Looking at the photographs Ritchey and I took in the Asbury-Center Cemetery in Metcalfe County, I found something unusual. Thomas Bastin and William M. Bastin, father and son, have veteran markers for their participation in the Civil War. This is my first time to find a father and […]
Hammondsville Cemetery, Hammonville, Hart County, Kentucky While in Hartford County Ritchey and I visited three cemeteries. With a 2007 population of 2006, the small town of Hammonville – no ‘d’ or ‘s’ as per the cemetery sign – it is almost impossible to get lost. Hwy 357 runs […]
Hart County is located in what I consider the beginning of western Kentucky, where the higher part of the state slopes down to the shorter western section. Hart County is centered between Hardin County on the Ohio River and Warren County that almost reaches the Tennessee border. The […]
Melissa Pierce, wife of Rev. W. L. Pierce, born march 13,1870, died January 30, 1926, Greensburg Cemetery, Green County, Kentucky. The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky January 31, 1926 Mrs. Melissa Wright Pierce, wife of the late Rev. W. L. Pierce, died at 3 o’clock this morning at […]
James Ferguson, born on September 11, 1811, died February 24, 1890. Lucinda, wife of James Ferguson, born January 17, 1812, died October 29, 1876. ‘Dearest mother, thou hast left us, here thy loss we deeply feel; but tis God that has bereft us, He can all our sorrows […]
In May of this year Ritchey and I traveled to Hart County to photograph gravestones in some of the cemeteries there. One of those we visited, Camp Ground United Methodist Cemetery, is located west of Bonnieville near the intersection of Camp Ground Road and Highway 728. It is […]
During our Knoxville trip in October we came home through the new tunnel into Bell County, Kentucky, and visited the Middlesboro Cemetery. Located on a hill, within city limits, we found two of the most unusual gravestones – for a father and son – both sides equally beautiful. […]
Flag and Gravestone for Joseph Timberlake – Hammonsville Cemetery, Hart County, Kentucky Joseph Timberlake, born in Virginia in 1752, of English parents. Died in Hart County, Kentucky, in 1841. Married Annie Douglas December 11, 1784. Joseph Timberlake, Virginia, Sergeant, Seventh Virginia Regiment, Revolutionary War. 1752-1841. On Washington Guard, […]
Finally, finally, the clouds parted and the sun shone – and we could get in a cemetery! The last two days have been beautiful and Ritchey and I took advantage of the good weather! In our continuing effort to take photos in cemeteries of all 120 Kentucky counties, […]
from Hart County, Kentucky – Biographies David N. Cull was born in Henry County, Kentucky, December 5, 1844. His father, John W. Cull, was also a native of Henry County; was born in 1822, and married Mary E. Robbins in 1843; to them were born fifteen children, ten […]
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