1. History of St. Mary's County, Maryland, 1634-1990, Regina Combs Hammett, P. O. Box 393, Ridge MD, 20680 (1996).

2. Colonial Settlers, St.Clement's Bay, 1634-1780, Mary Louise Donnelly, P. O. Box 97, Ennis, TX, 75120.

3. Colonial Chesapeake Society, edited by Lois Green Carr, Philip D. Morgan, and Jean B. Russo, University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC (1988).

4. Records in the Peake Family file, St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD.

5. Historic Nelson County, It's Towns and People, Sarah B. Smith, GBA/Delmar, Bardstown, KY (1983).

6. The Centenary of Catholicity in Kentucky, Benjamin J. Webb, Charles A Rogers Co. (1884); reprinted by McDowell Publications, 11129 Pleasant Ridge Road, Utica, KY, 42376.

7. Reprinted in St. Mary's Beacon, April 8, 1897.

8. Residents of Nelson County, Virginia (Now Kentucky), M. J. Schroeder and C. A. Schroeder, P. O. Box 118, 119 Westview Drive, Bardstown, KY, 40004.

9. Marriage bonds of Nelson County, Kentucky, 1785-1832, M. H. Stancliff, Houston, TX (1963).

10. Nelson County Records, Betty Cummings Cook, Cook Publications, Evansville, IN (1989).

11. St. Mary's County, Maryland in the American Revolution: calendar of events, Edwin W. Beitzell, St. Mary's County, Maryland Bicentennial Commission, Leonardtown, MD (1975).

12. Original Nelson County Court documents.

13. Original Nelson County Court document dated Nov. 20, 1848: summons for the heirs of Francis Peake, deceased, to attend the settlement on Dec. 2, 1848.

14. Original Nelson County Court document dated Feb. 17, 1844 and recorded Apr. 30, 1844: mortgage from William Peake to E. B. Smith.

15. Pension File for Thomas Peak, National Archives, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D. C.

16. This Terrible Sound, Peter Cozzens, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL (1992).

17. Union Regiments of Kentucky, Thomas Speed et al., 1897. Reprint, Morningside House, Dayton, Ohio (1984).

18. Related by Erma Peake Watson.

19. Information provided by C. G. Welker.

20. Information provided by M. L. Donnelly.

21. A Genealogy and ancestry of Richard Edelen, Charmaine G. Welker (1989).

22. A History of the Debarth Walback, Gardiner, and Edelen Family, unpublished manuscript by Vivian Bounds Edelen, as quoted by C. G. Welker.

23. Meade County Marriage Registers, 1824-1877.

24. Information provided by Ken Masterson.

25. Washington County, Kentucky Bicentennial History, 1792-1992, Turner Publishing Company, Paducah, Kentucky.

26. Pension File for John F. Peak, National Archives, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D. C.

27. Information provided by Timothy M. Dooley of Seattle, WA.

28. History of Kentucky Illustrated, W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin. F. A. Battey and Company, Louisville, 1887. Reprint, Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC, 1979.

29. The History of Kentucky, Z. F. Smith. Courier-Journal Job Printing Company, Louisville, 1886.

30. Echoes of Battle - The Struggle for Chattanooga, R. A. Baumgartner and L. M. Strayer, Blue Acorn Press, Huntington, W. Va., 1996.

31. Information provided by Stronnie McBride of Orange, TX.

32. Baptismal Register, St. Martin of Tours Church, Flaherty, Ky. Book I, 1848-1871; Book II, 1871-1892; Book III, 1892-1915.

33. Roman Catholic Cemeteries of Breckenridge and Meade Counties, Kentucky, compiled by Daniel L. Bolin, McDowell Publications, 11129 Pleasant Ridge Road, Utica, KY, 42376.

34. Information provided by James P. Peak of Sterling, VA.

35. Meade County, Kentucky, "Births", Volume 1, Wathena K. Miller, Ancestral Trails Historical Society, P.O. Box 573, Vine Grove, Ky, 40175, 1987.

36. Marriage Register, St. Martin's Church, Flaherty, Ky. Book I, 1841-1892; Book II, 1892-1939.

37. Catholic Families of Southern Maryland, Timothy J. O'Rourke, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., Baltimore, 1985.

38. Outline of the Catholic Norris Family of Maryland, website of Corinne Hanna Diller, http://bsd.pastracks.com/mcf/norris.htm, 1998.

39. Information provided by Raymond H. Peake of Louisville, KY.

40. A Genealogical record of the Family of James Francis Peak, from 1734-1997, James Francis Peak, 1997.

41. Archives of Maryland LX - Proceedings of the County Court of Charles County, 1666-1674. J. Hall Pleasants, Editor, and Louis Dow Scisco, Associate Editor. Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, 1943. Document supplied by Sherri Hessick of Tucson, AZ.

42. Archives of Maryland LVII - Proceedings of the Provincial Court of Maryland, 1666-1670. J. Hall Pleasants, Editor, and Louis Dow Scisco, Associate Editor. Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, 1940. Dosument supplied by Sherri Hessick of Tucson, AZ.

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44. Information provided by Mark. W. Morrison of Louisville, KY.

45. Information provided by Patricia Peak Morrison of Louisville, KY.

46. Information provided by Larry Hart.

47. Information provided by Maxine Deckard of Raytown, MO.

48. Information provided by Dinah Stoll of Ida, AR.

49. Information provided by William A. Peak of Westminster, MD.

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