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).
The following posting contains new notes or emendations or corrections I’ve added to several previous postings about Dennis Lindsey (1794 – 1836), son of Mark Lindsey and Mary Jane Dinsmore. These additions, emendations, and corrections are based on material I gathered during my October trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, and … More Dennis Lindsey (1794 – 1836): Additional Information
I have continued adding new material to previous postings here, material I found on my visit in October to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, and also material I obtained digitally from the Lawrence County, Alabama, archives following that visit. Here’s a summary of new items I’ve added to previous postings in the … More Additions to Multiple Postings: Jane Brooks Lindsey, Mark Lindsey, Thomas R. Brooks, David Dinsmore Lindsey, Nancy Lindsey Morris
In the past two days, I’ve added new material (notes, and in some cases, documents) to a number of previous postings here. I wanted to alert readers who may have read those postings previously to the revisions and additions I’ve made to these previous postings:
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
BEGATS AND BEQUEATHALS 