Taken from Pioneer History of Washington County, Kentucky (as complied from newspaper articles by Orval W. Baylor and others) Some Old birth Records for Washington County Approximately 75 years ago the State of Kentucky had a birth and death record law that required the registration of all births […]
Kentucky Obituaries 1787-1854 by G. Glenn Clift From The Reporter, Lexington, Kentucky January – June 1826 Nathaniel Scott, of Garrard County. Died in January, 1826, while sitting on his horse. P.S.: He didn’t fall off. 1/16 Died suddenly in Garrard County, Mr. Nathaniel Scott. When his death was […]
This the only Scarmahorn marriage in the entire listing of marriages for Washington County. Perhaps the couple married and traveled on to another county, or even another state. Seprate Case married Betsy Phillips March 31, 1813, probably as his second wife. Know all men by these presents that […]
Today I share a wonderful photograph with you taken by D. J. Landes, whose studio was located at 23 East Main Street in Staunton, Virginia, approximately 1870-1890. Ritchey and I have been to Staunton many times, I just wish I had thought to look up this address to […]
Coming upon a gentleman with the initials QQQ, I knew there was a story to be told. Quintus Quincy Quigley was a lawyer in Paducah, Kentucky. I give you the particulars of his life through newspaper articles. News Democrat, Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky Sunday, June 22, 1924 Whenever […]
Philip E. Miles was a young man – only 35 – when he died February 1, 1850. His will was written just two days before his death. Only a brother and sister are named in the will – Henry A. Miles and Ellen Miles, the latter receiving $200. […]
St. Thomas Catholic Church in rural Nelson County, Kentucky, is centrally located in the county, south of Bardstown off US 31E. About 1787 Edward and Thomas Howard settled on the Poplar Neck of Beech Fork River. Thomas and wife Ann constructed a log house here in 1795. Members […]
A List of Marriages by William Taylor – 1799 Isaac Davis married Clarycee Kencheloe – January 10, 1799 Moses Freeman married Hannah Spilman – February 14, 1799 William Harrison married Lettice Grier – February 14, 1799 William Hainon married Sally Carter – February 19, 1799 John Nugent married […]
Big Muddy Baptist Cemetery is located in central Butler County, just southwest of the county seat of Morgantown. There William David Sorrels and wife Isabella are buried – a stone with both names and a military marker for his service for the Union Army during the Civil War. […]
The county of Garrard was formed December 17, 1796, so we can understand Ambrose Nelson saying he was from Mercer County in his will written just six weeks after the formation of the new county. Garrard was formed from parts of Lincoln, Madison and Mercer. I believe Rhoda […]
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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
