Abraham Field (1744-1822) Jefferson County Kentucky
1. Abraham*5 Field (Keene*4, Abraham*3, Daniel*2, Abraham*1)1,2,3,4 was born 1744 in Culpeper County, Virginia5,6, and died August 1822 in Jefferson County, Kentucky on Lewis Farm7. He married Elizabeth*8 abt. 1771 in Culpeper County, Virginia9. She died Aft. 182510.
Notes for Abraham* Field:
-1784 Came to the Falls of the Ohio (Louisville) then settled at the Fish Ponds near present day Okolona, Kentucky. (Briggs R. A. Pioneer Settlers at the Mouth of the Salt River.)
-April 8, 1785 Served on two Juries, Jefferson County Kentucky (Cook, Michael. Jefferson County, Kentucky Records Vol 1, pg. 112, 116)
-20 Oct. 1785. Included on a list of pensioners. He was to receive £10 annually. (From other sources I have concluded with certainty that this is the correct Abraham.) (Virginia Military Records)
-August 3, 1786 Ordered by the Jefferson County, Kentucky Court to find the nearest and best way from Louisville to the Salt Works. (Cook, Michael. Jefferson County, Kentucky Records Vol 1, pg. 206)
-Nov. 7, 1786 Witnessed a land transaction. (Cook, Michael, Jefferson County, Kentucky Records, Vol. 3, pg. 331)
-Dec. 6. 1786 Ordered by Jefferson County to find nearest and best road site from Louisville to James Francis Moore's Mill on Fishpool Creek. (Cook, Michael, Jefferson County, Kentucky Records, Vol. 2, pg. 214)
-August 9, 1787 Served on two juries in Jefferson County. (ibid., pg. 230, 231)
-August 11, 1787 Served on two juries in Jefferson County. (ibid., pg. 234)
-April 1, 1788 "ordered certified that Abraham Fields comes fully under the pension law, and that he be exempt from County Levies." (ibid., pg. 267)
-May 6, 1788 Served on Jury in Jefferson County. (ibid., pg. 269)
-August 6, 1788 Served on Jury in Jefferson County. (ibid., pg. 280)
-Sept. 3, 1788 Sworn in as Deputy Sherriff for Jefferson County. (ibid., pg. 285)
-Nov. 4, 1788 Served on Jury for Jefferson County. (ibid., pg. 288)
-Dec. 2, 1788 Surety for a bond for Joseph Boyd. (ibid., pg. 298)
-Feb. 3, 1789 Ordered to find best route for a road from Louisville to Nan's Lick. (ibid., pg. 301)
-March 5, 1789 Served on three Juries. (ibid., pg. 304, 305)
-March 6, 1789 Served on a Jury. (ibid., pg. 306)
-July 7, 1789 Surety for a bond for James and Esther McCaslin. (ibid., pg. 322)
-Sept. 7, 1790 Is deeded 200 acres from George and Mary Slaughter. (ibid., pg. 370)
-Nov. 2, 1790 Court certifies "his inability to procure a livelyhood by bodily labor" and is kept on the pension list. (ibid., pg. 373)
Feb. 7, 1792 With Benjamin and Anne Roberts, deeds land to James Ballard. (ibid., pg. 429)
-March 7, 1792 Served on Jury. (ibid., pg. 434)
-March 8, 1792 Served on Jury. (ibid., pg. 435)
-1795 Listed in the 1795 Kentucky Census in Jefferson County
-Aug. 1, 1797 Abraham and his wife Elizabeth deed land to George Slaughter. (Cook, Michael, Jefferson County, Kentucky Records, Vol. 2, Cook Publications: Evansville, Indiana, 1978, pg. 121)
-Mar. 6, 1799 Appointed overseer of the building of a road from Linn's Pond Bridge to Bee Lick Run. (ibid., pg 172)
-June 4, 1799 Others appointed to assist Abraham Field in keeping the road from Linn's Pond to Bee Lick Run open. (ibid., pg 175)
-1800 Listed in the Second Census for Jefferson County, Kentucky.
-1800 Abraham sues James Pritchard. (Cook, Michael, Jefferson County, Kentucky Records, Vol. 3, pg. 213)
Oct 20, 1800 Surety for a bond of John Field (Cook, Michael, Jefferson County, Kentucky Records, Vol. 2, pg. 207)
April 20, 1801 Surety for a bond of Mary Reed. (ibid., pg 225)
Nov. 1, 1802 Appointed appraiser for the estate of Scarlette Berkley. (ibid., pg 249)
-April 4, 1803 Ordered to find the best route for a road for Bee Lick Run to the mouth of Salt River. (ibid., pg 258)
-July 5, 1803 Reports on the route for the road from Bee Lick Run to the mouth of the Salt River. (ibid., pg 266)
-July 3, 1804 Ordered to view and mark the best way for a public road from the main square in Louisville to Jacob Lytle's land. (ibid., pg 298)
-Jul 1, 1805 Abraham grants power of attorney to ------- Jefferson in Richmond, Virginia to receive his pension. (ibid., pg 326)
-Nov. 4, 1805 John Speed sought permission to build mills near his Pond Creek dam 1 1/4 miles from land of Abraham Field. (ibid., pg 331)
-Dec. 3, 1805 Abraham et al. reported on the best route from Salt River to Louisville. (ibid., pg 335)
-1806 Settled on Little Bee Lick Creek in southwest Jefferson County. His home was located near the present day Beth Haven Baptist Church. (Briggs R. A. Pioneer Settlers at the Mouth of the Salt River.)
