History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 600. [Scott County] [Georgetown City and Precinct] JAMES LONG, breeder of trotting horses; P. O. Georgetown; was born Nov. 12, 1827, on the place where he now lives. He was educated in the neighborhood schools. He and his brother for years had the management of the homestead, and he at last bought it. About 1870, he began the rearing of trotting horses from the sired, "Almont," "Mambrino," "Patchen," and "George Miles." He bred, reared and trained Katie Jackson, whose public record was 2.2 1 1/2 at four years, and whose record at private trial was as low as 2:17. She was sold in 1878 for $6,300. She was from George Wilkes and Petoskey. He also reared Gracie Goodwin, who has a record of 2:30. In addition he raised a goodly number of trooters which sold young. He has a private three-quarter mile track on his farm, for the development of trotters, of which he now has several. When twenty years old, he began dealing in coach and carriage horses, and has had singular success. He continues at this occupation. His breeding farm, called "Carview" consists of 220 acres, equally divided between grazing land and cultivation. In June, 1861, he married Miss Susie M. Peak, daughter of Dudley Peak, of this county. His father, James Long, was born in this county in 1783. He was a farmer and served in Col. R. M. Johnson's regiment in the war of 1812. He was also a dealer in fine horses, and bought the present place in about 1819, it being then wild land. He married a Miss Bradford, of South Carolina, whom he met while on a trading tour in that State. The subject's grandfather, Nicholas Long, was born in Virginia, and settled in this county about 1783. His father owned over 400 acres of land on which he lived for over half a century. Long Peak Bradford = SC VA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/scott/long.j.txt