WILLIAM PRINCE
MEMORIAL DEDICATION
MAY 2, 2009
Princeton, Ky.
WILLIAM PRINCE
FOUNDER OF PRINCETON
BORN MAY 19 1752 DIED AUG. 10 1810
A REVOLUTIONARY WAR PATRIOT - HE SERVED AS A
CAPTAIN IN COLONEL BENJAMIN ROXBURY, SPARTAN
REGIMENT - SC 1782 ORGANIZED A
GROUP FROM
96TH DISTRICT MIGRATED THROUGH CUMBERLAND GAP
SETTLED ON RED RIVER
IN NW TENNESSEE
IN 1798 HE EXPLORED LAND ON EDDY CREEK
(BUILT SHANDY HALL
ABOVE BIG SPRING
IN AN AREA CALLED EDDY GROVE)
A LARGE LAND OWNER, SURVEYOR,
PUBLIC SERVANT
ESTABLISHED FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN EDDY GROVE
HIS FAMILY
DONATED 50 ACRES FOR PRINCE'S PLACE
NOW CALLED PRINCETON - DEED RECORDED IN FIRST
CALDWELL COUNTY ORDER BOOK C - 1817 PAGE 150
Betty Counts, followed by Peggy Gilkey
prepares to lead the CG in to Post The Colors
Ladies Aux. Member, Peggy Gilkey
followed by Ohio Valley Color Guard
Presenting The Colors
Ken Gilkey, Don Counts
Presenting The Colors
John Van Zandt & Robert Hall
The beautiful backdrop was a Quilt Show
Color Guard Retires after Posting The Colors
Betty Counts & Peggy Gilkey
Ladies Aux. Members Retire after Posting of the Colors
Caldwell Co. Hist. Soc President Rodney Paris
Welcomes The Crowd
Caldwell Co. Hist. Soc Vice President
Barbara
Van Hooser Schiltz, reads names of Prince descendants present.
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Princeton, Ky.
WILLIAM PRINCE
FOUNDER OF PRINCETON
BORN MAY 19 1752 DIED AUG. 10 1810
A REVOLUTIONARY WAR PATRIOT - HE SERVED AS A
CAPTAIN IN COLONEL BENJAMIN ROXBURY, SPARTAN
REGIMENT - SC 1782 ORGANIZED A
GROUP FROM
96TH DISTRICT MIGRATED THROUGH CUMBERLAND GAP
SETTLED ON RED RIVER
IN NW TENNESSEE
IN 1798 HE EXPLORED LAND ON EDDY CREEK
(BUILT SHANDY HALL
ABOVE BIG SPRING
IN AN AREA CALLED EDDY GROVE)
A LARGE LAND OWNER, SURVEYOR,
PUBLIC SERVANT
ESTABLISHED FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN EDDY GROVE
HIS FAMILY
DONATED 50 ACRES FOR PRINCE'S PLACE
NOW CALLED PRINCETON - DEED RECORDED IN FIRST
CALDWELL COUNTY ORDER BOOK C - 1817 PAGE 150
Betty Counts, followed by Peggy Gilkey
prepares to lead the CG in to Post The Colors
Ladies Aux. Member, Peggy Gilkey
followed by Ohio Valley Color Guard
Betty Counts, followed by Peggy Gilkey prepares to lead the CG in to Post The Colors |
Ladies Aux. Member, Peggy Gilkey followed by Ohio Valley Color Guard |
Presenting The Colors Ken Gilkey, Don Counts |
Presenting The Colors John Van Zandt & Robert Hall |
The beautiful backdrop was a Quilt Show Color Guard Retires after Posting The Colors |
Betty Counts & Peggy Gilkey Ladies Aux. Members Retire after Posting of the Colors |
Caldwell Co. Hist. Soc President Rodney Paris Welcomes The Crowd |
Caldwell Co. Hist. Soc Vice President Barbara Van Hooser Schiltz, reads names of Prince descendants present. |
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