William Kinkead was born January 9, 1736. He married Eleanor Guy November 30, 1756, in Augusta County, Virginia. Eleanor was born August 17, 1740. In 1764, at the young age of 24, she was taken captive by Indians along with the couple’s three young children – Margaret, Andrew […]
One of the largest cemeteries Ritchey and I visited during our trip to Kentucky was the Ashland Cemetery in Boyd County. We stayed at an Airbnb in Ashland for four nights – our base to head out each day to counties west and south of Boyd. May I […]
Pisgah Presbyterian Church, Founded 1784, Woodford County, Kentucky. The beautiful church and cemetery of Pisgah in rural Woodford County was alive with green grass and spring violets when Ritchey and I visited in April of 2014. Several Revolutionary War veterans repose there, many from Augusta County, Virginia. The […]
Since Ritchey and I visited Pisgah Presbyterian Cemetery in April of 2014, in Woodford County, I believe it to be one of my favorite small cemeteries. It could have something to do with the beautiful little stone church – founded in 1784, erected in 1812, and remodeled in […]
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