Hiestand House-Taylor County Museum

Jacob Hiestand was born in 1784 in York County, PA and married Eve Landis in Botetourt County, VA. After living in Highland County, Ohio, he moved to Kentucky about 1816 and built his home in 1823.
The Hiestand plantation eventually grew to over 1,000 acres. Jacob Hiestand rejected his pacifist upbringing and became a colonel in the 99th Regiment of the Kentucky Militia. He and Eve had ten children and
English and German were spoken in the home. three of the Hiestand sons became physicians, as C.V. Hiestand, a grandson, who practiced in Taylor County for 65 years. Another son served as postmaster and sheriff of early Campbellsville.
A daughter, Araminta, married Joseph H Chandler, attourney and state senator. They were living in the house when it was raided by Confederate General John Hunt Morgan. They continued to dwell there until 1873. During the next 100 years, the principal owners of the house were the Gilmore family.
Son of Jacob, Dr. Josiah Landis Hiestand laid out a town in Grayson County, TX, first called Anna Eliza, but later known at Kentuckytown.