Today I share with you information about Dr. Aquilla Talbott, son of Gustavus W. Talbott and Frances Ann Pryor. Aquilla, named for this grandfather, was born December 17, 1838, in Bourbon County, Kentucky. His mother Frances died before 1850; Aquilla is shown in the 1850 Bourbon County Census […]
Will of Richard Timberlake Bourbon County Will Book C, Pages 292-295 In the name of God, Amen. I, Richard Timberlake, being at present in good health and of sound mind, but being far advanced in years, and calling to mind my latter end, do ordain, publish and establish […]
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, […]
I share with you today a biography included in The Biographical Encyclopedia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, by J. R. Armstrong and Company, originally printed in 1878. This is a different set of biographies than those usually seen by Perrin, Battle […]
Know all men by these presents that we, John Robinson and William Robinson, are held, firmly bound unto his Excellency, the Governor of Kentucky, in the full and just sum of fifty pounds current money, to the payment of which well and truly to be made. We and […]
John Whitledge was a Revolutionary soldier, born in Prince William County, Virginia, October 5, 1734. Since he died before pensions were given in the early 1830’s, there is nothing to be found in those records for his service. He is listed on the marker erected in 1927 by […]
This is a very interesting will. Although written in Prince William County, Virginia, September 5, 1782, Timothy Peyton had moved his family to Bourbon County, Virginia (which ten years later became a county of Kentucky). Timothy died in 1787, since in November of that year notice was sent […]
Samuel Glasscock to Siney Breding – January 19, 1790 John Stomps to Polly McGrew – January 26, 1790 James McKittle to Margaret Wright – January 27, 1790 Robert Hinkson to Polly Hinch – January 28, 1790 Samuel Cook to Mary Routt – February 25, 1790 Samuel Simpson to […]
By the Reverend Austin Eastin: August 16, 1786 – John Waller and Garner Routt November 3, 1786 – James Stark and Susannah Hart January 7, 1787 – Braxton Pollard and Elizabeth Brown February 19, 1787 – George Aislywine and Mary Snipp February 22, 1787 – John Trimble and […]
Sallie Thomas Hall, 1837-1920, Carlisle Cemetery, Nicholas County, Kentucky. On a genealogy tour in August of 2014 Ritchey and I visited the Carlisle Cemetery in Nicholas County. One monument came into view immediately – the lovely marble sculpture above. Thinking this must be the grave of a young […]
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