In 1991 the Knott County Gingerbread Festival Committee began designating a particular family to be honored during September's Festival. The manner in which these families are selected by the Gingerbread Committee is procured through the use of the local phone directory with the families having the most phone numbers receiving plurality.   The Gingerbread Festival Committee releases the name of the family to be honored and the theme for the year's festival in the local paper so that the businesses and organizations, such as ours, can corroborate their window displays and exhibits. 

One year after the Historical Society's founding, we began honoring these families with a proof publication of the family's history containing up-to-date data, a museum exhibit, photo albums, window displays on Main Street, and other events to coincide with the Knott County Gingerbread Festival activities.  We have worked harmoniously with the Gingerbread Festival and these families to bring honor upon their ancestors since 1995.

Previous Families Honored by the Knott County Historical Society
1991 - Slones
1992 - Combs
1993 - Halls
1994 - Mullins
1995 - Ritchies
1996 - Johnsons
1997 - Amburgeys
1998 - Gibsons
1999 - Shorts
2000 - Conleys
2001 - Gayhearts
2003 - Jacobs
2004 - Patricks
2005 - Caudills

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Outstanding Caudills - Nominees for the Caudill Hall of Fame Exhibit
Criteria  (Contact us to nominate other Caudills)
Rebecca  Caudill
Lucille (Caudill) Little
Harry M. Caudill
Clayton R. Cox
Col. Benjamin Everidge Caudill
Bill Caudill - Architect

Outstanding Caudill Family Websites
Brian K. Caudill's Genealogy
Leroy Caudill's Genealogy
Mary Anne Caudill's Genealogy
Kenneth Mack Rominger's Genealogy
Donald Eugene Smith's Caudill Genealogy
Leroy Caudill's - Caudill Cousins Exchange Site
Beverly Whitney's Genealogy
Richard Marvin Caudle's Genealogy
Kathy Denise (Caudill) Hale's Genealogy
Dale Rose's Genealogy
Mark S. Carroll's Caudill Genealogy
Lori Wells' Caudill Genealogy Group
William C. Reed's Caudill Genealogy
Col. Benjamin Caudill's Diary - An Index (Under Construction).
(Please contact us for further linking)

Outstanding Caudill Family Collections in Libraries & Museums
Harry M. Caudill Library

Heirloom Caudill Photographs - The Photo Album & Links
(Thumbnails of Historic Caudill Family Members) - Currently under construction.  Please submit or authorize use of your photos for this website by emailing us.)

Outstanding Caudills -  Links
Lucille (Caudill) Little
Rebecca Caudill
Gene Caudill
Rev. Betsy G. Caudill
Prof. David Caudill - Music
Tom Caudill's Vintage Auto Collection
Musician Jack Caudill
Prof. Lester Caudill - Mathematics
Jim Caudill - Model
Krista Caudill - Science Grant Recipient
Rev. Jimmy Caudill
Prof. David Caudill
Bill Caudill - Architect
Carolynn Caudill - Oklahoma County Clerk
Sgt. Donnie Wayne Caudill
Bonnie  Caudill - Artist
Russell Caudill - Principal
Jerry Caudill - Drag Racer
Bill Caudill - Professional Baseball Player
Claudia Caudill - Artist
David Caudill - Artist
Brad Caudill
Dr. R. Paul Caudill - Reverend
Kevin Caudill - Photographer
Stephen Caudill - Actor
Rob Caudill - Musician
Hary M. Caudill - Author, Journalist His Collection
MSgt Sandra Caudill - U.S. Air Force
Jack Caudill - Artist
H.S. Caudill - Tazewell  County Sheriff
Robert Caudill - Red Cross Volunteer
Gentry Caudill - Attorney
Dr. John M. Caudill - Physician
Daniel Caudill - Costume, Stylist, Designer
W. Lowry Caudill - Scientist
Sam Caudill - Architect
Kip Caudill - Minister
Twyla Caudill - Artist
Charlie Caudill - Producer
Christopher C. Caudill - Zoologist
Natalie Caudill - Photographer
Shirley Caudill - Nurse
Terry Caudill - Firefighter
Archie Caudill - Truckdriver
Chuck Caudill, Jr. - Actor
Charles H. Caudill - President World Christian Broadcasting
James Caudill - Missionary
Jubel Caudill - Systems & Network Administrator
Jason Caudill - Local Hero
Brandt Caudill - Musician
Jamey Caudill - Racer
Buddy Caudill - Mine Rescuer
John Caudill - U.S. Navy
Prof. Marie Caudill - Human Nurtrition & Food Science
Mark Caudill - Renaissance Musician
Bill Caudill, Director of The Scottish Center at St. Andrews College in Laurinburg, North Carolina
Marcus Caudill - Bluegrass Musician
Leroy Caudill - Morehead City Police Officer
Matt Caudill - Actor
Gerri Lyn Caudill - Coordinator of Deaf Services
Birchie Mae Caudill - Mom



