Johannes Nicholas EMMICK [Parents] "Nicholas" 1 was born 15 Sep 1766 in Haycock twp, Bucks, Pennsylvania and was christened 2 12 Oct 1766 in Tohickon Church, Bedminster Twp, Bucks Pennsylvania. He died 1 Aug 1836 in Lewisport, Hancock, Kentucky and was buried Aug 1836 in Emmick Cemetery, Hancock, Kentucky. Nicholas married 3 Catherine HERTZEL on 14 Oct 1784 in Cumru Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Other marriages:SMITH, Susanna
Nichlos Emig, 4th class, was in Captain Wiedner's Company 1st Battalion on rolls April and May 1785.
Source: Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. III, 7th Series, pg. 5, An Index to the 6th Series.HUSBAND - Nicholas Amick
Nicholas (Philip, Georg) Emig/Amick moved with his parents probably to Bedford County, Pennsylvania, as some family stories relate, after the death of Georg, father of Philip in 1773. He purchased land in the Brandywine area of Pendleton County Virginia (now West Virginia) with his cousin, Henry Amick Nov. 27, 1793 (Bk 2, 350-352) Nicholas married (2) Susannah Smith, daughter of Henry about 1797-1798 in Pendleton County. Nicholas sold the above land to Henry Amick, Jul 3, 1797 "and wife crossed" out (i.b.i.d.) and his home lot of 92 acres Feb 8, 1799 with wife Susannah, to Abraham Pitzenberger. (BK 3,78) Jacob his son born Mar 21, 1799, Pendleton County. Nicholas went by flat boat to Kentucky and was in Breckenridge County in 1810 census as Nicholas Emmie. Purchased land Hancock County (BK C 256) There as Nicholas Amick in 1820 census and bought land on the Ohio River in Spencer Co. Indiana 1819 (Bk 10,133) Elias and Christina, now Parker, children of Henry Amick, his cousin, followed and settled on the Ohio across from Nicholas in Spencer County, Indiana. In his will of Aug 21, 1835 he gave Ten dollars each to the children of his first marriage, namely Nicholas, Sally, Anny, and Betsy and names his other children (Spencer, IN Will Bk D) Buried in Emmick Cemetery, Emmick Landing, Hancock, Kentucky near Lewisport.1787 Census of Virginia lists Nicholas Ameigh on Tax List "A" living in Rockingham County, VA in the district of Commissioner Reuben Moore. Rockingham is next to Pendleton County.
Source: 1787 Census of Virginia, Vol. 1, pg. 639Louise Reithel in her work on Nicholas Emmick states:
Nicholas Emick and Susanna Smith were married in Pendleton County, (West) Virginia in 1795.(1) They lived there four more years, and after selling their farm, they moved to Rockbridge County, Virginia. They lived in Rockbridge County from 1801 to 1807. (See Part II, Chapter 1.) In 1807, they sold their farm in Rockbridge Co. VA. and migrated to Breckinridge County in the newly formed Commonwealth of Kentucky. They may have heard about the sale of land in Breckinridge County from John Gabbert whose son, James Gabbert, also moved to Breckinridge Co. Ky. at an early date. (2)
Sebastion and Catarena Stone were former neighbors of Nicholas and Susanna Emmick when they lived at South Branch in Pendleton Co. (West) Va. They moved to Woodford County, Ky. about the same time Nicholas and Susanna were moving, and they may have traveled some of the distance together. Susanna's aunt, Mary Smith, was the wife of Christian Stone, a grandson of Sebastion Stone. (3)
References:
(1) A History of Pendleton County, West Virginia, pg. 299 by Oren F. Morton.
(2) Forgotten Pathways, Vol. VIII, Issue 2, p. 32, by The
Genealogical Society of Hancock County, Ky., Hawesville, KY.
(3) Pendleton County (West) Virginia Deedbook Records, 17881813, p. 194 by Rick Toothman.
Source: Nicholas Emmick (1764 - 1836) His Forbears, Descendants and Related Families by Louise E. Reithel 1997Nicholas was listed on the 1810 Federal Census of Kentucky living in Breckinridge County as follows:
No. 163, Nicholas Emmie - (on microfilm)
Males, 2 (to 10 yrs.) Females, 2 (to 10 yrs.)
1 (to 16 yrs.) 1 (to 16 yrs.)
0 (to 26 yrs.) 0 (to 26 yrs.)
1 (to 45 yrs.) 1 (to 45 yrs.)
