S.C.5
This raised a big question: why did he serve from
South Carolina when he had been born in Virginia?
After many years of research, I believe I have an
answer. John Baugh of Logan County had a son
named Daniel. Daniel’s family Bible lists John Baugh
as a son of James Baugh of Virginia.6
Research at the Library of Virginia produced
Chesterfield County Chancery Court records for
James Baugh (b. 2 December 1740) that list the fol-
William Green Baugh and Alice Kelly
lowing: Baugh.
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have been 20 years of age at the time. They were
married by Rev. Eleazar Clay, the same minister who John David Baugh, son of
had married John’s sisters, Mary, Frances, Tabitha, William Green and Alice Kelly
Baugh and grandfather of Ivan
Sarah, Nancy, and Elizabeth. After that record, I
Baugh.
found nothing relative to the family. I wonder if
Sally died.10
William Baugh, oldest son of James Baugh III
(b. about 1710) and uncle of James Baugh IV (b. 2
December 1740), moved to Laurens, S.C.11 He ac-
quired land there in 1767 and received a land grant that the above named Bartlett Baugh family was in
on 15 July 1768 on the South Fork of the Reedy Davidson County in 1817 as they have a son born
River. there on 6 February 1817. 16 Perhaps Nancy and
John, brother of James V. and Samuel, evidently Thomas Hatchett came from Virginia with Bartlett
had gone to South Carolina before 1807, as he was Baugh (b. 11 July 1774, Va.) This is a subject for
married there and his first child, Moses, was born further investigation.
there on 5 January 1807.12 John settled in Edgefield Either Nancy Baugh Hatchett and/or the children
County, which included the land now in Green- of Uncle Daniel Baugh could have influenced the
wood, Saluda, and Aiken counties.13 Present-day route the Baughs traveled from South Carolina to
Greenwood County shares a boundary with Laurens Kentucky.
County and Saluda shares a line with Greenwood Genealogist M.D. Palmer concluded that they trav-
and Edgefield.14 The 1810 census lists John Baugh eled north from South Carolina to Knoxville before
as a white male in the 26-44 group. Also in the turning west to Nashville.17 Either or both could be
household were two free white males under 10, and the case. Further research may answer the question,
a white female in the 16-25 range. This corresponds though this author tends to believe that the Nancy
appropriately with the Bible record of John and Baugh may be the primary reason for the route.
Elizabeth Baugh. The 1850 census records show us that the four
Another uncle, Daniel Baugh, bought land in oldest children of John and Elizabeth Baugh—Mo-
Edgefield District on 31 October 1797 and is listed ses, Bartlett, Lavina, and John—were born in South
there in the 1800 census. On 11 January 1808, this Carolina. The 1850 census lists Elizabeth Baugh, his
same Daniel Baugh bought land in Putnam County, wife, as having been born in South Carolina.18
Ga., about 50 miles west-southwest of Edgefield. Palmer wrote that Van Allen Baugh, son of John,
Research by Monte Knight shows that he died before was born in the Nashville, Tenn., area on 2 July
4 Nov 1816, the date his will was probated.15 This 1817.19 The 1850 census records also list him as
relationship may have special significance because having been born in Tennessee. Samuel Baugh’s first
three of Daniel’s children—James, Elizabeth (who child, Susan, was born 28 September 1817.20 Re-
married Abram North), and Susanna (who married search indicates that Susan was born in Kentucky.
Barnett Beasley)—died in Williamson County, Tenn. From that information, I surmise that the family
Williamson County, Tenn. (Franklin is the county arrived in Logan County, Ky., between July 1817
seat) is immediately south of Davidson County, and September 1817.21 Samuel and John first ap-
Tenn., where Nashville is the county seat. peared on a Logan County tax list in 1819, listed in
Another possible reason for the brothers to visit that order. I wonder if the families traveling from
Nashville was that their sister, Nancy, who married South Carolina to Kentucky visited their cousins in
Thomas Hatchett, appeared in Davidson County in Williamson County, Tenn.—the children of their
the 1830 census. While searching the War of 1812 uncle Daniel Baugh—during the trip.
pension records, I found that their brother Solomon Samuel paid personal property taxes for the first
Baugh and brothers-in-law Philip Vest, Jesse Gill, time in Chesterfield County, Va., in 1811. He does
William Hatchett, Thomas Hatchett, and Henry not appear in tax records after that date. According
Vest all served in the 23rd Virginia Regiment. I know to his War of 1812 pension application,22 Baugh
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enlisted for service in Captain Keys Company of the Senter Manuscripts in the Tennessee State Library and Archives,
South Carolina Militia in the Edgefield District on Account No. 71-35; Will of Daniel Baugh, Putnam County,
Ga., Marriage Bonds, and Williamson County, Tenn., 1830
10 December 1813. He was discharged on 15 March
and 1840 censuses.
