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If you haven't purchased any of the 16 issues yet, fear not! The last three complete sets of all 16 issues of Paint Lick Reflections are available for $135 (or $143.10 for Kentucky residents, with sales tax). All rates include postage. These 16-issue sets include the 
following completely sold-out single issues:
Spring 2002
Summer 2002

The following almost-sold out single issues are available for $10 each (or $10.60 for Kentucky residents):
Summer 2003
Autumn 2003
Spring 2005
Summer 2005

The following single issues are available for $7 (or $7.42 for Kentucky residents) each:
Autumn 2002
Winter 2003
Spring 2003
Winter 2004
Spring 2004
Summer 2004
Autumn 2004
Winter 2005
Autumn 2005
Winter 2006

Here is info about the contents of some of the 
first 12 issues. (Also refer to the 3-year index for 
a name-by-name listing of the contents of the 
first 12 issues.) 

The last four issues have not been indexed, 
but feel free to e-mail me about what interests 
you and I'll let you know what's in those issues.

Spring 2002 (Premiere)
Summer 2002
Autumn 2002
Winter 2003
Spring 2003
Summer 2003
Autumn 2003
Winter 2004
Spring 2004
Summer 2004
Autumn 2004
Winter 2005

Spring 2005 (Katie Lee Denny Walker on cover)
Summer 2005 (John Coldiron on cover)
Autumn 2005 (Sadie Kuhlman on cover) 
Winter 2006 (Earle McWhorter on cover) 
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Here's more information about the 
first three volumes (years) of issues (most recent first):
Winter 2005
(Vol. III, #4)

Cover Story: Eva Lee Hurte is remembered by 
her husband, Dud, friends, and family. In photo, 
she is styling the hair of Beulah "Dutch" Noe Ross 
at Eva's Beauty Shop in Paint Lick.

Tragic younger years of Barbara Jane Kennedy:
Fleeing from an abusive grandmother, she traveled to
Illinois to find work, and returned to Paint Lick broken-hearted.

Paint Lick School Antique Mall building and contents for sale!

1849 letter between Slavin cousins in 
Paint Lick and Boone Co., MO

Kennedy descendants hold first biennial reunion 
in Paint Lick and Madison Co.

Shared Memories:
Hackley Store owned by Foleys; 
New Hope Presbyterian Church (Madison Co.)

INDEX for Vol. III

Genealogy, queries, obituaries, 
church news, and MORE!

Autumn 2004
(Vol. III, #3)

44 pages of history, nostalia, and life in Paint Lick!

Cover Story: Cynthia Ross, born 1868 to two former 
Paint Lick slaves, Allen and Lucy Sams Ross.
Learn more about how white genealogistss can assist 
African American genealogists by sharing information.
Read about this family's reuniting in Gallatin Co., Ky., 
with former-slave family members before migrating to Ohio.

Women at the 1913 washed out bridge in Paint Lick (back cover photo)

1920 Murder of Miss Lura Parsons (Part 2):
In this installment, we learn about the pre-trial publicity
leading up to trying Dr. Winnes, the veterinarian, 
for the school teacher's murder.

Map & Households of 1934-41 Paint Lick

Lois Speake Remembered

Rebels of the Paint Lick High School Class of 1954

Veteran Salute: Ralph Starnes

Wren's View School Memories

Ike Adams on Finding Lipsticks in the Garden

Horse Soldiers of the Bluegrass:
History of the 11th Kentucky Cavalry (USA)
(Final Installment)

Old photos needed for upcoming
history of Garrard Co., Ky., by Rita Fox

Shared Memories:
Hazel Little visited by former student, A.B. Estridge Sr.'s obituary from 1913, 
more memories of the Graf Zeppelin's "visit" to Paint Lick

Genealogy, queries, letters to the editor,
local news, and MORE!

Cover Story: The late Minnie Hurte Hulette's
1984 memories of Paint Lick
and Manse, including photos
of some of the places she mentions.
Minnie was born in 1895 and can remember
when the bank building was a store!

Jim Hulett and his beekeeping operation (back cover photos)

Murder of Miss Lura Parsons at the
Pine Mountain Settlement School

Jeanette Todd weaves a rich legacy

Mystery of the Madison Man
(to learn more about this case,
go to madisonman.us)

Freedom Baptist Church's Minute Book I
(membership list dating to late 1800s)

Skywatch in the 1950s:
Grouhnd Obsever Squadron
(At height of Cold War, 
Paint Lick residents served in
the US Air Force's civilian corps
identifying the planes flying overhead.)

