Will of John Hardin Washington County Will Book A, Pages 4-8 In the name of God, amen. I, John Hardin, of Nelson County and State of Virginia, being in perfect state of health and memory, blessed be God for the same. Do make and ordain this my last […]
Col. John Hardin, born October 1, 1755, killed May 1792 whilst bearing his country’s flag of peace to the Indians, N.W. of the Ohio. My Pioneer History of Washington County, Kentucky, compiled from newspaper articles in the 1930’s from the Springfield newspapers, is such a treasure trove of […]
Know all men by these presents, that we, Barnabas M. Henry and Martin Hardin, are held and firmly bound unto his Excellency, the Governor of Kentucky, in the sum of fifty pounds current money, to the payment of which well and truly to be made to the said […]
Col. John Hardin was an early Kentuckian – came to the state after serving in the Revolutionary War. In April of 1786, according to Collins’ History of Kentucky, he settled on his preemption on Pleasant Run, then in Nelson County, but part of Washington County when it was […]
This will of John Hardin is the first will listed in the Washington County, Kentucky, will books. If you will notice, it was written in 1788, while still a part of Nelson County, Virginia! Kentucky became a state in 1792, and Washington County was formed from Nelson that […]
from Kentucky Biographies – Franklin County Alexander R. McKee, born March 13, 1815, in Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky, was a lawyer by profession, and served as circuit and county clerk for twenty years. In 1854 he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and engaged in the coal business and also […]
This history of Marion County, Kentucky, I know very well. In the summer between my senior year of high school and first semester at college I worked at our local public library – in Marion County. Having spent many, many hours there in the previous several years, going […]
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