1814. The application indicates that he married
16 http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/Baugh/1999-08/
Elizabeth Williams in March 1815. Census records
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indicate that she was born in Virginia. 17 Baugh Station, revised edition.
Following the 1850 census, Bartlett Baugh and 18 Names taken from picture of John and Elizabeth Baugh
John Baugh (sons of John and Elizabeth Baugh), Family Bible as found in Palmer, M.D. 1992. Baugh Station,
revised edition.
went to Linn County, Kan. I have copies of an 1858
19 Palmer, M. D. 1992. Baugh Station. revised edition.
letter to Lavina Baugh McPherson from her brother,
20 Elizabeth Baugh Family Bible viewed in E.
Bartlett Baugh from Linn County, Kan., that states
Kuhlenschmidt. The Descendants of Samuel and Elizabeth Baugh
that John (their brother) has gone to Texas to see his 1800-2001.
uncle. I believe this to be James Baugh (V), oldest 21 Palmer states they arrived in Kentucky in 1817 but gives
son of James Baugh (IV) (b. 2 April 1740), who died no documentation for that conclusion.
22 “On 7 Apr 1871 Samuel Baugh, aged 83, a resident of
in 1810 in Chesterfield County, Va.
Butler County, declared he was married to Elizabeth Williams,
Considering the above information, I conclude
March 1815, wife now dead.” Kentucky Genealogist, Vol. 13,
that John Baugh and Samuel Baugh were the two
No. 4. (Oct.-Dec. 1971), p. 140.
brothers who remained in Kentucky. Information 23 http://genforum.genealogy.com/baugh/messages/
posted on a genealogy forum, states that James (V), 735.html (The researcher was “Edna.” Janet Hunter, another
the son of James (IV), went to Texas from Logan Baugh researcher, wonders if Edna passed away. Janet told me
this was Edna’s husband’s line. Janet also wrote that Edna was
County, Ky.23 Some conversations I have had lead
quite meticulous with her information.)
me to wonder if he lived in the Dumas, Texas, area.
Family Tree
However, I have not been able to document this. I
do know that in the 1960s there were Baugh families James Baugh III
living in that area of Texas. William (went to 96th District, Laurens, S.C.)
James IV (Chesterfield County, Va.)
James V (went to Edgefield, S.C.,
1 E. Kuhlenschmidt, The Descendants of Samuel and
Elizabeth Baugh, 1800-2000, pages 76-93.
2 Kuhlenschmidt, p. 82.
3 Elizabeth Baugh family Bible.
4 War of 1812 pension application; census records; family
Bible.
5 Kentucky Genealogist, Vol. 13, No. 4. (October-December
1971), p. 140
6 Daniel Baugh Bible.
7 Chesterfield County Court, October 8, 1810.
8 Chesterfield County Court , James Baugh Chancery
Papers. See also Chesterfield County Court Warrant Book 7,
pages 225 and 419.
9 Chesterfield County Personal Property Tax list 1810 -
1812 (viewed at Library of Virginia).
10 Marriages of Chesterfield County, Va., p. 21.
11 Andrea, Leonardo. Papers compiled for Lucille Baugh
Harrison.
12 John and Elizabeth Baugh Bible.
13 County, originally part of the 96th District, was formed Daniel Baugh’s family Bible lists John Baugh
in 1795. See also the website: www.geocities.com/Heartland/ as the son of James Baugh (IV) of Virginia.
Hills/3837/sc_countyhistories_od. James was shot and apparently killed there
14 http://www.sciway.net/maps/cnty/ on 1 August 1810. His sons James (V) and
15 Mr. Knight documented his research using the Rebekah Samuel left for South Carolina soon after
their father’s estate was settled.
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South Carolina
counties as of 1801.
then to Logan County, Ky., and on Elizabeth
to Texas) Solomon
Daniel Samuel (went to Edgefield, S.C.,
Mary then to Logan County, Ky.)
Frances Rebecca Thomas Baugh
Tabitha Adam
Sarah Martha
John (went to Edgefield, S.C., then Daniel (went to Edgefield, S.C., then to Put-
to Logan County, Ky.) nam County, Ga.)
Nancy Elizabeth
Moses Sarah
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