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
Samford Erwin, born in Habersham County, Georgia, July 8, 1830, died in Lincoln County, Kentucky, March 20, 1888. Elizabeth Lillard Erwin, September 8, 1849 – November 3, 1911. Bellevue Cemetery, Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky. The Interior Journal, Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky Friday, March 23, 1888 The Kentucky Advocate, […]
Much to my amazement, in November 2017 I found a copy of Otto A. Rothert’s – A History of Muhlenberg County – a first edition copyright 1913. In my mind it is the most stunning county history I’ve found. The book is filled with family information and many […]
I have looked for many years to find a connection with my great-great-grandmother, Ellen Lyons, to any of her brothers and sisters or her parents. In reading this will today I find her brother Henry Lyons. Ellen Lyons married John E. Smith, from Washington County. Their marriage bond […]
Little do we know where we will find extended family members. My Linton family moved from Loudoun County, Virginia, to Washington County, Kentucky, 1800-1818. At first, according to my great-grandmother’s writings, they all moved in one large caravan. Further research has shown that Captain John Hancock Linton, wife […]
State of Kentucky, Spencer County I, Joseph B. Cox, clerk of the County Court for the county aforesaid, do certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the List of Marriages returned to my office by Joseph H. Burwell, assessor for the year 1853. Given under my […]
In the fall of 2017 Ritchey and I toured eighteen counties in Kentucky, along the southern border with Tennessee, and in western part of the state. While in Muhlenberg County we stopped by Crescent Hill Cemetery, also known as Old Company Cemetery. As from this first photo you […]
Will of Andrew Hayden Marion County Will Book 1, Page 80 Manchester, Tennessee August 12th, 1863 Dear Mother, It is with the greatest of pleasure that I seat aside this pleasant morning to answer your kind and welcome letter that I have just received. I was glad to […]
Know all men by these presents, that we, Robert T. Stockton and William W. Henderson, are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Kentucky, in the sum of fifty pounds, to the payment whereof well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, jointly and […]
Several months ago, I posted a blog about Ritchey’s 3rd great-grandmother, Susan Stringer Bennett, who was a Real Daughter of the American Revolution. That is to say, a woman whose father was in the Revolutionary War. Today I want to introduce you to another Kentuckian who was also […]
William H. Lillard was the son of Thomas Madison Lillard and Mary Bright, born July 13, 1867, in Boyle County, Kentucky. In 1897 William married Mary Mountjoy Burke. Mary Burke was the daughter of William Buchanan Burke and Lucy Laney Baker, born March 1, 1872. The couple had […]
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