Backroads of Barren County, Kentucky, newspaper articles written by William Daniel Tolle 1877 through 1920's, compiled by Sandra K. Gorin, Gorin Genealogical Publishing, copyright July 1991. p.3 [Metcalfe County]. DAVID SMITH was the first settler at the head of the creek [Blue Spring Creek] that I knew of. He might have been the first settler. After I first knew him he went to Edmonton and served as jailer of the county. He is now dead. His farm is now owned by James Burks. Smith = none http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/metcalfe/smith.d.txt