Perrin’s Kentucky – A History of the State, 1885 Ballard County Biographical Sketches L. M. Davis, farmer, was born June 1, 1830, in Rutherford County, Tennessee, and is the third of eight children (three boys and five girls) born to Eaton and Deborah (Moore) Davis, natives of Grandville […]
John L. Edwards and Mildred L. Linton The two photographs are in a little red velvet lined double case, a little larger than the others I have – 3 1/2 X 4 inches. I took the delicate pieces of glass out of the container to scan. The photos […]
My mother’s parents on their wedding day, November 24, 1920. Mary Alice Montgomery became the bride of Joseph Rueben Carrico. Following is the article from The Springfield Sun, the local newspaper (I can’t believe they married at 5:30 a.m.! Perhaps the morning train was very early?) and the […]
Washington County, Kentucky – 1860 Census Page 11 – Springfield 68 – Hayden, Charles F. 38 M KY Sarah E. 32 F KY James B. 15 M KY Susan F. 13 F KY George P. 11 M KY Martha E. 9 F KY Sarah J. 7 F KY […]
William Linton William Linton is one of the younger sons of Captain John Linton and Ann Nancy Mason. He is also my great-great-great-grandfather. William married Eliza Lyon Moran April 5, 1817, in Washington County, Kentucky. Since Captain John and most of the family didn’t come to Kentucky until […]
Isaiah Hill and Lucy Murphy were married 184 years ago in Garrard County, Kentucky – July 1827. The actual date is not to be found. The marriage bond at the courthouse is not in the individual sleeve like the others. It is unsure if it has been misfiled […]
From my great-grandmother Frances Barber Linton Montgomery’s notes: “This is one of the homes built by Captain John Linton. One of his sons was married in the log room, which is still part of the house. At the death of Aunt Mary Janes the other heirs’ interest was […]
Note by Phyllis Brown: This indenture is important since it lists all the children of William and Eliza Lyon Moran Linton, and the husbands of the two married daughters. William and Eliza are my great-great-great-grandparents. I am descended through their son Edward Linton. William is the son of […]
Note by Phyllis Brown: William Linton Lewis was the son of William Joseph Lewis and Catherine Jennings Linton. Catherine was the sister of Captain John Linton. I’m not sure who Nicholas L. Lewis is. I’m sure he is a relative, but more than that I cannot say. The […]
Obituary taken from “The Springfield Sun” Washington County, Kentucky Funeral services will be held at St. Dominic’s Catholic Church in this city at 9 o’clock Friday morning for Mrs. Mattie McIlvoy Walker, with interment in the church cemetery. Mrs. Walker died at 4:45 Wednesday morning [13 Dec 1939] […]
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