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    H. H. Fuson

                                    

     The History of Bell County Vol 1
      by H. H. Fuson

    Preface (a portion) written by Henry Harvey Fuson,
     Harlan, Kentucky August 30, 1939
     

    I began this history while County Superintendent of Schools for Bell County, in 1907. At that time I wrote two chapters that appear in this book: "The Cumberland Ford Settlement" and "Cumberland Gap in the History of the State." These chapters appear practically as written at that time. A few additions have been made to the first one mentioned. The chapter on Cumberland Gap has been abridged and some few additions made. 

    Contents
           
    i    BELL COUNTY THE GATEWAY TO THE WEST                              1
    ii   ORIGIN AND BOUNDARY OF BELL COUNTY 8
    iii      P HYSICAL FETURES OF THE COUNTY 22
    iv   THE CUMBERLAND GAP REGION IN THE HISTORY OF THE STATE 30
    v   THE CUMBERLAND FORD SETTLEMENT 41
    vi   EARLY SETTLERS OF BELL COUNTY 71
    vii   EARLY SETTLERS OF BELL COUNTY, CONTINUED 107
    viii   EARLY SETTLERS OF BELL COUNTY, CONTINUED 126
    ix   SOME EARLY STATISTICS OF BELL COUNTY 158
    x     POLITICAL HISTORY OF BELL COUNTY  163
           
           
       

    The History of Bell County Vol 2
       by H. H. Fuson

    		  
     

    Contents
     
    XI ....  Industrial Life 1
    XII   The New Industrial Period 22
    XIII   Participation In The Wars 37
    XIV   History Of Bell County Schools 52
    XV   History Of Schools Continued 71
    XVI   History Of The Churches 74
    XVII    Literary History Of Bell County  107
    XVIII   The Medical Profession 117
    XIX   History Of Middlesborough 128
    XX   Roads Of Bell County 143
    XXI    Recreation In Bell County 152
    XXII   The Future Of Bell County 162
           


    Elmer Decker

    The History of Knox County
      by Elmer Decker

    CD by Richard Matthews


    Portion of Preface

    When I was growing up in Barbourville.  There were people that didn't believe that the Boone Trace followed US 25E. I remember someone that had found marked trees and rocks by Daniel Boone.  So at that time a lot of people were interested in the history of Knox County and he was one of the few who left a record of this history.

    In 1964 when the present courthouse was built the records were hauled to the dump.  And this manuscript is a work of Knox County Records that are now lost forever.  If he had not written this we would never know these things about Knox County. It was never published. And the only copy that I am aware of is one that was given to Union College at Barbourville.
     . . .     I hope it will be preserved forever.  And will be an honor to Elmer Decker.

    C. Richard Matthews
     
       
     

    by C. Richard. Matthews

     

    Matthews Collection
    Bell County Photographs
    by L. Creech, F Schwenderman, S. Roark

     

     

    Kentucky Lineage: Broughton,

    Slusher, Woodum, Payne and Related Families of Kentucky

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    Bell County Kentucky Cemetery Listings

    by C. R. Matthews

    This CD shows details of markers in each cemetery.

     

    		    
         

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        A
    Acuff Cemetery
    Arnett Cemetery
    Asher Cemetery
    Asher 2 Cemetery
    Aunt Emily Cemetery

      B
    Bailey Hill Cemetery
    Bain Cemetery
    Balkan Cemetery
    Balkan Black Cemetery
    Ball Cemetery
    Barnett Cemetery
    Barnett 2 Cemetery
    Barnett/Pursifull Cemetery
    Bays Cemetery
    Begley Cemetery
    Belcher Cemetery
    Belew Cemetery
    Ben's Branch Cemetery
    Beverly Cemetery
    Big Gem New Cemetery
    Big Gem Old Cemetery
    Big Run Cemetery
    Bingham Cemetery
    Bingham 2 Cemetery
    Black Bear Cemetery
    Blanton Cemetery
    Bledsole Cemetery
    Blevins Cemetery
    Boatright Cemetery
    Branham Cemetery
    Bratcher Cemetery
    Breast Works Hill Cemetery
    Dewey Brock Cemetery
    Brock 2 Cemetery
    Brock 3 Cemetery
    Brock 4 Cemetery
    Brock 5 Cemetery
    Brock 6 Cemetery
    Brock 7 Cemetery
    Brock 8 Cemetery
    Brock 9 Cemetery
    Brock 10 Cemetery
    Brock 11 Cemetery
    Brock 12 Cemetery
    Brock 13 Cemetery
    Broughton Cemetery
    Brown Cemetery
    Browning Cemetery
    Browning 2 Cemetery
    Brummett Cemetery
    Brummett 2 Cemetery
    Buell Cemetery
    Buell 2 Cemetery
    Bullins Cemetery
    Bullins 2 Cemetery
    Bullins Branch Cemetery
    Bullins Branch 2 Cemetery
    Bussell Mt Cemetery

