I share with you today a short biography of Samuel Haycraft, a very early citizen of Hardin County, who wrote a history of the county in 1869, which was published by the Woman’s Club of Elizabethtown in 1921. Mr. Haycraft sounds like someone I would love to meet! […]
According to an article on the King family published in Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Valentine King was born in Stafford County, Virginia, about 1747, ‘the son of William King, Clerk of the Court, and Justice of Stafford County, 1742-1760, and his wife, Elizabeth Edwards, daughter of John Edwards […]
Mark Wedding, August 26, 1820 – February 25, 1894. Cloverport Cemetery, Breckinridge County, Kentucky. The Breckenridge News, Cloverport, Kentucky Wednesday, February 28, 1894 An Old Resident Dead Mr. Mark Wedding, seventy-two years of age, died of consumption at his home in this city at 1 o’clock p.m. Sunday, […]
War Memorial at Carlisle Cemetery, Nicholas County, Kentucky. Ritchey and I visited the Carlisle Cemetery in Nicholas County about three and one-half years ago. It is a beautiful cemetery, with an exceptionally nice War Memorial to the veterans of the World Wars and Korean War. World War I […]
Look at these two sweeties! I love their little dresses with lace collars. And the little boots! Not sure why, but children’s boots are so cute. I suppose because they are so tiny. This photo was taken by Simpson, Boston Gallery, 94 1/2 E. Washington St., Indianapolis, Indiana. […]
An indenture is another word for deed – used mainly in colonial days and the early days of our country. I wanted to share this, first for the wording of indenture, and for the handwriting. Like today, everything is precisely written, facts mentioned several times, to make sure […]
Know all men by these presents that we, Benjamin Edwards and John Edwards, are held and firmly bound unto Edmond Randolph, Esq., in the sum of 50 pounds to the which payment well and truly to be made unto the Governor or his successors. We bind ourselves, our […]
In 1930 the Kentucky Daughters of the American Revolution laid off an acre of land next to the pioneer burying ground at Fort Harrod, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky. This plot of land was to be used to inter Revolutionary War soldiers whose graves were in neglected family graveyards. […]
We start with an outside photo – always my favorites! Very much a product of Victorian architecture, this house has all the added extras to make it attractive – scroll work under the eaves, a rounded section, and a porch with decorative railing. There’s a chair and plant […]
John M. Kaufman, May 31, 1812 – August 1, 1900. Regina Kaufman, February 25, 1836-January 6, 1918. Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky Thursday, August 2, 1900 Long Life Ended John M. Kaufman, Oldest Wagon Maker In Louisville, and Fifty Years […]
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
Kentucky Kindred Genealogy 