It appears this will was hastily written. There is no flowery beginning about death being certain or mention of sound mind. There is mention of Thomas Champ’s mother, Sarah, but although his wife is mentioned she is not named. Four sons are listed, but no daughters. Did he […]
Know all men by these presents that we, Charles Vessels and Charles Howard, are held and firmly bound unto his Excellency, the Governor of Kentucky, in the sum of fifty pounds current money to the payment whereof well and truly to be made to the said Governor or […]
My day was a little busy yesterday! At 8:00 a.m. this little angel came into our life. My heart is so full of love for this tiny little one – six pounds, nine ounces. Nothing like being a grandmother again! And a little girl this time! Julian loves […]
The following article is taken from a Fleming County newspaper (I do not have the name), giving accounts of the cholera epidemics from 1852 to 1855. So much of this type of information would be lost if it weren’t for reports of this kind, written by people who […]
The Hartford Republican, Ohio County, Kentucky Friday, July 30, 1915 Death of E. P. Barnett Elijah P. Barnett died Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, at the home of Mr. Joseph Thomasson, on lower No Creek, of dropsy. He had been an invalid for thirty years, caused by a […]
Know all men by these presents that we, Aaron Stout and Philemon Waters, are held and firmly bound unto his Excellency, the Governor of Kentucky, in the sum of fifty pounds current money to which payment well and truly to be made to said Governor. We bind ourselves, […]
Andrew M. Cline, 1848-1916. Mary E. Cline, 1850-1921. Machpelah Cemetery, Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky. The Mt. Sterling Advocate, Montgomery County, Kentucky Tuesday, December 5, 1916 Suffering Is Ended Mr. Andrew M. Cline Dies Early Monday Morning at His Home on Holt Avenue After having suffered from cancer […]
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Ashby request your present at the marriage of their daughter Mary Elizabeth to Mr. Silas J. Tichenor, Wednesday evening August twenty-eighty, Eighteen hundred and ninety-five, at eight o’clock, West Providence Church, Kentucky. Vic Barnett, of the Dayton area, sent this to me the […]
James Carr Potts, Private, Co. C, 14th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry. December 12, 1830 – December 27, 1894. Powell’s Valley Baptist Cemetery, Powell County, Kentucky. This story makes me so happy! Every veteran deserves a gravestone to mark his/her final resting place. May 28, 2009 Family strives and succeeds […]
The Battle of Perryville was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, and the largest fought in Kentucky. There were so many dead that there was not enough wood to make enough coffins, and many bodies were not buried for a number of days. Wounded were […]
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 