The Times of Long Ago, Barren County, Kentucky by Franklin Gorin. John P. Morton & Company, Incorporated, 1929. Published originally in the Glasgow Weekly Times, 1870's. pp. 134-135. HENRY HALEY, one of our earliest pioneers, bought and settled on John Jameson's farm lying between Prewitt's Knob and what is now called the Flint Knob. The Flint Knob and the surrounding country were covered with a most beautiful grove of sugar, ash, poplar, oak, and other growth. The spot formed one of those oases in the Barrens that added beauty to the surrounding country. He was one of nature's noblemen. He settled directly on the trace from New Orleans to Limestone, there he resided in the wilderness administering to the wants of all, especially to the boatmen returning from New Orleans. He was kind, generous and hospitable. He had sons and daughters like unto himself. They were the idols of his heart, and the great desire of his life was to raise them up moral, pious men and women. He was a member of the Baptist church, a pious gentleman of the highest order. During the latter years of his life he was greatly afflicted with the shaking palsy. Those whom God loves He afflicts. Maximilian, one of his sons, married in Virginia, a lady of highest virtues and qualifications. Patrick, anothother son, married that lady's half-sister. Henry married Betsy Martin, a daughter of Joseph Martin, who owned Prewitt's Knob and the adjoining land where he lived. After Henry's death his wife married Wm. Dickey, and she is now a widow the second time. John married a Miss Murphy, we believe. They moved to Warren County, where they were greatly esteemed. Merriman married Nancy Dunn and they also settled in Warren. One of the daughters of Henry Haley, Sr., married David Shelton, a school mate of the writer under Rev. John Howe. Another daughter married Robert Jameson, and settled in the neighborhood. Maximilian Haley and David Shelton moved with their families to Illinois, where both raised large families, which are both prosperous and highly respected. Patrick Haley and his family moved to Missouri. The neighborhood of Prewitt's Knob, which had been one of the best in the county, became after the death of Henry Haley and the older citizens, between the years 1825-30, so immoral that Prewitt's Knob received the name of Buzzard's Roost; however, it is once more a most excellent neighborhood - one of the best in the county. Haley Martin Dickey Murphy Dunn Shelton Howe Jameson = LA VA Warren-KY IL MO http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/barren/haley.h.txt