Glenda McQuerry shares the secrets
of the Paint Lick High School Class of 1959

Horse Soldiers of the Bluegrass:
History of the 11th Kentucky Cavalry (USA),
including the involvement of three Hurt brothers
and others from Garrard and Madison counties (Part Three).

Carita Brents longs for crazy flip-flop, 
no-bra summer days of youth

Ike Adams isn't looking forward
to the return of the beaver dams

Shared Memories:
Summers at Thurman & Lula Tudor's farm;
Shirley Shearer's memories of youth in Paint Lick;
Flatwoods store owned by Sam Ralston/Royston

Work about to begin on Patterson Cemetery
(with photos of visitors from Alabama
who came Memorial Day Weekend to gravesite of 
Revolutionary War soldier John Patterson's cemetery)

Genealogy, queries, letters to the editor,
local news, and MORE!

Cover Story: Sharecropper's Son--
Raising tobacco during the
Great Depression (by Clyde Powell--the little boy 
on the left in the front cover photo)

Photos of people working on farms in
the old days--making sorghum molasses
and setting tobacco (back cover)

Pastor Jonathan Ward takes
Don Weber's blacksmithing class (photos)

In Loving Memory of Lucien Starnes

Paint Lick Christian Church's
charter members. Celebrating
100th anniversary Aug. 1

White Lick School Bus--
and those who lived along
the route (includes map)

Tale of Three Cemeteries on Frog Branch--
Boatwright, Patterson, and Mitchell

Carpenter Cemetery and 
Sam Carpenter's Store

Horse Soldiers of the Bluegrass:
History of the 11th Kentucky Cavalry (USA),
including the involvement of three Hurt brothers
and others from Garrard and Madison counties (Part Two).

Shared Memories:
Yankee's visit to Paint Lick (Mason Hayek); 
Ol' Henry train memories;
Graf Zeppelin passes over Paint Lick early 1930s;
Memories of Mr. Grady

Columns by Carita Brents & Ike Adams

Genealogy, queries, letters to the editor,
local news, and MORE!

Cover Story: The Artful Bodger
Don Weber makes chairs using age-old
equipment and techniques. But that's 
not all he's involved in!

Photos of Ol' Henry and the Paint Lick
water tank (back cover)

In Loving Memory of former teacher,
Mr. James Franklin Art

TWO-YEAR INDEX of the people,
churches, schools, and some events
that have been recorded in the
first two years (8 issues) of Reflections.
Click here for the online version!

Tour the Historic George Denny house.
Built in the 1840s, the home is on
the National Registry--and on the market!

Horse Soldiers of the Bluegrass:
History of the 11th Kentucky Cavalry (USA),
including the involvement of three Hurt brothers
and others from Garrard and Madison counties. (Part One)

Shared Memories:
Miss Ida Hurte; the 1903 Rogers-Ledford 
shooting at a Harmons's Lick church; 
downtown Paint Lick of the 1940s-1950s; the Walkers 
help roof the Old Paint Lick Presbyterian Church;
memories on the Old Railroad and in the tunnels; and MORE.

Glenda McQuerry shares some herbal remedies.

Genealogy, queries, letters to the editor,
local news, and MORE!
 

Autumn 2003 Issue
(Vol. II, #3)
(Available only in complete set)

Among the features in this issue:

Genealogy of The Henderson Family (including many photos 
dating back to mid 1800s). This family's origins are in 
Scotland, possibly in Fordell. They settled first in Virginia
(Fairfax, Albemarle, & Augusta counties), then came to Mason Co., Ky., 
before Alexander Sr. settled in Paint Lick area. 

Photoessay of VillageFest 2003.

In the kitchen of Viola Creech Prewitt
(biography and recipes)

Early Paint Lick (Part 2): William Miller's Station
(also known as Fort Paint Lick)

A memoir of Miss Ida M. Hurte, school teacher and aunt (with 
photos of her and of the former Rice Hotel).

Dr. Andrew J. Burnam, Civil War Surgeon and a photo of his surgical kit.
Dr. Burnam served with the 7th Kentucky Cavalry (USA)

Carita Brents writes about Roxie, the cat she loves to hate

Glenda McQuerry shares tales of 
five reunions in Cartersville-Flatwoods area

Ike Adams reminisces about 
Autumn in Lowell Branch Valley

Shared Memories about:
Sadie Ralston Kuhlman (with photo); PLHS Class of '33 trip to
Washington, DC, for inauguration of President F.D. Roosevelt;
Growing up in "Mayberry" (Paint Lick); reader seeks info 
about former cattle-drive road near Kennedy Place;
Memories of Earle Combs (photo) by Boston Red Sox 
player David "Boo" Ferriss; Boatwright-Blackburn Cemetery; 
more on Miss Ida Hurte; and a tribute to Katie Rollins.

