How many of you have fantasized about one area of your genealogy research? Something that seems unattainable, but would give so much information for your family tree? I have always felt drawn to the Linton family cemetery, located on North Hwy 555 just outside the small town of […]
You die twice – once when the breath leaves the body, and the second time when your name isn’t spoken any more. My daughter brought this quote to my attention this weekend. In my search on the internet I could only find reference to the movie Stand Up […]
‘Received of John L. Edwards the amount of my account against Edward Edwards except nine dollars 25 cents for which he has given me his note March 27, 1824. C Rice’ This is another of the precious little pieces of paper saved by my great-grandmother Frances Barber Linton […]
Such a simple piece of browned paper, but one so very important to me. This is a receipt given to my fourth great-grandfather, Edward Barber Edwards, by Elias Davison, after paying the amount due on his account. Elias Davison was on the list of Springfield town lot owners […]
Today I have an original 1819 tax receipt for Edward Barbour Edwards to share with you. Edward was my fourth great-grandfather, the eldest son of Jonathan Edwards and Sarah Barber, born in Maryland, April 21, 1768. The family moved to Loudoun County, Virginia, where Edward sold purchased from […]
Edward Barber Edwards is my 4th gr-grandfather, born in Maryland April 21, 1768, the eldest son of Jonathan Edwards and Sarah Barber. He married Nancy Linton, daughter of Captain John Linton and Ann Mason. Edward’s sons are mentioned in his will, but not his daughters. They were Susan […]
Mary Jane Edwards was born 198 years ago – December 27, 1814 – in Maryland. Mary Jane was the daughter of Edward Barber Edwards and Nancy Linton. She married James Kaleb Janes May 29, 1832, in Washington County, Kentucky. Mary Jane and Kaleb did not have children of […]
I have another of my treasures to share with you today. This is an old tax receipt for 1825, given to me by my great-aunt, Lillie Montgomery Goodrich. Ann Edwards was my 4th great-grandmother, at this point in her life the widow of Edward Barber Edwards who died […]
Catherine Elizabeth Taylor Linton Strong-Willed, Long Lived Catherine Elizabeth Taylor Linton, my great-great-grandmother, was a woman who lived through exciting times of history. She was a woman with grit and fortitude, carrying on when life often handed her lemons. Catherine was the daughter of John Cotton Taylor and […]
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