Today I share with you gravestones of the Ransdell family buried in Providence Cemetery. Solomon Sharp Ransdell was the son of William P. Ransdell and Susan Yates, born April 9, 1863. William and Susan’s marriage bond is dated December 20, 1858. According to vital statistics they were married […]
On the 15th of the month, we discussed Elijah Harlan’s family and his will. Elijah Harlan was the son of James Harlan and Sarah Caldwell, born in Lincoln County in 1792. We will go back a generation to Elijah’s father, James. From History and Genealogy of the Harlan […]
My project for today was to find information on the Old Stone Tavern of Bardstown. As I looked through old newspapers, I found the Old Stone Inn of Harrodsburg. In fact, there were many Stone Taverns in Kentucky at various times in history. What I thought most fascinating […]
I have written many posts about Thomas Allin, early settler of Kentucky and first County Clerk for Mercer County. He is rather like a good friend. I knew he was a participant in the Revolutionary War, but was unaware of the significant role he played during the war […]
George Holloway’s will is interesting since he lists not only the names of his children – including married names for daughters – but he mentions the names of two gentlemen he purchased land from. He must have been very ill when his will was written – it is […]
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Not sure you will get that many today, but the above picture started a search for the Kays, Huffman, Noel, Smith and other entwined families of central Kentucky. In the above picture we have, left to right, Sarah Kays […]
J. B. Sandusky, born November 6, 1844, died April 11, 1911, Maple Grove Cemetery, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Jeremiah B. Sandusky is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery in Nicholasvile, Jessamine County. But that is not where his story begins. He was born in Wayne County November 6, 1844, […]
Birdwhistle is a name long associated with Anderson County. It is loosely translated as where the birds nest. Most of the people with this surname come from Britain. In 1840 100% of people with the last name Birdwhistle lived in Kentucky – quite remarkable! I have found it […]
The Cook gravestone with the names of the twelve children of Strother and Lucy Cook – George W., John S., Mary J., Susan B., Lucy J., Strother M., Sarah T., Allen T., Julia A., Elizabeth M., Emma D. and James S. Cook. Yesterday we talked about the happy […]
Interior Journal, Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky Tuesday, April 24, 1888 The relatives of Rev. Strother Cook, Sr., and wife, “Aunt Lucy,” who attended their golden wedding in Mercer County last Thursday, tell me that the ten children of the aged couple acted as attendants and that the “ceremony” […]
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
Kentucky Kindred Genealogy 