     C
    Caldwell Cemetery
    Caldwell 2 Cemetery
    Caldwell 3 Cemetery
    Calloway Cemetery
    Calloway 2 Cemetery
    Cannon Lake Cemetery
    Cannon Lake 2 Cemetery
    Capito Cemetery
    Cardinal Cemetery
    Cardinal Black Cemetery
    Carmack Cemetery
    Carroll New Cemetery
    Carroll Old Cemetery
    Carter Cemetery
    Cary Hill Cemetery
    Centers Burial
    Charles Cemetery
    Cheek/Siler Cemetery
    Chenoa Cemetery
    Cobb Cemetery
    Collett Cemetery
    Collett Burial
    Collier Burial
    Collingsworth Cemetery
    Corum Cemetery
    Cowan Cemetery
    Cox Cemetery
    Cox 2 Cemetery
    Cox 3 Cemetery
    Cox 4 Cemetery
    Cox 5 Cemetery
    Cox 6 Cemetery
    Creech Cemetery
    Croley Cemetery
    Croley Burial
    Cubbage Cemetery
     

    		 Cupp Cemetery
    Cupp 2 Cemetery

     D
    Daniel Cemetery
    Davis Cemetery
    Davis 2 Cemetery
    Dean Cemetery
    Dean 2 Cemetery
    Deaton Cemetery
    Delph Cemetery
    Dewall Cemetery
    Dick Branch Cemetery
    Do Well Hollow Cemetery
    Dowell 2 Cemetery
    Dry Branch Cemetery
    Duncan Cemetery

     E
    Edwards Cemetery
    Elliott Cemetery
    Elliott 2 Cemetery
    Emery Cemetery
    Evans Cemetery
    Evans 2 Cemetery
    Evans 3 Cemetery
    Evans 4 Cemetery

     F
    Fee Cemetery
    Fee 2 Cemetery
    Fee-Knuckles Cemetery
    Ferndale Cemetery
    Ferndale Black Cemetery
    Fields Cemetery
    Forester Cemetery
    Fox Cemetery
    Fredrick Cemetery
    Fredrick 2 Cemetery
    Frost Cemetery
    Fuson Chapel Cemetery
    Fuson Cemetery
    Fuson 2 Cemetery
    Fuson 3 Cemetery
    Fuson 4 Cemetery
    Fuson 5 Cemetery
    Fuson 6 Cemetery
    Fuson 7 Cemetery
    Fuson 8 Cemetery
    Fuson 9 Cemetery

     G
    Gabbard Cemetery
    Gambrel Cemetery
    Garrett Cemetery
    Gibson Cemetery
    Gibson 2 Cemetery
    Gibson 3 Cemetery
    Gibson 4 Cemetery
    Givens Cemetery
    God's Field Cemetery
    Goins Cemetery
    Goins 2 Cemetery
    Golden Cemetery
    Good Cemetery
    Good 2 Cemetery
    Goodin Cemetery
    Goodin 2 Cemetery
    Goodin 3 Cemetery
    Goodin 4 Cemetery
    Eb Goodin Cemetery
    Tad Goodin Cemetery
    Green Cemetery
    Green 2 Cemetery
    Green 3 Cemetery
    Green Camp Cemetery
    Greene Cemetery
    Greene 2 Cemetery
    Greene 3 Cemetery
    Green Hills Cemetery
    Gross Cemetery
    Grubb Cemetery
    Gulton Cemetery

     H
    Hall Cemetery
    Hall 2 Cemetery
    Harkins Cemetery
    Hatfield Cemetery
    Head Cemetery
    Helton Cemetery
    Hembree Cemetery
    Henderson Cemetery
    Hendrickson Cemetery
    Hendrickson 2 Cemetery
    Hendrickson 3 Cemetery
    Hendrickson 4 Cemetery
     

