From London to Kentucky: The Life & Times of James Haycraft, Jr. and his son, Samuel Haycraft, Sr.

By Steven R. Butler

During the colonial era, English courts sentenced tens of thousands of petty criminals to "transportation" to the colonies in North America. From London to Kentucky is the true story of one of those convicts, a London chimney-sweep named James Haycraft, Jr., who after being apprehended for committing a burglary, soon found himself first in London's notorious Newgate Prison, and then, after a brief trial, in chains aboard a ship bound for Virginia. There, toward the end of his seven-year sentence, James was married and started a family. The story continues with the experiences of his son, Samuel Haycraft, Sr., who after serving on the frontier during the American War for Independence, became one of the founders of Hardin County, Kentucky, an employer of Abraham Lincoln's father, a sheriff, a sawmill owner, a judge, a respected Kentucky legislator, and a presidential elector.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1737948095
• ISBN13: 9781737948094
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Poor Scholar Publications
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.3" x 8.5"