My Old Kentucky Home
Detailed estate records and old wills were recorded in Kentucky counties and filed as probate records. Although some went unindexed, not to worry! I microfilmed these old estate records and indexed them for easy online viewing. Most pioneers in Kentucky were the first Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia residents. Pioneer families followed the old Wilderness […]
Capt. Bullitt and the Indians
In 1773, Capt. Thomas Bullitt, sent by a special commission from William and Mary College in Virginia, came to survey lands and effect settlements in the then territory of Kentucky. His practiced eye perceived the advantages of this port, and he moored his traveling barge in the safe and beautiful harbor of Beargrass and established a camp […]