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Blackjack Ballard: The True Story of a Kentucky Murder and the Shootout at the Courthouse cover What happens when a man murders his neighbor? This is the tragic story of how one murder can lead to more violence and killing and can forever alter the lives of those left behind. Intertwining all of it is the tangled web of revenge. Based on the actual 1885 trial transcripts and newspapers accounts, this new book recounts Blackjack Ballard's murder of Peter Spencer, his narrow escape from the gallows, the gunshot deaths of his two brothers, and his eventual pardon in 1895 by John Y. Brown, governor of Kentucky. What remains afterward for the released but broken Ballard is the hope of redemption in caring for two orphan boys. A dark tale with flickers of light and hope, this is more than a crime book, it is a glimpse of a time and place, an inside look at family and culture in the hills of Kentucky.
Genealogical Research in Eastern Kentucky cover

A crucial reference tool for those researching relatives from the Kentucky mountains. Details courthouse records, local libraries, research centers, genealogical societies, historical associations and museums, and web resources of genealogical interest. Also lists family organizations and cultural events.

Covers the following Kentucky counties: Adair, Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Casey, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Edmonson, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Floyd, Garrard, Green, Greenup, Harlan, Hart, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Lincoln, McCreary, Madison, Magoffin, Martin, Menifee, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Rowan, Russell, Wayne, Whitley, and Wolfe.
Genealogical Research in Southwest Virginia cover

An important book for Virginia family research, covering one of the main areas of the early American frontier. Details courthouse records, local libraries, research centers, genealogical societies, historical associations and museums, and web resources of genealogical interest. Also lists family organizations and cultural events.

Covers the following Virginia counties: Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Buchanan, Carroll, Craig, Dickenson, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Highland, Lee, Montgomery, Pulaski, Rockbridge, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise, and Wythe.
The Bear Man: The Real Story of How Lewis Green, companion of Daniel Boone, survived a bear attack cover Ripped to shreds by a bear in the mid 1700s, Lewis Green, companion of Daniel Boone, is left to die by a fellow hunter. How he survives the winter is recounted several times in fascinating detail in the eighteenth-century Draper Papers, the massive collection of interviews about the early American pioneers. This new work illuminates these accounts by richly relating the culture and history of North Carolina's Yadkin Valley and Virginia's Clinch Valley. More than a review of history, it is a story of personal courage and the will to survive.
 
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