Lynch, Kentucky BEFORE Lynch on Looney Creek:
Trace Branch, Grassy Gap and Gap Branch. Migration in these mountains was west from the State of Virginia. One of the earliest familes to settle these mountain ranges was the Blairs. These were a people who lived upon the land. These were people who faced danger and disease, famine and fatigue looking to build a future and live in complete and glorious freedom and harmony upon the land.

Embracing the desire for a fresh start, they traveled the wilderness path westward through an area of the mountain, known as Grassy Gap which allowed them to traveled overland by foot, down into the mountain valley from Little Black Mountain, Big Black Mountain into Trace Branch and the headwaters of Looney Creek. Another path of entry into Kentucky was by what is known today as Gap Branch. Traveling a path west along the mountain ridge the early pioneer found a rock cliff over hang which could produce meage shelter. Today this location is known as the "ROCKHOUSE". There is a primitive cemetery nearby and here the path forks. Facing west the fork to the left is known as the Clover Fork of the Cumberland River and the path to the right is known as the Poor Fork of the Cumberland River.