Dr. John J. Dickey Diary, Fleming County, Ky.

Recorded in the 1870's and

beyond. Reprinted in Kentucky Explorer, Volume 10, No 6 - November, 1995.

p. 86. By permission. Leslie County.

Talking with Stokley Belcher - Hyden, Ky., June 24, 1898.

My grandfather,Bartley (Bailey) Belcher was a soldier in the Revolutionary

War. He lived to be 84 years old and drew a pension til his death about

1845. He was born and raised in S.C. He was only 14 years old when he

enlisted. His father was drafted and he was sent as his substitute. He

received a saber wound in his left arm, the scar of which he carried to

his grave. I remember him and remember the scar. After the war he

removed to Hawkins County, Tenn. where he married Alsie Lawson. She

survived him 4 years. She was 4 years his junior.

They had six children,

three boys, three girls.

1... Salle Belcher M.(John Malden);
2... George Belcher moved south;
3... John Belcher went west;
4... Joseph Belcher went west with John;
5... Lanie (Laney) Married: George Trent

They lived and died in Hawkins County Tennessee;
6... Betsey Belcher, my mother is still alive,
lives on Straight Creek with her daughter, Martha Osborne.
My mother had ten children. I was a soldier in the Rebel Army, so was my

brother, Milton.
My father was Col. David Rogers. My mother had ten

children by him, then married him. He made up a company for the Union

Army but before he was mustered in, the Rebels captured him and he died.

This was in Hawkins Co., Tenn., where we were all born and raised. My

brother, Orville Belcher, lives in Leslie County Ky. The Rogers were Irish and Belchers and Rogers are mixed with Tuchaho Dutch.

My father had 12 children by his first wife. He was beaten up by the

Rebels so that he died. He was a great fighter. He fought 52 fist

fights, was the bully of Tenn. He fought the Rebels, refusing to

surrender. He had a real Irish face with a tremendous voice. He was an

officer in the militia before the war. His first children were in the

Union Army.