left their blood on nearly every battle fought on Virginia or Maryland soil. One of them as a lieutenant of his company - a company which left thirteen dead at Gettysburg. There were many of the name in other companies of the Army of Northern Virginia and I never heard that there was a drone among them." H. c. Michie, Brigadier-General of Confederate Veterans. And we find the Madison County soldiers of the Maupin line and name, the same kind of fighters. Scores of them followed Gen. Morgan on his daring raid Into Ohio, accomplishing a feat unparalleled in history. Three weeks in the saddle without rest or sleep except what they could get on horseback while on the march, and the horses they rode had nothing but what they could snatch up on the move - a bundle of oats there or a mouthful of wheat here. In times of peace, the families would be found in their homes, which they greatly loved and enjoyed, attentive to their farming interests and their stock, for the Madison County Maupins were mostly farmers. In the fall they usually enjoyed a deer hunt in the mountains for they were usually good marksmen, unerring shots. Always we find them a quiet, peaceful people unless wronged or mistreated in which case their greatest family fault was apt to come to light.
Richmond and they are buried on their old farm now owned (1924) by Thomas Chenault. John Maupin, a brother of Daniel, also lived in Madison County until 1819 when he moved to Boone County, Missouri. He lived east of Richmond on the Union road. He married his wife, Nancy Collins, in Madison and she and all of their children accompanied him to Missouri. Another Daniel Maupin, Jesse Maupin and Thomas Maupin, all sons of Zachariah Maupin, settled in Madison at an early date and three sons of Jesse Maupin, youngest son of old Daniel Maupin of Albemarle, as well as two sons of John Maupin and Frances Dabney, made the county their home. Many of their descendants still live there while others have moved on to new homes in the west, but ever they uphold and sustain that character and standing which has been handed down for generations from grand and noble sires.
w. H. Miller Richmond, Kentucky Author of History and Genealogies The above article was written for Eugene Maupin by W. H. Miller in answer to a request for a sketch of the early Maupins in Kentucky.
The Madison County Maupins, as a rule, owned large estates, farmed on a large scale and lived In comfort and ease, entertaining in an easy home going way. They were sportive folks, fond of the chase and some of them kept fine blooded hounds, imported stock that was known far and wide, and all lovers of the chase are proud to own a Maupin hound. Many of this famous stock of hounds are still kept in the family In Kentucky but dozens of them have been transported to the south and west.
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Among the early pioneers of Kentucky, we find the name of Cornelius Maupin, who came in to the state when Harrodsburg was still a mere fort. He stopped here for a while then moved on to Otter Creek, near the present site of Richmond where he acquired lands. Time went on and the country filled with settlers. Like Boone, Maupin yearned for the frontier and once more took up his march. He settled in Howard County, Missouri, and here he died but his wife died on the trail from Kentucky to Missouri and was buried by the roadside. Daniel Maupin and his wife, Betsy Gentry, made their home in Bourbon County, and their lands adjoined those of Simon Kenton, the scout. Later, they settled three or four miles from
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