Today I share gravestones from Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Cemetery in Washington County. Many of my relatives are buried there, including the first three in the list below. Pleasant Grove is located on Hwy 555, north of Springfield. Take a left at Hwy 438, and an almost immediate left […]
Messenger Inquirer, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky Sunday, May 29, 1904 The First Soldier Killed During the War in Kentucky in Butler County Granville C. Allen Was the First Victim Whose Blood Watered Bluegrass Soil A recent issue of the National Tribune contains an account of the first clash […]
Will of Joseph Bozorth Will Book A, Nelson County, Kentucky, Pages 6-9 In the name of God, amen. I, Joseph Bozorth, of the County of Nelson and State of Virginia and district of Kentucky, being thro the abundant mercy of God, tho weak in body, yet of a […]
You haven’t had a blog in almost a week. Life is still crazy here. School, cooking, laundry, cleaning, reading, and other things are continuous. And I have added crafting to the mix. I’ve enjoyed counted cross-stitch and needlepoint for years, just haven’t had time to make anything lately. […]
George Walker, Sr., was a Virginian who moved to Kentucky after the Revolutionary War. His will gives bequests to four sons – William, David, Benjamin and Jacob – and one daughter, Nancy. Wife Priscilla is also named. Son William is named an executor, as well as George Walker, […]
The following photographs were taken at Smith Grove Cemetery in Warren County, located in the north-eastern part of the county. Henry Smith, born April 26, 1822, died October 11, 1886. Jennie E., wife of J. C. Cullins, born October 7, 1845, died September 21, 1876. D. N. Mitchell, […]
J. B. Sandusky, born November 6, 1844, died April 11, 1911, Maple Grove Cemetery, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Jeremiah B. Sandusky is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery in Nicholasvile, Jessamine County. But that is not where his story begins. He was born in Wayne County November 6, 1844, […]
Know all men by these presents, that we, James Crawford and John Graham, are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Kentucky, in the just and full sum of fifty pounds, for the payment whereof, well and truly to be made to the said Commonwealth, we bind […]
Elcey Thornton Dick lies in Cave Hill Cemetery, in Louisville, Jefferson County, in the Dick family plot. Her gravestone is in the shape of a large cross – quite appropriate for the suffering the young woman went through during her 25 years on this earth. The daughter of […]
Rieke Monument, Oak Grove Cemetery, Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky. A tall memorial topped with an angel stands in Oak Grove Cemetery in Paducah, McCracken County, in remembrance of the Rieke family. Five members of the William H. Rieke family are buried there. William H. Rieke was born in […]
I am a family historian, a genealogist, one who puts families together, who finds those who have been lost for many years and acquaints modern day generations with their ancestors. There's nothing like having a full family tree!
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
