Gravestones from Perryville Cemetery – Boyle County
Perryville Cemetery is located at the junction of US68 and US150 in Boyle County, Kentucky.
Aquilla Carrico, wife Eleanor Peak, and Family – Washington County
Aquilla Carrico, 1790-1849, was the son of James T. Carrico, Jr. and Joanna Keith. The parents came to Kentucky during the Maryland to Kentucky migration, where James Carrico died in 1815. Aquilla Carrico married Eleanor Peak. The marriage bond dated April 10, 1817, was procured in Nelson County, […]
Nelson County Kentucky Tax Lists – 1803
A census of all persons living in the states were taken every ten years, beginning in 1790. Through 1840, the census recorded only the names of head of household. The number of children of various ages were giving in numbers – i.e. 2 females under the age of […]
Gammon Family of Greenup County
Today we visit Greenup County, Kentucky, in particular Mt. Zion Cemetery. When Ritchey and I took our trip back to Kentucky two years ago we took Highway 23 from Portsmouth on the Ohio side of the river into Fullerton, Kentucky, a small town of less than 2,500 people. […]
Maggard Cemetery – Letcher County
Ritchey and I visited Maggard Cemetery in Letcher County, Kentucky, March 24, 2023. As with many cemeteries in eastern Kentucky we were in the hills as one would say. Beautiful country!
Will of Margaret Ann Taylor Hennessey – Washington County
Margaret Ann Taylor Hennessey was born Washington County, Kentucky, June 8, 1836, the daughter of John Compton Taylor and Susan Clark Edwards. She never knew her mother since Susan died in December of the same year. Margaret was the youngest of four siblings which in addition to herself […]
Ward Family – Depositions Taken February 8, 1777 – Charles County, Maryland
A comment about the 1777 Will of Augustine Ward, posted earlier this month gave a link to the following pages from the court records of Charles County, Maryland dated February 8, 1777. Evidently there was a reason for depositions concerning the land that Augustine Ward, my sixth great-grandfather, […]
Indenture from Cornelius Carrico to Edward Carrico – Washington County
Today I share an indenture between my 4th great-grandfather, Cornelius Carrico, to his son, Edward Carrico, my 3rd great-grandfather. An indenture is a type of deed which involves a contract or agreement between two or more parties. I believe the reason for this indenture was to assure that […]
Beaumont Family of England, Canada, Montgomery County, Tennessee and Hopkins County, Kentucky
My goal is to write about each and every county in Kentucky. Recently I realized I have missed Hopkins County in western Kentucky. Ritchey and I visited Hopkins County in April 2023 during our month-long trip home. We visited Odd Fellows Cemetery, in the county seat of Madisonville, […]
Rev. Thomas S. Major – Son, Civil War Soldier, Priest – Franklin County
Rev. Thomas S. Major, born July 13, 1844, ordained priest November 14, 1875, appointed pastor Good Shepherd church August 1895, died August 22, 1911. Requiescat in Pace. A member of John Morgan’s Command. C.S.A. An interesting note for Civil War buffs is the story told by Rev. Thomas […]
