From The LeBlond Book by C.T. Courtney Lewis: 103. Crossing the Brook, Le Blond, No. 87. After a painting by Gainsborough. An old man has already crossed the flood–as old men must; the young people await their turn, and a woman is crossing now. The brook is a beautiful one, and the voyagers seem in …
In 2015 I visited Jamestown, Virginia, and was particularly interested in the first inhabitants of the town. I found this list while I was there. At the time I was looking into Samuel Jordan, who is not on this list and turns out to be a later resident of the town, and who also turns …
My husband’s great-grandfather, Frank L. Fay, was a Pennsylvania state senator from 1926 to 1934. In 1929 he was instrumental in pushing through legislation to fund the creation of the Pymatuning dam. The Pymatuning Dam is located on the Shenango River in near the Crawford-Mercer County line in western Pennsylvania, about 17 miles from the …
Here I share some of the terms I’ve learned about throughout my years of research. Adz, adze Sharp-edged wood-cutting tool with an arching blade set at right angles to the handle and curving inward. Logs and beams were shaped with the adze. Auger A tool for boring holes in wood, having a long pointed shank …
My ancestor, Edward Jordan, secured a grant for 654 acres of land along Couches Creek in the newly formed Lunenburg County, Virginia, in 1748. In 1720, Thomas Couch, Sr., received a land grant in Brunswick County (now Lunenburg County, formed in 1746) along what is known today as Couches Creek. Couches Creek Zip code: 23952 …
The Old Jordan Cemetery is located at Triune, Williamson County, Tennessee. Triune is an unincorporated community in eastern Williamson County, Tennessee, approximately halfway between Franklin and Murfreesboro. The community is located along the Wilson Branch of the Harpeth River. The intersection of former local roads State Route 96 (Murfreesboro Road) and the concurrency of U.S. …
A Treasury of Kith and Kin was researched and compiled by genealogy researcher Wilma Vaughan Chunn from 1971 to 1979. In it she covers part of my Jordan line of Virginia and Tennessee. This book appears to be out of print but a copy exists at the Rutherford County Library in Tennessee. A kind relative …
Gibson County in West Tennessee, one of the state’s three “grand divisions,” was created in 1832 from the Chickasaw Indian Cession, and is named in honor of John H. Gibson. My third great-grandfather, William Jordan, lived there from around 1820 until his death in 1863. Located approximately halfway between Nashville and Memphis, Gibson’s county seat …
Many of the ancestors on my father’s side (Smith, Hurt, Lannom, Jordan) were from Tennessee so it’s helpful to be able to consult vintage maps to determine which counties and towns were in existence at a particular time. Here are some of the ones I’ve found for Tennessee.
What’s in bloom in late April? Not all that much in my garden. I’ve got two azaleas in bloom, a bunch of bulbs, and some pansies I just purchased from an unnamed big box store. Oops, there goes my resolution to buy from a local garden center. Of course, my garden is mostly about texture …