-Oct. 6, 1806 Abraham appears in Court to prove he was still wounded and that he was indeed the Abraham Field who was receiving a pension. (Cook, Michael, Jefferson County, Kentucky Records, Vol. 2, pg. 207)
-May 4, 1807 Came into court to prove he was still alive. (ibid., pg 378)
-June 1, 1807 Court ordered Abraham be exempted from payment of county levies due to his inability to procure a living. (ibid., pg 380)
-June 1, 1807 Ordered to view and mark roads, one of which was from Speed's Mill to main road. (ibid., pg 381)
-Dec. 9, 1807 Ordered by the court with others to view and mark the best route for a road to the main road from Christian Shively's Mill on the Big Run. (ibid., pg 401)
-Feb. 1, 1808 Abraham came into court and made an oath that he was wounded in the service of Virginia and that he is the same person who was granted a pension and he was still unable to procure a livelihood. (ibid., pg 408)
-April 10, 1809 Abraham came into court and made an oath as to his wound and pension. (ibid., pg 444)
-1800 listed in Census for Jefferson County, Kentucky.
-June 11, 1810 Abraham came in a made his yearly oath pertaining to his wound and pension. (Cook, Michael, Jefferson County, Kentucky Records, Vol. 2, pg. 485)
-Jan. 15, 1811 Abraham came in a made his yearly oath pertaining to his wound and pension. (ibid., pg 512)
-1820 Listed in Census for Jefferson County, Kentucky.
-In old age Abraham lived with his daughter Cynthia and her husband William Lewis. (Appleman, Roy E., "Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham", In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981, pg. 498)
-1822. Abraham Field died. (ibid., pg. 500)
-1823 Abraham Field's Administrator sued George Brown, his wife Mary Field Brown (Abraham's daughter), Ezekial Field (his son) and John Field (his son) case no1223. (Cook, Michael, Jefferson County, Kentucky Records, Vol. 3, pg. 42, 43, 93)
-1823 Ezekial Field sues Abraham Field's Administrator. Case no. 1196. (ibid., pg. 93)
-16 Jan 1828. On a Land Office list of those who were granted, but never received their bounty land warrants. Apparently, since this list was made six years after Abraham died, he never received his land. (Brumbaugh. Revolutionary War Records, Vol. 2, Virginia)
More About Abraham* Field:
Immigration 1: 1784, Moved to Falls of the Ohio, Kentucky, in the fall of 178411,12
Immigration 2: March 1785, moved to Fish Pools, Jefferson County, Kentucky13
Military service: 1774, Private in Col John Field's Comapny, Culpeper Co. Minute Men14
Miscellaneous: 10 October 1774, Wounded in right arm in the Battle of Point Plesant, Dunnmore's War15
Miscellaneous (2): refered to as Abraham Jr. in Culpeper County deed books to differentiate him from his grandfather Capt. Abraham Field
Occupation 1: 1785, Hunter16
Occupation 2: Road Surveyor17
Residence 1: Bet. 1790 - 1 September 1814, Pond Creek, North Knobs, Jefferson County, Kentucky18,19
Residence 2: Bet. 1785 - 1877, Col. Moore's at the Settlement Fish Pools, Jefferson County, Kentucky20,21
Residence 3: 1 September 1814, Lived with daughter, Cynthia and her husband William Lewis22
Will: died intestate23
More About Elizabeth*:
Other Spellings: Betty, Polly
More About Abraham* Field and Elizabeth*:
Marriage: abt. 1771, Culpeper County, Virginia24
Children of Abraham* Field and Elizabeth* are:
2 i. John6 Field25, died Bef. 182326.
Notes for John Field:
-Oct 20, 1800 Appointed Constable of Jefferson County, Kentucky. (Cook, Michael, Jefferson County, Kentucky Records, Vol. 2, pg. 207)
-1810 Listed in Census for Jefferson County, Kentucky.
-1820 Listed in Census for Jefferson County, Kentucky.
3 ii. Pvt. Joseph Field27, born in Culpeper County, Virginia28; died Bet. 27 June - 20 October 1807 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky29.
