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 […]
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 […]
Ivy Cemetery is misspelled – according to the family buried there it should be Ivie Cemetery. Ritchey and I visited Ivie Cemetery in March of 2019 during our visit to the Jackson Purchase area of Kentucky. If I remember correctly, it was hard to find – but we […]
Tri-Weekly Kentucky Yeoman, Frankfort, Kentucky – March 15, 1872 The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky – December 10, 1893 Information taken from Family Register, Genealogy of Warner Lewis Underwood: Warner Lewis Underwood was married to Lucy Craig Henry by the Rev. Wm. Hume on the 31st of August 1831. Frances […]
Samuel R. White and Martha Lewis are my third great-grandparents. They married in Washington County, Kentucky, March 22, 1827, and lived there until shortly after this deed was signed. They moved to Parke County, Indiana, before 1870 where they appeared in the census records. I could find no […]
To say I was delighted to find this deed is an understatement! Moses Linton, Captain John Hancock Linton’s father, gave the use of 330 acres of land in Prince William County, Virginia, to John Graham. Moses did not sell this land but allowed Graham and his family to […]
What a whirlwind two months it’s been. Our last visit to Kentucky in August resulted in us buying a home near Danville in Boyle County. This Wednesday we drove from Rudyard, Michigan, to Kentucky – a 17-hour journey – arriving at 1:00 am. Thursday. We are back to […]
Broken Bow, Nebraska, is the county seat of Custer County. The town was named for a broken bow and arrow found at an old Indian camping ground. It was platted in 1882 and incorporated as a city in 1888. A small city, it has a total area of […]
Ritchey and I were in Kentucky last week for something very important – to visit the Linton Cemetery! Well, perhaps ad additional item made the top billet! We bought a house and will be moving back to Kentucky in early October. It has been a great five years […]
My post today is taken from one of the early wills of Lincoln County, still Virginia at the time it was written. If you remember, Kentucky County, once a part of Fincastle County, Virginia, became Kentucky County in 1777. In 1780 Kentucky County was divided into Jefferson County, […]
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