William Y. Davis was born 200 years ago – December 22, 1812 – in Nelson County, Kentucky. William was the son of Amos Davis and Nancy Neale. He married Rachel Booker in 1838 in Washington County, Kentucky. William and Rachel had 4 children: Ann, Mary, Sarah and William […]
Ann Nancy Pead and Moses Linton were married 212 years ago – December 17, 1800 – in Orange County, Virginia. Moses was the son of Captain John Hancock Linton and Ann Nancy Mason. Moses and Ann moved to Nelson County, Kentucky, where they raised a family of 5 […]
Susanna Rebecca Lewis and Rudolphus Buche Greathouse were married 187 years ago – December 15, 1825 – probably in Nelson County, Kentucky. Susanna was the daughter of John Lewis and Hannah (Honnaka) Eskridge Lewis. Rudolphus was the son of Harmon Greathouse III and Marcia Buche. I have no […]
from The News-Leader, Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky Thursday, August 25, 1904 Death of Mrs. Nichols Mrs. Elizabeth Browne Nichols, formerly of this county, died at the home of her son Dr. Thomas Nichols, near Bardstown, on last Friday night after an illness of several weeks’ duration. The deceased […]
Rebecca Duncan was born 233 years ago – November 29, 1779 – in Virginia. Rebecca was the daughter of Henry R. Duncan and Mildred Boyle; and the granddaughter of Henry Duncan and a Miss Read, and William Boyle and Mary Burton. Rebecca married Thomas Williams in Nelson County, Kentucky, […]
Margaret Willett and John L. Kennedy were married 164 years ago – November 9, 1848 – in Nelson County, Kentucky. Margaret was the daughter of George W. S. Willett and Nancy Hancock. John and Margaret were married less than a year before he died. She married Moses F. […]
from Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V Andrew Briggs was born September 20, 1853. His father, Thomas H. Briggs, was born in Nelson County, September 10, 1823. His wife was Miss Elizabeth McMakin. Their family consisted of four sons: Peyton, Andrew, John and Alexander; and one daughter, Katie. […]
Ann Montgomery Lewis was born 191 years ago – October 9, 1821 – in Nelson County, Kentucky. Ann was the daughter of Searles and Harriet Lewis. She married Charles Davis in 1843. Charles and Ann had at least 2 children: Searles Lewis and Mary Davis.
from Marion County, Kentucky – Biographies Robert B. Lancaster, farmer and distiller, was born in 1835, and is a son of Benjamin Lancaster and grandson of John Lancaster, who came from Charles County, Maryland, to Kentucky, settling near the present village of Loretto, Marion County. John Lancaster had […]
Caty Linton Mason and Anthony Thomson were married 209 years ago – September 15, 1803 – in Nelson County, Kentucky. Caty was the youngest daughter of Benjamin Mason and Elizabeth Berkeley, of Loudoun County, Virginia. After the death of her parents she came to Kentucky with her brothers […]
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