I'm a retired academic, with a Ph.D. and M.A. in theology from Toronto School of Theology, an M.A. in english from Tulane University, and a B.A. in English from Loyola University, New Orleans. Published work includes Fiat Flux: The Writings of Wilson R. Bachelor, Nineteenth-Century Country Doctor and Philosopher (Fayetteville: Univ. of Arkansas Press, 2013), and (with William L. Russell and Mary Ryan) A Family Practice: The Russell Doctors and the Evolving Business of Medicine, 1799–1989 (Fayetteville: Univ. of Arkansas Press, 2020).
I have now added new material to a posting I made in May 2020 about William Burke Lindsey (1812 – 1867/1870), son of Mark Lindsey and Mary Jane Dinsmore of Wayne County, Kentucky, and Morgan County, Alabama. This new material abstracts documents I copied on my trip in October to the Family History Library in … More William Burke Lindsey (1812 – 1867/1870): Additional Information
I recently opened an account at Mastodon, and am posting a notice about that here since there’s a verification option at Mastodon that allows a new user to verify her/his Mastodon account by posting about it at another account owned by that new user. You’re welcome to link to me at Mastodon, if you wish, … More Recently opened a Mastodon account….
Or, Subtitled: A “Coffy” Mill, Kows, Chears, a Barrel of “Dryed” Apples, and a Large Bible This posting is a continuation of a previous one discussing Thomas Whitlock’s final years in Cumberland County, Kentucky. That posting ended with a transcription of the will Thomas made on 22 January 1824 in Cumberland, County, which was proved … More Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) of Louisa and Wythe Counties, Virginia, and Cumberland County, Kentucky: Cumberland County Estate Documents
Or, Subtitled: “There is after 175 years of farming an air of peace and plenty — good homes, big barns, fat cattle, tall corn and tobacco, set mostly in wide valleys between low hills“ It has been quite some time, hasn’t it, since I told readers following my series of postings about Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – … More Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) of Louisa and Wythe Counties, Virginia, and Cumberland County, Kentucky: Cumberland County Years
A little note to say that I have now added quite a bit of new information to this previous posting about Alexander M. Brooks and his years living in Houston. I’ve abstracted all information I have been able to find about him in Harris County, Texas, deed books from 1842-1884, after which FamilySearch does not … More Alexander Mackey Brooks (1808 – 1899): More New Information
Or, Subtitled: Buying and Selling in Bastrop and Houston, Texas I’ve now added additional information to a previous posting I made in August this year about Alexander Mackey Brooks, focusing on his life after he moved to Texas and settled in Bastrop. On my recent trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, … More Alexander Mackey Brooks (1808 – 1899): Additional Information
Or, Subtitled: Division of Land Among Brooks Heirs from a League Granted to Jonathan D. Morris of the Austin Colony, with a Portion sold to the Eblins Who Sold to Martha Elizabeth Hill Brooks I have just added more information to a previous posting I made this past August about Thomas Jefferson Brooks (1835/8 – … More Thomas Jefferson Brooks (1835/8 – 1862): Additions to Previous Posting
Or, Subtitled: Dim Digital Documents and Louisiana Conveyance Records I’ve now added several new pieces of information to a posting I made in July 2021 about Jacob Hollingsworth, son of Jacob Hollingsworth and Mary Brooks. On my trip some weeks ago to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, I was able to go … More Jacob Hollingsworth (1775 – 1848): Additions to Previous Posting
Or, Subtitled: “The sale bill belonging to this Estate on making final record could not be found supposed never to have been filed” Another previous posting to which I’ve added substantial information I found during my recent research trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City: this posting I made in April 2002 … More Robert Brooks (1780 – 1847): Additions to Previous Posting
Or, Subtitled: Deeds and More Deeds In the work I did recently at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, I went through the deed books of Bastrop and Williamson County, Texas, to fill in gaps in my research on Charles Wesley Brooks, son of James Brooks and Nancy Isbell. As this previous posting … More Charles Wesley Brooks (1829 – 1896): Additions to Previous Posting
BEGATS AND BEQUEATHALS 