Notes for Pvt. Joseph Field:
-1800 listed in Second Census (tax list) for Jefferson County, Kentucky
-1 August 1803 to 10 October 1806 member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Appleman pg. 478)
More About Pvt. Joseph Field:
Death Cause: Unknown. Listed on the cover of Capt. William Clark's cash book journal 1825-1828 as "J. Fields do" this refers to the person who was listed as "killed"30
Miscellaneous: Bet. 1905 - 1906, One of the three salt makers at Fort Clatsop, Oregon, winter headquarters, during the Lewis and Clark Expedition30
Miscellaneous (2): He never married and had no children30,31
4 iii. Pvt. Reubin Field32, born in Culpeper County, Virginia33; died Bet. 22 April 1822 - 14 January 1823 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky34,35. He married Mary Myrtle36,37 1808 in Indiana38,39.
Notes for Pvt. Reubin Field:
-1800 on Second Census for Jefferson County, Kentucky.
-1810 listed in Census in Jefferson County, Kentucky.
-1820 listed in the Census for Jefferson County, Kentucky.
- 1 August 1803 to 10 October 1806 member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Appleman pg. 478)
More About Pvt. Reubin Field:
Burial: Bethany Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky39
Miscellaneous (2): He was 47 or 48 when he died40
Miscellaneous (3): had no children41
Will: 22 April 1822, proven Jan 14, 1823--Will Book 2 Pg. 203, Jefferson County, Kentucky42,43,44
More About Reubin Field and Mary Myrtle:
Marriage: 1808, Indiana45,46
5 iv. Ezekiel H. Field47,48,49, born 7 October 1773 in Culpeper County, Virginia50,51,52; died 5 November 1858 in Hardin County, Kentucky (prob.)53,54. He married (1) Mary Myrtle55 abt. 180156; died 9 March 180456. He married (2) Mary Ditto56,57 180658; born 20 October 178958,59; died 17 August 1828 in Hardin County, Kentucky (prob.)60,61.
Notes for Ezekiel H. Field:
-1800 Listed on Second Census (Tax List) for Jefferson County, Kentucky.
-1810 Listed on Census for Jefferson County, Kentucky.
More About Ezekiel H. Field:
Burial: 1858, Field Family Cemetery, near Ditto Hill Firing Range, Ft. Knox, Kentucky62,63
Occupation: salt maker64
More About Ezekiel Field and Mary Myrtle:
Marriage: abt. 180165
More About Mary Ditto:
Burial: 1828, Field Family Cemetery, near Ditto Hill Firing Range, Ft. Knox, Kentucky66
Nickname: Polly67
More About Ezekiel Field and Mary Ditto:
Marriage: 180667
6 v. Keen* Field68,69,70,70, born abt. 1774 in Culpeper County, Virginia (prob.)71,72; died abt. 22 January 1815 in White River Township, Gibson County, Indiana73,74,75,76,77,78. He married Anna* Lewis79,80,81 29 March 1793 in Shelby County, Kentucky82,83,84; born 177385; died Aft. 1850 in Greene County, Illinois (prob.)86,87,88,89.
Notes for Keen* Field:
-June 2, 1789 Proved his attendance in Court for Field v. Scott. (Cook, Michael. Jefferson County, Kentucky Records Vol 1, pg. 320)
-1795 Listed in the 1795 Kentucky Census as living in Shelby County, KY.
-1800 Listed in the Census, Jefferson County, Kentucky, but had already moved to Gibson County, Indiana.
-1807 Listed on the Indiana Territory Census (tax list) in Knox County (later split and Gibson County was formed from it.) and not listed in the 1810 Census, Jefferson County, Kentucky.
-8 Nov. 1813 fined $1.00 for breach of the peace (Tartt, pg. 74)
"The first grist mill in White River Township was of round logs and built by Keen Fields. It was run by horse power and was provided with one set of buhrs. Each customer furnished his own power during those days and provided his own bolt. The first style of bolt was a box-shaped invention, with straight handle and wire bottom, and was termed a "sarch." The ground grist was placed in this sarch and was pushed by hand back and forth across the top of an open trough a hollowed log, which held the flour after being sifted out. (Stormont, Gil R., History of Gibson County. Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen, 1914.)
