Early
Settlers
In 1784, John
Major, Sr. brought his
family and settled
on a large tract of
land on Elkhorn
and Dry Run. Several
miles east of
Frankfort, on the Versailles
Pike, John Major
built his first home.
Of English descent,
John build his two
story cottage
of stone. It resembled
an English country
home. In this home
in January 1788,
the Baptist under the
leadership of
William Hickman held their
first service.
John Major would build a
second home on
this land; a large frame
house where he
would live until his
death in 1808.
S. J. Trabue purchased
the property and
named it Weehawken.
Edward P.
Bryan
He was an agent
for the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad.
Ed married Arabella
Scott Welch, daughter
of Sylvester
Welch and
granddaughter of Colonel
John Mitchell
Scott. In 1883, Edward
built a brick
home he called Glen Mary.
The house was
later sold to W. J.
Hendrick, of Fleming
County. His
daughter, Ann
Hendrick, later become
Mrs. Robert Burns
Wilson, the wife of the
poet-artist. Ed
and Arabella are great
grandparents of
Maunsel White, who
would be glad
to share family history.
Thomas
Foster
He purchased land
from John Major and
erected a tavern,
which was located
where the Leestown
and Lexington road
met.
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Jett
The land that
would encompass the area of Jett was once a part
of
Woodford County
and owned mostly in part by three men.
Andrew
Lewis, an Irishman,
Indiana fighter and Revolutionary War Veteran.
In 1780, for his
service in the Revolution he was granted 3000
acres
of land between
Elkhorn Creek and the Versailles Pike. LEWIS
CRAIG,
famous Baptist
preacher, who came to Kentucky with the
Traveling
Church and
Uriel Mallory, who with Lewis Craig bought land
in
Kentucky on a
Treasury Warrant of 2000 acres lying northwest
of
Andrew Lewis'
land. In 1794 all of this land became a part of
the
newly formed county
of Franklin.
In 1822 Thomas
Jett purchased a farm in Franklin County near
the Woodford County
line. The community that sprang up there
would become know
as Jett. In 1882, the heirs of George
Hiram
Jett, Sr.,
MRS
LETITIA JETT gave the Louisville and
Nashville
Railroad the land
on which Jett Station was built. The Major
was instrumental
in the building of the station.
Area
Churches & Graveyards
Located near the
intersection of Old Leestown Road and
Versailles
Road at Jett is
the AYRES-FOSTER
GRAVEYARD.
The
CRUTCHER
GRAVEYARD
is located about
1/3 mile off Versailles Road (U.S. 60) near the
Franklin-
Woodford County
line. O'Nans Cemetery is located near the
intersection
of Versailles
Road and Old Leestown Road. Another Crutcher Graveyard
is located on
Hanley Lane near I-64.
The Excelsior
Institute was established in 1880 by Eudora Lindsay South
her husband, Reverend
James K. Polk South. For than thirty years
this
private institute
provided quality education for Franklin and
surrounding
counties.
Forks of Elkhorn
Church began as early as 1783 when the
Traveling
Church came to
South Elkhorn in Fayette County. William
Hickman
along with several
families moved to the Forks of Elkhorn. In
1795,
John Brown deeded
land near the intersection of Steele Ferry and
the
Lexington-Leestown
roads to be used for the Regular Baptist
Church.
The Forks of Elkhorn
Church was the backbone for many Baptist
Churches
that would later
be established in Franklin County.
Capital City Christian
Church was the dream of Harold D. Hamm
and former members
of the Peaks Mill Christian Church. On
May
14, 1960 a new
congregation was formed. Under the ministry
of
Charles Saunders,
the first meeting place became a vacant
drive-in
restaurant.
Later property was acquired at Locust Drive and
Versailles Road
and in 1962 a sanctuary was erected.
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