On August 5, 1977, Robert Rennick interviewed historian Lon Carter Barton at his home in Mayfield for over four hours discussing the history of community names in Graves County and the Jackson Purchase. Rennick was touring Kentucky researching the place names of villages, towns, and cities throughout the Commonwealth for a forthcoming publication. Below is the transcription of the first of six audio cassettes recorded that day. Rennick: My next scheduled meeting will be with Lon Carter Barton on Friday evening on August 5th in Mayfield. I’m scheduled to meet with him at a restaurant to go over the…
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The Jackson Purchase Historical Society (JPHS) will meet on Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 10:30 am in the Community Room of the Graves County Public Library in Mayfield. The speaker will be Betty Johnson of MOUNT (Many Old Unique Needy Tombstones), Inc. who will discuss their cemetery preservation efforts and how other communities can adopt them. The Society is pleased to be part of the month-long Haunted Graves celebration and to be working with the Graves County Public Library. The program may be available by ZOOM, but we will send a 2nd email if that is worked out. Betty describes…