    		 Hensley Cemetery
    Hensley 2 Cemetery
    Hensley 3 Cemetery
    Hickory Flat Cemetery
    Hopkins Cemetery
    Lee Hoskins Cemetery
    Hoskins Cemetery
    Hoskins 2 Cemetery
    Hoskins 3 Cemetery
    Hoskins 4 Cemetery
    Hoskins 5 Cemetery
    Hoskins 6 Cemetery
    Hoskins 7 Cemetery
    Hoskins 8 Cemetery
    Hoskins 9 Cemetery
    Hoskins 10 Cemetery
    Howard Cemetery
    Howard 2 Cemetery
    Howard 3 Cemetery
    Hubbard Cemetery
    Hubbard 2 Cemetery
    Hughett Cemetery
    Hunley Cemetery
    Hurley Cemetery
    Hurst Burials
    Hurst Cemetery
    Hurst 2 Cemetery
    Hurst 3 Cemetery
          I
    Ivy Grove Cemetery
    Ingram Cemetery

     J
    Jackson Cemetery
    Jackson 2 Cemetery
    Jackson Burial
    Jenson Cemetery
    Lee Johnson Cemetery
    Johnson Cemetery
    Johnson 2 Cemetery
    Johnson 3 Cemetery
    Johnson 4 Cemetery
    Johnson 5 Cemetery
    Johnson 6 Cemetery
    Johnson 7 Cemetery
    Jones Cemetery
    Jones 2 Cemetery
    Jordan Cemetery

     K
    Kellems Cemetery
    Kettle Island Cemetery
    Kirby Cemetery
    Kirby 2 Cemetery
    Knuckles Cemetery
    Knuckles 2 Cemetery
    Knuckles 3 Cemetery

     L
    Lamb Cemetery
    Lankford Cemetery
    Laurel Hill Cemetery
    Laurel Hill Burials
    Lawson Cemetery
    Lawson 2 Cemetery
    Lawson 3 Cemetery
    Lee Cemetery
    Lee 2 Cemetery
    Lee 3 Cemetery
    Lee 4 Cemetery
    Lee 5 Cemetery
    Lee/Cox Cemetery
    Lefevers Cemetery
    Lewis Cemetery
    Liberty Cemetery
    Little Creek Cemetery
    Little Creek 2 Cemetery
    Luckadoo Cemetery
    Lynch Cemetery

    M
    Maiden Cemetery
    Maiden 2 Cemetery
    Maiden 3 Cemetery
    Marsee Cemetery
    Martin Cemetery
    Martin 2 Cemetery
    Martin 3 Cemetery
    Mason Cemetery
    James Mason Cemetery
    Mathel Cemetery
    Mays Cemetery
    McCabe Cemetery
    McCullough Cemetery
    McGaffee Cemetery
    McGeorge Cemetery
    McGeorge 2 Cemetery
    McKnight Burial
     

    		 Meldrum Cemetery
     Melton Cemetery
     Middlesboro Cemetery
    Middlesboro Jewish Cemetery
    Mill Creek Cemetery
    Mill Creek 2 Cemetery
    Miller Cemetery
    Miller 2 Cemetery
    Mills Cemetery
    Miracle Cemetery
    Miracle 2 Cemetery
    Miracle 3 Cemetery
    Miracle 4 Cemetery
    Miracle 5 Cemetery
    Miracle 6 Cemetery
    Miracle 7 Cemetery
    Miracle 8 Cemetery
    Miracle 9 Cemetery
    Miracle 10 Cemetery
    Mosley Cemetery
    Murphy Cemetery
    Myers Cemetery
    Misc 221 Burials

     N
    Napier Cemetery
    Napier 2 Cemetery
    New Vine Cemetery

      O
    Overton Cemetery

     P
    Parsons Cemetery
    Parsons 2 Cemetery
    Partin Cemetery
    Partin 2 Cemetery
    Partin 3 Cemetery
    George Partin Cemetery
    Hubert Partin Cemetery
    Jackie Partin Cemetery
    John Partin Cemetery
    Richard Partin Cemetery
    Patterson Branch Burials
    Patton Cemetery
    Peace Cemetery
    Peavier Cemetery
    Philpot Cemetery
    Philyaw Cemetery
    Pickering Burial
    PineLawn Cemetery
    Pineville Cemetery
    Pine Ridge Coal Cemetery
    Pittman Cemetery
    Pittman 2 Cemetery
    Hugh Polly Cemetery
    Powers Cemetery
    Prater Cemetery
    Pridemore Burial
    Proffitt Cemetery
    Pruden Cemetery
    Pursifull Cemetery

