Month: August 2026

Margaret Dinsmore (1747-1806?) and Son John Dinsmore (1774-1858): Wayne County, Kentucky, Land Grant Records — Additional Information

August 26, 2026

Or, Subtitled: “Agreebly to an act of aſsembly for Settling and improving the Vacant lands of this Commonwealth” The information I’m posting below supplements and expands on a previous discussion of the Kentucky land grant that John Dinsmore received after the Dinsmore family moved in 1800 from Spartanburg County, South Carolina, to Wayne County, Kentucky. … More Margaret Dinsmore (1747-1806?) and Son John Dinsmore (1774-1858): Wayne County, Kentucky, Land Grant Records — Additional Information

Thomas Brooks (1775-1838) of Wythe County, Virginia, Wayne County, Kentucky, and Morgan County, Alabama: Chronology of Initial Land Transactions in Kentucky

August 25, 2026

Or, Subtitled: “Know all men by these presents that I John Caperton of Franklin County west Tenneſsee — do make ordain and appoint my trusty friend Thomas Brooks of Wayne County state of Kentucky” As a previous posting notes, at some point between 19 February 1797, when their oldest child Jane was born in Virginia, … More Thomas Brooks (1775-1838) of Wythe County, Virginia, Wayne County, Kentucky, and Morgan County, Alabama: Chronology of Initial Land Transactions in Kentucky

Mark Lindsey (1774-1848): The 100-Acre Land Grant in Wayne County, Kentucky — New Information

August 23, 2026

Or, Subtitled: “Lying and being in Wayne County on the Southwest Side of Bever Creek” In a previous posting here, I discuss the migration of Mark Lindsey, son of Dennis Lindsey (abt. 1755 – 1795) of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, to Wayne County, Kentucky, in 1800. As the posting I’ve just linked indicates, in 1800, … More Mark Lindsey (1774-1848): The 100-Acre Land Grant in Wayne County, Kentucky — New Information

Griffith James (bef. 1725? – 1795) of Washington County, Maryland, and Pendleton District, South Carolina: Unresolved Questions re: Origins

August 1, 2026

Or, Subtitled: “Thomas Leonard, second son of Robert Leonard, married Hannah James, of Maryland, who tradition says was a cousin of Anthony Wayne” In my initial posting starting my series about Griffith James (bef. 1725? – 1795) of Washington County, Maryland, and Pendleton District, South Carolina, I alluded to some things I had previously thought … More Griffith James (bef. 1725? – 1795) of Washington County, Maryland, and Pendleton District, South Carolina: Unresolved Questions re: Origins