I am a family historian, a genealogist, one who puts families together, who finds those who have been lost for many years and acquaints modern day generations with their ancestors. There's nothing like having a full family tree! Email me at phyrit@roadrunner.com
I will admit that in writing this post I thought Barren was Warren County – Bowling Green!!! Funny how the mind plays tricks. Not that it matters, but when I tried to find where the cemetery might be located realized it was Barren, county seat Glasgow! The two […]
Today I am sharing three very early marriage bonds from Jefferson County, Virginia – to become Jefferson County, Kentucky in 1792. Breckinridge – Floyd Alexander Breckinridge, groom. Jenny Floyd, bride. William Fitzhugh, bondsman. Dated December 9, 1784. Know all men by these presents that we, Alexander Breckinridge and […]
Silas Harlan was one of the brave men who fought the British and Indians during the Battle of Blue Licks on August 19, 1782. Silas was one of the four majors in battle, along with Edward Bulger, Hugh McGary and Levi Todd. Silas was one of the casualties […]
William Kinkead was born January 9, 1736. He married Eleanor Guy November 30, 1756, in Augusta County, Virginia. Eleanor was born August 17, 1740. In 1764, at the young age of 24, she was taken captive by Indians along with the couple’s three young children – Margaret, Andrew […]
During our month long trip back to Kentucky in 2023, we visited Evans Cemetery in Wolfe County. Wolfe County is located in eastern Kentucky, surrounded by Menifee, Powell, Lee, Breathitt, Magoffin and Morgan counties. While in the county we also visited Hazel Green Cemetery. If you want to […]
You know how much I enjoy sharing newspaper articles about golden weddings! Something exceedingly rare today, but even rare in the earlier years due to death. I can happily say dear friends Debbie and Dennis celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this past August! What an accomplishment! Ritchey and […]
Peter Montgomery is my 5th great-grandfather. He was born in France about 1682 and came to the Province of Maryland about 1715. He brought with him two sons, Francis and John Baptista. This fact is from the Act for Naturalization of Peter Montgomery of Charles County, Planter, and […]
Dr. William Emory Pedigo, born July 7, 1842, son of Charles Tarpley and Matilda Ann Pedigo, of Metcalfe County, Kentucky. In the 1860 Census Emory is living with his parents, the oldest son, 17, a carpenter’s apprentice. Charles Pedigo was 39, Matilda, 36. Six other children were in […]
I have spent the last hour trying to find Old Cedar Grove Baptist Cemetery on Google Maps. I have not succeeded. Ritchey and I visited the cemetery in May of 2016, taking photographs of some of the gravestones. I have a copy of Kentucky County Maps – a […]
In looking through early Mercer County wills I found David Wood’s will written in 1786. At that date Kentucky was still part of Virginia. We didn’t become a state until 1792. The Revolutionary War was still going strong, patriots desperate to win their independence from Great Britain. Soon […]
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