     R
    Rains Cemetery
    Red Hill Cemetery
    Redmon Cemetery
    Redmond Cemetery
    Red Oak Cemetery
    Ricketts Cemetery
    Riley Burials
    Ritter Camp Cemetery
    Roberts Burials
    Rose Cemetery
    Rose 2 Cemetery
    Rose of Sharon Cemetery
    Russell Cemetery

    S
    Saw Mill Cemetery
    Saylor Burial
    Saylor Cemetery
    Saylor 2 Cemetery
    Saylor 3 Cemetery
    Saylor 4 Cemetery
    Saylor 5 Cemetery
    Saylor 6 Cemetery
    Saylor 7 Cemetery
    Saylor 8 Cemetery
    Saylor 9 Cemetery
    Saylor 10 Cemetery
    Settles Cemetery
    Shackelford Cemetery
    Sharp Cemetery
    Shelton Cemetery

    		Shipley Cemetery
    Simpson Cemetery
    Simpson 2 Cemetery
    Sims Fork Cemetery
    Sizemore Cemetery
    Sizemore 2 Cemetery
    Sizemore 3 Cemetery
    Slusher Cemetery
    Slusher 2 Cemetery
    Slusher 3 Cemetery
    Slusher 4 Cemetery
    Slusher 5 Cemetery
    Slusher 6 Cemetery
    Slusher 7 Cemetery
    Smith Cemetery
    Smith 2 Cemetery
    Smith 3 Cemetery
    Smith Hill Cemetery
    Southerland Cemetery
    Sparks Cemetery
    Stevens/Brown Cemetery
    Stewart Cemetery
    Stewart 2 Cemetery
    Sutton Cemetery

     T
    Tacket Hill Cemetery
    Taylor Cemetery
    Taylor 2 Cemetery
    Taylor 3 Cemetery
    Taylor 4 Cemetery
    Taylor/Wilder Cemetery
    Taylor Burials
    Thomas Cemetery
    Thompson Cemetery
    Thompson 2 Cemetery
    Thompson 3 Cemetery
    Thompson 4 Cemetery
    Thompson 5 Cemetery
    Thompson 6 Cemetery
    Thompson Burials
    Tinsley Cemetery
    Tinsley 2 Cemetery
    Turkey Creek Cemetery
    Turner Cemetery
    Turner 2 Cemetery
    Turner 3 Cemetery
    Turner 4 Cemetery

     U
    Underwood Cemetery
    Upland Cemetery

    V
    Vance Cemetery
    Varilla Cemetery

      W
    Wallsend Cemetery
    Ward Cemetery
    Warren Cemetery
    Warren 2 Cemetery
    Wasioto Cemetery
    Webb Cemetery
    Webb 2 Cemetery
    Webb 3 Cemetery
    Webb 4 Cemetery
    Webb 5 Cemetery
    Webb 6 Cemetery
    Wilder Cemetery
    Wilder 2 Cemetery
    Wilder 3 Cemetery
    Wilder 4 Cemetery
    Wilder 5 Cemetery
    Joe Wilder Cemetery
    Sil Wilder Cemetery
    Willis Cemetery
    Wilson Cemetery
    Wilson 2 Cemetery
    Wilson 3 Cemetery
    Wilson 4 Cemetery
    Wilson 5 Cemetery
    Wilson 6 Cemetery
    Wilson 7 Cemetery
    Wilson 8 Cemetery
    Wilson 9 Cemetery
    Wilson 10 Cemetery
    Wilson 11 Cemetery
    Wilson Burials
    Sol Wilson Cemetery
    Woolum Cemetery

    Y
    Yeary Cemetery
    Yeary 2 Cemetery
    Yellow Creek Cemetery
    Yellow Hill Cemetery
    Yellow Hill 2 Cemetery
    Yoakum Burial

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