Ben and Lucy Edwards were members of the Edwards family that moved from Loudoun County, Virginia, to Washington County, Kentucky, in 1816. Their fathers’ were brothers – sons of Edward Barber Edwards and Nancy Linton. John L. Edwards and Jonathan Joseph Edwards were 16 and 11, respectively, when […]
John Warder Linton was born 137 years ago – June 20, 1875 – in Logan County, Kentucky. John was the son of John Wesley Linton and Emma Adelaide Proctor. He married Eugenia Bell Howard. They had 2 children: Martha Elizabeth and Eugenia Howard Linton.
The First Counties of Virginia For anyone wanting to begin genealogy research in Virginia (or any state for that matter), it is most important to understand the history of the state and the divisions by county – and most particularly in Virginia, since that’s where it all began! […]
Martha L. Edwards and Stephen Theodore Clarkson were married 164 years ago – June 19, 1848 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Martha was the daughter of Edward Barber Edwards and Nancy Linton. Theodore and Martha had 5 children: Edwin Barbour, Francis Polin, Annie, Margaret Mason and Sidney Albertus […]
Culpeper County Deeds 1787-1788 pp. 233-236 This indenture made this 19th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand, seven hundred and eighty-seven, between Robert Slaughter (son of John) and Lucy, his wife, of County of Culpeper, on one part and Aaron Botts of County of […]
Mary Magdalene Spalding was born 198 years ago – June 18, 1814 – in Washington County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Richard Spalding and Tabitha Edwards. Mary married Pius M. Carrico on November 7, 1830. They had 14 children: Anna, Mary Jane, Martha Ellen, Rose Ann, Frances […]
Here’s to the Men in My Life! A Long Line of Hill’s and Two Brown’s – Who Should Be Jolly’s! In my Mother’s Day Salute back in May I introduced you to the long line of women in my life – my mother, grandmother and one line of […]
Unfortunately I have no one in my database married or born on this date, other than in more recent years. Therefore I am beginning a new blog today – Wedding Bells Ring Today! Philip Burkhead married Ruth Crume – June 17, 1804 Henry Luckett married Elizabeth Beaven – June […]
I am intrigued by the chatty columns of the small areas of the county. It not only brings to us a slower pace of life – one perhaps we might enjoy, at least for a while – but gives us an insight into the small, everyday occurrences of […]
Benjamin Franklin Linton was born 235 years ago – June 16, 1777 – in Loudoun County, Virginia. Benjamin was the son of Captain John Hancock Linton and Ann Nancy Mason. Benjamin married Lucy Crewdson in 1805 in Fluvanna County, Virginia. They had 12 children: Mildred L., Moses Lewis, […]
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