My ancestor Samuel Duval’s first wife was Margaret Sheppard, but Margaret died in 1786′. Afterward, he married Anne Everard Bolling, whose descendant was the John Rolfe who married Pocahontas. Therefore, in a round-about way, I could say that Pocahontas is my step-ancestor. Pocahontas plays heavily in the history of Jamestown, and my direct ancestor William…
Historical Account of the Life of Daniel Boone & Boone’s Road
DANIEL BOONE THE PIONEER OF KENTUCKY. BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. Published in 1872 All of the following text is a quote from Abbott’s book Daniel Boone, Pioneer of Kentucky. On the 10th of October, 1717, a vessel containing a number of emigrants arrived at Philadelphia, a small but flourishing settlement upon the banks of…
A Very Short History of the Founding of Virginia – Roanoake, Jamestown, Pocahontas
AMERICAN PIONEERS AND PATRIOTS. DANIEL BOONE THE PIONEER OF KENTUCKY. BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. DODD & MEAD, No. 762 BROADWAY. 1872. Excerpts Only Spain sponsored many of the early excursions into America. 1492 – Columbus en route to America “The little fleet of three small vessels, with which Columbus left Palos in Spain, in search of…
An Early Settler’s Account of a Camp Meeting
“Soon after we came to a Methodist encampment. This was formed of three continuous lines, each occupying a side of a square and about one hundred feet in length. Each row was divided into six or ten cabins with partitions between. The height of the rows on the inner side of the enclosed area was…
Autumn Garden Chores – Getting Ready for Next Year’s Garden
The 2023 garden season is almost over in North Mississippi, and since I moved to my current home too late to have a successful garden here this year, I am doing several things now to get a jump on next year’s garden. For one thing, I have set up several raised beds, and I have…
Thanking God for the Sun, the Rain, and the Apple Seeds: Thanking God for Nature
During the month of September, I like to celebrate the birthday of a man who, centuries ago, carried his Bible and a sack of apple seeds across parts of the unsettled northeast and shared them there. That man’s name was John Chapman, but because he planted apple trees everywhere that he traveled, folks called him…
A. B. Frost – Illustrations for The Missionary Sheriff
THE MISSIONARY SHERIFF BEING iNCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A PLAIN MAN WHO TRIED TO DO HIS DUTY BY OCTAVE THANET ILLUSTRATED BY A. B. FROST AND CLIFFORD CARLETON NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1897 Frost Frost Frost Frost Frost Frost Frost Frost Frost