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
James P. Amsden, January 15, 1847 – October 29, 1906. Versailles Cemetery, Woodford County, Kentucky. These beautiful gravestones are located in the Versailles Cemetery in Woodford County, Kentucky. They are two of eight, all family members. In addition to James and Laura Sanders Amsden, the following are […]
Daniel Brewer, Pvt, Molyan’s Dragoons PA Line, Revolutionary War, July 5, 1719 – January 15, 1791. Old Mud Meeting House Cemetery, Mercer County, Kentucky. Daniel Brewer, a Revolutionary Soldier, was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church, also known as the Old Mud Meeting House. He is buried […]
I think we need a little background on county formation to understand where this property was in 1798, since today it is located on the border of Caldwell and Lyon Counties. What was to become the state of Kentucky, and originated as part of Fincastle County, Virginia, became […]
Bartholomew Wood, Town Founder, Frontiersman, Farmer, Tavern Keeper. First Settler 1796. Founder of Christian Court House 1797. Later Town of Elizabeth 1799. Later Town of Hopkinsville 1804. Died at Hopkinsville, Kentucky, November 26, 1827. Pioneer Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky. Bartholomew Wood, the first settler at Hopkinsville in […]
I do hereby certify that by virtue of a license issued from the Clerk’s office for Mercer County, I solemnized the rites of Matrimony on the 6th of May 1830, between Charles Wright and Catherine Wilham, according to the rites and ceremonies of the Methodist Society, given under […]
When searching newspapers for information on pioneer families I found this list of seven people who died on the same day, November 27, 1913. Two are listed as members of pioneer families, Mrs. Mary Pearce Dodd and Austin P. Speed. Two were German immigrants, August Moeller and Simon […]
The small town of Winchester has a beautiful cemetery. I find all cemeteries fascinating – thinking about the people who are buried there, what their lives were like, in what time periods they lived, what historic events happened while they were living on this earth. Today I share […]
Interior Journal, Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky Tuesday, July 22, 1952 Lincoln County Pioneer Families By H. W. Mills Woods Family The Woods family of Virginia and Kentucky descends from the immigrant, Michael Woods. Of him, Rev. Edgar Woods, in his History of Albemarle County, Virginia, states (page 351): […]
Marriage License The Commonwealth of Kentucky To any Minister of the Gospel, or other Person legally authorized to solemnize Matrimony You are permitted to solemnize the rites of Matrimony between Isaac Russell and Zurah Lyons the requirements of the law having been complied with. Witness my signature as […]
Cyrus Crawford, born December 3, 1802, died September 23, 1855. Mahala F., daughter of Harrison and Ruth Walker, & wife of Cyrus Crawford, born April 1, 1811, died January 22, 1857. They were married May 25, 1837. Perryville Cemetery, Boyle County, Kentucky.Samuel Crawford, born November 4, 1787, died […]
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