More About Keen* Field:
Burial: 1815, Old Field-Morrison Cemetery, Steelman Road, Gibson County, Indiana90,91
Census 1807: 1807, Knox County, Indiana (Indiana Territory Census)92
Election Poll: 1809, Keen Fields listed for White River Twp., Knox County, (now Gibson) Indiana93
Estate: Estate 39-4 Gibson County Courthouse, Princeton, Indiana (Princeton Public Library)
Immigration: 1799, moved from Shelby Co. Kentucky to Knox (now Gibson) County Indiana/Gibson Co., IN94
Miscellaneous 1: Bet. 1807 - 1810, Appears on a jury list as Kain Fields95
Miscellaneous 2: 1810, Appears on list of County Road viewers, surveyors and supervisors for 181096
Miscellaneous 3: 8 November 1813, Fined $1.00 for breach of the peace. (first fine for this offence in the county)97
Other Spellings: Cane, Cain
Tombstone Inscription 1: KF X 1815
Tombstone Inscription 2: Keen Field/ Died-1815/Husband of Anna Lewis/Immigrated/ca.-1799
Notes for Anna* Lewis:
-March 1820 Anna Field and her son, Abraham, appear in Gibson County Court. She laid a claim against the estate of her deceased husband, Keen Field, in the amount of forty dollars per year for raising the five youngest children from the 23 of January 1818 to the 23 of January 1820. She was granted 600 dollars.
-September 1823 Anna Field again appears in court. This time she is appointed guardian to her children, Ezekeal, Keen, Ruben, Thomas, Steven and Joseph. The six children appeared with her and stated that they would like her as their guardian. She is then appointed and granted another five hundred dollars.
(Probate Order Book A, Pg 83-85,148-149, Gibson County, Indiana)
More About Anna* Lewis:
Census 1820: Gibson County, Indiana
Census 1830: White River Twp., Gibson County, Indiana
Census 1840: Wilmington Precinct, Greene County, Illinois, pg. 116 (living with son Keen)
Census 1850: North of Apple Creek, Greene County, Illinois, pg. 144
Other Spellings: last name West (incorrect)98
Residence: 1850, Lived with son Keen Jr.99
More About Keen* Field and Anna* Lewis:
Marriage: 29 March 1793, Shelby County, Kentucky100,101,102
7 vi. Mary Field103,104, born 1782105. She married George Brown106 23 December 1800 in Jefferson County, Kentucky106.
More About Mary Field:
Nickname: Polly
More About George Brown and Mary Field:
Marriage: 23 December 1800, Jefferson County, Kentucky106
8 vii. Cynthia Field107,108,109, born 1789 in Kentucky110. She married William Lewis111,112 19 March 1807 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky113,114.
Notes for Cynthia Field:
More About Cynthia Field:
Miscellaneous: Ezekiel and Poly sued Cynthia and William Lewis over land acquisition115
More About William Lewis and Cynthia Field:
Marriage: 19 March 1807, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky116,117
Endnotes
1. Will: Capt. Abraham Field, 2 July 1774, Will Book B, page 154, Culpeper County Court House, Culpeper, Virginia.
2. Marriage Record: William Lewis and Cynthia Field, Book 1, Pg. 57, Jefferson County, Kentucky.
3. Withers, Robert Edwin (presented by), Withers Family of the County of Lancaster, England and of Stafford County, Virginia establishing the Ancestry of Robert Edwin Withers III, (The Dietz Printing Company, Richmond, Virginia, 1947), pg. 124-125, Abram is listed as an heir of James Withers in the final distribution of his property after his wife Elizabeth died, in lieu of his father Keene who would have been listed in lieu of his grandmother Elizabeth Withers Field. This list was taken from the Large Minute Book (1788-1791), pg. 146, dated May 4, 1788, Fauquier County, Virginia.
4. Dorman, John Frederick (comp), Culpeper County, Virginia, Deeds Vol. 4, 1765-1769, pg. 3, proves relationship between Abraham of Kentucky, Capt. Abraham of Culpeper Co. Virginia and his uncle Col. John Field (Major John at that time, 1766).
5. Franklin, Anne York, Compiler, Clues for Revolutionary War Soldiers With Connections to Louisville and Jefferson County Kentucky, (Ancestors Incorporated), pg. 60, (date).
6. Briggs, R. A., Pioneer Settlers at the Mouth of Salt River, (his source on names and dates of Ezekiel Field and descendants is Ezekiel Field's personal book.), (date only--Briggs does not state a source, but date is likely).
7. Appleman, Roy E., "Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham", In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981, pg. 500.
8. Cook, Michael, Jefferson County, Kentucky Records, Vol. 2, (Cook Publications: Evansville, Indiana, 1978), pg. 121.
9. Franklin, Anne York, Compiler, Clues for Revolutionary War Soldiers With Connections to Louisville and Jefferson County Kentucky, (Ancestors Incorporated), pg. 60.
10. Appleman, Roy E., "Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham", In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981, pg. 499.
11. Appleman, Roy E., "Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham", In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981, pg. 489.
12. Briggs, R. A., Pioneer Settlers at the Mouth of Salt River, (his source on names and dates of Ezekiel Field and descendants is Ezekiel Field's personal book.).
13. Appleman, Roy E., "Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham", In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981.
14. Appleman, Roy E., "Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham", In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981, pg. 496.
15. Appleman, Roy E., "Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham", In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981, pg. 482.