1 (45 yrs. or above)
0 (45 yrs. or above)
(9 others)
Source: Nicholas Emmick (1764 - 1836) His Forbears, Descendants and Related Families by Louise E. Reithel 1997Nicholas Amick - (copied from the 1820 Census microfilm)
Males, 1 (to I0 yrs.) Females, 2 (to 10 yrs.)
1 (to 16 yrs.) 2 (to 16 yrs.)
0 (16 to 18 yrs.) 0 (to 26 yrs.)
1 (to 26 yrs.) 0 (to 45 yrs.)
0 (to 45 yrs.) 1 (45 yrs. or above)
1 (45 yrs. or above)
Source: Nicholas Emmick (1764 - 1836) His Forbears, Descendants and Related Families by Louise E. Reithel 1997The 1830 Federal Census of Kentucky listed Nicholas Emick as living in Hancock County as follows:
No 98, Nicholas Emick. (Microfilm very faint writing, and appeared faded.)
Males, (only one readable) Females, 2 (5 to 10 yrs.)
1 (60 to 70 yrs. old) 2 (10 to 15 yrs. old)
1 (50 to 60 yrs.)
Source: Nicholas Emmick (1764 - 1836) His Forbears, Descendants and Related Families by Louise E. Reithel 1997On the gravestones -
In memory of Nicholas Emmick d. Aug. 1 1836, age 72 yrs.
In memory of Susan, consort of Nicholas Emmick, d. 5 July 1833, about 56 yrs.
Source: Nicholas Emmick (1764 - 1836) His Forbears, Descendants and Related Families by Louise E. Reithel 1997
Catherine HERTZEL [Parents] was born 1769 in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. She died 1793 in Rockingham, Augusta, Virginia. Catherine married 1 Johannes Nicholas EMMICK on 14 Oct 1784 in Cumru Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Nicholas' first wife was Catherine Hertzel died in 1793
Rockingham, Augusta, Virginia
Then moved to Pendleton, then to Kentucky
Kids stayed and lived with Michaels familythere is a Christina Hertzel
Confirmed at Tohickon Reformed 1766and a Catherina Elizabeth Hertzel Baptized: Dryland Lutheran July 19, 1778
http://frankenfield-beam.com/family/catherina_elizabeth_hertzel.htm
daughter of Jonas Hertzel and Catharina Santee
They had the following children:
M i John Nicholas AMICK was born about 1785 and died after 1840. F ii Sally AMICK. F iii Anny AMICK. F iv Elizabeth AMICK.
Johannes Nicholas EMMICK [Parents] "Nicholas" 1 was born 15 Sep 1766 in Haycock twp, Bucks, Pennsylvania and was christened 2 12 Oct 1766 in Tohickon Church, Bedminster Twp, Bucks Pennsylvania. He died 1 Aug 1836 in Lewisport, Hancock, Kentucky and was buried Aug 1836 in Emmick Cemetery, Hancock, Kentucky. Nicholas married Susanna SMITH on 1797/1798 in Pendleton, West Virginia.
Other marriages:HERTZEL, Catherine
Nichlos Emig, 4th class, was in Captain Wiedner's Company 1st Battalion on rolls April and May 1785.
Source: Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. III, 7th Series, pg. 5, An Index to the 6th Series.HUSBAND - Nicholas Amick
Nicholas (Philip, Georg) Emig/Amick moved with his parents probably to Bedford County, Pennsylvania, as some family stories relate, after the death of Georg, father of Philip in 1773. He purchased land in the Brandywine area of Pendleton County Virginia (now West Virginia) with his cousin, Henry Amick Nov. 27, 1793 (Bk 2, 350-352) Nicholas married (2) Susannah Smith, daughter of Henry about 1797-1798 in Pendleton County. Nicholas sold the above land to Henry Amick, Jul 3, 1797 "and wife crossed" out (i.b.i.d.) and his home lot of 92 acres Feb 8, 1799 with wife Susannah, to Abraham Pitzenberger. (BK 3,78) Jacob his son born Mar 21, 1799, Pendleton County. Nicholas went by flat boat to Kentucky and was in Breckenridge County in 1810 census as Nicholas Emmie. Purchased land Hancock County (BK C 256) There as Nicholas Amick in 1820 census and bought land on the Ohio River in Spencer Co. Indiana 1819 (Bk 10,133) Elias and Christina, now Parker, children of Henry Amick, his cousin, followed and settled on the Ohio across from Nicholas in Spencer County, Indiana. In his will of Aug 21, 1835 he gave Ten dollars each to the children of his first marriage, namely Nicholas, Sally, Anny, and Betsy and names his other children (Spencer, IN Will Bk D) Buried in Emmick Cemetery, Emmick Landing, Hancock, Kentucky near Lewisport.1787 Census of Virginia lists Nicholas Ameigh on Tax List "A" living in Rockingham County, VA in the district of Commissioner Reuben Moore. Rockingham is next to Pendleton County.
