The old Cynthiana Cemetery in Harrison County is very quiet and shady, as a cemetery should be! However, many of the stones are no longer standing. I’d like to share what we found during our visit last year. Cynthiana was first settled in 1775 by Captain John Hinkston […]
Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Cemetery, Washington County, Kentucky Every time we visit a cemetery and search for our ancestor’s gravestones, we notice the beautiful array of figures – angels, men, women, children – who adorn some of the markers – as well as what is on the stones themselves […]
from History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, by Perrin, 1882 Harrison County J. A. McKee, farmer and fruit raiser; P. O. Cynthiana; was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, in May, 1829; son of John and Eliza (Wilson) McKee. he, a native of Bourbon County, born […]
Battle Grove Cemetery, Harrison County, Kentucky Major James Rolland Curry was born in Kentucky, December 8, 1789. I have found nothing definitive about his parents, but have seen information that he was the son of James Curry, born in Delaware, grandson of Archibald and Sarah Curry, who with […]
Father and Mother – Isaac N. Knox, born 1826, died January 10, 1896. Katie L., his wife, born 1830, died January 24, 1897 Battle Grove Cemetery in Harrison County, Kentucky, is the final resting place of several members of the Knox family. Above is the gravestone for Isaac […]
As with many of our days off, Wednesday was a genealogy-geocaching day! In our quest to take photos of at least one cemetery in each county in Kentucky, we visited four more – bringing our total to 33 out of 120 counties in Kentucky. Yes, we have a […]
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