Hold on to your hats! I will take you on a monumental trip through history- the length is also monumental! We are going through 263 years of history in one post! George Washington, our first president, is also included. We will meet Colonel William Peachy who fought in […]
This post is very special since Susan Stringer Bennett is my husband’s 3rd great-grandmother. Susan and her husband Alfred Bennett were part of those early immigrants to western Kentucky. Susan was the daughter of Leonard Stringer, 1761-1843, and Dolly Ware 1760-1828. Leonard was born in Virginia, but ended […]
There is so much information on the Ewell family we have discussed in the last two posts. Let’s go back to Virginia, to Prince William County, where the family originated. This is where my Linton family lived in the early days. Ritchey and I visited several times and […]
John Trotter Langhorne, born January 4, 1779, died June 30, 1833. Elizabeth Baxter, wife of John Trotter Langhorne, born November 26, 1798, died February 5, 1879. Maysville Cemetery, Mason County, Kentucky. Elizabeth Baxter Payne was the daughter of Duval Payne (1764-1830) and Hannah Innes Brent (1769-1837). She married […]
The Presbyterian Church, founded in 1784. This building was erected in 1831, remodeled in 1996. When Ritchey and I visited the old cemetery on the grounds of The Presbyterian Church of Danville in September, I was surprised to see a new memorial for Major Robert Powell and his […]
Mason Family Plot, St. Lawrence Catholic Cemetery, Knottsville, Daviess County, Kentucky. George Mason IV, of Gunston Hall, was one of the founding fathers that helped create the United States of America, and secure our freedom from Great Britain. He was the author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights […]
Towards the back of Greenburg Cemetery in Green County, stand two stones, representations of the last resting place of William and George Woodward, father and son who fought in the Revolutionary War. Although relatively new, placed in 1935, the stones are hard to read – the elements have […]
Leonard Stringer, Sr., 1761 – 1843, Revolutionary War Veteran, Miller Cemetery, Livingston County, Kentucky About four years ago my husband, Ritchey, was able to connect with his Jolly family through DNA testing. This was quite a find, since we knew his grandfather was James Jolly of western Kentucky, […]
Dudley M. Ball, Versailles Cemetery, Woodford County, Kentucky. Dudley M. Ball, March 29, 1824 – April 19, 1900 The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky Saturday, April 21, 1900 Dudley M. Ball Dead A Wealthy Farmer and Descendant of a Famous Virginia Family Versailles, Ky., April 20 – Mr. […]
Hugh McKee is Ritchey’s fifth great-grandfather. He lived at McKee’s Half Falls, Pennsylvania. He was a liasion between George Washington and the Shawnee Nation. Hugh was the son of Captain Thomas McKee and possibly one of the daughters of an Indian chief. Hugh married Mary Nesbitt. Nine children […]
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