16. Appleman, Roy E., "Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham", In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981, pg. 490.
17. Cook, Michael, Jefferson County, Kentucky Records, Vol. 2, (Cook Publications: Evansville, Indiana, 1978), pg. 298, 266, Various records in other volumes refer to more roads surveyed. At least 6 or 7 times he is ordered to survey and mark the best route.
18. Yater, George H. and Carolyn S. Denton, Nine Young Men From Kentucky, We Proceeded On, Publication No. 11, May, 1992, Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc., pg. 2.
19. Appleman, Roy E., "Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham", In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981, pg. 498.
20. Appleman, Roy E., "Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham", In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981, pg. 490, 494.
21. Yater, George H. and Carolyn S. Denton, Nine Young Men From Kentucky, We Proceeded On, Publication No. 11, May, 1992, Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc., pg. 2.
22. Appleman, Roy E., "Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham", In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981, pg. 498.
23. Early Kentucky Settlers: The Records of Jefferson County, Kentucky, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1988), pg. 444, His wife Betty was alloted one third of his estate in court in May 1823.
24. Franklin, Anne York, Compiler, Clues for Revolutionary War Soldiers With Connections to Louisville and Jefferson County Kentucky, (Ancestors Incorporated), pg. 60.
25. Appleman, Roy E., "Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham", In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981, pg. 501, Appleman's source: Ezekial Field et al bill Aganist Will Lewis and Poly Field, 10 October 1823 Chancery Case 1223, Jefferson County, Kentucky. "on 10 October 1823 Ezekial Field filed a bill in chancery in the Jefferson County Circuit Court on behalf of himself, his sister Polly Brown (Mrs. George Brown), and the surviving children of thier brothers Cain and John, both dead, as hiers of the deceases Abraham Field.This bill disclosed they felt William Lewis and his wife Cynthia were getting an undue share of Abraham Field's estate and also missrepresenting the extent of Abraham's property and the agreement on which Abraham and Betty has lived on Lewis's land during the last 8 years of Abraham's life."
26. Appleman, Roy E., "Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham", In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981, pg. 501.
27. Appleman, Roy E., "Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham", In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981, pg. 481.
28. Halcomb, Billie (Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation), 365 Mistletoe Circle, Corvalis, OR 97330.
29. Correspondence: Letter to Mrs. E B Miller from ?, November 25, 1938. Field Family Folder, Filson Club, Louisville, Kentucky.
30. Yater, George H. and Carolyn S. Denton, Nine Young Men From Kentucky, We Proceeded On, Publication No. 11, May, 1992, Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc., pg. 4.
31. Appleman, Roy E., "Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham", In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981, pg. 502.
32. Appleman, Roy E., "Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham", In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981, pg. 481.
33. Halcomb, Billie (Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation), 365 Mistletoe Circle, Corvalis, OR 97330.
34. Correspondence: Letter to Mrs. E B Miller from ?, November 25, 1938. Field Family Folder, Filson Club, Louisville, Kentucky, He died between April 22, 1822, when he wrote his will and January 14, 1823, when it was proven in court.
35. Appleman, Roy E., "Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham", In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981, pg. 505, footnote 67, 506.
36. Halcomb, Billie (Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation), 365 Mistletoe Circle, Corvalis, OR 97330.
37. Briggs, R. A., Pioneer Settlers at the Mouth of Salt River, (his source on names and dates of Ezekiel Field and descendants is Ezekiel Field's personal book.).
38. Correspondence: Letter to Mrs. E B Miller from ?, November 25, 1938. Field Family Folder, Filson Club, Louisville, Kentucky.
39. Briggs, R. A., Pioneer Settlers at the Mouth of Salt River, (his source on names and dates of Ezekiel Field and descendants is Ezekiel Field's personal book.).
40. Appleman, Roy E., "Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham", In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981, pg. 506.
41. Appleman, Roy E., "Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham", In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981, pg. 502.
42. Correspondence: Letter to Mrs. E B Miller from ?, November 25, 1938. Field Family Folder, Filson Club, Louisville, Kentucky.
43. Cook, Michael, Jefferson County, Kentucky Records, Vol 4, (Cook Publications: Evansville, Indiana, 1987), pg. 134.
44. Appleman, Roy E., "Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham", In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981, pg. 505, footnote 67, 506.
45. Correspondence: Letter to Mrs. E B Miller from ?, November 25, 1938. Field Family Folder, Filson Club, Louisville, Kentucky.
46. Briggs, R. A., Pioneer Settlers at the Mouth of Salt River, (his source on names and dates of Ezekiel Field and descendants is Ezekiel Field's personal book.).
47. Yater, George H. and Carolyn S. Denton, Nine Young Men From Kentucky, We Proceeded On, Publication No. 11, May, 1992, Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc..
