Some say that many family biographies are unreliable, such as those written for the Kentucky – A History of the State volumes – or any biographical works. I believe any biography gives you a starting place. It’s up to you to go to the original records and check […]
from Kentucky – A History of the State, Perrin, 1887 Owen County J. C. Smoot was born in Clinton County, Indiana, February 4, 1835, and is a son of George and Dorothy (Dennis) Smoot. George was born in Owen County, Kentucky, February 8, 1801. He moved to Indiana […]
from Anderson County, Kentucky – Biographies Thomas L. McKee. Mrs. Phoebe McKee, the widow of a Revolutionary soldier, emigrated from Virginia in 1808, settled in Anderson County, then Franklin, located on Salt River, about three miles west of Lawrenceburg, and engaged in farming. She had two sons: John […]
from Metcalfe County, Kentucky – Biographies Squire David C. Smith was born July 9, 1829, on Little Barren River, in Barren (now Metcalfe) County, Kentucky; in 1832 removed with his parents to Indiana; in 1833 returned to Barren County, where he grew to manhood; in 1856 he located […]
from Breckinridge County, Kentucky – Biographies Judge Elijah R. Eskridge was born in Grayson County, Kentucky, September 19, 1813, and is a son of George and Elizabeth (Robinson) Eskridge, natives of Virginia. The Eskridge family originally came from Ireland and settled in Virginia in colonial times, and George […]
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