John Murphy is my 3rd great-grandfather, born in Virginia about 1755, the son of John Murphy and Nancy Jane Ransome. John married Mary Polly Yarbrough July 19, 1796, in Lincoln County, Kentucky. Mary was born 1781 in Halifax County, Virginia, the daughter of Randolph Yarbrough and Mary Bailey. […]
This 1783 marriage bond is beautifully written by Willis Green, Lincoln County Clerk. At that date in Kentucky’s history the entire state was divided into three counties – and Chickasaw lands in the far western part. Think about how many of today’s counties were included in the original […]
James Barbour was a native of Orange County, Virginia, and belonged to an old English family. His father was Ambrose Barbour, a soldier of the Revolution. James’ wife, Letitia, was born in Lincoln County, Kentucky, and was a daughter of Willis Green, the first Clerk of the United […]
Know all men by these presents that we, John Robison and James Johnson, are held and firmly bound unto his Excellency, Benjamin Harrison, Esq., Governor of Virginia, in the sum of fifty pounds current money, to the payment whereof to be made to the said Governor and his […]
Another of the very old marriage bonds from Lincoln County. 1783 – Lincoln had been a county for only three years. In 1790 the census was about 6,500, leaving us to believe it was much less in 1783! Know all men by these presents that we, Isaac Vanmetre […]
In 1779, James Estill was a member of Captain John Holder’s Company which formed a part of the militia of the County of Kentucky, under the command of Colonel John Bowman. Thus, James Estill was engaged in the Indian wars of 1781 and 1782, and was killed in […]
Know all men by these presents that we, John Isaacs and Walker Daniel, are held and firmly bound to his Excellency, the Governor of Virginia, in the sum of fifty pounds current money to the payment whereof to be made to the said Governor and his successors. We […]
James French and Keziah Callaway received their marriage bond on June 19, 1783, in Lincoln County, Virginia – later, Kentucky. At this time, there were three counties – Jefferson, Fayette and Lincoln – of what was once Kentucky County, Virginia. It has been said their wedding was the […]
James Stevens was born in Orange County, Virginia, July 23, 1757, and died September 3, 1832, in Warren County, Kentucky. He was a veteran of the Revolutionary War, enlisted in Orange County, and served in the Second Virginia Regiment. Susannah Haydon, his wife, was born in Virginia, March […]
I do apologize for no post yesterday. Saturday I planned this marriage bond and consent for Sunday, even scanned both. I’m working on a cookbook and because so engrossed Saturday I worked until about 10:00 at night – it was just too late for a blog. Life sometimes […]
Isaiah and Lydia Ross Hill
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Klein Sod House
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