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Post by BuckSkin on Oct 28, 2021 1:01:27 GMT
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Post by BuckSkin on Oct 28, 2021 4:53:26 GMT
The Old Mulkey Meetinghouse__1804 The Graveyard Aunt Rachel (102-yrs-old) Slave to her Mistress Believed to be Rachel Collins Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Historic Site Tompkinsville - Monroe County Cumberland River Ferry Roadtrip Wednesday_10-June-2020    |
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Post by BuckSkin on Oct 28, 2021 5:06:04 GMT
The Old Mulkey Meetinghouse__1804 The Graveyard Elder Phillip Emmert Born: March 10, 1795 Died: June 5, 1859 64-yrs-old Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Historic Site Tompkinsville - Monroe County Cumberland River Ferry Roadtrip Wednesday_10-June-2020  |
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Post by whippet on Oct 28, 2021 16:40:19 GMT
If someone yelled "FIRE!", there would be a lot of cracked noggins trying to get out that door. Does anyone know why our ancestors often made such short doors ?  In this country, BuckSkin, they say it was because houses were much smaller, as people could not afford to live in bigger places. Doors and windows were small, and ceilings low, to help conserve heat. Some also say that it was because people did not grow very tall in those times. |
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Post by BuckSkin on Oct 29, 2021 0:10:05 GMT
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Post by BuckSkin on Oct 29, 2021 0:48:15 GMT
The Old Mulkey Meetinghouse__1804 The Graveyard Christopher Howard 1774-1848 (74-yrs-old) Rebecca Hays Howard Married 1795 Son of Obediah Howard and Priscilla Breed Howard >Pictured Here: photoshopelementsandmore.com/post/88816Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Historic Site Tompkinsville - Monroe County Cumberland River Ferry Roadtrip Wednesday_10-June-2020 www.wikitree.com/wiki/Howard-3512 |
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Post by BuckSkin on Oct 29, 2021 2:25:58 GMT
The Old Mulkey Meetinghouse__1804 The Graveyard John Jefferson Gee October 10, 1823 - December 11, 1901 (78-yrs-old) Died and buried in Van Alstyne, Grayson County, Texas www.findagrave.com/memorial/10553694/john-jefferson-geeHis Wife - Elizabeth B. Gee March 21, 1828 - January 30, 1878 (50 days shy of 50-yr-old)   Their Son - Taswell T. Gee September 19, 1845 - May 23, 1877 (31-yr-old) Died eight months before his mother.   Their Daughter - Sally T. Gee January 30, 1857 - August 23, 1858 (Shy seven days of 19 months)   Unknown Relationship/probably a daughter - Julia D. Gee September 16, 1865 - March 7, 1867 (Shy nine days of 18 months)  Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Historic Site Tompkinsville - Monroe County Cumberland River Ferry Roadtrip Wednesday_10-June-2020 John J. and Elizabeth had many more children, several of which are buried in Texas. When on this trip, prior to our visit to this cemetery, in fact we didn't even know at the time that we were visiting the cemetery, we shared a picnic table and visited with an elderly and obviously well-to-do farmer by the name "Gee"; he may very well be a descendant of this group. |
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Post by BuckSkin on Oct 29, 2021 5:05:47 GMT
The Old Mulkey Meetinghouse__1804 The Graveyard Samuel Thomas 1776-1882 (106-yr-old) His Wife - Sarah Margery Northcross Thomas Born: Sussex, Virginia on September 08, 1800 Died: Monroe County, Kentucky on September 10, 1876 (Two days after her 76th Birthday) www.geni.com/people/Sarah-Northcross/6000000120741775175Samuel was 24-yr-old when his wife was born and outlived her by six years. I often see this; a wife's name on a stone beside her husband's with her birth but not her death. There could be several unexplained reasons for this. He could have died first and she remarried, being buried beside her second/favored husband. Or, she has outlived him, and despised the ground he walked upon; and, free at last, demanded to be buried anywhere else. Or, at her death, whoever was paid to carve her death date pocketed the money and never followed through; or, no one ever paid nor requested it be done. And, of course, she could still be very much alive. Considering these wild thoughts that such an omission can provoke, and for the sake of historical accuracy, someone needs to have her date of death added to her stone. Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Historic Site Tompkinsville - Monroe County Cumberland River Ferry Roadtrip Wednesday_10-June-2020  |
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Post by BuckSkin on Oct 29, 2021 5:18:37 GMT
