My wonderful History of Muhlenberg County by Otto A. Rothert gives so much information on this interesting county. Today we will discuss the Lovell family of the Pond River country, a series of lakes, rivers and streams that are enjoyed today as in the past. Many of the […]
#1105 – Berry T. Mathis to Ann E. Allen, married solemnized December 9, 1854, at the clerk’s office by Right Rev. John Walker in the presence of Mr. Jones, W. P. Hancock, A. H. Williams, F. B. Hancock and Thomas J. Jones. B. J. Mathis born in Sumner […]
H. H. Haviland, 1849-1927. Sarah P. Haviland, 1849-1918. Evergreen Cemetery, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. In the old Evergreen Cemetery in the town of Greenville, Muhlenberg County, is the gravestone for Hugh H. Haviland and his wife, Sarah P. Drake Haviland. Hugh’s death certificate lists his date of birth […]
It was quite a surprise to find nothing about John Byrd in my History of Muhlenberg County. Evidently he didn’t live there long enough to become a part of the early history. His birth was about 1778, making him a young man of thirty at his death. In […]
From Otto A. Rothert’s A History of Muhlenberg County, printed in 1913, we find the following description of Old Liberty Church and Cemetery: Old Liberty is now a ruin – four tottering log walls, each about twenty-five feet long, enclosing a sunken floor and a caved-in roof, mingled […]
Among the early citizens of the Old Liberty area of Muhlenberg County was the Martin family. Mrs. Susannah Walker Martin, widow of Thomas Martin of Virginia, a Revolutionary War soldier, moved her family to the county in 1805. Her three daughters, Betsy, Mary and Nancy, soon married and […]
550 – Joseph McLaughlin to Mahala Vandiver, marriage solemnized on the 28th day of May 1847, by the Reverend Paran Cardwell. Returned 14th February 1848. 551 – George W. Terry to Nancy A. P. Shelton, marriage solemnized on the 21st day of December 1847 by the Reverend James […]
From A History of Muhlenberg County by Otto A. Rothert Francis M. Finley, a Federal soldier, and Thomas M. Finley, a Confederate soldier, were brothers, members of one of the dozen or more families in Muhlenberg County that were represented in both armies. They were born in the […]
According to his death certificate, John L. G. Thompson was born in Ohio, verified by every census in which he appears. Unfortunately, his death certificate lists ‘unknown’ for both father and mother, and he was not listed with parents in any census records, just with his family after […]
Mary Jane Willoughby, September 15, 1866 – April 25, 1946. Married Grafton Willoughby in 1887. Brother, James H. Bracken, died on the Titanic, 1912. Crescent Hill (Old Company) Cemetery, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Ritchey and I visited Crescent Hill (Old Company) Cemetery in October of 2017. The cemetery was […]
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 