Know all men by these presents that we, Joseph Jarber and Henry Peterson, 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 Governor […]
I’m sure the first question I will be asked – why is Thomas Dorsey’s will found in the Hardin County Will Book, since he lived and died in Anne Arundel County, Maryland? My guess would be that part of Thomas’ land grant from his Revolutionary War service gave […]
George N. Helm, December 15, 1846 – August 5, 1924. Annie R., his wife, February 20, 1855 – April 1, 1918. Hickman Cemetery, Fulton County, Kentucky. The gravestone of George Neville Helm, and his wife, Annie Robinson Catlett, has well survived weather and the ravages of time over […]
In memory of Andrew Fairleigh, who departed this life the first day of March 1829. Elizabethtown Cemetery, Hardin County, Kentucky. Andrew Fairleigh, Senior Andrew Fairleigh, Sr., came to Hardin County, Kentucky, from near Pittsburgh, Pa., and died in Elizabethtown, Ky., April 1, 1829. He served as a private […]
This is not meant to be a macabre post, but an instructive one on coffins from past years. It is not often we find information on coffins used 160 years ago. This solid cast iron coffin must have been very expensive in 1858 when it was manufactured. In […]
Martha Boyd Cemetery, Christian County, Kentucky. Today we take a tour of the Martha Boyd Cemetery in central Christian County. It is a small, rural cemetery, located on Old Kelly Road. Drury Boyd, born May 6, 1827, died January 13, 1891. Hopkinsville Kentucky, Christian County, Kentucky Tuesday, January […]
Know all men by these presents that we, John Kirkland and William Talley, are held and firmly bound unto Benjamin Harrison, Esq., Governor or Chief Magistrate of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the sum of fifty pounds Virginia currency, to be paid to the said Benjamin Harrison and […]
The Louisville Directory for the Year 1832, by Richard W. Otis, is one of my finds while in Cincinnati. In addition to the directory is a large map of the city. You can take one of the addresses below and plot it on the map. The abbreviations below […]
Colonel Frank Wolford was a life-long citizen of Adair County, and lies buried in Columbia Cemetery, a modest stone atop his grave. At a young age he became a lawyer, a life-long service where he never named a fee for his clients, but accepted whatever was offered for […]
From the following will of William Davis we read that no children are listed. Perhaps he and Nancy had no children, or they died before this will was written. Very interesting, his slaves are named in this will, and he frees them at the death of he and […]
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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
