Know all men by these presents, that we, Zephaniah Harris and Merriman Hightower, are held and firmly bound unto his Excellency, James Garrard, Esq., Governor of Kentucky, and his successors, in the just and full sum of fifty pounds good and lawful money of Kentucky, to which payment […]
Elmer E. Tinsley and wife Fidelia Ward Tinsley were so happy to receive a letter from their son talking about the day prior to, and Armistice Day, when all firing of World War I stopped. It was the end of the war and everyone was gloriously happy. The […]
It is a pleasure to visit the Harrodsburg Historical Society in Morgan Row. These buildings were renovated and preserved beginning in the 1960’s. I’m so grateful that the citizens at that time decided they were worth keeping! So much history has passed through these rooms. If you are […]
Matilda E. Barnett was the wife of Captain Woodbury Tinsley, of Ohio County. The daughter of Joseph C. Barnett and Frances Bennett, Matilda was born December 16, 1842. She and her husband, who was a captain in the Civil War, raised four children – Elmer, Orlistis, Wilburn and […]
Milton Elliott Marcum, 1870-1927. Ulice Huffaker Marcum, 1869-1965. Alexander Cemetery, Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky. It has taken quite a while to write this blog. When we visited Alexander Cemetery in Monticello, Wayne County, in October of last year, I was furious to see the damage done to several […]
A few days ago was the fourth anniversary of mom’s death. She lived a good, long life, a few weeks short of 83 years. But the last 7-8 years she developed Alzheimer’s. This was devastating not only to us, but to her. Three or four months before her […]
Know all men by these presents that we,Henry H. Wathen and John B. Wathen, are held and firmly bound unto his Excellency, the Governor of Kentucky, in the sum of fifty pounds current money, to the payment of which well and truly to be made to the said […]
The Harrodsburg Herald, Mercer County, Kentucky Friday, July 22, 1932 Mrs. Ida Bell Robinson, aged 61, died early Wednesday at her home at Tablow, this county. She was the daughter of James and Sarah Satterly Robinson, and was a prominent Christian woman in the community where she lived […]
Today I share with you the original National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution working sheet for application of Adelaide Linton Cartier. She is a cousin, along with being a cousin of Garwood Linton, my good friend (and cousin!) from Logan County and Jefferson County. He brought Adelaide’s […]
Joseph West, born January 12, 1830, died January 21, 1853. Forks of Dix River Cemetery, Garrard County, Kentucky. The Kentucky Tribune, Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky Friday, January 21, 1853 How said to have such a young man taken from his family. In the 1850 census of Garrard 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