{"id":1587,"date":"2021-07-27T18:09:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T01:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andurzen.com\/?p=1587"},"modified":"2021-07-27T18:16:50","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T01:16:50","slug":"a-history-of-muhl-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andurzen.com\/a-history-of-muhl-co\/","title":{"rendered":"A History of MUHL CO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cousinharriet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/usa-banner.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4670 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cousinharriet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/usa-banner.jpg?resize=750%2C87&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"87\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Ten years ago, and twenty plus years after reading Otto A. Rothert&#8217;s book, A History of <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cousinharriet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/horse.gif?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4672\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cousinharriet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/horse.gif?resize=145%2C86&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"86\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Muhlenberg County, I happened upon information shared on the Muhlenberg County KyGenWeb Project that helped me with my family history research. I learned that an ancestor of mine was indeed mentioned in Mr. Rothert&#8217;s book&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Edward Jarvis (1763-1836) of North Carolina and Kentucky &#8211;Written by and contributed by Frances R. Nelson Salyers<\/li>\n<li>Edward Jarvis Pension Images<\/li>\n<li>Muhlenberg County KYGenWeb Project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1 John Jarvis<br \/>\n<strong>\u2026\u20262 Edward Jarvis<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2026\u2026\u20263 Nancy Jane Jarvis<br \/>\n\u2026\u2026\u2026\u20264 Eliza Jane Spinks<br \/>\n\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u20265 Della Cash<br \/>\n\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u20266 James Hanson Tyson<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cousinharriet.com\/history\/xviii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">XVIII, Isaac Bard <small>(MUHL CO, A History of)<\/small><\/a> &#8220;. . . These were the causes of the last British War &#8230; and this was why Judge McLean, Ephraim Brank, Edward Jarvis, Mike Severs, Joseph McCown, John Shelton, Isaiah Hancock and others of Muhlenberg fought the British. <strong>It is said that Ephraim Brank and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Edward Jarvis<\/span> mounted the breastworks and there fired into the British army, as they marched up, as fast as their friends could load the rifles for them.<\/strong> I see it stated lately in a highly respectable paper that Mr. Brank brought down several British officers in their march up to our breastworks at the battle below New Orleans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/cousinharriet.com\/history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">America \u2192 a blog with no name<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cousinharriet.com\/history\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1047 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cousinharriet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Muhl-Co-history-200x300.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A History of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><small>\u2014 <\/small><small><a href=\"https:\/\/cousinharriet.com\/about\/contact-me\/\">Harriet C. Anderson<\/a><\/small><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten years ago, and twenty plus years after reading Otto A. Rothert&#8217;s book, A History of Muhlenberg County, I happened upon information shared on the Muhlenberg County KyGenWeb Project that helped me with my family history research. I learned that an ancestor of mine was indeed mentioned in Mr. Rothert&#8217;s book&#8230; Edward Jarvis (1763-1836) of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/andurzen.com\/a-history-of-muhl-co\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A History of MUHL CO<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andurzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Muhl_history-T2021.jpg?fit=900%2C497&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1065,"url":"https:\/\/andurzen.com\/mary-forrester\/","url_meta":{"origin":1587,"position":0},"title":"Mary Forrester","date":"April 21, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Descendants of Mary Forrester Generation 1 1. MARY1 FORRESTER1, 2, 3 was born about Abt. 1796 in Kentucky1. She died between 1850-1860 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She married Edward Jarvis, son of John Jarvis and Unknown on September 11, 1824 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky2, 4, 5. He was born on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Forrester&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andurzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Kentucky-Forrest-T2021.jpg?fit=900%2C479&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1602,"url":"https:\/\/andurzen.com\/lewis-stanley\/","url_meta":{"origin":1587,"position":1},"title":"Lewis Stanley","date":"July 30, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Descendants of Lewis Stanley Generation 1 1. LEWIS1 STANLEY1 was born about 1837 in Kentucky. He died about 1880 in probably Kentucky. He married Nancy Jane Jarvis, daughter of Edward Jarvis and Mary Forrester, on 06 Mar 1860 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky2. She was born in May 1830 in Muhlenberg\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Jarvis&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andurzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Southern-Farmer-1875-Photograph-by-Granger-T2021.png?fit=900%2C534&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":978,"url":"https:\/\/andurzen.com\/hugh-m-loney\/","url_meta":{"origin":1587,"position":2},"title":"Hugh M. Loney","date":"April 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Descendants of Hugh M. Loney Generation 2 1. HUGH M.2 LONEY1, 2, 3 (James1) was born in 1829 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He died about Abt. 1875 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. 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WILLIAM ELI2 MATHENY1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (Ansel1) was born on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Loney&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andurzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pond-T2021.jpg?fit=1000%2C554&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1057,"url":"https:\/\/andurzen.com\/bennett-philip-nancy\/","url_meta":{"origin":1587,"position":4},"title":"Bennett, Philip &#038; Nancy&#8230;","date":"April 19, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Revisiting Philip & Nancy Bennett. . . 1 Francis Bennett \u2026+ Lydia Dossett \u2026\u20262 Philip Bennett, Sr. \u2026\u2026+ Nancy Forrester \u2026\u2026\u20263 Elizabeth Bennett \u2026\u2026\u2026+ Thomas Gillis Mercer \u2026\u2026\u2026\u20264 Elizabeth Mercer \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026+ William Cornelius Tyson, Sr. Family Group Sheet (Muhlenberg County KYGenWeb Project) Bennett, Philip & Nancy Forrester Philip Bennett Born:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bennett&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andurzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pride_and_Prejudice-Thomson-T2021.jpg?fit=900%2C498&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":383,"url":"https:\/\/andurzen.com\/edward-jarvis-soldier\/","url_meta":{"origin":1587,"position":5},"title":"Edward Jarvis, Soldier","date":"January 21, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Edward Jarvis & Mary Forrester JarvisNC File W.7871, Series M805, Roll 468, Image 241, 11 pages Soldier\u2019s Title Sheet Edward Jarvis of Muhlenberg in the state of Kentucky who was a Private in the comp. commanded by Captain Welch of the regt. commanded by Col.\u00a0 Folson in the N. 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