Caudill Tombstone Photographs
Maria Troutman's Page
Johnson County Historical Society
Linda (Fox) Hughes' Page
Genealogy.com - Stephen Caudill's Tombstone
Genealogy.com - Jessie B. Caudill's Tombstone


Caudill Family Bibliographies

Surrender hell : the diary of Col. Benjamin E. Caudill, C.S.A. : his life and times  [edited] by Shirley Combs.

Cox, Clayton R., 1922- Appalachia crossroads ; v. 2-4.

The Caudills : courageous missionaries / Tom McMinn ; illustrated by Jack Woodson.

Dark hills to westward; the saga of Jennie Wiley, by Harry M. Caudill, 1969.

Darkness at dawn : Appalachian Kentucky and the future / Harry M. Caudill, 1975.

Mountain, the miner, and the Lord, and other tales from a country law office / Harry M. Caudill, 1980

My land is dying [by] Harry M. Caudill, 1971.

Night comes to the Cumberlands : a biography of a depressed area / by Harry M. Caudill ; with a new afterword by James K. Caudill, 1963.

Senator from Slaughter County, by Harry M. Caudill, 1973.

Slender is the thread : tales from a country law office / Harry M. Caudill, 1987.

Theirs be the power : the moguls of eastern Kentucky / Harry M. Caudill, 1983.

Watches of the night / by Harry M. Caudill, 1976.

Pioneers of eastern Kentucky; their feuds and settlements.Danville, Ky., 1969, by Bernice (Calmes) Caudill.

Remembering Lee County; a story of the early days, 1968, by Bernice (Calmes) Caudill.

Water resources research act of 1964 : an assessment / prepared by the Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, [by Warren Viessman, Jr. and Christopher K. Caudill] at the request of Frank Chu, by Christopher Caudill, 1976.

Country doctor : the story of Dr. Claire Louise Caudill / Shirley Gish. Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c1999.

Radical philosophy of law : contemporary challenges to mainstream legal theory and practice / edited by David S. Caudill and Steven Jay Gold, 1995.

Disclosing tilt : law, belief, and criticism / David Stanley Caudill, 1989.

Lacan and the subject of law : toward a psychoanalytic critical legal theory, by David S. Caudill, 1997.

Property : cases, documents, and lawyering strategies, by David Crump, David S. Caudill, David Charles Hricik, 2004.

Cemetery records of Johnston County / by Johnston County Genealogical Society ; compiled by Edna Alford Caudill, 1980.

Mosby myth : a Confederate hero in life and legend / Paul Ashdown and Edward Caudill, 2002.

Myth of Nathan Bedfo

Darwinian myths : the legends and misuses of a theory / Edward Caudill, 1997.

rd Forrest / Paul Ashdown and Edward Caudill, 2005.

Darwinism in the press : the evolution of an idea / Edward Caudill, 1990.

Scopes trial : a photographic history / introduction by Edward Caudill ; photo captions by Edward Larson ; afterword by Jesse Fox Mayshark, 2000.

Possum kingdom country / book committee, Fern Caudill ... [et al.] ; sketches by Myrtle Newman, Weldon Newman.

Graford, Tex. : Possum Kingdom Country Book Committee, c1978.

Quilts beautiful : their stories and how to make them / Grace Simpson Caudill Winston-Salem, N.C. : Hunter Pub. Co. ; Greensboro, N.C. : Available from Thimbles 'n Roses, c1981.

Meet the youth of Cuba,  Atlanta, Ga., Home mission board, Southern Baptist convention, by Herbert Caudill. [c1942]

2001 national and state economic impacts of wildlife watching : addendum to the 2001 National survey of fishing, hunting and wildlife-associated recreation / James Caudill, 2003.

Banking on nature : the economic benefits to local communities of national wildlife refuge visitation / prepared by Andrew Laughland, and James Caudill, 1997.

<>Landscapes in watercolor / by Kathy Caudill.  Laguna Hills, Calif. : Walter Foster Pub., c1995.

<>Forty years in the one-room schools of eastern Kentucky : a memoir / by Curt Davis ; edited by Laura Caudill. Ashland, Ky. : Jesse Stuart Foundation, c2001.

