1861 Marriage Register of Lincoln County Kentucky – Page 64 August 8, 1861 – Roland Gooch to Almira Dishon, by W. F. Camden at Francis Dishon’s, witnesses M. C. Reynolds and William Dishon. July 28, 1861 – James Vandivire to Amanda Spires, by W. F. Camden, at James […]
Elijah Harlan was the son of James Harlan and Sarah Caldwell, born April 5, 1792, in Lincoln County, Kentucky, and died November 26, 1843, in Boyle County. It is quite probable that Elijah lived on the same land his entire life. At one time Lincoln was one of […]
To add to information shared on the 18th of the month, I found the following article in the Stanford newspaper. This history of the land and home of Moses Sweeney is very interesting and detailed. As the family were buried in the field beside their house, typical of […]
With a search in newspapers for ‘pioneer family’ I found the following article on families from Lincoln and Garrard Counties. Mr. Harry W. Mills, who wrote this article, and others in subsequent weeks, gives an interesting introduction of his beginning for the search for his Logan family. This […]
The first will in the Bullitt County Will Book A is not that of a resident of the county. Instead, it is a copy of the will of Jacob Myers of Lincoln County. This will was written October 1, 1796, and probated in Lincoln County November 8, 1802. […]
Alex Dudderar, 1859-1910. Elizabeth, his wife, 1866-1925. Buffalo Springs Cemetery, Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky. A beautiful memorial stone stands in Buffalo Springs Cemetery in Stanford, Lincoln County, remembering Alexander Dudderar. Born January 27, 1859, to William Huff and Cynthia A. Dudderar, he was the eldest child and brother […]
Jubal Wray and Catharine Mosby fell in love and wanted to marry. Catherine was an orphan, Edward Worthington was her guardian, and he readily gave his consent. The consent was signed May 25, 1819, and the marriage bond was dated June 23, 1819. Major Thomas Allin, Clerk of […]
Most of the inhabitants of the small town of Ottenheim, in Lincoln County, came from Germany and Switzerland in the 1860’s. A Mr. John Foos, of this same community, came from Luxembourg. There was little information to find on this gentleman. John Foos, bon March 8, 1850, died […]
Many interesting items in this marriage bond. Benjamin Harrison, Governor of Virginia, is named, and it also calls him the ‘High Magistrate’ of Virginia. This was the first time for me to see that. Thomas and Elizabeth are ‘both of this Parish’. Did they mean Lincoln County? It […]
Know all men by these presents that we, John Kirkland and William Talley, are held and firmly bound unto Benjamin Harrison, Esq., Governor or Chief Magistrate of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the sum of fifty pounds Virginia currency, to be paid to the said Benjamin Harrison and […]
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