Dr. Spilman's Last Account Book (pp. 44-52) includes photo of 
Asa Patterson and the accounts of William Gaphney, James Tudor, 
John Bolan, Cyrus Moore, Margaret (Patterson) Parks, Mr. & Mrs. 
John Kinard (Kinnard/Kinnaird), Cash Kinard, Johnathan/Jonathan Faris, 
Jerome Bolan, Charles Kinnard, T.C. Campbell, Robert Ballou, John King, 
James Guyn, William Brown, Jack Adams, Aaron Hudson, and William Todd.

And MORE!

Summer 2003
(Vol. II, #2)

Among the features in this 
60-page (biggest to date!) issue:

Memories of the "Dean of Paint Lick." Dean Cornett, community activist, 
is remembered by family and friends. Includes her list of 50 things 
we all should do every week to be a better person. 

Earle Combs (Part II): Friend, neighbor, colleague, and family man. 
Many never-before-published stories and several family-treasured photos.

Walker Brothers:Founders of the Walker Fox Hunting Hound. Lots of 
genealogical information on the Walkers of Garrard County and photos.

Early Paint Lick (Part 1): John Kennedy's Station

Lucile Estridge's 1919 Diary

Life in the Bethel One-Room School

Kentucky historian Dr. Thomas D. Clark's special connection to Paint Lick

New businesses in town and other news

And readers share three pages of genealogical queries, 
special memories, and MUCH MORE!
 

Spring 2003 issue
(Vol. II, #1)

Among the features in this issue:

* Earle Combs, Yankee great and National Baseball Hall-of-Famer 
who played in the shadow of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. 
This is part one, dealing with his illustrious baseball career. 
Part two in the summer issue features the memories of family and 
friends, including his grandson's recollections of
the induction ceremony at Cooperstown in 1970.

* Henry Spainhower made furniture for family and Abraham Lincoln 
alike. Also read more about the Spainhower roots.

* The Boatright-Ralston-Caldwell House

* New Opportunity School for Women in Berea

* Bud Hensley looks back at Paint Lick in the 1940s (including 
memories of Earle Combs, Fay Ward Little, and Hub Hammons)

* Harry Brown's poetry (including Paint Lick Idyll)

* Genealogical queries: Young, Hughes, Isaacs, Logston, Alcorn, Holtzclaw, 
Wilmot, Allen, Wilson, Wallace, Balllinger, Runyon, Woods, Wood, 
Burnside, Steen, Clements, Cruse/Crews, Underwood, Shearer, Sebastian, 
Tyree, Thomas, Croucher, Goins, Lucas, Watson (2), Terrell/Terrill, 
Alverson , Burton, Allegre, Wearen/Warin/Warren, Murphy, Yarbrough, 
Stinnett, Hammock, Baker, Hill, Chrisman, Scott, Bruce, Brown, Huddleston, 
Massey, Walker, Fain, Totten, Foster, Davis, McDaniel, and Kennedy.

And MUCH MORE!

Winter 2003 issue

Among the features in this issue:

* Fay Ward Little, beloved teacher, principle,
and disciplinarian! Memories of students and teachers.
* Heroes of the 1913 Flood of Paint Lick
* 1897 photo of Rhoda Ann Wylie Ralston's birthday
party with 30 people identified! 
* Innovations of Bill Scott
* 8 special rural mail carriers
*VillageFest 2002 photo essay
* Wright Kelly genealogy
* Poetry of Linda Caldwell
* Old-fashioned recipes of Mrs. Guy Duerson
*Three pages of genealogy queries: Hurt, Alexander, Logan, Finnell (2), 
Parker, Freeman, Eads, Bentley, Dooley, Holman, Asbell, Christopher, Bush, 
Boone, Bryan, Duerson, Terrill (2), Cato, Anderson (several), Myers, Noel, 
Skinner, Todd, Hicks, Kirby/Kerby, Mitchell, Hubbard, Groomer/Gromer, 
Cunnius, Green Mc/Afee, Reid, Harris, Tatum, Burchell, McDaniel, 
Kennedy, Courtney, Kincaid, Johnston, Warmoth, Boner, Raines, Burton, 
Wheeler (2), Sallee, Brown, Vest, Reynolds, Kelley, McCormack, 
Robertson, Robinson, Morgan, Lair,McQuerry, Massie, and Smith.
* Five pages of readers' shared memories
And much, much more!