Managing pain before it manages you / Margaret A. Caudill ; foreword by Herbert Benson, 1995.

The American scene : urban and rural regionalists of the '30s and '40s : University Gallery, University of Minnesota, April 1-May 13, 1976 - Mariea Caudill.

Carmita of Cuba, Atlanta, Ga., Home mission board, Southern Baptist convention, by Marjorie Jacob Caudill[c1942]

<><>Attending a one-room school [microform] / Martha Caudill. Glen Rock, N.J. : Microfilming Corp. of America, 1978.

In our own image : building an artificial person / Maureen Caudill, 1992.

Naturally intelligent systems / Maureen Caudhill and Charles Butler, 1990.

Understanding neural networks : computer explorations : a workbook in two volumes with software for the Macintosh and PC compatibles / Maureen Caudill and Charles Butler, 1992.

Helmand-Arghandab Valley : yesterday, today, tomorrow / by Mildred Caudill. Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan : [USAID], 1969.

  <>A poverty program and the public schools, by Morris K. Caudill. Lexington, College of Education, University of Kentucky 1968.
 Law & mental health professionals. California / O. Brandt Caudill, Kenneth S. Pope. 1st ed. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c1995.

The spoken word : a manual for oral historians / by Orley B. Caudill. Hattiesburg, Miss. : Caudill, c1975.

<><>Just for you / edited by Susan Alton Schmeltz ; illustrated by Judythe Caudill-Paye.1st ed.Kansas City, Mo. : Quality Books, c1981.

Ephesians : [a translation with notes] / R. Paul Caudill, 1979.

First Corinthians : a translation with notes / R. Paul Caudill, 1983.

James : a translation with notes / R. Paul Caudill, 1986.

Philippians / R. Paul Caudill, 1980.

Minister looks at his world; reflections on a world mission journey of 35,000 miles by air to visit a score of nations, 1955.

Modern acts of the Holy Spirit / R. Paul Caudill ; [foreword by Wayne Ward], 1982.

Mountain preacher / R. Paul Caudill, 1900.

Nurturing the church / R. Paul Caudill, 1989.

Happy little family / by Rebecca Caudill ; pictures by Decie Merwin, 2004.

Up and down the river / Rebecca Caudill, 1951.

Young America makes friends, by Mary Alice Jones, with stories by Rebecca Caudill, 1933.

Barrie & daughter / by Rebecca Caudill ; illustrated by Berkeley Williams, Jr., 1943.

Best-loved doll. Illustrated by Elliott Gilbert, 1962.

Certain small shepherd. With illus. by William Pène Du Bois, 1965.

Come along! Illustrated by Ellen Raskin, by Rebecca Caudill, 1969.

Contrary Jenkins, by Rebecca Caudill and James Ayars. Illustrated by Glen Rounds, 1969.

Did you carry the flag today, Charley? Illustrated by Nancy Grossman, by Rebecca Caudill, 1966.

Far-off land. Drawings by Brinton Turkle, by Rebecca Caudill, 1964.

Happy little family. Pictures by Decie Merwin, by Rebecca Caudill, 1947.

Higgins and the great big scare. Pictures by Beth Krush, by Rebecca Caudill, 1960.

High cost of writing, by Rebecca Caudill, 1965.

House of the Fifers. Decorations by Genia [pseud], by Rebecca Caudill, 1954.

My Appalachia; a reminiscence. Photos. by Edward Wallowitch, by Rebecca Caudill,1966.

Pocketful of cricket. Illustrated by Evaline Ness, by Rebecca Caudill, 1964.

Saturday cousins. Pictures by Nancy Woltemate, by Rebecca Caudill, 1953.

Schoolhouse in the woods. Pictures by Decie Merwin, by Rebecca Caudill, 1949.

Schoolroom in the parlor. Pictures by Decie Merwin, by Rebecca Caudill, 1959.

Somebody go and bang a drum. Illustrated by Jack Hearne, by Rebecca Caudill, 1974.

Susan Cornish. Drawings by E. Harper Johnson, by Rebecca Caudill, 1955.

Time for Lissa. Drawings by Velma Ilsley, by Rebecca Caudill, 1959.

Tree of freedom; illus. by Dorothy Bayley Morse, by Rebecca Caudill, 1949.

Hebrews : a translation with notes / R. Paul Caudill, 1985.

Wind, sand, and sky / by Rebecca Caudill ; illustrated by Donald Carrick, 1976.

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