One of the most exciting events during my 50 years of genealogy happened during our trip to Kentucky at the end of May. Billy Wilkerson from the Simpson County Historical Society brought his ground penetrating radar machine to the small Linton family cemetery just outside of Springfield, Washington […]
I have the most exciting news for everyone, but especially descendants of Captain John Hancock Linton and William Moran! A gentleman will be coming to the cemetery to use ground penetrating radar to give us an idea of how many people are actually buried in this small family […]
Early Virginia deeds were quite long and elaborate. There is mention of who owned the land, how he purchased it. Wills are quoted during these long passages, giving information that may be found nowhere else. Especially in a county such as Prince William, where many of the early […]
Edward Edwards Linton and Catherine Elizabeth Taylor are my great-great-grandparents. Edward was the son of William Linton and Eliza Lyon Moran, born August 13, 1824, Washington County, died September 5, 1886, in Marion County. Catherine was the daughter of John Compton Taylor and Susan Clark Edwards, born January […]
Luke Barber/Barbier is my 9th great-grandfather. He was born in 1615 in Yorkshire, England. He was a surgeon, a member of the Cromwell Court. He immigrated on the Gold Fortune in 1654, bringing his wife, Elizabeth Young, children Luke, Edward, Thomas, Elizabeth and Mary. It is possible the […]
This is one of those cases when you come upon something very interesting while looking for something else, and pause to write about what’s in front of you. Case in point the article about the Golden Wedding Anniversary of George Mock and Kate Noe, both originally of Washington […]
Many times I have mentioned the Washington County newspaper articles written by Orval W. Baylor and complies into the book Pioneer History of Washington County, Kentucky. Most of these articles were written in the 1930’s. The Washington county clerk probably kept more very important little pieces of paper […]
In memory of John Linton who departed this life December 4th 1836, in the 86th year of his age. Linton Family Graveyard, Washington County, Kentucky. John Linton was a captain of the Loudoun County Militia of Virginia during the Revolutionary War, my fourth and fifth great-grandfather since I […]
Today I came across another gem saved by my great-grandmother, Frances Barber Linton Montgomery. It is an original bill of Moses Lewis Linton from Washington County, Kentucky, 1842. It seems to be from a court case, but there is such little information I can not be certain. In […]
This clipping from an old newspaper has been kept by my family for seventy-seven years. The notice of my great-great-grandmother’s death, Catherine Taylor Linton (the newspaper spelled it with a ‘K’), is the reason it still survives. Catherine Elizabeth Taylor was the daughter of John Compton Taylor and […]
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