Here is some interesting information concerning a state that did not quite make it -the “State of Franklin”. On to the story… The State of Franklin was an unrecognized proposed…
I recently found a story about one of the first schoolmasters in Kentucky. It can be found in various renditions online. The story, published by Peck and Bliss in 1853,…
Recently I read a historian’s comments about settlers dress and appearance on the frontier. That author indicated that settlers on the frontier shunned native clothing. Maybe the shunning of Native…
I became familiar with the Sluss Massacre several years ago. Recently I found this account that was published in the July 13, 1928 issue of the Southwest Virginia Enterprise in…
During the Revolutionary War, Nancy Ann (Morgan) Hart was living with her family in Georgia’s Broad River Valley. She was a cousin of the Revolutionary War General Daniel Morgan. A…
Several years ago I found an interesting affidavit from June 2, 1847 which reads: “You, Benjamin Wallingford, do solemnly swear that the five scalps now produced are the scalps of…
There are two historic sites near my residence that portray life circa 1800. As a volunteer, I often heard visitors say that “they wished they had lived back then”. Life…
General Joseph Martin Jr. was born to Capt. Joseph and Susannah Martin in 1740. Joseph Sr. left 300 acres to Joseph Jr. at his death in 1762. Nearby neighbors included…
