[1]   Marriage Records of Mercer County, Kentucky.

[2]   Warren County, Kentucky tax register for 1797 and for 1800.

[3]   Biography of John Jasper Spilman From "A Reprint of Goodspeed's 1888 History of Lawrence 

       County; Reprint Lawrence County Section of Goodspeed's Newton, Lawrence, Barry And 

       McDonald Counties History; published by the Goodspeed Publishing Co., in 1888; Reprinted by 

       Litho Printers of Cassville, Missouri In 1973." as transcribed by JJR.  Pages 258 and 259.

[4]   Biography of John Jasper Spilman From "A Reprint of Goodspeed's 1888 History of Lawrence 

       County; Reprint Lawrence County Section of Goodspeed's Newton, Lawrence, Barry And 

       McDonald Counties History; published by the Goodspeed Publishing Co., in 1888; Reprinted by 

       Litho Printers of Cassville, Missouri In 1973." as transcribed by JJR.  Pages 258 and 259.

[5]   1820 United States Census for Allen County, Kentucky, page 122.

[6]   Allen County, Kentucky Deed Book D 1826-1831, Grantee Index A-H, page 61.

[7]   Allen County, Kentucky Deed Book D 1826-1831, Grantee Index A-H, page 128.

[8]   1840 United States Census for Allen County, Kentucky, Pages 74 and 75.

[9]   1850 United States Census for Allen County, Kentucky, page 157, family unit number 821.  

       Taken on September 7, 1850.

[10] 1850 United States Census Slave Schedules, page 74.  Taken September 6, 1850.

[11] Email from John Boucher, D.V.M., Ph.D., (jbouch@verizon.net) on May 18, 2004.  John Boucher 

      owns Peter’s gravestone.