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…

I hope this finds you well. We have traditionally covered the year’s events in the Journal and in an end-of-year letter to the members. As the Society becomes more active, I think we may need to increase our level of communication without burdening people with too many emails. So, we will start quarterly reports that will look back at what was done in the previous three months and offer a brief look ahead to the next three months. If you are unsure as to your membership status, please contact the treasurer at info@jacksonpurchasehistoricalsociety.org and he can check. We encourage everyone to keep their membership current. We began…