48. Correspondence: Spurling, Terri Rouse. Email to Lucie Field, 18 March 1999.
49. Appleman, Roy E., "Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham", In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981, pg. 501, Appleman's source: Ezekial Field et al bill Aganist Will Lewis and Poly Field, 10 October 1823 Chancery Case 1223, Jefferson County, Kentucky. "on 10 October 1823 Ezekial Field filed a bill in chancery in the Jefferson County Circuit Court on behalf of himself, his sister Polly Brown (Mrs. George Brown), and the surviving children of thier brothers Cain and John, both dead, as hiers of the deceased Abraham Field.This bill disclosed they felt William Lewis and his wife Cynthia were getting an undue share of Abraham Field's estate and also missrepresenting the extent of Abraham's property and the agreement on which Abraham and Betty has lived on Lewis's land during the last 8 years of Abraham's life."
50. Briggs, R. A., Pioneer Settlers at the Mouth of Salt River, (his source on names and dates of Ezekiel Field and descendants is Ezekiel Field's personal book.).
51. Yater, George H. and Carolyn S. Denton, Nine Young Men From Kentucky, We Proceeded On, Publication No. 11, May, 1992, Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc., pg. 2.
52. Schenian, Pamela, Known Burials in Fort Knox Hardin County Cemeteries, Hardin Co., KY, 1999, ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/hardin/cemeteries/ftknox-ag.txt, This source lists Ezekeil Field as buried in the Field Cemetery at Ft. Knox. His stone reads b. 10/07/1773 d. 11/05/1858.
53. Briggs, R. A., Pioneer Settlers at the Mouth of Salt River, (his source on names and dates of Ezekiel Field and descendants is Ezekiel Field's personal book.).
54. Schenian, Pamela, Known Burials in Fort Knox Hardin County Cemeteries, Hardin Co., KY, 1999, ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/hardin/cemeteries/ftknox-ag.txt, This source lists Ezekeil Field as buried in the Field Cemetery at Ft. Knox. His stone reads b. 10/07/1773 d. 11/05/1858.
55. Briggs, R. A., Pioneer Settlers at the Mouth of Salt River, (his source on names and dates of Ezekiel Field and descendants is Ezekiel Field's personal book.), I have no idea where to actually find this book, but I have found exerpts of it in several places. This one in the Field Family Folder at the Filson Club in Louisville, Kentucky.
56. Briggs, R. A., Pioneer Settlers at the Mouth of Salt River, (his source on names and dates of Ezekiel Field and descendants is Ezekiel Field's personal book.).
57. Correspondence: Spurling, Terri Rouse. Email to Lucie Field, 18 March 1999.
58. Briggs, R. A., Pioneer Settlers at the Mouth of Salt River, (his source on names and dates of Ezekiel Field and descendants is Ezekiel Field's personal book.).
59. Schenian, Pamela, Known Burials in Fort Knox Hardin County Cemeteries, Hardin Co., KY, 1999, ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/hardin/cemeteries/ftknox-ag.txt, This source lists Polly Field as buried in the Field Cemetery at Ft. Knox. Her stone reads b. 08/13/1789 d. 08/17/1828.
60. Briggs, R. A., Pioneer Settlers at the Mouth of Salt River, (his source on names and dates of Ezekiel Field and descendants is Ezekiel Field's personal book.).
61. Schenian, Pamela, Known Burials in Fort Knox Hardin County Cemeteries, Hardin Co., KY, 1999, ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/hardin/cemeteries/ftknox-ag.txt, This source lists Polly Field as buried in the Field Cemetery at Ft. Knox. Her stone reads b. 08/13/1789 d. 08/17/1828.
62. Briggs, R. A., Pioneer Settlers at the Mouth of Salt River, (his source on names and dates of Ezekiel Field and descendants is Ezekiel Field's personal book.).
63. Schenian, Pamela, Known Burials in Fort Knox Hardin County Cemeteries, Hardin Co., KY, 1999, ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/hardin/cemeteries/ftknox-ag.txt, This source lists Ezekeil Field as buried in the Field Cemetery at Ft. Knox. His stone reads b. 10/07/1773 d. 11/05/1858.
64. Yater, George H. and Carolyn S. Denton, Nine Young Men From Kentucky, We Proceeded On, Publication No. 11, May, 1992, Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc., pg. 3.
65. Briggs, R. A., Pioneer Settlers at the Mouth of Salt River, (his source on names and dates of Ezekiel Field and descendants is Ezekiel Field's personal book.).
66. Known Burial in Fort Knox Hardin County Cemeteries, Hardin Co., KY, This source lists Polly Field as buried in the Field Cemetery at Ft. Knox. His stone reads b. 08/13/1789 d. 08/17/1828.
67. Briggs, R. A., Pioneer Settlers at the Mouth of Salt River, (his source on names and dates of Ezekiel Field and descendants is Ezekiel Field's personal book.).
