This is surely the longest will I’ve read. The will itself is eight pages, with many limitations on what can be done with what is given to wife and children. As we always love to see, Nicholas Hadden listed his children, the two girls with their married names. […]
Good morning! My sister was here last week and I dropped everything to spend each moment with her – I’m sure you understand. We search and love to find information on our ancestors, but the living are far more dear to us, and we have to take advantage […]
Elijah Harlan was the son of James Harlan and Sarah Caldwell, born April 5, 1792, in Lincoln County, Kentucky, and died November 26, 1843, in Boyle County. It is quite probable that Elijah lived on the same land his entire life. At one time Lincoln was one of […]
I came upon an interesting old paper which was included in the wills of Bourbon County, listed as Loose Papers, 1786-1795. Although it reads similar to a marriage bond, it is a license to keep an ordinary. Thomas West, originally from Maryland, was given this license January 19, […]
Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records, by Mrs. Harry Kennett McAdams, 1929 Copy of Newspaper Article, Printed in “Sentinel-Democrat,” Mt. Sterling, Ky., March 14, 1929 We are publishing below, through the courtesy of Mrs. Rezin Owings and Mrs. W. P. Oldham, a sketch of the life of Rev. John […]
My project for today was to find information on the Old Stone Tavern of Bardstown. As I looked through old newspapers, I found the Old Stone Inn of Harrodsburg. In fact, there were many Stone Taverns in Kentucky at various times in history. What I thought most fascinating […]
Know all men by these presents, that we, William T. Roberts and James Crockett, are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Kentucky, in the sum of one hundred dollars, to the payment whereof well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, jointly and […]
I have an early 1900’s photo to share with you today. The photo is on a 9″ x 7″ grey cardboard, with an raised oval design in the center. The photograph has been cut slightly smaller than the oval and pasted in the center. It’s not a carte-de-visite […]
Since I wrote the article on Thomas T. Jewell in May, I’ve wanted to share photos that Ritchey and I took on our last trip west for genealogy research – his family. I was amazed to see the date was 2002 – almost 20 years ago. I have […]
Tug Fork and Levisa Fork meet at the city of Louisa, Kentucky, and form the Big Sandy River. The river then follows the Kentucky/West Virginia border north for about 30 miles. North of the city of Cattlettsburg the Big Sandy River flows into the mighty Ohio River. During […]
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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