Source: 1787 Census of Virginia, Vol. 1, pg. 639Louise Reithel in her work on Nicholas Emmick states:
Nicholas Emick and Susanna Smith were married in Pendleton County, (West) Virginia in 1795.(1) They lived there four more years, and after selling their farm, they moved to Rockbridge County, Virginia. They lived in Rockbridge County from 1801 to 1807. (See Part II, Chapter 1.) In 1807, they sold their farm in Rockbridge Co. VA. and migrated to Breckinridge County in the newly formed Commonwealth of Kentucky. They may have heard about the sale of land in Breckinridge County from John Gabbert whose son, James Gabbert, also moved to Breckinridge Co. Ky. at an early date. (2)
Sebastion and Catarena Stone were former neighbors of Nicholas and Susanna Emmick when they lived at South Branch in Pendleton Co. (West) Va. They moved to Woodford County, Ky. about the same time Nicholas and Susanna were moving, and they may have traveled some of the distance together. Susanna's aunt, Mary Smith, was the wife of Christian Stone, a grandson of Sebastion Stone. (3)
References:
(1) A History of Pendleton County, West Virginia, pg. 299 by Oren F. Morton.
(2) Forgotten Pathways, Vol. VIII, Issue 2, p. 32, by The
Genealogical Society of Hancock County, Ky., Hawesville, KY.
(3) Pendleton County (West) Virginia Deedbook Records, 17881813, p. 194 by Rick Toothman.
Source: Nicholas Emmick (1764 - 1836) His Forbears, Descendants and Related Families by Louise E. Reithel 1997Nicholas was listed on the 1810 Federal Census of Kentucky living in Breckinridge County as follows:
No. 163, Nicholas Emmie - (on microfilm)
Males, 2 (to 10 yrs.) Females, 2 (to 10 yrs.)
1 (to 16 yrs.) 1 (to 16 yrs.)
0 (to 26 yrs.) 0 (to 26 yrs.)
1 (to 45 yrs.) 1 (to 45 yrs.)
1 (45 yrs. or above)
0 (45 yrs. or above)
(9 others)
Source: Nicholas Emmick (1764 - 1836) His Forbears, Descendants and Related Families by Louise E. Reithel 1997Nicholas Amick - (copied from the 1820 Census microfilm)
Males, 1 (to I0 yrs.) Females, 2 (to 10 yrs.)
1 (to 16 yrs.) 2 (to 16 yrs.)
0 (16 to 18 yrs.) 0 (to 26 yrs.)
1 (to 26 yrs.) 0 (to 45 yrs.)
0 (to 45 yrs.) 1 (45 yrs. or above)
1 (45 yrs. or above)
Source: Nicholas Emmick (1764 - 1836) His Forbears, Descendants and Related Families by Louise E. Reithel 1997The 1830 Federal Census of Kentucky listed Nicholas Emick as living in Hancock County as follows:
No 98, Nicholas Emick. (Microfilm very faint writing, and appeared faded.)
Males, (only one readable) Females, 2 (5 to 10 yrs.)
1 (60 to 70 yrs. old) 2 (10 to 15 yrs. old)
1 (50 to 60 yrs.)
Source: Nicholas Emmick (1764 - 1836) His Forbears, Descendants and Related Families by Louise E. Reithel 1997On the gravestones -
In memory of Nicholas Emmick d. Aug. 1 1836, age 72 yrs.
In memory of Susan, consort of Nicholas Emmick, d. 5 July 1833, about 56 yrs.
Source: Nicholas Emmick (1764 - 1836) His Forbears, Descendants and Related Families by Louise E. Reithel 1997
Susanna SMITH [Parents] was born 1777. She died 5 Jul 1833 in Lewisport, Hancock, Kentucky. Susanna married Johannes Nicholas EMMICK on 1797/1798 in Pendleton, West Virginia.
