Someone made a mistook

I have told the history of Col. Joseph Hamilton Daviess several times and I knew all along that his name was spelled Daveiss (sounded like a). We all misspelled it because of the rule and not the exception.

The first store in Gallatin and the first county bridge across Grand River were constructed by Jacob Stollings. I sometimes spelled it Stallings because the records were hard to read. I’m now convinced it should have been Stollings.

Albert Gallatin (Abraham Alphonse Albert Gallatini) should have pronounced his name Gallatin, though it is spelled Gallatini, with the last letter silent.

Ondit is pronounced Ondi as in Adam Ondit Ahmen. The Ahmen should not be Amen, Aman, Amon or Ahman.

Our citizen Thomas N. Awbrey has been much abused by wrong spellings. The first map of the area showed his name as Awboy, Philip Covington as Philip Borington and Haney Creek as Honey Creek. The Honey Creek name has stuck. The early county court records show Haney Creek Township. Named after an early settler Andrew McHaney who lived at the mouth of Haney Creek.

Marrowbone Creek is now shown as Narrowbone Creek on the latest plat map. Elis creek should have been Ellis Creek. It was named after the maiden name of Andrew Shriver’s wife when Andrew had his mill at the creek mouth.

In Gallatini of Daveiss County, Corinne Sheet somehow became Corrine Street and the city father’s would not correct it for me.

If your children have not won a spelling contest, don’t be concerned, I didn’t either, but I keep trying to spell correctly and I keep writing.