Borderlands Archive and History Center Database

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• The Kentucky Raid
  The article describes the two mass escapes of enslaved people from Northern Kentucky that took place in April and May of 1847, and the unsuccessful attempt of the slaveholders to take the freedom seekers back the following October. That attempt, known at the time as the "Kentucky Raid" in the north and the "Cassopolis Outrage" in the south, starkly illustrate the sharp divide in viewpoints over enslavement that existed at that time.
• Negro Stealing
  Appearing on page 3 of the newspaper, the short article is full of outrage for the transgressions against the rights of slaveholders.
• The Cassopolis Outrage--The Rights of Slavery
  The article fills all of the first column of page 3, and runs onto the second column. Written by "A Citizen of Boone", the article lays out the rights of slaveholders, defending them in the face of what the article writer considers to be the unjust actions of abolitionists in aiding the enslaved to freedom.
• Infamous!
  Appearing on page 2 of the newspaper, the short article is full of outrage for the "vile den" of "thieves" in southern Michigan who prevented local Kentucky enslavers from re-taking enslaved people.
• Obituary of Dr. Henry C. Lassing
  The obituary for Dr. Henry C. Lassing as was published in the Christian Observer on August 17, 1910. The text of the obituary is as follows:
• Change of Venue
  The article describes the change of trial venue for Dr. Trundle.
• Extraordinary Developments
  The article describes the arrest of Dr. Trundle for "enticing" enslaved people and selling them south.
• Death of Dr. Trundle
  From the newspaper: "Dr. Trundle, who was under indictment for stealing negroes in Boone co., Ky., and selling them at New Orleans, was to have been tried before the Circuit Court of Kenton county, on a change of venue, at the term which convened Monday last. On that day he was delivered over to the custody of the officers of the court by his bondsmen, and the cause was about to be called, when his death was announced! He died suddenly of delirium tremens."
• Twenty Dollars Reward for Alice
  The text of the article, "Ranaway from the subscriber in Boone County, near the Big Bone Lick, a Negro woman, named ALICE, about twenty years of age, of a dark yellow color, low, strait, and well made, full eyes, thick lips, bushy hair, has some scars on her left shoulder and arm, and a scar on the end of the nose, occassioned by a cut: she has been brought up as a house servant and understands the business well. I will give the above reward if brought home, or Ten Dollars if secured in any jail, so that I get her again. MARY MOSBY. Boone County, KY, Nov. 22, 1815."
• Aged 108: John Randall, a colored barber, dies in Covington
  Text of the obituary: "John Randall, a colored barber, said to be the oldest resident of Kenton County, died yesterday morning at his home on West Fourth Street, near the C. and O. Railway bridge, aged 108 years. He was born and raised in Boone County, and was a slave to Judge Hawes, with whom he remained for a number of years after the Civil War. Later he was employed by G.J. Light, son-in-law of Judge Hawes, and while working for him married his fourth wife, who survives him. The deceased retained his faculties up to within a few hours of his death, and remembered disctinctly events that occurred during the War of 1812 and the war with Mexico. His funeral will take place this afternoon. From [illegible] will be buried in Linden Grove Cemetery."
• The Following We Take From the Rising Sun News from Last Week
  A synopses of recent news from a popular newspaper in Rising Sun, Indiana.
• Fifty-Six Years Ago
  This article details the application of the death penalty in Boone County (Ky.) spanning back a half decade.
• Jacob Fowler Obituary
  An obituary for Jacob Fowler stating that he died at the age of 82.
• Jane Willis Obituary
  The text from the obituary is as follows, "Jane Willis, colored, who belonged to Capt. G.W. Terrill before the war, died on the 8th at the age of 85. She had lived with Capt. Terrill or some of his children ever since she was freed."
• Saw the First Steamboat That Went Down the Ohio River Nearly One Hundred Years Ago
  The obituary of Jacob Strader which states that he "saw the first steamboat that went down the Ohio river nearly one hundred years ago. Jacob Strader, colored, said to be 95 years old, was followed to his grave last Tuesday afternoon by a large concourse of his colored friends. In slave times he was the property of the late John C. Riley, of Union neighborhood, and was an estimable, old time negro. The deceased claimed to have seen the first steamboat that went down the Ohio river, he being large enough to plow corn and was so engaged near the river."
