History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 719. [Harrison County] [Leesburg Precinct] CORNELIUS AMMERMAN, farmer, P. O. Cynthiana. Among the early pioneers to Bourbon County was Phillip Ammerman from Maryland. His son, Daniel Ammerman, married a Miss Reed, daughter of Jonathan Reed of Bourbon who died in 1864. Phillip Ammerman died in 1844. Cornelius Ammerman was born in Bourbon County in 1817, and was married to Miss Elizabeth Renaker, daughter of Jacob and Francis (Bennet) Renaker. By this union they have seven children, named Sarah F. Lydick, Martha Ellen Henry, wife of Thos. Henry, Daniel, Loulie Forsythe of Mercer County, Jacob H., Lizzie W., James L. He is the owner of 307 acres of land five and one-half miles from Cynthiana, near Lexington and Covington roads. He is a Granger and he and wife are among the leading members of the Methodist church at Mt. Hope; and he is a good solid citizen. Ammerman Reed Renaker Bennet Lydick Henry Forsythe = Bourbon-KY Mercer-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/harrison/ammerman.c.txt