The McElroy family has lived in Washington County about as long as there has been a Washington County. Many members of the family are buried in Cemetery Hill – name of the city cemetery for the town of Springfield. Many of my mother’s family are buried here – […]
Newspaper articles from years ago give us a good insight into the lives of the citizens of its reach. Wedding anniversaries are always a favorite of mine since they generally give much family information along with the happy occasion. This particular one does not give information on the […]
Hugh McElroy, born September 19, 1795, died February 8, 1877. Susan Frances, wife of Hugh McElroy, born December 29, 1807, died June 22, 1844. ‘She had a smile for the joyous, an ear of sympathy for ill, and in act of kindness for all within her reach.’ Cemetery […]
I thought this list was interesting – those who owned lots in the town of Springfield in the year 1817. I do not have any relatives on the list, but am familiar with the Booker’s, Montgomery’s, Lancaster’s, McElroy’s and Rudd’s. Do you have anyone on this list? This […]
Hugh McElroy, and brothers James and Samuel, emigrated from Prince Edward County, Virginia, to Kentucky in 1789. They were sons of James McElroy and his wife, Sarah, natives of Ireland. Hugh McElroy was born in Pennsylvania; married Esther Irvine in Virginia, before coming with his brothers to what […]
from History of Union County, Kentucky, Perrin, 1886 Isaac Higgins and Christina Berethel, January 11, 1815; Henry Green and Nancy Williams, June 1, 1815; John Grimes and Lucy Davis, June 1, 1815; James Lynn and Agnes Ramsey, July 11, 1815; Moses Blazer and Prudence Webb, July 25, 1815; […]
Mercer County Court These are to license and permit you to join together in the Holy State of matrimony William Nourse and Elizabeth Jameson according to the rites and ceremonies of your Church and for so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given under my hand this […]
This history of Marion County, Kentucky, I know very well. In the summer between my senior year of high school and first semester at college I worked at our local public library – in Marion County. Having spent many, many hours there in the previous several years, going […]
from Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V Stith Thompson Noe is the fifth of a family of twelve children born to Alexander K. and Jane B. (Thompson) Noe. Alexander Noe was a native of Lincoln County, Kentucky, born in 1800. He moved to Washington County when about sixteen or […]
This is one of my finds from the Washington County Clerk’s office on the 10th! Samuel McElroy is most likely related to the McElroy family I wrote about on the 11th. Notice that Hugh McElroy is bondsman – quite possibly the elder Hugh McElroy mentioned in the article. […]
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