From yesterday’s super find I have transcribed the indenture from Azor Rees and his wife Dinah, to Lewis Rose. An indenture is a deed or legal contract executed between two or more parties. In later years the term deed was more commonly used. In this indenture we find […]
Have you ever been deep in genealogy research and found something that almost made you fall out of your chair? Well that happened to me yesterday. Now that Julian is back in school there is a little more time for research outside the home. There were two new […]
What an amazing journey back through time! Thank goodness our ancestors were interested in where they came from, and keeping family history as prized information. Mr. Karl Mitchell Rose started his journey from Ashland, Oregon, on October 25, 1924, and came as far east as Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in […]
I want to share with you today one of my favorite places – the Mercer County Clerk’s Office in Harrodsburg (about ten minutes away from my home – a little more if you are caught by the train)! I could spend hours and hours in here – there […]
John McMurtry wrote his will September 6, 1790, and it was proved in the Mercer County Court in April of 1791. He fought at the Battle of Blue Licks in Kentucky in 1782, and was captured by the Indians and held captive for about a year. In October […]
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