Dear
Bill,
There
was a newspaper running at that time. However, 1853 is pretty far back and
copies may not have survived. In the county, there are microfilms of some of the
surviving newspapers. The Mt Sterling Public Library has copies of these
microfilms. I do not know if they have all, but they can tell you for sure.
Sometimes these kinds of resources are available for interlibrary loans, so you
may want to check on that too.
You’ll
need to contact the County Clerk to see if there are probate records for Peyton.
Those are all kept at the Courthouse.
Hope
this helps.
Sincerely,
Ken
huffman
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From: B&J
Bickell [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 6:03
PM
To:
[email protected]
Subject: Family
History- Peyton R. Keith
Was there
a local newspaper serving the Mt. Sterling area in 1853? I am
looking for any article regarding the life of Peyton R. Keith who apparently
died in mid January ,1853. His will was written Jan 10th and filed Jan 24,
1853.If so, would copies be available in Brown Co. ,or should I expect to only
find them at the State Historical Library in Springfield? Thank you, Bill
Bickell