68. Tartt, Jas. T., History of Gibson County, Indiana (3), (Jas.Tartt & Co. Edwardsville, Illinois, 1884), pg. 188.
69. Cook, Michael L., Pioneer Lewis Families, Vol 1., (Cook Publications: Evansville, Indiana, 1978), pg. 1.
70. Appleman, Roy E., "Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham", In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981, pg. 501, 502, Appleman's source: Ezekial Field et al bill Aganist Will Lewis and Poly Field, 10 October 1823 Chancery Case 1223, Jefferson County, Kentucky.
71. Conversation: Oliver, Barbara. With Eugene Field, August, 1997, Barbara Oliver believes he was born in Louisville KY.However, we have a source that says his father Abraham came to KY with three small children earlier than Keene was born.
72. We conjecture Keen was about 18 at the time of marriage and birth of first child.
73. Tombstone Inscription: Keen Field, Old Field-Morrison Cemetery, Steelman Road, Gibson County, Indiana, Visited by Eugene Field and Lucie Field July, 1997, A document dated 23 January 1820, Anna Fields is receivng monies for the care of her children from the date of 23 January 1815--23 January 1820. Keen most likely died just prior to the first date.
74. Cook, Michael L., Pioneer Lewis Families, Vol 1., (Cook Publications: Evansville, Indiana, 1978), pg. 1.
75. Tartt, Jas. T., History of Gibson County, Indiana (3), (Jas.Tartt & Co. Edwardsville, Illinois, 1884), p. 188, "...until his [Keen Field] which occured in 1815."
76. Nolcox, Terry L., comp., Gibson County, Indiana, Source Book Vol. II, (Princeton, Indiana), pg. 36, From the 1820 March term of the Gibson County Probate Court, "And now at this time came Ann Field and Abraham Field Administrators of Keen Field, deceased...the widow Field laid into the court a claim against the said estate of Keen Field deceased, an account for keeping five of the youngest children from the 23d of Jany 1815 up the 23d Jany 1820..."
77. Correspondence: Malott, Marjorie. Letter to Michael Cook. September 4, 1972, Given to Miriam Grasz Field September 1972 by Michael Cook, copy in possession of Eugene and Lucie Field.
78. Estate Record: Keen Fields, Box 39-4 & Will Book A, pg. 5-10, Gibson County Courthouse, Princeton, Indiana (lists all minor children's birthdates).
79. Tartt, Jas. T., History of Gibson County, Indiana (3), (Jas.Tartt & Co. Edwardsville, Illinois, 1884), pg. 184, 188, This source states that Annie Lewis. (pg. 184) It also states her name was Anna West. I believe this to be incorrect. (pg. 188).
80. Cook, Michael L., Pioneer Lewis Families, Vol 1., (Cook Publications: Evansville, Indiana, 1978), pg. 1.
81. 1850 Federal Census, North of Apple Creek, Greene County, Illinois, pg. 144.
82. Hardeman, Gertrude, "Marriage Bonds for the years 1792-1793-1794 of Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky," in DAR Magazine, Jan. 1960: pg. 27.
83. Cook, Michael L., Pioneer Lewis Families, Vol 1., (Cook Publications: Evansville, Indiana, 1978), Pg. 1.
84. Hasskarl, Eula, Shelby County, Kentucky Marriages 1792-1833, vol 1., (Adam Oklahoma, 1983), pages not numbered, Bondsman Jonathan Cox.
85. 1860 Federal Census, Green County, Illinois.
86. Nolcox, Terry L., comp., Gibson County, Indiana, Source Book Vol. II, (Princeton, Indiana), pg. 36, She appears in court September 1823. Probate Order Book A, Gibson County, Indiana. Anna Field is listed in both the 1840 and 1850 census of Green County, Illinois, living with Keen Field and Malinda. She seems to have moved with her son when he moved to Illinois about 1838.
87. 1840 Federal Census, Greene County, Illinois, She is listed as between 50 and 60, which is incorrect.
88. 1850 Federal Census, North of Apple Creek, Greene County, Illinois.
89. Cook, Michael L., Pioneer Lewis Families, Vol 1., (Cook Publications: Evansville, Indiana, 1978), pg. 1, Cook says 1817-1818. This is not true.
90. Tombstone inscription of Keene Field, Old Field-Morrison Cemetery, Steelman Road, Gibson County, Indiana, Visited by Eugene Field and Lucie Field July, 1997,On Keene Field's property Military Donation No. 10.Exact InscriptionKF X 1815.
91. Cook, Michael L., Pioneer Lewis Families, Vol 1., (Cook Publications: Evansville, Indiana, 1978), pg. 1.
92. Census of Indiana Territory for 1807, (Indiana Historical Society, 1980), pg. 13, listed as Cain Fields, 3 Votes.
93. "Hoosier Genealogist," May June, 1962: pg. 80.
