Today, April 20, 2026, Kentucky Kindred Genealogy is 15 years old! When I started writing about genealogy and my findings, I thought no one would read it! But to my surprise you do! I have met so many wonderful people, and many of you have become good friends! […]
We, the descendants of our pioneer ancestors, can only imagine what they went through to move to Kentucky in the early years – some even before it was a state. This article, written in 1888, is an excellent source for one of the earliest groups to visit our […]
The third installment of the original members of New Providence Presbyterian Church, Mercer County, Kentucky, who were born before 1800 – and there are quite a few – we’ve only scratched the surface! The previous installments can be viewed – Volume 1 and Volume 2 and Volume 3. Priscilla, […]
Reproduction of Fort Harrod I feel very fortunate to live in a small Kentucky town known as the “Birthplace of the West”. Harrodsburg was the only colonial city, and first permanent settlement, west of the Allegheny and Appalachian Mountains. Broadway Street has the distinction of being the oldest […]
I was drawn to this deed originally because it mentions a John Edwards receiving 3002 acres of land as part of a treasury warrnat in what was at that time Lincoln County, Virginia, later to be Lincoln County, Kentucky. My Edwards moved to Kentucky in the early days […]
James McAfee, an Irish immigrant, was an early settler in Mercer County, Kentucky (at that time Lincoln County, Virginia!) arriving from Botetourt County, Virginia, in 1784, along with two of his brothers and his mother. Agnes Clark, his wife, was also born in Ireland. She died in Mercer […]
Forsythe Bible Records Mercer County, Kentucky Matthew Forsythe of South Carolina was born March 10th 1769. Jane McAfee Forsythe, daughter of Robert and Anne McCoun McAfee, was born July 26th, 1769. Robert Forsythe was born February 22nd, 1793, and married Cuzzie (Keziah) Cardwell, February 21, 1823. Andrew Forsythe […]
New Providence Church Cemetery Mercer County, Kentucky McAfee, Ann, January 11, 1777 – April 7, 1851, consort of Colonel George McAfee McAfee, Ann E., August 10, 1814 – October 5, 1898 McAfee, Betty Lillard, December 22, 1831 – November 3, 1858, 2nd wife of James J. McAfee, daughter […]
Information about Mercer County Kentucky Revolutionary War soldiers from the Mercer County Court Order Books. Order Book 1818-1823 p. 59 – On motion of William Cowan, guardian to the heirs of Ebenezer Blackston, deceased, late a private soldier of the 19th Regiment of U.S. Infantry, who died in […]
from Mercer County, Kentucky – Biographies General Robert B. McAfee was born in the district of Kentucky, at his present residence on Salt River, in February 1784. His ancestors came to Kentucky, and settled at this place, in the fall of 1779. Robert McAfee, the father of General […]
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