The 12 of November 1803. Sir, Please to grant Cornelius C. Vanarsdall license to marry my daughter, Catherine, as I have no objection from me. Peter Huff. To Thomas Allin Clerk of Mercer County. Abraham Huff, Francis Waldrin. Cornelius C. Vanarsdall is the son of Cornelius A. Vanarsdall […]
James Downey, Sr., was evidently a resident of Mercer County, but in the area that would be Anderson County in 1827, when the county was formed. Marriage records from Mercer County confirm the marriage of his children. William Morris married Martha Downey October 15, 1804. James Downey, Jr., […]
Captain Lewis Rose, born October 11, 1749, and died February 20, 1829, left a will naming several children. He married first Barbara Thair, and, secondly, Mary Todd Hutton McMurtry, her first husband being Captain John McMurtry. At the Historical Society in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, there are filing cabinets […]
Captain Lewis Rose was in Mercer County, Kentucky, by 1780 – one of the earliest pioneers. The captain’s first wife was Barbara Trayer, and after her death he married Mary McMurtry, widow of his friend John McMurtry. In his will he leaves bequests to his wife, Mary, sons […]
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