Photo taken by Roy VanArsdall in 1952. I have mentioned several times since November the finding of the Rose Cemetery in the little town of Burgin, in Mercer County, where my mother lived for thirty plus years. Her best friend and next door neighbors, Geneva and Roger Vanarsdall, […]
I have been working on the Rose Family Cemetery that is located on Maude Lane in the small town of Burgin, in Mercer County, Kentucky. The land has been owned by the VanArsdall family for many, many years, and is still owned by descendants of the same family. […]
Captain Lewis Rose was in Mercer County, Kentucky, by 1780 – one of the earliest pioneers. The captain’s first wife was Barbara Trayer, and after her death he married Mary McMurtry, widow of his friend John McMurtry. In his will he leaves bequests to his wife, Mary, sons […]
From Mercer County, Kentucky Miscellaneous information from newspaper clippings in scrapbooks Henry C. Bohon of Harrodsburg and Miss Sallie Knight of Nicholasville were married September 1869. James R. Elgin and Miss N. Bishop, both of Mercer County, were married October 1, 1869. W. L. Linley of Springfield, Missouri, […]
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