A History of Harlan County Part 1 

With recent ancestoral lines of Russell, and Henderson I greatly enjoy these histories of Southeastern Kentucky. Good Job!!!

Three grandparents came from Harlan county. Going back to land given to vets of the of Revolutionary War. Mainly when Jesse Brock settled on Wallins Creek is how much of the family got there. Coal mining featured heavily in their lives. My mother grew up in a Ky coal camp. DNA showed mixed european, native american, and african. Ancestor lines, Brock, Thomas, Vaughn. Helton, Hazelwood, White and Queen. Found intermarriage of cousins, noted some had same maiden name as husband. As a child lived with my father's people in Claibourne county. So I tell folks am the product of 200 years of appalachian inbreeding. liked hearing about the history.

Regarding your question about the reference in the lyrics of the song, "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive," to "Katahrins Mountain," locals pronounce the name of Catron's Creek with an extra syllable in the middle so it sounds like Katahrin's. The mountain on the east side of Catron's Creek and west of the Martins Fork of the Cumberland is labeled Catron Spur on US Geological Survey topo maps of the area. I was born in Harlan and my family lived at various places along Catron's Creek over the years, but mostly in Mary Alice.

My family has a story that my grandfather founded black mountain it was renamed black mountain. Both grandparents are from Evarts

My daddy born in miner camp house, three point ky, 1940

I have an old map to show the mountain ranges it's my ginseng map actually

Cateron mountain has to be up around hey 72 or it may be the brookside area

My family was from Harlan county

Was not one of those mountains called black star?

Born on Pine Mountain

I didn’t know you had already did an episode of Harlan

I have a dear friend that lives there, Evarts ,we met at Majorette Camp in Lebanon Junction, KY. I'm from NW Tennessee. Later my Mother remarried and my step dad was also from there. My husband was from Owensboro, and a neighbor + friends with those Waltrip boys. Tide Car There were people living in that area and throughout the Appalachias, and all through the Farming areas today dating back into 11,000 BCE. There have been finds dating to 4000 BCE in these states, and spear points that date back to the 11,000 BCE era. Montana has Megaliths that have been dated to the 11,000 era. See Montana Megaliths, 111 Megalithic Structures and related. Exciting History. This will be valudated. "Mainstream Academia" doesn't like this because it doesn fit their "19th Century Theory based Paradigm and Linear Timeline, the Darwinian Model " The "Standards of Science and Research " prohibits using a Theory as Fact. Observations, find and Native Peoples History have value to me. "Authentic Academics" adhere to the "Standards of Science and Research" Beth Bartlett Sociologist/Behavioralist and Historian "Authentic Academic"

Have you ever done one on Ohio county