Caudill Cousins,
A Brief Note Regarding the Knott County Historical Society, Inc. Like
other small county historical societies, we struggle to exist. Clay
County's Historical Society recently discussed whether to keep its doors
open or not. Perry County's has already passed by the wayside. Others
still contemplate. None need unsubstantiated negative P.R.
The Knott County Historical Society, Inc., is a 501(c)3 non-profit
organization, and none of its volunteers receive any financial
compensations for their time. It is strictly volunteers who operate the
organization. All our banking and bookkeeping is supervised by our
C.P.A. Our society, too, has contemplated more than once to shut our
doors, but due to the dedicated volunteers across the country and in the
county - we are still open. The Society's membership is free to anyone
interested in Knott County's or Eastern Kentucky's history. We are one
of the few in the state of Kentucky that can say that.
The Knott County Historical Society will be honoring the Caudill Family
this coming September and has a wealth of information for those who are
interested in their Caudill lineages. Not only do we make all our
Caudill History Books available to our visitors, we have a database
containing over 1 million names of Knott and her surrounding counties.
If you would be interested in knowing whether your family is included
in our Caudill files, contact us at knothist(a)tgtel.com. Several Caudill
cousins have been contacted and are working on properly honoring the
Caudill family this September.
I descend from Benjamin (of the early 1700s) and Stephen (of the late
1600s). These lineages have been brought down by such fine researchers
as my late friend, Clayton R. Cox, Brian Caudill, and others, which has
expedited the Caudill research in Eastern Kentucky.
We appreciate those of you who have unselfishly contributed information
to ours and other such historical organizations.
Sincerely yours,
David R. Smith, Pres.
Knott County Historical Society, Inc.
Hindman, Kentucky