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country, having been given up, to the United States.
We had a third son born on the day of
180 , but as he died in a few days afterwards
he was not named.
There was nothing out of the usual course of business
& every day life occurred for several years. I kept
my office at my residence, half a mile from
the Court house - did all the writing myself
until the fall of 1807, when I took into the
office Daniel Mays, a very handsome, sprightly
boy, born & raised in my fathers neighborhood
in Fayette County, Ky. He continued in the office,
less than a year, & becoming dissatisfied
with the county, I permitted him to return to
his father & family. He subsquently became
a distinguished lawyer - was appointed a Circuit Judge,
& afterwards removed to Mississippi,
where he at present resides, being one of
the leading members of the bar of that state
and a gentleman of fine moral & religious
character. He has been for many years a
member of the Methodist Church.
Anthony Dibrell, the present Treasurer of
the state of Tennessee, wrote in the office, &
lived with me some time about the years
1803 & 4. He was an excellent & very agreeable
boy, & made a valuable & useful man.

In 1803, Matthew Lyons, was elected to Congress
from our District in Kentucky, in opposition
to Maj. David Walker. The District was very
large, embracing the whole of the Green River
Country. Colo. Lyon, was a rough, strong minded
uneducated Irishman; he had been elected to
Congress from Vermont, during the administration
of John Adams - was a decided Republican,
& addressed a circular letter to his constituents,
containing severe strictures on Mr.
Adams & his administration, for which he was
indicted under the Sedition Law, tried, found
guilty & sentenced to pay a fine of one thousand