Archives: June2010

• C. E. James Authors History of Franklin County, Kentucky

  CAMPBELL EDMONDSON JAMES (1852-1921)                                                      C. E. James was twenty-seven years old when he authored this short history of Franklin County, Kentucky. The work was Kentucky’s response to the resolution of the U. S. Congress encouraging celebration of the nation’s Centennial Anniversary of the American Revolution.  His father, the esteemed jurist A. J. James, already has served in the Kentucky State Legislature, was elected Attorney General under Gov. Beriah Magoffin, and had served as Kentucky’s Attorney General under Gov. Preston Leslie. He [...]

• Visiting the Second Great Grandparents of Frank & Jesse James in Cole Cemetery

    In 1754 at the age of 24, John Cole signed a lease with Hancock Lee for 150 acres of land on the north side of Horsepen Run, adjoining the plantation of John Herndon in King George County, Virginia. In 1775 and 1776, Lee’s son Willis Lee entered Virginia’s District of Kentucky and encamped at the spring named Lee’s Big Spring, midway between today’s Frankfort and Lexington. Willis Lee, his cousin Hancock Taylor, Isaac Hite, James Douglas, and John Floyd [...]

• Book Royalties of Jesse James Author Donated to James Farm & Museum

    Book royalties from Frank & Jesse James, The Story Behind the Legend by Ted Yeatman are being donated to James Farm & Museum. The author died November 1, 2009 in Maryland after a lengthy illness. His family has approved the donation. James Farm & Museum is owned by the County of Clay in Missouri, and is operated by its Parks & Recreation Department. The first royalty check of over $1,200 has been received, representing funds due to Yeatman from [...]