Kentucky Revolutionary War Soldiers – Happy Independence Day!
Just a few gravestones photos of Revolutionary War veterans I’ve taken over the years. We have these men to thank for our freedom! Happy 4th!
A Legacy: From Loudoun County, Virginia to Washington County, Kentucky – Part 1
I found this in my older files dated February 22, 2010. Fourteen years ago – written a year before I started my blog, Kentucky Kindred. Thought I would share with you. I suppose that in everyone’s life there comes a time when we begin to think about the […]
Correspondence of Hugh Walter Linton and Frances Barber Linton Montgomery
Over the years I have shared many of the letters of Hugh Linton and Frances Linton Montgomery, my great-grandmother. In looking through my treasures I found the last letter written by Hugh, dated February 8, 1945. This was also the first and only letter handwritten – usually Hugh typed his […]
Indenture Between John and Ann Linton and William Moran – Washington County
Yesterday I attempted to file some of my original deeds, wills, etc., and came across this indenture between John and Ann Linton and William Moran. I thought this might be interesting for you. The John and Nancy Linton mentioned in this Washington County, Kentucky, indenture, are my 4th and […]
1763 Indenture Between John Ballendine and Wife Mary to John Tayloe and Presley Thornton – Prince William County, Virginia
Early Virginia deeds were quite long and elaborate. There is mention of who owned the land, how he purchased it. Wills are quoted during these long passages, giving information that may be found nowhere else. Especially in a county such as Prince William, where many of the early […]
Will of Timothy Peyton and Marriages of His Children – Bourbon County
This is a very interesting will. Although written in Prince William County, Virginia, September 5, 1782, Timothy Peyton had moved his family to Bourbon County, Virginia (which ten years later became a county of Kentucky). Timothy died in 1787, since in November of that year notice was sent […]
An Act of the General Assembly of Kentucky Passed February 8, 1815
Many times I have mentioned the Washington County newspaper articles written by Orval W. Baylor and complies into the book Pioneer History of Washington County, Kentucky. Most of these articles were written in the 1930’s. The Washington county clerk probably kept more very important little pieces of paper […]
1729 Indenture between Anne Linton and Son John Linton – Stafford County, Virginia
May I humbly say this is one of the documents every genealogist would love to find – and I am so glad I did! It wasn’t easy. Located online the University of Publications of America’s website (this was in 1999) I found the Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, […]
Members of the Linton Family Buried in Valley Cemetery – Spencer County
Little do we know where we will find extended family members. My Linton family moved from Loudoun County, Virginia, to Washington County, Kentucky, 1800-1818. At first, according to my great-grandmother’s writings, they all moved in one large caravan. Further research has shown that Captain John Hancock Linton, wife […]
1811 Will of George Gray Tyler – Prince William County Virginia
George Gray Tyler, son of William Tyler, of Prince William County, Virginia, was a brother to the Sarah Tyler that married John Augustine Linton in the same county. John Augustine Linton was a cousin to my Captain John Hancock Linton. Captain John was a grandson of John Linton […]
