Asa Lake (1764-1844) lived in Mason County, Kentucky around 1790 at the same time that Colonel Simon Kenton and Daniel Boone had established the community of Maysville, Kentucky.
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George L Crookham | Scioto Salt Licks
George Lennox Crookham was an early salt boiler at the Scioto Salt Licks in Jackson County, Ohio. He came to the area in 1799, having moved from Pennsylvania. Asa Lake, Crookham’s father-in-law, owned one of the salt-furnaces. His salt furnace was located “not far from where the bridge crosses Salt creek on the Chillicothe road”.
Cader Edwards | Shifting Lines
Cader Edwards journey along the Great Indian Warpath to his final home in the Holston Settlement was impacted by changing beliefs of who had access to the land.
Jethro New | Guard for a Spy
Jethro New, originally from Delaware, died in Indiana in the 1820s, a veteran of the Revolutionary War and father of a dozen children, several of whom became politicians and religious leaders in Southern Indiana. In their biographies and family histories, they recount the tale that Jethro New, as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, wasContinue reading “Jethro New | Guard for a Spy”
Andrew Van Slyke | Arrival in Missouri
Family Legend passed down the idea that the Van Slykes came to Missouri along the Trail of Tears.
Finding the Yellow Bricks 