It’s not a historical period I’m particularly interested in, but I was drawn into a listening to an account of King Charles II’s escape in the 1600s (see Video). An interesting phrase jarred me out of my lull. At minute 24:33 the narrator says “After around a fortnight…” To my …
Elizabeth (Talley) Pryor, wife of Allen L. Pryor was not included in my book Pryor Wives. I dug in to find out more about her Talley family and her Pryor household in Sumner County, Tennessee. My article about Elizabeth is in this month’s Tennessee Genealogical Society‘s Ansearchin’ News.
I submitted the transcription of a letter from Avery M. Keesee to his Austin L. Green. I first encountered Austin while working on the Pryors in Tennessee. He is connected by his marriage with Emily (Ligett) Pryor in 1850 in Roane County, Tennessee. The letter discusses politics, society, and family …
The past few weeks my genealogical research has led to the western frontier of America during the Revolution and just afterwards. I’ve been looking at the area around Louisville, Kentucky. Working through records means keeping an eye on maps because it was a rapidly changing area, In the 1770s white …
I am happy to announce the publication of my article “Becoming Holsey: The South Carolina Origins of the Holsey Family of Baltimore.” The story of the Holsey family is interwound with the major historical events of the 19th and 20th Centuries. The story starts with enslavement decades before the Civil …
