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We are
devoted to the preservation
of our abundantly
rich heritage, bequeathed to us by our pioneering ancestors who traveled the
Wilderness Trail, over the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky.
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Web Changes 
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This is where we'll announce the most recent
additions to our web site. If you've visited us before and want to
know what's changed, take a look here first. |
New hours: Tue-Saturday, 10:00 to 3:00
Book Shop - Ann
Matheny's book, The Magic City is out of print and is no longer available.
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Here are the press releases that have been issued
over the last year.
Posted March 29, 2010 - April 16, 17, & 18 4 act play -
The Gatekeeper
BCHS will have a picture display and participate in the reception,
following opening night, with cookies from historic recipes.
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Pictures Posted April 22
Last curtain call & Presentation
of flowers
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Another DAR member who is also a member of BCHS, with
cookies, cookies, cookies. |
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A quiet moment with "Floyd Ball"
contemplating Display of Middlesboro's
"Little Las Vegas" Days |
February 2010 - Flyer Announcement - New Lineage CD -
Broughton, Slusher,
Woolum, Payne, and Related Families of Kentucky
September 17 2009 - Middlesboro Daily Press - Dedication of Historic
Designation
August 4, 2009 -
Lineage Certificates Awarded
Read the News
Article
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Kentucky Lineage |
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The Bell County Historical Society is proud to
announce a long awaited CD release
KENTUCKY LINEAGE:
Broughton, Slusher, Woolum, Payne,
and Related Families of Kentucky
by
Lillian Broughton Creech
Fredwyn Creech Schwenderman
Sharon Creech Roark
$25 + $1.50 Tax & $2.50 S&H
600 page hardback originally published in 1995
Includes many pictures, oral histories, and census records
Traces ancestors and descendants of
Revolutionary War Soldier Job Broughton
born 1755, VA; died 1838, Knox Co., KY
Traces German ancestors and descendants of
Schlosser/Slusher Family:
Phillip Slusher (1777 NC-1869 Bell Co., KY) and wife Judith Howard
Traces descendants of Andrew Woolum
(1758-1818)
and his wife Ursley Woodward
Includes colorful life of Revolutionary War Soldier
Obediah Payne (1760-1818 Knox Co., KY) and Jemima Oney
Address Inquiries to
Bell County Historical Society
P O Box 1344
Middlesboro, KY 40965
Email: bellhist_society@hotmail.com
Link to order form on this web site
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Dedication of Distinguished Geological Site
Tom Shattuck of Bell County Historical Society
originally nominated the area for Distinguished Geological Site status
because of the unique origin of the Middlesboro Basin and the historic and
economic significance of the Cumberland Gap In 2002 the site of Middlesboro and Cumberland Gap was accepted for nomination by the Kentucky Society of Professional Geologists as Distinguished Geological Site #3. and was designated as such at their annual field conference in September of 2003
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 Thursday, September 17, 2009, 11:00am
Middlesborough, KY
Presented By Bell County Tourism Commission and Bell County Historical Society
Official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony ......... Mayor Ben Hickman and Bell County Chamber of Commerce
Welcome .......................................... Judy Barton, President & CEO Bell County Tourism Commission
Comments ............................................... Jeff Crowe, CEO, TOURSEKY (Tourism Southeast Kentucky)
Crater Marker Unveiling Ceremony ..... Tom & Barbara Shattuck, Bell County Historical Society
Comments .............................................. Drew Andrews, President, Kentucky Society of Professional Geologists
Closing Remarks ................................... Judy Barton
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Lineage Certificates Awarded
August 7, 2009 Part of article by Pam Eddy of
Cumberland Gap National Historic Park
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park to
Celebrate Heritage at Daniel Boone
275th Birthday Party
During Boone’s
birthday party, the Genealogy Division of the
Bell County Historical Society will commemorate
this grand heritage and pay homage to Native
Americans and pioneers who traveled through the
Gap, when they present certificates to several
families whom have recently received membership
into one, or both of, two prestigious
societies: The First Families Through the
Cumberland Gap and Descendants of
Kentucky Pioneers.
The celebration
will commemorate both Boone and other courageous
men and women who first explored or established
homes in this land beyond the Cumberland
Mountains. Come and remember our brave and
spirited forefathers! To join in the hike, meet
Daniel Boone and Cumberland Gap NHP rangers at
the Daniel Boone Parking Area just outside of
the town of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee at 7:30
p.m.! Remember to wear hiking boots or sturdy
shoes for the 1˝ mile hike through the
Cumberland Gap to the party. For those who wish
to just join in on the birthday party at the end
of the hike, meet at 8:15 p.m. at the Thomas
Walker parking area located at the intersection
of the Pinnacle Road and Hwy 988 (Sugar Run
Road).
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