Welcome to Franklin County, KY History

Home                                                  Communities                                         Graveyards                                        Early Residents                              Early Settlers Joseph Gore He built a log cabin and station between Elkhorn Creek and Kentucky in the mid 1780's. HARRY INNES About five miles northeast of Frankfort at Quinn's Bottom, Harry built a double log cabin on a stone foundation.   AMOS KENDALL During the 1820's Amos owned a paper mill northwest of the Forks of Elkhorn. EBENEZER H. STEDMAN He purchased the mill from Amos Kendall and brought the old mill back into production. Church & Graveyard Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church The Mt. Gomer Baptist Church was organized on July 24, 1790.  The first meeting was held in the house of Bledsoe Haydon on September 25, 1790.  The first meeting house was built on a bluff overlooking the Elkhorn Creek.  Land was purchased from Samuel Montgomery in 1794.  In 1801 the name was changed to Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church.  Services at Mt. Pleasant were discontinued about 1925. CHURCH CEMETERY Located on Steadmantown Lane.  To reach the cemetery go to the end of Colston Lane and then up the creek.                                                                                                                                                                                Steadmantown The little village north of Forks of Elkhorn and east of Frankfort grew as a result of a paper mill operated by the Stedman brothers.  It was first called Stedmansville for the Stedman brothers; however, it later acquired the name of Steadmantown.   When the Stedman brothers first acquired the mill it was in deplorable condition.  The old mill had burned several times.  Houses, stables, and fences were built.  The dam was rebuilt and production at the mill began about 1835.  The brothers ran the paper mill for over thirty years supplying the state with paper for printing.  During the Civil War they even filled an order to supply paper to the Confederacy to print notes.  Ebenezer left Kentucky in the mid 1870's and with the mill no longer in operation, the little community went by the wayside. The Stedman property was put up for sale on August 7, 1877. Forty years or so ago, remains of the old dam, warehouses and chimneys could be seen on the Martin farm.  The old Stedman graveyard was also known to be on this property.  Dr. Jillson was known to have studied the Steadmantown area years ago. Today the area that was once Steadmantown it just a bend in the road.