History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 590. [Scott County] [Georgetown City and Precinct] NOTLEY ESTES, Circuit Clerk; Georgetown, was born in Scott County, Ky., Feb. 19, 1826; his father, Thomas Estes, was born in Spottsylvania [sic] County, Va., in 1785; came to Kentucky when a mere boy with his parents, who first settled in Fayette County; he married a Miss Truitt in 1810, settling in Scott County, where he lived for half a century; of his first marriage there are six children; he was married a second time to a Mrs. Spencer who bore him one child; he followed the occupation of farmer with moderate success, and died in Owen County, in 1863. Our subject is the youngest living son of Thomas Estes by the first marriage, and was raised on the farm where he was denied all except the meager training which the early schools of his neighborhood afforded; he began selling goods in 1853, at Eagle Post Office, and followed it for a time in connection with his far; from 1854 to 1874 Mr. Estes dealt in live stock, driving to the Covington and Louisville markets; he acted for about twenty years as Deputy Clerk for the northern part of Scott County; at the August election of 1880, Mr. Estes was elected Clerk of the Circuit Court by the Democrats of Scott County, the duties of which he is now discharging; he was married in 1853 to Miss A. R. Offutt, daughter of Thomas Offutt, of Scott County. Estes Truitt Spencer = Fayette-KY Owen-KY Spotsylvania-VA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/scott/estes.n.txt