May Day Le Blond No. 85 Date: 1850–1870 Size: 6 3/4″ × 5 1/4″ A lively May Day village scene unfolds near the smithy and the Swan Inn. From The LeBlond Book by C. T. Courtney Lewis, 1920, page 94 On the right we see the business premises of ‘Mr. J. Armstrong, Smith and Farrier,’…
Learning to Ride Le Blond No. 104 Date: 1850–1870 Size: 6 3/4″ × 5 1/4″ A young boy learns to ride a goat while members of his family look on. From The LeBlond Book by C. T. Courtney Lewis, 1920 115. Learning to Ride. Le Blond, No. 104. Grandpa, leaning on his stick, is standing…
Grandfather’s Pipe Le Blond No. 99 Date: 1850–1870 Size: 6 3/4″ × 5 1/4″ Children mischievously experiment with grandfather’s pipes while he is away. From The LeBlond Book by C. T. Courtney Lewis, 1920, page 98 Six children and a dog are in the kitchen, but grandpa and all other evidence of control are absent….
Crossing the Brook Le Blond No. 87 Date: 1850–1870 Size: 6 3/4″ × 5 1/4″ Travelers make their way across a peaceful brook in a tranquil country landscape. From The LeBlond Book by C. T. Courtney Lewis, 1920 103. Crossing the Brook, Le Blond, No. 87. After a painting by Gainsborough. An old man has…
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…
