Aquilla Carrico, 1790-1849, was the son of James T. Carrico, Jr. and Joanna Keith. The parents came to Kentucky during the Maryland to Kentucky migration, where James Carrico died in 1815. Aquilla Carrico married Eleanor Peak. The marriage bond dated April 10, 1817, was procured in Nelson County, […]
In February of this year, 2024, I received a comment on Kentucky Kindred Genealogy from Larry Fenwick of Springfield, Kentucky, about my post, Displaced and Broken Stones – St. Rose Cemetery, written November 22, 2012. In the post I included photographs I took at St. Rose Cemetery of […]
An entry from Vol. I, Graves County Kentucky, gives us the following information about Samuel Thomas. His parents moved from Maryland to Kentucky before his birth in 1797. They settled in Washington County, near the church of St. Rose. After marriage Samuel and brother William left for the […]
Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Cemetery, Washington County, Kentucky Every time we visit a cemetery and search for our ancestor’s gravestones, we notice the beautiful array of figures – angels, men, women, children – who adorn some of the markers – as well as what is on the stones themselves […]
I have for you today selected stones from St. Rose Church Cemetery. St. Rose is located slightly southwest of Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky. St. Rose is where my mother was baptized, made her First Holy Communion and married twice. Many of our ancestors are buried there. It’s a […]
from The News-Leader, Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky Thursday, April 7, 1904 Mrs. Martha Champion Waters, an old and respected resident of the community died at her home here in Springfield on Monday from the infirmities of old age. She was 81 years of age and was the widow […]
I thought perhaps the above map would be helpful in finding the location of the following veterans’ graves in Washington County, Kentucky. These are soldiers from the Mexican War to World War II. Jeremiah Akerson, 10-20-1839, 01-01-1922, Peters Cemetery, Mackville William Ash, 10-11-1840, 06-20-1920, Freedom Church, 7 miles […]
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