Today we take a short trip across the Ohio River to Jeffersonville, Indiana – Clark County. In 1884 Burdette Clifton Pile and Mary Ann Cunningham celebrated their golden wedding anniversary – 50 years together. They were married January 29, 1834. Burdette was the son of Richard Pile (1761-1816) […]
Early Virginia deeds were quite long and elaborate. There is mention of who owned the land, how he purchased it. Wills are quoted during these long passages, giving information that may be found nowhere else. Especially in a county such as Prince William, where many of the early […]
These marriage returns include not only the date and names of the couple, but the person who married them, where they were married and witnesses. All great bits of information to add to your files! October 11, 1866 – Charles S. Pate married Miss Sallie Brown, by R. […]
This is a very interesting will. Although written in Prince William County, Virginia, September 5, 1782, Timothy Peyton had moved his family to Bourbon County, Virginia (which ten years later became a county of Kentucky). Timothy died in 1787, since in November of that year notice was sent […]
W. H. H. Miller, November 5, 1840-June 18, 1913. Nannie Gibson Miller, December 19, 1840-January 24, 1908. Machpelah Cemetery, Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky An old stone, over one hundred years old, stands in the Machpelah Cemetery in the small town of Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, in remembrance […]
Several times Ritchey and I visited the beautiful Lexington Cemetery in Fayette County. Gorgeous stones, trees, a pond and landscaping make the cemetery a serene place to walk – as well as searching for lost relatives. The first burial in the cemetery was that of Robert Boyd in […]
Walking through our ‘enchanted forest’ with the grandchildren. What gifts from God are grandchildren! I had almost given up hope of being a Nana until Julian was born in 2015 – I was 58. My younger sister was 40 when she first became a grandmother. But as they […]
Nelson County, to wit To any authorized Minister of the Gospel These are to license you to solemnize the rites of matrimony according to the forms of the church to which you belong, between Benjamin Blankenbaker and Miss Charlotte Harrison, daughter of Elizabeth Harrison. Given under my hand […]
My fourth-great-grandfather, John C. Dillehay, was born in Maryland and came to Kentucky around the turn of the 19th century. His father has eluded me – perhaps this will of George Delahay from Charles County, Maryland, could hold a clue? Let’s check other records first. This last name […]
Old Bardwell Cemetery, Carlisle County, Kentucky. Old Bardwell Cemetery is in the county of Carlisle in the Jackson Purchase, far western Kentucky. Bardwell is the county seat, located at the junction of Highways 62 and 51. If you drive west on Hwy 62, make a left at the […]
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Isaiah and Lydia Ross Hill
John Linton Edwards
1929 Wedding
Revolutionary War heroes and families.
Ritchey's Paternal Grandmother
George and Caroline's Wedding Day
Klein Sod House
