Tag: ancestry

Thomas Leonard (1752-1832), Son of Robert Leonard and Honor Pritchard: Lincoln County, Tennessee, Years (1808-1832)

May 2, 2026

Or, Subtitled: “My will and desire is that my wife Hannah, Leonard, Shall remain quietly in peaceable poſseſsion, of the room, commonly called hers, during her natural life” This posting continues (and concludes) my documentation of the life of Thomas Leonard (1752-1832), son of Robert Leonard and Honor Pritchard. This series began with an account … More Thomas Leonard (1752-1832), Son of Robert Leonard and Honor Pritchard: Lincoln County, Tennessee, Years (1808-1832)

Thomas Leonard (1752-1832), Son of Robert Leonard and Honor Pritchard: South Carolina Years (1786-1808)

April 24, 2026

Or, Subtitled: “The family came in a cart whose wheels were sections of a big tree sawn out thicker in the center than on the edge” This posting continues a thread discussing records that document the life of Thomas Leonard (1752-1832), son of Robert Leonard and Honor Pritchard. The previous posting in the thread documents … More Thomas Leonard (1752-1832), Son of Robert Leonard and Honor Pritchard: South Carolina Years (1786-1808)

Thomas Lewis Leonard (1781-1870) and Sarah M. Lauderdale (1785/6 – abt. 1866): Children — Aletha, Hannah, Milbury, Cynthia, Matilda, Maria, Minerva, Alfred, Thomas, Martha, Sarah, and Mahala

April 4, 2026

Or, Subtitled: “Thus ends the children of Thomas and Sally Leonard” Here’s a brief summary of information about the ten daughters and two sons of Thomas Lewis Leonard and Sarah M. Lauderdale (for the continuation of this posting, please click the numeral 2 below):

Thomas Lewis Leonard (1781-1870), Son of Thomas Leonard and Hannah James: Nacogdoches and Cherokee County, Texas, Years, 1839-1870

March 28, 2026

Or, Subtitled: “Situated in Cherokee County on the waters of the River Neches north of the San Antonio Road and about 6½ miles SE from Rusk” So on to Texas, the final destination in the life journey of Thomas Lewis Leonard and wife Sarah Lauderdale: as the previous posting shows, on 6 May 1839 Thomas … More Thomas Lewis Leonard (1781-1870), Son of Thomas Leonard and Hannah James: Nacogdoches and Cherokee County, Texas, Years, 1839-1870

Aletha R. Leonard (abt. 1803 – abt. 1845), Wife of James G. Birdwell

February 5, 2026

Or, Subtitled: “That James Birdwell and Lethe Birdwell his wife have both departed this life” With my last posting about James Lauderdale (abt. 1707 – 1796/7), I’ve drawn to a close, for now at least, my series of postings on my Lauderdale family line. With this posting, I’m inaugurating a new series about another of … More Aletha R. Leonard (abt. 1803 – abt. 1845), Wife of James G. Birdwell

James Lauderdale (abt. 1707 – 1796/7): Will and Children

January 31, 2026

Or, Subtitled: “James Lauderdale his mark wafer seal” In my previous two postings (here and here), I shared the subtance of what I know about my earliest proven ancestor in the Lauderdale line, James Lauderdale, who died at an advanced age between 24 September 1796, when he made a codicil to his will in Botetourt … More James Lauderdale (abt. 1707 – 1796/7): Will and Children

James Lauderdale (abt. 1707 – 1796/7): The Virginia Years, 1744/5 – 1796

January 28, 2026

Or, Subtitled: “Run away from the ſubſcriber, near Buchanan’s ferry, the 5th inſtant” In my preceding posting I focused on establishing when James Lauderdale (abt. 1707? – 1796/7) arrived in Virginia, and, insofar as this can be documented, where he was living prior to his arrival in Virginia. That posting showed that there’s sound documentation … More James Lauderdale (abt. 1707 – 1796/7): The Virginia Years, 1744/5 – 1796

Patrick Joyce on Why We Should Remember Peasants: Reflections on Our Obligation to Our Forebears

October 22, 2025

Or, Subtitled: “In putting away the dead we also put ourselves away” This posting is not precisely a genealogical posting. It’s a genealogy-adjacent posting, however. It is, in some ways, a gloss on my previous posting reporting on my research several weeks ago in the National Library of Ireland in Dublin, and the information I … More Patrick Joyce on Why We Should Remember Peasants: Reflections on Our Obligation to Our Forebears

John Ryan (Bef. 1785) and Wife Margaret Oates of County Kilkenny, Ireland: A Report on Research at National Library of Ireland

October 14, 2025

Or, Subtitled: Payments to Flax Spinners and Rent Rolls: Filling in the Blanks re: Early 19th-Century Irish Ancestors My last posting noted that I was preparing for a trip to Ireland on which I intended to do genealogical research. I said that I’d be doing research at the local history center of County Clare in … More John Ryan (Bef. 1785) and Wife Margaret Oates of County Kilkenny, Ireland: A Report on Research at National Library of Ireland