WIFE - Susanna Smith
Daughter of Henry Smith of Pendleton County, his father was Peter. She had a brother John and died age 56. (Dorothy Hendry "Climb your Family Tree" V 11 p59.) She is mentioned in a deed in Pendleton County, 21 June 1818, as heir of Henry, dec'd living in Breckenridge, Kentucky with husband Nicholas Amick. They sell two tracts in Pendleton to John Smith her brother of Pendleton, West Virginia. (Bk 7 p225)
They had the following children:
F i Mary EMMICK was born 1797. M ii Jacob AMICK was born 21 Mar 1799 and died 2 Nov 1850. F iii Elizabeth AMICK was born 1803 and died 1830. F iv Katherine EMMICK was born 1805. She died 1834.
Louise Reithel in her work on Nicholas Emmick states:
Katherine Emmick, the daughter of Nicholas and Susanna Emmick, was born 13 Feb. 1805 in Rockbridge Co. Virginia. She came with her parents to Breckinridge Co., Ky. in 1809. She married Vincent Rust of Spencer County, Ind. She died 11 Feb. 1834 in Spencer Co.(11) Vincent Rust later married her sister, Eliza Jane Emmick.
(11) The Nicholas Emmick Family Sheet compiled by Michael Rutherford.
Source: Nicholas Emmick (1764 - 1836) His Forbears, Descendants and Related Families by Louise E. Reithel 1997M v George EMMICK was born 16 Sep 1811 and died 26 Sep 1886. F vi Allettia AMICK. F vii Eliza Jane AMICK. F viii Nancy AMICK was born 1819 and died 1859.
He had the following children:
F i Susanna SMITH was born 1777 and died 5 Jul 1833.
Jacob AMICK [Parents] was born 21 Mar 1799 in Pendleton, West Virginia. He died 2 Nov 1850. Jacob married Sarah Ann ASKINS.
Jacob Amick (Nicholas, Philip, George Emig) born in Pendleton County Virginia (now West Virginia) was a young boy when the family went to Kentucky. He married Elizabeth Crooks, 29 Aug. 1848.
Steamboat Captain
Louise Reithel in her work on Nicholas Emmick states:
Jacob Emmick, the son of Nicholas and Susanna Emmick, was born 21 March 1799 (the date on his gravestone) in Pendleton County, (West) Va. He came to Kentucky with his parents in 1809. On Sept. 16, 1829, he married (lst) Sarah Ann Askins, a daughter of Edward Askins. She died circa 1846/47 in Hancock County, Ky. Jacob Emmick married (2nd) Elizabeth Blanton of Daviess Co. KY, on 29 Aug. 1848
Jacob Emmick wrote his Will on 20 Nov. 1858, and it was proven in court 28 Dec. 1858. His death occurred between these two dates. A final disposition of his estate was made 24 Sept. 1860 at the Hancock Co. Ky. court. Jacob Emmick was buried in the Emmick Cemetery near his parents' graves.
Hancock County, Ky. Wills, Book 4, p. 29, County Court Clerk, Hawesville Kentucky.
Source: Nicholas Emmick (1764 - 1836) His Forbears, Descendants and Related Families by Louise E. Reithel 1997
Sarah Ann ASKINS married Jacob AMICK.
They had the following children:
David TURNHAM married Elizabeth AMICK.
Elizabeth AMICK [Parents] was born 1803. She died 1830. Elizabeth married David TURNHAM.
CHILD 2 - Elizabeth Amick
Listed in fathers will (Wills, Spencer, IN Bk D 1846-54)Louise Reithel in her work on Nicholas Emmick states:
Elizabeth Emmick, the daughter of Nicholas and Susanna Emmick, was born c 1803 in Rockbridge County, Virginia. She was brought to Kentucky by her parents in 1809. She married David Turnham on 7 Oct. 1824, and lived in Spencer County, Indiana. (10) She died c 1830/31. Her husband, David, was named in the Will of Nicholas Emmick, her father.
Daybreak on Old Fortification Creek, p. 48 by Glenn Hodges.
Source: Nicholas Emmick (1764 - 1836) His Forbears, Descendants and Related Families by Louise E. Reithel 1997
William RUST married Allettia AMICK.
Allettia AMICK [Parents] married William RUST.
Louise Reithel in her work on Nicholas Emmick states:
Aletha Emmick, the daughter of Nicholas and Susanna Emmick, was born c 1813 in Breckinridge County (later Hancock Co.) Kentucky. She married William Rust of Spencer Co. Indiana on 6 June 1831 in Hancock Co., Ky. She died c1838 in Spencer County. Her children were Felix Emmick Rust, Francis M. Rust, and Nancy Rust of Spencer County, Ind.
