We visit Old Paint Lick Cemetery in Garrard County again today. Our focus is on the Walker family, Edwin Hockaday Walker and wife Elizabeth Woods Walker. Edwin was the son of John Williams Walker (1802-1885) and Jane Miller Kavanaugh (1809-1895), born January 21, 1843. Elizabeth was the daughter […]
Captain George Givens was born in Orange County, Virginia, in December 1740, the son of Samuel Caleb Givens and Sarah Cathey. George was born after his father’s death, but was provided for in his will – “if it happens the child my wife goes with proves a manchild, […]
After an illness of three weeks, I am anxious to share more family records with you. Today we visit Grant County, in the northern part of the state, just south of Kenton, Boone and Gallatin counties, on the border with Ohio and Indiana. Ritchey and I visited Grant […]
I came across this 1933 article written to commemorate Daniel Boone and his adventures and exploration of Kentucky. Much has been written about this famous man and his family, but I thought the letter written by Colonel Floyd and sent to Col. William Floyd, concerning the rescue, was […]
Today we go to Logan County in southwestern Kentucky. Logan was once part of Lincoln County, which extended from central Kentucky to the border of Tennessee across to the Chickasaw lands which became the Jackson Purchase in 1818. Ben Proctor, the son of John Proctor, was born November […]
This beautiful gravestone of Francis and Bernetty Morgan Milburn is located in Mt. Kenton Cemetery in McCracken County, Kentucky, in the area south of Paducah known as Lone Oak. The person who made the gravestone inadvertently added an extra ‘L’ to their name! But that doesn’t detract from […]
Sometimes I will check out the first page in the first will book of a county. I like to see who was first who died leaving a will. I’m sure there are many, especially in the earlier days, who didn’t leave a will. Perhaps they had nothing to […]
This photograph of the gravestone of John G. Sheehan was taken at Calvary Cemetery in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. As you can see, John was a private in Company E, Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry during the Civil War. Per his death certificate, John Sheehan was the son of William […]
How can it be said a gravestone is just a gravestone? Each and every one, regardless of the size or carvings or decorations, is a memento of the person whose name is on the stone. Sometimes we are given two pieces of information – birth and death dates. […]
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
Kentucky Kindred Genealogy 