94. Tartt, Jas. T., History of Gibson County, Indiana (3), (Jas.Tartt & Co. Edwardsville, Illinois, 1884), pg. 188, "Keen Fields was perhaps the next white settler. He came to the township in 1799, and settled on military donation No. 11, and built a log cabin for a dwelling for himself and family."
95. Barekman, June B., Knox County Indiana Early Land Records and Court Indexes 1783-1815, Vol III, (Genealogical Services and Publications, Chicago, 1968 [Princeton Public Library]), pg. 55.
96. Barekman, June B., Knox County Indiana Early Land Records and Court Indexes 1783-1815, Vol III, (Genealogical Services and Publications, Chicago, 1968 [Princeton Public Library]), pg. 50, listed as Keen Fields.
97. Tartt, Jas. T., History of Gibson County, Indiana (3), (Jas.Tartt & Co. Edwardsville, Illinois, 1884), pg. 74.
98. Tartt, Jas. T., History of Gibson County, Indiana (3), (Jas.Tartt & Co. Edwardsville, Illinois, 1884), pg. 188.
99. Farmer, A. Dean, Descendants of Keene Fields, (source not verified).
100. Hardeman, Gertrude, "Marriage Bonds for the years 1792-1793-1794 of Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky," in DAR Magazine, Jan. 1960: pg. 27.
101. Cook, Michael L., Pioneer Lewis Families, Vol 1., (Cook Publications: Evansville, Indiana, 1978), Pg. 1.
102. Hasskarl, Eula, Shelby County, Kentucky Marriages 1792-1833, vol 1., (Adam Oklahoma, 1983), pages not numbered, Bondsman Jonathan Cox.
103. Appleman, Roy E., "Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham", In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981, pg. 501, Appleman's source: Ezekial Field et al bill Aganist Will Lewis and Poly Field, 10 October 1823 Chancery Case 1223, Jefferson County, Kentucky. "on 10 October 1823 Ezekial Field filed a bill in chancery in the Jefferson County Circuit Court on behalf of himself, his sister Polly Brown (Mrs. George Brown), and the surviving children of thier brothers Cain and John, both dead, as hiers of the deceases Abraham Field.This bill disclosed they felt William Lewis and his wife Cynthia were getting an undue share of Abraham Field's estate and also missrepresenting the extent of Abraham's property and the agreement on which Abraham and Betty has lived on Lewis's land during the last 8 years of Abraham's life."
104. Estate Record: Keen Fields, Box 39-4 & Will Book A, pg. 5-10, Gibson County Courthouse, Princeton, Indiana (lists all minor children's birthdates), March 18, 1816 Received by the hands of Mary Brown the sum of ten Dollars & Being in Discharge of ten Dollars which I lent to Keen Field In Jefferson County Kantucky In presens of Thomas Johnson given under My hand. Abraham Field.
105. Miriam Grasz Field.
106. "National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol 13," Pg 23--Jefferson County, Kentucky.
107. Bell, Annie, Comp., Jefferson County, Ketucky Marriages, 1780-1862, pg. 96, listed as daughter of Abraham.
108. Marriage Record: William Lewis and Cynthia Field, Book 1, Pg. 57, Jefferson County, Kentucky.
109. Appleman, Roy E., "Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham", In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981, pg. 501, Appleman's source: Ezekial Field et al bill Aganist Will Lewis and Poly Field, 10 October 1823 Chancery Case 1223, Jefferson County, Kentucky. "on 10 October 1823 Ezekial Field filed a bill in chancery in the Jefferson County Circuit Court on behalf of himself, his sister Polly Brown (Mrs. George Brown), and the surviving children of thier brothers Cain and John, both dead, as hiers of the deceases Abraham Field.This bill disclosed they felt William Lewis and his wife Cynthia were getting an undue share of Abraham Field's estate and also missrepresenting the extent of Abraham's property and the agreement on which Abraham and Betty has lived on Lewis's land during the last 8 years of Abraham's life."
110. Miriam Grasz Field.
111. Marriage Record: William Lewis and Cynthia Field, Book 1, Pg. 57, Jefferson County, Kentucky.
112. Cook, Michael L., Pioneer Lewis Families, Vol 1., (Cook Publications: Evansville, Indiana, 1978), pg. 1.
113. "National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol 13," Pg 23--Jefferson County, Kentucky.
114. Marriage Record: William Lewis and Cynthia Field, Book 1, Pg. 57, Jefferson County, Kentucky.
115. Appleman, Roy E., "Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham", In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981.
116. "National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol 13," Pg 23--Jefferson County, Kentucky.
117. Marriage Record: William Lewis and Cynthia Field, Book 1, Pg. 57, Jefferson County, Kentucky.
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