The Old Mulkey Meetinghouse__1804 The Graveyard Squire Maugridge Boone Jr. October 5, 1744 – August 5, 1815 (two months shy of 71-yr-old) The tenth of eleven children and brother to Daniel Boone. Squire Boone is NOT buried here, but instead is buried in a cave at Squire Boone Caverns, Mauckport, Indiana. Grave robbers have taken much of his remains. The actual grave beside this non-grave monument, Hannah Boone (Stewart Pennington), is his sister. Although I did not read every stone, I did not see any other Boone graves here. Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Historic Site Tompkinsville - Monroe County Cumberland River Ferry Roadtrip Wednesday_10-June-2020 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squire_Boone |
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Post by BuckSkin on Oct 29, 2021 5:57:57 GMT
The Old Mulkey Meetinghouse__1804 The Graveyard Hannah Boone August 24, 1746 - April 9, 1828 (81-yr-old) Sister to Squire Boone and Daniel Boone Married John Stewart in 1765 - Four daughters Married Richard Pennington in 1777 - Three sons and one daughter In 1759, at 13-yrs-old, Hannah was scalped by wild Indians and survived. I did not see any other Boone graves here. Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Historic Site Tompkinsville - Monroe County Cumberland River Ferry Roadtrip Wednesday_10-June-2020 ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LH2D-4N9/hannah-boone-1746-1828ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LH2D-4N9/hannah-boone-1746-1828I find it almost unbelievable that she does not have a Wikipedia page.      |
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Post by whippet on Oct 29, 2021 18:59:14 GMT
It surprises me to see how clear the text is on the grave stones.
The cemetery I was in this morning had stones from the 1700's and 1800's, and earlier. But the text was so faded, that a lot couldn't be deciphered.
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Post by BuckSkin on Nov 1, 2021 13:45:07 GMT
Revolutionary War Veterans Info-Sign   |
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Post by BuckSkin on Nov 1, 2021 14:05:30 GMT
It surprises me to see how clear the text is on the grave stones. The cemetery I was in this morning had stones from the 1700's and 1800's, and earlier. But the text was so faded, that a lot couldn't be deciphered. I believe that, for the most part, they had a superb stone-cutter and some real quality stone to work with. Where most barely scratch the information on the stone, most of the stones in this cemetery have the information cut very deep. There is a lot of old world artistry and technique in these stones that one will seldom see on this side of the Atlantic. Take notice of in particular two stones posted above, Elizabeth B. Gee and Taswell T. Gee; their first names are not engraved, but I think the process is called relief cut, where the letters remain and the surrounding material is cut away to expose them; that style of work is much more difficult to accomplish. In contrast, in the same post, take notice of Sally T. Gee. Her stone looks like it has been cast of cement with the lettering barely scratched on the surface. Also, notice how the wording sort of "wraps" from line to line, going from one edge to the other in very short letters, leaving a vast empty space below; it does not make for a very impressive stone. There is a historical graveyard on our property with many stones that are barely legible; some rather wealthy relative of the residents has been having several of the stones re-engraved deeper and she has had several stones completely replaced with new ones where the original may have been only a field stone or just a marker. Also, several of the stones were badly leaning and she has had them straightened up, with new foundations under them so maybe it won't happen again. There are some veterans of the Confederacy buried there with very impressive stones. We are in no way connected to any that are buried there; we just own the property. |
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Post by BuckSkin on Dec 6, 2021 15:09:25 GMT
The Old Mulkey Meetinghouse__1804 The Graveyard There are several of these rock pens scattered within the graveyard. They are possibly family plots. Note the size of the stones, especially the bottom stone on the corner in each photo (different walls); these stones were not picked up out of the field, nor dredged from the creek; stones like these have been quarried. Now, imagine, there were no tri-axle dump-trucks, no track-hoe hydraulic excavators, and no articulated Michigan loaders. They probably used an A-frame and block-&-tackle to load and then unload and place each stone, one by one. Some of those stones, by themselves, would have been a load for a team and wagon. Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Historic Site Tompkinsville - Monroe County Cumberland River Ferry Roadtrip Wednesday_10-June-2020  Note all the initials and names that are carved into the tree at left.  |
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Post by hmca on Dec 6, 2021 17:35:50 GMT
Fascinating, BuckSkin. Looking at a close-up of the stones they are a treasure in themselves....
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