Today many have specific views on the Confederate flag and the war itself, but beginning in the 1890’s reunions were held annually for the Confederate veterans who made it through the war and were still living. Starting 25 years after the end of the war, perhaps feelings had […]
This beautiful and heartbreaking stone is located in the Paris Cemetery in Bourbon County. Death at a young age is always sad, but the beautiful verse on the stone gives us an idea of the total grief of the young husband. Newton B. Rion, Jr., never remarried. He […]
Another of the early wills from the Kentucky wilderness, still within the boundaries of the State of Virginia. Samuel Young was sure he had not long to live in this world, and he was correct. The will was written on the fourth day of June, 1786, and he […]
Bourbon County Will Book A, Page 3-4 The following is the will of George Mason who was shot by the Indians at the lower Blue Licks in Bourbon County, September 5, 1787. George Mason desires that William Derrit will take into his profession everything that belongs to him […]
In Memory of the Patriots, Soldiers of the American Revolution who died Citizens of Bourbon County One hundred and fifty-four names are on this plaque located on the side of the steps leading to the Bourbon County Courthouse. What a remarkable number of brave men who fought for […]
This is the beautiful Bourbon County Courthouse, located in Paris, Kentucky. It seems very majestic with its domed top. And it is just as beautiful inside! Look at this beautiful mosaic tile flooring! And you can gaze up into the dome from the first floor. Bourbon County was […]
E. F. Spears, 1840-1907, Paris Cemetery, Bourbon County, Kentucky from The Bourbon News, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky Friday, August 30, 1907 Captain E. F. Spears Dead Captain E. F. Spears, one of Paris’ most prominent and highly esteemed citizens, died at his home on High Street, Thursday morning […]
from History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, Perrin, 1882 Bourbon County John Caldwell, auctioneer and salesman; P. O. Paris; is a grandson of William Caldwell, the “pioneer’. He was a native of North Ireland, and emigrated to America prior to the Revolutionary War, in which […]
John Caldwell Holt was born November 21, 1856, in Bourbon County, Kentucky. He married Kate Huntington Gilbert October 6, 1886, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In the 1900 Census of Kent County, Michigan, we find John C., 43, born November 1856, married 14 years; Kate G., 39, born July […]
E. F. Spears, 1840-1907. Paris Cemetery, Bourbon County, Kentucky from History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, Perrin, 1882 Bourbon County Captain E. F. Spears, milling; was born 1840 in Paris, the third son of Abram Spears and Rebecca Ford. At the age of thirteen he […]
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