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Kentucky Color - Looking for Elroy

By Billy Joe Fudge, Retired District Forester
Kentucky Division of Forestry

While looking for the Elroy Community in Southern Adair County I ran into an old map and what a jewel it is.

It was drawn in 1794 and some really interesting geographic anomalies exist.

According to the map:

Green River starts in Adair or Taylor County and is formed by three tributaries: Bryans Lick Creek, Cases Creek and Pitmauls Creek.
Bryans Lick Creek would be present day Green River from its intersection with Casey Creek.
Cases Creek is obviously Casey Creek at Knifley.
Pitmauls Creek would be Pitmans Creek, I believe.
It appears that Adair, Cumberland, Monroe, Russell, and Casey County were in Mercer County wedged in between Logan County on the West and Lincoln County on the East.
Bryans Lick appears to be the only identifiable community in South Central Kentucky and would almost have to in the Plum Point area where Casey Creek enters into Green River.
Prices Settlement is shown on the South side of Cumberland River and would be in between Jamestown, Monticello and Nancy.
Prices Settlement is shown as being the end of the trail coming from the major crossroads at Crab Orchard.

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