Yesterday I brought out my old photographs in wood and leather cases, lined with red velvet – photographs taken of several of my 3rd and 4th great-grandparents, and assorted aunts and uncles. I have looked at these photographs many times, but I was determined to learn more about […]
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 […]
Mary Jane Janes, born December 27, 1814, died December 28, 1905. Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Cemetery, Washington County, Kentucky Mary Jane Edwards Janes was one of the younger daughters of Edward Barber Edwards and Nancy Linton. Mary Jane was a baby of two years when she made the trip […]
This tax receipt for Edward Barbour Edwards, my 4th great-grandfather, was saved by my great-grandmother, Frances Barbour Linton, and several others in the family, for 200 years! Grandmother Linton finished her life during the depression, a time in our country’s history when everything was saved to be used […]
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 […]
Edward Barber Edwards, the son of Jonathan Edwards and Sarah Barber, was born in Maryland April 21, 1768. He and his family moved to Loudoun County, Virginia, where he met and married Nancy Linton, daughter of Captain John Hancock Linton and Ann Mason. In 1818 Captain John moved […]
Marriage License – The Commonwealth of Kentucky, to any Minister of the Gospel, or other Person, legally authorized to solemnize Matrimony. You are permitted to solemnize the Rites of Matrimony between between Edward Linton and Catharine Elizabeth Taylor, the requirements of the law having been completed with. Witness […]
Within a time space of less than 24 hours I have just read The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes. What can I say – fascinating, absolutely fascinating! Although published in 2001 – 14 years and much DNA research since then – it gives an account of […]
Family of Edward Edwards Linton and Catherine Elizabeth Taylor Obituaries and Gravestones Edward Edwards Linton and Catherine Elizabeth Taylor are my great-great-grandparents. Edward was the son of William Linton and Eliza Lyon Moran; Catherine was the daughter of John Cotton Taylor and Susan Clark Edwards. Both their families […]
This is the original map of a survey of 200 acres of land in Washington County, Kentucky, for Edward Barber Edwards, my 4th gr-grandfather. Edward was born April 21, 1768, in Maryland, the son of Jonathan Edwards and Sarah Barber. Edward was the eldest son, with seven brothers […]
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