Among the features in this issue:

* Kenny Davis, member of the 1972 USA Olympic 
basketball team reflects on the tragedies in Munich.
* the Hurt Family of Point Leavell (Back Creek),
including lots of family photos and 
one of the Hurt Brothers Wheat Threshing business. 
* Was Uncle Tom's Cabin really based on 
the Kennedy slaves or plantation? 
* Memories of a Nina Ridge boyhood. 
* Boyd Wynn's two brushes with death in 1927. 
* 18th Century Pioneer Life in Paint Lick
(William Champs account in Draper Manuscripts). 
* McQuerry Family Ghost.
* a Cartersville Christmas memory.
* A photo essay on the Paint Lick United Methodist
Church's annual Outdoor Drama
* Readers share their memories and family histories.
* Genealogical queries: Henry, Brank, Robertson,
Kennedy, McMullin, Trimble, Bruce, Leveridge, Coats,
Higbee, Smith, Parsons, Baldock, Creech.
* Carita Brents reflects on the Simple Pleasures.
* Ike Adams tells of life along Paint Lick Creek.
* Katie Rollins writes about her neighbor Cecil Henderson.
* Pioneer Trees and Plants and their uses.
* World War II and Collecting for War Bonds
in Paint Lick (and the USS Garrard connection).
* Dr. Charles T. Spilman (Spillman)'s last account book
(includes many Lowell, Paint Lick, and Kirksville names)
* And much more!

While it's no longer for sale, 
you can find research copies available 
at various libraries, including:
Garrard County Public Library, 
Eastern Kentucky University's Townsend Room, 
Berea College's Hutchins Library, and the 
University of Kentucky Margaret King Library.
48 pages of profiles, stories, genealogy, history,
and memories from pioneer days to the present.
* Miss Beulah West, beloved teacher and aunt.
* West Family genealogy (Pulaski & Garrard counties).
* Paint Lick Family Clinic: It's a God Thing.
* Walker Family marriages/baptisms
(at Old Paint Lick Presbyterian Church)
* The Illustrious Kennedys of Paint Lick
* Obituary of Norman Argo, former Kennedy slave, 
and his connection to Uncle Tom's Cabin.
* Pioneer Life (William Champ interview)
* Blacksmith George Conn's genealogy.
* WIlliam "Bill" Scott, a memoir by his nephew
* Genealogies of Caldwells, Conns, Wests, and others.
* Readers memories & family histories.
* Carita Brents tells about her Best Day,
when she met and received an honor from Jan Karon.
* Local teen Caitlyn Branson's incredible voice.
* Bradley Kincaid exhibit at Ky Music Hall of Fame Museum.
* A.F. Caldwell, rural mail carrier.
* Glenda McQuerry's story about confusing place names.
* Katie Rollin's story on neighbor RenaVae Callahan.
* Luther Wrenn's memories of a Flatwoods boyhood.
* Genealogical queries: Strange, Robards, Merritt, Anderson, 
Searcy, Honshul/Hounshell, Kinnard, 
Kinnaird, Fischer.
* And more!

Among the features in this issue:

* Old-time radio balladeer and Mountain Boy 
Bradley Kincaid: Point Leavell & Lowell 
childhood memories.
* Bradley's HURT family roots.
* The Dean of Paint Lick: Dean Cornett pressing on regardless.
* Old Paint Lick Presbyterian Church history.
* Life with Lucile, Carita Brents' humorous look at
her friendship with the late Lucile Estridge.
* The Estridges of Paint Lick.
* Happenings at Paint Lick Elementary School.
* Columns by Ike Adams, Carita Brents, 
Glenda McQuerry, and Katie Rollins.
* Genealogical queries: Rice, Russell, Livingston, 
Shannon, Beasley, Barbour, Courtney, Johnston, Kincaid, 
Hammonds/Hammons, Thompson, Fothergill, Clouse, Brown, Anderson, 
Wilson, Davis, Taylor, Woods, Stormes, Moore, Farmer, Ramsay, Adams, 
Walker, Golden, Lawson, Barnes, Coy, Creech, Hatfield, Ross, Gordon, 
Bledsoe, Kennedy, Payton, Smith, Goodrich, and Kelly.