My husband Ritchey has some of the most interesting genealogy I’ve found. All my lines are from England, Ireland and Scotland, with perhaps a dash of French added in. Ritchey’s ancestry include names like Jungbluth, Becker, Weimer, Klein, Laute, Hertz, Leuenberger, Probst, Heydt, Rupperts, Leser, Streich and Kayser, […]
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church is located at 125 Howardstown Road, Hodgenville, Kentucky. It was established in 1852 and is located near the Nelson County line. The LaRue County Herald News, Hodgenville, Kentucky October 24, 1907 The Courier Journal, Louisville, Kentucky August 21, 1907 The LaRue County Herald News, […]
Today we visit Nelson County to talk of property of John Speak. John Speak, born February 2, 1785, in Charles County, Maryland, came to Kentucky with his father Urban Speak, to Pottingers Creek, with approximately 25 Maryland families, to begin their life in Kentucky. John was a young […]
While looking through gravestones photos taken at Chestnut Oak Cemetery in Lyon County, Kentucky, I found the beautiful stone placed there for Ollie B. Chandler. Ollie was one of the many brave young men who gave their lives during World War I. In 1900 we find the Chandler […]
Today I share with you a monumental will – very likely the longest I have typed – containing over 3,400 words. The will was written by Thomas Kennedy, born September 11, 1757, in North Carolina and died June 19, 1836, in the Paint Lick area in Garrard County, […]
My post from yesterday introduced you to my 2nd great-grandparents William Coulter and Emeline White. William served during the Civil War, was injured, taken prisoner and confined at Andersonville Prison, released and returned to active duty in April just days before the end of the war, was sailing […]
My 2nd great-grandparents, Emeline White and William Coulter, married April 26, 1851, in Washington County, Kentucky. William was the son of Mark Coulter and Nancy Taylor; Emeline the daughter of Samuel Riley White and Martha Lewis. In the ten years of marriage they enjoyed together before the war […]
My Montgomery ancestors were some of the first to settle on Cartwrights Creek in Washington County, Kentucky. Charles Montgomery brought his wife, Mary Ann Elder, and their children to Kentucky about 1795. Five were born in Charles County, Maryland – John Henry, Samuel Louis, Anne Frances, Benedict Elder […]
Today I found a very interesting deed from my 5th great-grandfather, Benjamin Mason of Loudoun County, Virginia, to John Randolph of Prince William County. Benjamin Mason was born in 1724 in Stafford County. It is imperative to know the formation of counties when looking back through older records […]
I have long searched for my Mason ancestors in northern Virginia. Benjamin Mason, 1724-1795, my 5th great-grandfather, is supposed to be the son of George Mason, as mentioned in a deed dated January 12, 1771, when Sarah Foster of Prince William County, Virginia, sold Benjamin Mason, ‘the son […]
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