Dr. John J. Dickey Diary, Fleming County, Ky.  Recorded in the 1870's and
beyond.  Reprinted in Kentucky Explorer, Volume 10, No 6 - November, 1995.
p. 86. By permission. Leslie County.

Henry Eversole - Hyden, Ky., June 24, 1898.
     My great-grandfather, Jacob Eversole, came to Kentucky when my
grandfather came to Kentucky when my grandfather was 14 years old and he
was born in 1790.  This fixes the coming of the Eversoles at 1804.  He
came from New River, N.C., now Ashe County.  There are numbers of them at
Petersburg, Va., also at Wythville.  His father was Chrisly(?) and he
emigrated to America from Germany.  Some of the traditions say from near
Berlin.  He first came to Penn., thence to N.C.  My great grandfather or
some of them went back to Penn. and scattered west, especially to Ohio. 
The Eversoles and Kaesleys - his first wife's people were rich for that
day.  They went back to Penn.  Jacob was not well to do or had gotten
behind, and was not willing to go back; so he came to Kentucky.  Eldorado,
a black man who came from N. C. a few years ago to Laurel Co., told me the
Eversoles were rich and men for law and order.  Some desperadoes were
accustomed to make trouble in the county seat at courts.  One day they
attacked Joe and John Eversole and their brother-in-law, Wright.  In a few
minutes four desperadoes were laying stretched upon the ground, though no
one had a pistol or a weapon of any kind.  Joe took a stick, Wright a
stone and the other a similar weapon.
     My grandfather was born in Germany, perhaps, one child was born very
soon after they had landed.  And that may have been my grandfather.  I
have heard my grandfather, Woolery Eversole, tell of the "Cattle War." 
The battle occurred right where I was born.  John Amis and the North
Forkers had a limit on the Middle Fork to which the North Forkers were to
allow their cattle to come.  John Amis stuck a large knife into the cattle
when they were driven into the water which caused them to sink.  When the
North Forkers came over, they came to Amis and Company's camp at the mouth
of Cutshin and shot a fine horse, perhaps Amis' horse, and a woman,
perhaps Amis' wife, struck one of the men, Peter Stacey struck the woman
in the face.  I think this led to the retaliation at the mouth of
Grapevine.  I suggest you see Mrs. Susan Campbell called "Aunt Sucky,"
widow of Hiram Campbell, 87 or 88 years old, mother of Ed Campbell of
Booneville, also my mother, also Jim Campbell, "Red Ned" Strong.  John
Gilbert's intemperance, the shooting of a horse at Grapevine are all
familiar to my memory.  My grandfather lived with my father.  I moved with
him and he recounted many of his early and late experiences. (See Henry
Fuff, J.J.D.).

Eversol Kaesley Wright Amis Stacey Campbell Strong Gilbert
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New_River-Ashe-NC VA Germany PA OH

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