• Benjamin Hedges Obituary
  Text of the obituary, "Benjamin Hedges, 83, colred, died at his home near Bullittsville on the 9th inst. He was a slave previous to the emancipation during the war, but chose to spend the remainter of his life amid the scenes of his childhood."
• George Gaines Obituary
  The 1903 obituary states the following, "[George] Gaines, 82, colored, was buried here one day last week. In slave time he was the property of the late Gabriel Gaines, and was taken to Missouri before the war by the late [John] O. Campbell."
• William H. Grant Dies Suddenly of Heart Trouble While Visiting His Son in Louisville
  From the article, "William H. Grant Dies Suddenly of Heart Trouble While Visiting His Son in Louisville The following is from the Louisville Courier-Journal of the 16th inst.: ‘William H Grant, a prosperous farmer of Boone County and father of Dr. W.E. Grant, of Louisville, was stricken with an attack of heart disease on a westbound Walnut street car at Preston and Walnut Streets yesterday morning at 9 o’clock and died shortly after in Vander Espt’s drug store, Preston and Walnut streets, where he was removed from the car. Mr. Grant came to Louisville about two weeks ago on a visit to his son, Dr. W.E. Grant, who resides on Longest Avenue, near Cherokee Park. He lived in Petersburg.’”
• Obituary for Bill Frazier
  Excerpted from the Boone County Recorder, "Uncle Bill Frazier was buried at Beaver, last Sunday. He was an ex-slave of the late Joel B. Frazier, and was more than 90 years old. "
• In Memory of Mrs. Eliza Tanner
  Excerpted from the Boone County Recorder, “In Memory of Mrs. Eliza Tanner. Eliza A. Stephens was born October 5th. 1819, and died February 3rd, 1909. She was married in June, 1842, to Ebenezer Fisk, and December 14th, 1858, she married Richard Tanner. In 1830 she made the Good Confession under the preaching of Walter Scott, one of the pioneer preachers of the Restoration Movement, which began in the early part of the nineteenth century. She was the last of the charter members of the Florence Christian church. From a family of thirteen only two survive her, John Stephens, who is visiting relatives in Missouri, and Benjamin Stephens, who owns and lives at the old home on the pike above Florence. She leaves, also, four children, seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren, to mourn her departure. For years Mrs. Tanner has lived in the past. She was not acquainted with the present world, but talked of things in the past. She knows more people in the other world than in this one. For years the tender hands of those who loved her have ministered to her wants. God blesses those with long lives who honor and respect their fathers and mothers. K. L. R.”
• Obituary for Bailey, Age 105
  “A negro named Bailey, formerly the slave of Colonel DePew, of Boone County, Ky., died recently in that county at the advanced age of 105 years. He was born near Fredericksburg, Va.”
• Ashcrafts Save Family Cemetery
  An article describing the location and history of the Ashcraft Family Cemetery, as well as family efforts to save it. The article includes a cemetery transcript.
• Obituary of Fisher Aylor: Dead at Eighty-Six
  The obituary, excerpted from page 5 of the March 6th 1907 Boone County Recorder, "Fisher Aylor, colored, 86, who resided out on the Petersburg pike near the second covered bridge for many years, died at his home in Erlanger, last Friday. He was an old federal soldier, and in slave times was the property of the late Lystra Aylor, of Limaburg neighborhood. He was a member of Burlington colored church, of which he has been the main stay for many years, and his influence for good among the colored people will be missed."
• Judge L.L. Youell Obituary
  From the Boone County Recorder, "Judge L.L Youell died at the residence of his son in Walton last Friday, after several weeks illness, which seemed to be the breaking up of the physical man, superinduced by old age and bodily infirmity of long standing. Judge Youell was the first Judge of the Boone County Court under the present consitution, an office which he filled to the satisfaction of the public and honor to himself. He had been in a feeble condition for several years, having never recovered from a paralytic stroke recieved long since; and had it not been for his indominable energy he would have given up labor long since, but so long as he was able to be about he applied himself assiduously to his law practice, and not for some time after his physical condition was on the verge of complete exhaustion did he surrender, and in a few weeks thereafter he was summoned to appear before that bar that knows no laws as frail as those in this small, sinful forld. Requiescat in pace."
• Bishop Family Sues for Freedom and Resulting Assault
  Henry Bishop returned home after his service in the U.S. Civil War and he sued for his wife and children to be released from bondage. The family was held by the Conner and Yager families in Florence, Ky.