Jonathan Joseph Edwards was born 208 years ago – February 18, 1805 – in Loudoun County, Virginia. Jonathan was the son of Edward Barber Edwards and Nancy Linton. He married Nancy Millie Linton, his first cousin, in 1829, in Washington County, Kentucky. Jonathan and Nancy had 7 children: […]
Jonathan J. Edwards died 129 years ago – February 5, 1884 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Jonathan was the son of Edward Barber Edwards and Nancy Linton. He married Nancy Millie Linton in 1829. She was the daughter of Moses Linton and Ann Nancy Pead. Jonathan and Nancy […]
I have only two pages of an old family bible – they are tattered and discolored, but I am thankful for these two pages! I am sharing one side (of the four) with you today. The original owner of the bible was probably a member of the Edwards […]
A few days ago I posted a picture of my great-grandparents – Robert E. Lee Montgomery and Frances Barber Linton – and their children in front of their home in Washington County, Kentucky. I thought today I would share a few of the treasures from her genealogy records. […]
Ben and Lucy Edwards In looking through old issues of The News-Leader from Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky, I came across an interesting article. This is from the November 21, 1912, issue, page 3: At the sale of Mr. Ben Edwards, the advertisement of which appears in this issue, […]
Family Group Sheet for John Cotton Taylor Husband: John Cotton Taylor Birth: 1795 in Virginia Death: 12 Sep 1869 in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri Marriage: 25 Nov 1828 in Washington County, KY Mother: Mary Ann “Molly” Hawkins Father: John Taylor Wife: Susan Clark Edwards Birth: 1797 Death: 02 […]
Susan Clark Edwards and John Cotton Taylor were married 184 years ago – November 25, 1828 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Susan was the daughter of Edward Barber Edwards and Nancy Linton. John was the son of John Taylor and Mary Ann Hawkins. Both families were originally from […]
John L. Edwards was born 212 years ago – October 12, 1800 – in Loudoun County, Virginia. John was the eldest son of Edward Barber Edwards and Nancy Linton. John married Mildred L. Linton in 1831 in Logan County, Kentucky. John and Nancy lived in Washington County, Kentucky, […]
Benjamin Mason, 1724-1795, was my 5th great-grandfather. His father was George Mason, who died in 1729. Since there were many George Masons at that time – and much more famous ones! – this George Mason was known as ‘from the Aquia’. George was married to Anne Wigginton. After […]
Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church is located in central Washington County, Kentucky. As luck would have it, Ritchey and I both have connections to this church, mine far in the past, at the very beginnings of the church, and his, more modern, in the early 1960’s. Captain John Linton, […]
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