The Nicholas Emmick Family Sheet compiled by Michael Rutherford.
Source: Nicholas Emmick (1764 - 1836) His Forbears, Descendants and Related Families by Louise E. Reithel 1997
They had the following children:
M i Felix Emmick RUST. M ii Francis M. RUST. F iii Nancy RUST.
Vincent RUST married Eliza Jane AMICK.
Eliza Jane AMICK [Parents] married Vincent RUST.
CHILD 4 - Eliza Jane Amick
Listed in fathers will of 21 Aug 1835(Wills, Spencer, IN Bk D 1846-54)Louise Reithel in her work on Nicholas Emmick states:
Eliza Jane Emmick, the daughter of Nicholas and Susanna Emmick, was born 14 may 1815 in Breckinridge Co. Ky. She married Vincent Rust on 7 April 1835 in Hancock Co. Ky. She died on 30 March 1852 in Spencer Co. Ind. Her children were John N. Rust, James E. Rust, Benjamin Rust, and Mary E. Rust. (1850 Ind. Census.)
The Nicholas Emmick Family Sheet compiled by Michael Rutherford.
Source: Nicholas Emmick (1764 - 1836) His Forbears, Descendants and Related Families by Louise E. Reithel 1997
They had the following children:
M i John N. RUST. M ii James E. RUST. M iii Benjamin RUST. F iv Mary E. RUST.
Waters ERSKINE married Nancy AMICK.
Nancy AMICK [Parents] was born 1819. She died 1859. Nancy married Waters ERSKINE.
CHILD 5 - Nancy Amick
Listed in fathers will of 21 Aug 1835 (Wills, Spencer, IN Bk D 1846-54)Louise Reithel in her work on Nicholas Emmick states:
Nancy Emmick, the daughter of Nicholas and Susanna Emmick, was born c1819 in Breckinridge Co. Ky. She married Waters Askins on 22 June 1836. He was the son of Edward Askins of Hancock Co. Ky. After their marriage, they continued to live in Hancock County until about 1857 and then they moved to Hammond Township, Indiana. Nancy Emmick Askins died c 1859 at Hammond, Ind. The children of Waters and Nancy Askins/Erskins were the following:
Susanna, Eliza Jane, Norman, Edna, Nancy, Rilia (Aurillia), Roberta and Rosetta (twins) Askins/Erskins.
References,
Hancock County, Ky. Marriages, Bk. 1-B (1829-1857), p. 14
by the Hancock County Archives, Hawesville, KY.
Source: Nicholas Emmick (1764 - 1836) His Forbears, Descendants and Related Families by Louise E. Reithel 1997
They had the following children:
F i Susanne ERSKINE. F ii Eliza Jane ERSKINE. M iii Norman ERSKINE. F iv Edna ERSKINE. F v Nancy ERSKINE. F vi Aurilla ERSKINE. F vii Roberta ERSKINE. F viii Rosetta ERSKINE.
George EMMICK [Parents] was born 1 16 Sep 1811 in Hancock, Kentucky. He died 26 Sep 1886 in Hancock, Kentucky. George married Leticia ERSKINE.
CHILD 6 - George H. Amick
Children Clarence, Stephen, George born 1854, John, Mike HoggSteamboat Captain
Kentucky 1880 Census
Lewisport, Hancock, Kentucky
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/household_record.asp?HOUSEHOLD_CODE=1880US_13538434&HOUSEHOLD_SUB=1&frompage=5
George Emmick, age 69, born in Kentucky, father born in Virginia
Letitia Emmick, wife age 55
Clarence Emmick, son age 33
John Emmick, son age 21, Pilot
Michael Emmick, son age 18
David Kennedy, other, LaborerArticles about the house:
CIVIL WAR-ERA HOUSE BECOMES A MUSEUM UNDERGROUND RAILROAD STATION
By RICH DAVIS,
The Evansville Courier; 25 October 1998
...the house -- a block or so from the hand-wound town clock atop St. Pius Church -- is where the Heinzle family hid runaway slaves. "The Emmick plantation was across the river," says Efinger, "but you couldn't drive those slaves off it with dynamite. The Emmicks took care of them."
But other slaves from that area and farther south crossed the Ohio there.
One slave who fled the area long before the Nester House existed was Josiah Henson of Daviess County, Ky. He founded a settlement in Canada and led others to freedom. His descendants say he was the real Uncle Tom who inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel.Rich Davis also printed another article on the Emmick Plantation with notes on the Civil War and early Abraham Lincoln History as well as the reference to Nicholas Emmick's land grant being from President James Monroe.
