Ritchey and I just finished a wonderful week in Canada with our daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren – first visit since moving to Kentucky in October. What a glorious time together! Kate has a small garden in their yard and we enjoyed fresh veggies – she is a marvelous […]
Joseph McKim and his wife, Martha McClelland McKim, are buried in Old Millersburg Cemetery, in Nicholas County, Kentucky, just on the outskirts of the small town of Millersburg, home to less than 1,000 residents. Ritchey and I visited this cemetery in August of 2014. I remember we took […]
Since the book on Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church is finished, I thought I would choose one of the older members for a post. Randal Litsey has a very lengthy will! In it he names his wife, Mary, and his three sons Leroy, John and Uriah, and daughters Nancy, […]
Good morning, all! Wanted to announce my newest book – Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church – Cemetery Photos – Through 1920. Located in Washington County about six miles north of Springfield, off Hwy 555, the church was established in 1833, at the time known as Beech Fork Presbyterian, renamed […]
The 250th anniversary of the United States of America! From 1776 when most of the world, especially England, thought we couldn’t win the war for independence, to July 4, 2026, when we are one of the strongest countries in the world! The United States is widely considered the […]
Good morning! While working on a book for New Providence Presbyterian Cemetery I broke my wrist, and needing a few more photographs, I swerved in a different direction to produce this book, 1840 Kentucky Federal Census – List of Pensioners – Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Indian Wars. […]
When I was young, and until her death, my grandmother, Alice Montgomery Carrico, was the matriarch of our family. My grandfather, Joseph Reuben Carrico died when I was four years old, in March of 1961, at the age of 76. I have no memories of him, just what […]
I came upon a most interesting deed in Nelson County in which William Y. Linton sold thirteen and a half acres of land to Gethsemani Abbey. Both William and his brother Moses Linton owned land adjacent to the abbey as seen in the photo below. This large photo […]
Samuel McAfee, born October 9, 1748, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, son of James McAfee, 1707-1785, and Jane McMichael, 1710-1783, was, with his brothers, one of the earliest settlers in Kentucky. Samuel was a captain in the Revolutionary War, serving in Col. Logan’s Illinois Regiment. But before that, the McAfee […]
Good morning! I am a one-handed typist, going through the new photos Ritchey and I took at New Providence Presbyterian Cemetery. My list is coming along, albeit slowly. I decided to share the will of George McAfee, also buried in this cemetery. Six children are listed in George’s […]
Isaiah and Lydia Ross Hill
1929 Wedding
Revolutionary War heroes and families.
Ritchey's Paternal Grandmother
George and Caroline's Wedding Day
Klein Sod House