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McGAHA, KY: Picture brings back memories for Jason Harmon Fortuitously, photo of Grassy Springs Bridge captures McGaha homestead, brings back memories of Nolan and Emma McGaha, who made their home there for many years. Notes on the heroic background of the first McGahas to settle here. Photos accompany this story By Jason Harmon I got tingles when I saw the picture of the Grassy Springs Bridge across Sulphur Creek. The photo was snapped at the perfect angle. That is my McGaha homestead. The house in the picture is a newer one, but that is the spot where my Grandparents, Nolan and Emma McGaha made their home for many years. Just up that lane was the home of my great grandparents, George and Minnie McGaha. There was also an old store house that sat beside my grandparents house. Different people lived in the old store. I know Spud Burris, Pete McCorkle, and Marvin Alley all occupied the store at some point, while my grandparents were the owners. I don't recall it actually functioning as a store and my mom doesn't either. Maybe one of the magazine's readers will remember when it was actually a store and who operated it. Geography of McGaha I really don't know where McGaha begins or ends. I have always just considered McGaha to be the area that runs from the old log church down Grassy Springs Road along Sulphur Creek. High above the hill behind the Log Church is the McGaha Cemetery, this is where brothers, James Allen "Allen" McGaha and Alfred Barnett "Barnes" McGaha are buried. James A. McGaha was the first McGaha to settle in Adair Their father, James A. McGaha, was the first McGaha to settle in Adair County. He arrived in the county just before the outbreak of the Civil War. He left his home in Northern Georgia fearing that he would have to fight for the confederacy. McGaha family lore says that he made the journey to Adair County disguised as a woman. Many years later Allen and Barnes went back to their home place in Georgia and brought back slabs of Georgia granite that would later be used for their own tombstones. A footnote: Senator Vernie McGaha said recently that he had always heard a family story, about the McGahas camping near Nancy, KY on that trek from Georgia, and that one son was conscripted into Zollicoffer's Confederate army, never to be heard of or seen again. Senator McGaha said he had not fully confirmed the story, but that it is a part of family lore. Also, it's good to know about the James Allen McGaha name. George Allen McGaha grew up on Jamestown Street and later on Montgomery Avenue after the George and Lula Belle Simpson home was sold to make way for Dr. M.C. Loy's Clinic, which later became Aaron Medical Center, and is now Westlake Primary Care. I'm wondering if his name didn't come from the his grandfather, the famous Adair Count lawman, Sheriff George Simpson, and from the James Allen McGaha, of whom you speak, above. George Allen McGaha now lives in Louisville, I believe. Click Here to read story about new Grassy Springs Bridge over mighty Sulphur Creek at McGaha, KY. Handy Link: High detail Adair Co. Map: This story was posted on 2007-02-03 20:54:50
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