| Part 11C: The League of Catholic Families 11C.
Pottinger's Creek: The League of Catholic Families
Sixty families in the League of Catholic Families, mainly from St. Mary's County,
Maryland, pledged to emigrate to the Pottinger's Creek area of Nelson County1, 5, 6. The first group of 25 families left Maryland in
1785, under the leadership of Basil Hayden. A group5 led by James
Rapier followed in 1786, settling closer to Bardstown, and another under Thomas
Hill and Philip Miles in 1787, some of whom settled in the Pottinger's Creek
area1, 5. The
heads of the original Pottinger's Creek families included (from The Centenary of
Catholicity in Kentucky, B. J. Webb6):
Basil Hayden William Bold Bernard Cissell
Philip Lee Charles Payne William Brewer
Leonard Johnson Henry McAtee Joseph Clark
Stephen Elliott James Mollihorne Henry Norris
Ignatius Cissell Ignatius Byrne Randal Hagan
Ignatius Hagan Jeremiah Brown Robert Cissell
Ignatius Bowles Hezekiah Luckett Stanislaus Melton
Thomas Bowlin John Baptist Dant Philip Miles
Harry Hill John Hutchins Isaac Thawles
John Spalding William Mahoney Henry Lucas
William Bowles James Queen John Bowles
Bernard Nally James Stevens Ignatius French
Washington Boone Francis Bryan Jeremiah Wathen
Thomas Mudd Raphael R. Mudd Walter Burch
Philip Mattingly Joseph Spalding James Dant
Joseph Dant Urban Speaks Joseph Edelen
Joseph Howe Joseph Mills Harry Miles
Monica Hagan Rodolphus Norris Francis Peake
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