Adair County High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Columbia, KY)

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 confederat raids 'burning fi om Morgans cavalry raid, passed here nd KentucKy Tennessee, Ja I, me oT M Union s rail supply line «rprkJ and S2.000.000 property destroyed. July 3, 1863. Morgan here again drove out small USA force. On July 8. at Brandenburg, crossed river Into Indiana. Captured In NE Ohio. July 26. See map over.

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This year Miss Cheri Beard was the choice of the stu dent body for the 1975 76 Basketball Homecoming Queen. Peggy Curry was the first runner-up and Linda Lay the second runner-up. Cheri is the Football Sweetheart and a member of the FHA Club. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Beard of Columbia, Kentucky. Her escort was Mr. Chris Cole. Basketball Homecoming 27

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1776 1976 Adair Structures Display Heritage Adair County was created from Green County in 1801. As far as any record can be found the first settlers came to Adair County to build homes, start schools and churches, raise crops and live and work together. Some of the first settlers were Samuel Phelps and Colonel William Casey. Samuel Phelps built a log cabin in 1779 near Pellyton. A few years later Colonel William Casey led a group of settlers to the county. This was between 1789-1791. This group consisted of Butlers, Fields, Montgomerys, Dudleys, and Tuckers. The Jane Lampton Chapter of the DAR dedicated a marker for the bravery, vision, and courage of these people. It is found on the court- house lawn. On September 28, 1802, an order was entered for the building of the courthouse. William Sutton and Robert Ball got the contract, for 700 pounds. The court continued to meet in the spacious log home of James Walker while the courthouse in the center of the square was being built. It was finished in 1806. The courthouse was then remodeled in 1847. The present courthouse was built in 1884 and then remodeled in 1975 to give it a new appearance. There are many historical places of interest in Adair County. Colonel William Casey's home was near Bliss. Casey was buried sitting in a rocking chair because of arthritis and rheumatism. Jane Lampton, Mark Twain's mother, was Colonel William Casey's granddaughter. The Lampton family lived where Mrs. Edith Walker now lives. This home is located on Fortune Street. It was built around 1812 by John Field. At one time rooms were rented in this house. John Marshall Clemens rented a room for his law office and a room to live in. He lived here when he married Jane Lampton, Mark Twain's mother and Colonel William Casey's grand- daughter. Tradition has it that the marriage even took place in this house. This home of Edith Walker's is a Kentucky Historical Landmark. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Arnold is another old home. This home is located at 209 Guardian Street. Rev. Samuel Robertson, Pres- byterian minister and principal of the Robertson Academy on High Street, built this home about 1812. In the basement of this house there was a tunnel used as an underground railroad. Mrs. Arnold has a sugar chest which was owned by the Waggners that has a bullet hole in the front, and the bullet is lodged in the back of the chest. The bullet came from a soldier's gun during the Civil War. During the Civil War, 1861-1865, John Hunt Morgan and his army passed through Columbia. A skirmish took place on Burkesville Street over the springs on the Sales Coffey property. The army went on, and a battle took place on July 4, 1863. Morgan and his men were defeated by the Union Army. A monument stands near the place of the battle in memory of the Confederates who were killed. The wounded were brought to Columbia and hospitalized. The hospital was set up at the Male and Female High School which was later Columbia Junior High. Another old home in Adair County, Kentucky, is the home of Mrs. Alta Garnett. Mrs. Garnett's father, J. B. Barbee, built the house around 1901. The house has always been in the family. It has been remodeled very little on the inside and outside. J. B. Barbee had a stage line that ran from Columbia to Campbellsville. The stage barn was located behind their house. A However, the stage barn has long since been burned. Bicentennial 29