In memory of John Lewis who departed this life on the 2nd day of August 1813, in the 50th year of his age. Lewis Cemetery, Hancock County, Kentucky (Breckinridge County in 1813 when he died). John Lewis, 1763-1813, was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, the son of John […]
Hancock County, Kentucky, is where many of the Lewis, House and Greathouse family members settled when they moved from Virginia to Kentucky in the late 18th century. Last fall Ritchey found this cemetery, our second try. Those buried here are members of my 5th great-aunt, Catherine Jennings Linton, […]
William Linton Lewis is my first cousin five times removed. He was the nephew of my fifth great-grandfather, Captain John Hancock Linton, the son of his sister Catherine Jennings Linton. Catherine married William Joseph Lewis. William Linton Lewis married Ann Winter Dunnington November 18, 1806. Together they had […]
Today we visit Hancock County, in northwestern Kentucky, and most specifically the small Henderson Family Cemetery. This cemetery is located on the right of Hwy 1957, past the huge factory known as Aleris Rolled Products. There is a small sign for the cemetery at the side road on […]
One feat accomplished on our western Kentucky trip – we found the Lewis Cemetery in Hancock County! We tried to find it in June, with no success. But with the help of Google Earth and a page from Glenn Hodges book, Daybreak On Old Fortification Creek, we pinpointed […]
Isaac Newton Greathouse was the son of Harmon Greathouse III. His grandfather was also thus named, and his great-grandfather, Herman Groethaus, was born in Heidelberg, Germany, in 1676. When this gentleman came to America, in 1710, he settled in Philadelphia, and changed his name to Harmon Greathouse. Isaac […]
Isaac N. Greathouse, born November 18, 1792, died October 21, 1832. Greathouse Family Cemetery, Hancock County, Kentucky. The Greathouse family cemetery is located on Hwy 1957, also known as Lee Henderson Road, close to where it T’s with Hwy 1605. It is very close to the Henderson family […]
Ritchey and I had a wonderful time at the Maryland to Kentucky genealogy conference in Owensboro, Kentucky, this past weekend. On our drive, we stopped at a couple of cemeteries – even though it was raining! We will have to return to take better photos, but Ritchey volunteered […]
Mercer Cty., KY Henry Green married Elizabeth Martin 16 Oct 1790 Woodford Cty., KY Robert McLaughlin married Mary Grayson 16 Oct 1790 Mercer Cty., KY John Gilbert married Catherine Sharrow 16 Oct 1792 Green Cty., KY Simeon Hunt married Betsy Rivers 16 Oct 1797 Washington Cty., KY James […]
from Kentucky – A History of the State by Perrin, 1885 Hancock County Edwin Brashear, Hancock County, was born in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, December 29, 1842, and is a son of R. A. S. and Margaret (Cox) Brashear. The father was born in Breckinridge County about 1812. Subject’s […]
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