When William and Margaret arrived in Kentucky, there were almost no roads.
There were buffalo traces, Native American trails, and a few military cut roads.
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Author: Mark Jarvis
126 – Religion and Education
Continue readingChurch membership grew, but slowly, on the frontier.
Despite a large number of churchmen who crossed the mountains to save the sinful frontiersmen, less than one-third of Kentucky residents belonged to any religious denomination when it became a state.
Kentucky’s Story – KET Education
125 – Marriage and Neighbors
Neighbors were an important ingredient for the social life of the community. They offered help in farming and work and daily life.
124 – Work and Money
William and Margaret Jarvis paid 20 pounds for their 100 acre farm in 1813. Was that expensive? A bargain?
Jacob Wingate’s rifle sold for 9 dollars in 1811. Was that cheap?
Harvey Jarvis was a stone mason. How much was he paid?
Continue reading123 – They Bought the Farm 1813
On July 12, 1813, William and Margaret bought the 100 acre farm from Samuel McMillan. The price was 20 pounds.
Continue reading122 – Farm and Livestock
While the women and younger boys did all the domestic chores, the men and older boys worked the farm and livestock.
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120 – A Log House
When William and Margaret moved to a farm near Fork Lick Creek, they likely constructed a one-room log house.
119 – Fork Lick Creek 1805
Shortly after 1800, William and Margaret Jarvis had moved a few miles north into Pendleton County. Here they would make their home for the next twenty years.
Continue reading118 – Early Kentucky Years 1790s
In 1776 there were fewer than 200 settlers in Kentucky. After the Revolutionary War, settlers began pouring in.
Native Americans were very unhappy about this encroachment into their lands. They had been pushed to Northwest Territory, or Indian Territory, north and west of the Ohio River.
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