EMMICK'S LANDING A STORIED HOUSE WAS CRUMBLING UNTIL RETHA EMMICK NEWELL DECIDED SHE'D RATHER HAVE A PLANTATION THAN A BENTLEY
By RICH DAVIS, The Evansville Courier, 24 September 1998
...
"You know, the Yankees fired on this place (Civil War). They wanted to steal the horses," she says. That explains the cone-shaped rifle bullets found in the walls while she was restoring the two- story, Federal-style house over the past decade. She also found 96 pieces of silverware buried under the front porch, no doubt to keep it out of Yankee hands.
The old house across the way used to be two stories with columns, but her brothers accidentally burned it. Her mother rebuilt it with one story to keep grandma from coming to spend the weekends with them.
..
The Emmicks -- Germans who originally settled in Virginia -- have owned and farmed several thousand acres along the Ohio River about 20 miles east of Owensboro, Ky., since Nicholas Emmick received them in 1817 in a land grant from President James Monroe.
The house, with its large center hall and double doors opening to a full view of the river, was completed in 1850 with bricks and nails made on the site, and with poplar logs floated downriver from Troy, Ind. But when Newell took it over in the 1980s it was falling apart. "I decided to take it anyway ... I'd been saving my money for a Bentley car, so this is my Bentley."
The restoration -- which found them removing eight layers of wallpaper, replastering after the hog hair and sand ceilings fell down and returning fireplaces and mantels that had been bricked over -- took 10 years.
It also included construction of a new outside kitchen, a weaving shed with an ancient loom, a small museum and a replica of a slave cabin that doubles as a gift shop.
...
Standing on an upper porch overlooking the river, she talks of the Thompson Ferry which once operated near the foot of Emmick Landing...of how an 18-year-old Abe Lincoln was hauled across their property en route to Squire Pate's place to defend himself against charges he ran an illegal ferry...and of freed slaves who, after the Civil War, came through headed North.
At the top of the black walnut staircase is what she calls the "family rogues gallery," walls covered with old photographs.
There's her grandfather, a river man who was 16 when he watched the famed race between the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee in 1870. And her uncle Gene who went to California when he was 18 to make his fortune in the fledgling movie industry, eventually owning a string of theaters. Another uncle, Loren, followed him and opened one of the first drive-in theaters.
...
In the downstairs dining room visitors notice two curiously tiny doors. The one next to the fireplace took servants into the basement and out to the kitchen; the other, with its tiny set of steps, led to the upstairs bedrooms so servants could discreetly remove chamber pots.
Newell spends each September here, giving tours: "I tried coming back one time in July, but the summers are just too hot here."
Her husband plans to visit in the near future, even though he's from Atlanta and enjoys telling her she's "glorifying the man (Lincoln) who burned Atlanta."
...
Photos, 4 Information Box Map; Caption: MARNE ROWLAND/The Courier Cliff Collins puts away the flag in front of the Emmick Plantation near Lewisport, Ky. Collins has accompanied owner Retha Emmick Newell from Southern California to Lewisport each year for the last 11 years to help restore the plantation. ABOVE: A convex mirror reflects the image of Retha Emmick Newell as she talks about the house. The Emmicks first settled the area 180 years ago. LEFT: The restored stable house at the Emmick Plantation. Retha Emmick Newell If you go What: Tours of Emmick Plantation Where: On Kentucky 334 east of Lewisport. When: 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday until Oct. 1; reservations are recommended to avoid crowds. Tours may be canceled on rainy days. Admission: $5 for adults, $2.50 for kids. Information: Call (502) 295-6750. LARRY FINK/The Courier
Leticia ERSKINE married George EMMICK.
They had the following children:
M i Clarence EMMICK was born 1847. He died 1924.
a bachelorM ii Steven Powers EMMICK was born 1852 and died 1914. M iii John C. EMMICK was born 1859. He died 1906.
John Emmick had a pilot's license and guided steamboats from Cincinnatti, Ohio, to New Orleans for several years. He later returned to his Kentucky farm, and remained there the rest of his life. (From the notes of Mattie L. Emmick Thrasher.)
Source: Nicholas Emmick (1764 - 1836) His Forbears, Descendants and Related Families by Louise E. Reithel 1997M iv Michael Hogg EMMICK was born 1863 and died 1941.
Steven Powers EMMICK [Parents] was born 1 1852. He died 1914.
He had the following children:
M i Knox EMMICK.