Versailles Cemetery – Woodford County
Versailles Cemetery is located on Center Drive, just off South Main Street, in the city of Versailles. It is a beautiful cemetery, gorgeous trees and some old gravestones. Let me share a few with you.
Versailles Cemetery is located on Center Drive, just off South Main Street, in the city of Versailles. It is a beautiful cemetery, gorgeous trees and some old gravestones. Let me share a few with you.
I am very excited to share with you a new book, finished yesterday – St. Charles Catholic Church – Cemetery Photos Through 1890. Ritchey and I photographed the entire cemetery – not in one day!! – but several different days from 2009-2014. What enjoyable days, spending the time […]
I share information with you today about Randolph Yarbrough, my 4th great-grandfather. Randolph was born about 1756, I believe in Virginia, but nothing positive on his birthplace. He married Mary Bailey March 28, 1781, in Halifax County, North Carolina. We have this information from her deposition for a […]
My newest book, Holy Name of Mary Catholic Church – Old Cemetery, is available on Amazon as of today. This book was started a year or so ago and in the midst of moving I forgot it! The book includes color photographs of all the gravestones in the […]
Today I share an early will from Nelson County, Kentucky. Isaac Cox, in the early days of service to his country, was an ensign under Col. Henry Bouquet during his expedition against the Shawnees and Delawares in 1764. He married Mary Enoch around this time. Col. Isaac Cox […]
By now you must all know how I love writing about Golden Weddings – that marvelous anniversary level that few meet. Today we focus on Leonard Leachman and Pauline Lewis who married July 28, 1835, at the residence of her father, John Lewis, ‘a mile west of Worthville’ […]
Ritchey and I visited Hazel Green Cemetery, in the small town of the same name, March 21, 2023. Excessive storms and winds the week or so before had left trees, branches and debris in the cemetery, most of which was piled away from the gravestones. Fortunately the majority […]
Early Kentucky Marriages 1785-1800 is ready for purchase in paperback form on Amazon – search by title. Included are 5,037 marriages, divided by county, then listed alphabetically by groom and then alphabetically by bride. The marriage records from the following early counties are included in this book: Barren […]
Good freezing morning to you all! While in Michigan we expected this snowy, icy weather, but didn’t anticipate it after moving back to Kentucky! Thankfully, being retired, we don’t have to get out. Ritchey stocked up several days before, therefore we are warm and toasty and have a […]
For the last several weeks I have been working on a new book – volume two of the very early Kentucky marriage records. Going through the old bonds has been an experience! I’m fairly adept at reading the old writing, although some county clerks handwriting can be questionable! […]