History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 621. [Scott County] [White Sulphur Precinct] JOHN Y. KINKEAD, farmer, P. O. Midway; a native of Woodford County, Ky.; and a son of James and Betsey (White) Kinkead, was born March 1, 1818. His parents were natives of Fredericksburg, Va., and came to Kentucky in early times; the father was born in 1792, and died in 1833; the mother was born in 1802, and died in 1840. The subject was educated in the common schools of Woodford County, and commenced business as a shoemaker in 1840, but afterward went into the drug business at Stamping Ground, in which he continued until 1850, when he was married to a young lady of Shelby County, Ky., who lived only four months and in 1854, he was again married, to Miss Mary Nelson, and removed to Missouri, where she died in 1862; she was a daughter of Joseph Nelson, a native of Scott County, Ky.; and who was born about the year 1800. In 1861, Mr. Kinkead enlisted under Gen. Price, and served as Quartermaster until the close of the war in 1865, when he returned to Kentucky and was married a third time, to Mrs. Louisa St. Clair. They have only one child, Bettie, who is attending school at Midway, Woodford County. Mr. Kinkead is a member of the Christian Church and a Democrat in politics. He is now engaged in farming and rearing of fine stock, making specialties of sheep and trotting horses. He owns 225 acres of excellent land and finely improved. It is located on the Georgetown and Midway Pike, about two miles from Midway. It was formerly owned by George Tarleton, who had a fine race-track on it, upon which Gray Eagle and Wagner were trained, the training stables of these noted horses are all gone to decay. Kinkead White Nelson St._Clair Tarleton = Shelby-KY Woodford-KY VA MO http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/scott/kinkead.jy.txt