I was first raised in Paducah KY, named after Chief Paduc , I worked at the TVA plant Shawnee. We literally go arrow head hunting as a pass time. We still have Native barrial mounds you can see driving by. We just don't mess with them out of respect. The name of our state is indigenous.

I've been watching your videos hoping to see something about Hancock Taylor, Zachary Taylor's uncle. His was the first non native grave in Kentucky in 1773. He was buried by my fifth great Grandfather Abraham Haptonstall after they were attacked by Shawnee while out surveying in 1774. Taylor and Haptonstall were with James Harrod on the early trip surveying the Ohio River with Captain Bullitt before the founding of Harrodsburg and were the first, in 1769, along with Hancock's brother Richard to take the Mississippi river all the way to New Orleans. French explorers went down the river a hundred years earlier but only went as far as the delta, 376 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico. I have been compiling information on Abraham and Hancock who it seems from all accounts were very good friends. I have a lot more information if that is a story you would like to do a future episode. I've been enjoying your channel .Keep ' em coming.

Are you really so naive to think the natives didn't live in any one particular state??

The only thing about this president as he died shortly after he came into the white house.

My late husband was from Breathitt county,lived in Stray Branch

I farmed in ky in-the 80s I found a small bucket of arrowheads when i plowed every spring .

I live down straight creek called Stoney Fork 3 miles from Harlan county line all my people are from Harlan and Leslie County and I would love to find my ancestors records

Would I have to go to Virginia to get records of my ancestors

My great grandma was a full blooded Cherokee

My family was from Harlan county

You guys are the best. You'd think you wouldn't get too much indiana history on this channel but you do. Much love from Floyd County!

My grandfather William Holland was born in South Carolina in 1774 and he is buried in Princeton Kentucky 1843 so doesn't that make our Last name older than America.

Ahh, the Howard Zinn version of history... Native America was a peaceful utopia prior to European contact, and literally EVERYTHING bad is the fault of the "colonizers". That's not very useful, and it's not even history!

Most people do not realize or give this a second thought - The Kentucky and Southern Indiana region was the "Wild West" - The Louisiana Purchase opened up everything but The people who settled came through and spent a lot of time along 64 west -

I never believed native people didn't live in Kentucky. When I was much younger, i used to hunt for artifacts and the stuff i found led me to think that people did in fact live in Kentucky in a full time basis.

Is this really a question…… I think it’s obvious just based off yer average person that owns land in the right area and knows what to look fur. Take care

Good information, but please get a couple microphones and a mixer to make the audio understandable. The acoustics in that room are horrible. You shouldn't be more than 18 inches from most microphones, unless they are specialty microphones like a Shure 644 shotgun microphone. You don't need a fancy swing arm and spit guard like so many on KZfaq use. Just a Cardioid microphone on a short desk stand for each of you and a cheap mic mixer. If bought used, it could cost under $50.. Thre are cheap but usable knocks of famous Shure microphones for under $10 each, and an old Radio Shack or Shure mixer cab be found for about $25. You might even get one from a church or club hat upgraded their sound system. I did commercial sound and Broadcast engineering for many years so I favor the older, rugged and easy to use designs. I see that Ali Express has a clone of the SM57 microphone for under $5 right now.

This was great! So many wonderful historical artifacts. Does every county have a research/genealogy center? I know there's a tiny one at my main library, but I haven't gone in, because I figured they wouldn't have info on my family, since it's a different county.

I’m a transplant living in Jackson county Ky. I’m from near Ft. Fisher NC. I have never heard any of this stuff. Thank you for making this video.

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You should do an episode on the Harpe brothers.

Virgin Forest in Letcher County. Lilly Cornett Woods

Nothing like an effeminate Indian expert to postulate n the history of indigenous peoples. Most of these people claiming Indian blood need to look at possible Melungeon heritage.

Cheif goldenhawk is buried just 4 miles from my house he is also my great great uncle lots of others in the same grave yard

What’s the name of the Theme Song?

Interesting.

30 years after his death Virginia did pay Clarks widow 30,000 dollars that they owed him.

My 9th great grandfather James Ramsey married Elizabeth "Betsy" Pittman in Harrodsburg in 1782. Later he was a private with Georger Rogers Clark in the Kaskaskia campaign and was at the Vincennes Fort Sackville campaign. I am wondering if he was in the Kentucky County militia?

#GratefulDead #OwsleyStanley #Bear

What about all the evidence of paleo indians in the red river gorge?

Most likely before they probably were forced to move.

What a bizarre question?

Jane coomes is my 5th great grandmother through her son Thomas coomes, my 4th great grandfather.

What about a video about a KY congressman, senator, Vice-President of the U.S., second in electoral votes in the Presidential election of 1860, Confederate General, and Secretary of War for the CSA who was always the grandson of the secretary of state for the third president - John C Breckinridge? A man who gave everything he had for his state, his brothers, and a divided nation.

Still living here !

My family is the Watson Family in Belfry❤️🇺🇸

5th cousin 6x removed

Excellent video guys. I think I saw a part two, but I'll have to watch that another day. I have A Failed Vision of Empire: The Collapse of Manifest Destiny, 1845-1872 by Daniel Burge on my goodreads list, but are there any other specific books on Taylor that you all would recommend? Thanks.

Im visiting Kentucky from April to July next year, and this will be my daily KZfaq channel until then. Do you have any Kentucky related podcast you can recommend ? Thank you for your videos. Greetings from Denmark.

im from mt sterling, this was a great listen!

What's the point? Why is the geek giggling? Is he also, say, a flat earther? Or maybe he believes the universe is 6,000 years old.

MY step father's ancestor's were Shawnee, I found that he was also my 8th cousin twice removed :). We are both related to Nancy Feathers born abt 1738 and died 1824.

Giants did reside not only in KY but across the the whole country and world. They were on earth thousands of years ago. They were the offspring of angels and human woman.

NO THEY DIDNT, HOW STUPID IS THAT.

As a land surveyor I love hearing surveying stories. We joke that Mount Rushmore is 3 surveyors and another guy. It was such a respected profession. Can’t wait to dig into your channel more. This is my first listen.

what history of edmonton co. do you have?

What the heck is up with the faces in some of these photos???!!!

This was painful to listen to.

You can't tell me people didn't figure out bows and arrows before 700ad....thats just non-sense.

How about Western Kentucky? I live in that area.