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Ken S. said:
Some year back a guy that I was fishing with from the Catlettsburg area ask me if I had hunted for the Swift mines. At that time I ask who Swift was . He went on to tell me a story of Swift being lost In the southern Boyd Co. or Lawrence Co. area and looking silver mines, saying the Catletts family which Catlettsburg was named after was the one that had found Swift and nursed him back to health. He went on to tell me Swift was buried in the Catlettsburg Cemetery . No!! I never checked it out because at that time I figured it was just a tall tale., and No I haven't checked it out to see if Swift is indeed buried in the Cemetery. Could it have been a true story ?? Yes it could. It could just be another rabbit hole to check out also.
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I've heard that same story on here somewhere. I think someone had some newspaper article relating to it too. Catlettsburg, KY at the mouth of the Sandy as I recall?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catlett_House_(Catlettsburg,_Kentucky)

Catlettsburg, Kentucky - History - Early History

https://www.kyatlas.com/ky-catlettsburg.html

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery-browse/USA/Kentucky/Boyd-County/Catlettsburg?id=city_50304
 

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The articles of Catlettsburg history, at least one is wrong and maybe both because the say Catlettsburg was named after different people. As for the rest of the links they are just rehash of stuff that has been posted on here many times. Nothing new.
 

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Well, bless his heart...

Notice the dates about Catlettsburg, doesn't really fit the Swift timeline so well.
 

KY Hiker said:
Well, bless his heart...

Notice the dates about Catlettsburg, doesn't really fit the Swift timeline so well.
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Also this sort of supports the notion of people populating this area were coming by way of boat/raft by way of Ft Pitt and not overland. Swift was supposed to have been around the head waters and/or the forks of the Sandy and not its mouth.
 

guess what guys it had been 35 years since i had been to the mines i knew where they were it still took over a year to refind them the property is large due to over grouth it was hard to pin them down now i need to get pictures and t5he guy does not want me on the land i will get them one way or another
 

rgb1 said:
guess what guys it had been 35 years since i had been to the mines i knew where they were it still took over a year to refind them the property is large due to over grouth it was hard to pin them down now i need to get pictures and t5he guy does not want me on the land i will get them one way or another
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Don't get shot trespassing! Nowadays there are nice handheld GPS units, just drop a pin when your in front of one and name it something. When you get back home write those coordinates down. You can even plug those coordinates into Google Earth and get a overhead view of the area. I use a GPS to mark campsites, waterfalls and arches when I'm out in the RRGorge. Technology can be helpful when its not a pain in your butt!
 

One thing about the headwaters of the Sandy that gets me is that in swifts time the River was known by a few different names. For example, the levisa fork was known as the Louisa river.
 

swiftfan said:
One thing about the headwaters of the Sandy that gets me is that in swifts time the River was known by a few different names. For example, the levisa fork was known as the Louisa river.
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Very true !! All the old maps I've seen The Sandy head waters was at the fork at Louisa. From where it forks at Louisa it is either The Tug or Louisa fork, from Louisa to Va.
 

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levisa fork was also known as the cole river and later named the levisa after swifts time
 

rgb1 said:
levisa fork was also known as the cole river and later named the levisa after swifts time
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rgb1 do you remember the source for that bit of info? I have never heard of that before! Was it Cole like the sir name or coal like ... well... coal?

The journals don't seem to mention anything other than Sandy and not either fork by name. I have heard some refer to 'the forks of the Sandy' but older versions say the headwaters. It is all rather vague, almost intentionally.
 

the name cole river was referred to in one of hensons books i will look it up and post itfor you as to which book it was
 

nameof levisa being first named cole river was found in lost silver mines and buried treasures of kentucky page 41 book by henson 1972
 

Gotya, so Henson is the source and not from a version of the journal. I wonder if there are any maps showing it as cole river/branch. Seems I remember when backtracking possible Indian trace routes out of KY back toward Alexandria I came across a Coal Creek. I'll have to look through my notes, thanks.
 

There is a tributary of the Kanawha that is named Coal River. Probably the one you're thinking of.
 

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I have a picture of the map with all that on it, when I find it, I’ll share
 

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