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[BBUK]

Welcome to the family. My folks are all over the 6th KY CSA.

The other half fought for the Union.

That is the problem that has kept us awake for 150 years.

Ha,

My folks come over on the Mayflower........................... in chains.......

Yeah, okay.... take a look...

Those are my Uncles and my Grandpa... (My Dad is the one in the upper left.) (This was five years before I was born.) I only remember meeting one uncle (In the middle Uncle Fred died when I was about 23 or so.) as all the others were killed or died prematurely. These boys were close to criminals if they weren't already. (My Dad was a seventh son.) (I do remember stories my brother and older cousins told me.) (Each one of those brothers had two boys and a girl.) (They had one sister. My Aunt Juanita had two boys and a girl as well. Amazing...)

Looking at my Grandpa I imagine his Dad and brothers were a bunch to deal with. (All lived mostly in Middlesboro)

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Ha,

My folks come over on the Mayflower........................... in chains.......

Yeah, okay.... take a look...

Those are my Uncles and my Grandpa... (My Dad is the one in the upper left.) (This was five years before I was born.) I only remember meeting one uncle (In the middle Uncle Fred died when I was about 23 or so.) as all the others were killed or died prematurely. These boys were close to criminals if they weren't already. (My Dad was a seventh son.) (I do remember stories my brother and older cousins told me.) (Each one of those brothers had two boys and a girl.) (They had one sister. My Aunt Juanita had two boys and a girl as well. Amazing...)

Looking at my Grandpa I imagine his Dad and brothers were a bunch to deal with. (All lived mostly in Middlesboro)

Bull shit.

They are white and the Mayflower were Puritans. They did not have slaves.

Sorry!

 

[MdWIldcat55]

My wife's Ritter side of the family are from Frederick. They settled just north of the Green River.

They and my relatives killed the British and Shawnee's. We got really good at it.

By the time the War of 1812 came along the Kentuckians whipped the Brits. It was a big cost as 66% of the "American" deaths were from Kentucky. A bunch of them were in our family.

That's interesting stuff Bert. I don't know how specific your knowledge is of your wife's family in their Frederick days. But I can tell you my ancestors owned property along the Monocacy River just a few miles south of Frederick in the mid-to-late 18th century.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

I haven't found any blue boys yet. I believe a relative may have rode with John Hunt Morgan's 2nd Dukes Cavalry. Need confirmation on it though.

You need to study Kentucky history.

67% of Kentucky folks fought for the North. Two of my ancestors left the same day to go fight (their last name was Lee). One went North and the other went South. They both survived and came home to live a normal life as next door neighbors. One of them who fought for the South is my Great Grandfather. The other fought for an Illinois unit.

God will stand in judgement on their decisions.

The 6th was formed mainly from Warren, Barren and Edmonson Counties in Kentucky. That is where my families are from. I know this stuff and I have a library of books on the subject. In fact my folks wrote the books.

 

[RunninRichie]

You need to study Kentucky history.

67% of Kentucky folks fought for the North. Two of my ancestors left the same day to go fight (their last name was Lee). One went North and the other went South. They both survived and came home to live a normal life as next door neighbors. One of them who fought for the South is my Great Grandfather. The other fought for an Illinois unit.

God will stand in judgement on their decisions.

The 6th was formed mainly from Warren, Barren and Edmonson Counties in Kentucky. That is where my families are from. I know this stuff and I have a library of books on the subject. In fact my folks wrote the books.

Yeah, we never seceded because we felt like the war was about preserving the union not ending slavery.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

That's interesting stuff Bert. I don't know how specific your knowledge is of your wife's family in their Frederick days. But I can tell you my ancestors owned property along the Monocacy River just a few miles south of Frederick in the mid-to-late 18th century.

I don't know specifically where they lived or what they owned, just that they moved to Kentucky from Fredrick, MD.

Joseph Ritter (1776-1842). He was born in Maryland and died in Barren County Kentucky. Back in those days records were sparce and often got burned.

 

[BBUK]

Bull shit.

They are white and the Mayflower were Puritans. They did not have slaves.

Sorry!

HAHA Slaves you kill me Sir. They were prisoners....rogues, nefarious types, criminals, vermin, degenerates, and...etc...

Sir you are too much with the comedy!! 😅 😅 😅 (Slaves would have been at least one step up if not a flight of stairs...up...)😅


My family tree has ah, uh,............termites... 😁

 

[Sawnee Cat]

My wife's Ritter side of the family are from Frederick. They settled just north of the Green River.

They and my relatives killed the British and Shawnee's. We got really good at it.

By the time the War of 1812 came along the Kentuckians whipped the Brits. It was a big cost as 66% of the "American" deaths were from Kentucky. A bunch of them were in our family.

One of my ancestors was a prominent figure in the War of 1812. I share his name.

Back to the Mayflower I had four families on the Mayflower and joined the Mayflower Society through Elder William Brewster. Other Mayflower families in my ancestry line were William White, Francis Cooke and Richard Warren. William White had a son born on the Mayflower, Peregrine.

To be a member of the Mayflower Society you have to have your ducks in line. They verify everything to a T and a dotted i. Fortunately for me one of my cousins did all of the paper work and I just had to verify my grandmother and mother to be accepted. But it took hours and hours for the person who got all the documents together.

I belong to two other Heritage Groups, The Sons of the American Revolution and the Sons of Confederate Veterans. I have verified over 30 Confederate Veterans on both my mother and fathers side. I had one g-grandfather and 3 g-g-grandfathers who served in the Confederacy. No Yankees.

I joined the SAR under my 4th g-grandfather, John Alderman of the North Carolina Line. He was from my mother's side of the family. My father's side provided Joseph Adair from South Carolina. These Adair's produced a future governor of Kentucky and I joined the SCV through this family.

I enjoy participating in these Heritage Organizations we have strong ties and the same interests. You get inside information on some great American history which is not taught in schools or universities. It is up to the Heritage Groups to keep it alive. Unfortunately it is all fading away and will probably be lost in a generation or two. Or revised to something that is nothing but fiction.

 

[RunninRichie]

One of my ancestors was a prominent figure in the War of 1812. I share his name.

Back to the Mayflower I had four families on the Mayflower and joined the Mayflower Society through Elder William Brewster. Other Mayflower families in my ancestry line were William White, Francis Cooke and Richard Warren. William White had a son born on the Mayflower, Peregrine.

To be a member of the Mayflower Society you have to have your ducks in line. They verify everything to a T and a dotted i. Fortunately for me one of my cousins did all of the paper work and I just had to verify my grandmother and mother to be accepted. But it took hours and hours for the person who got all the documents together.

I belong to two other Heritage Groups, The Sons of the American Revolution and the Sons of Confederate Veterans. I have verified over 30 Confederate Veterans on both my mother and fathers side. I had one g-grandfather and 3 g-g-grandfathers who served in the Confederacy. No Yankees.

I joined the SAR under my 4th g-grandfather, John Alderman of the North Carolina Line. He was from my mother's side of the family. My father's side provided Joseph Adair from South Carolina. These Adair's produced a future governor of Kentucky and I joined the SCV through this family.

I enjoy participating in these Heritage Organizations we have strong ties and the same interests. You get inside information on some great American history which is not taught in schools or universities. It is up to the Heritage Groups to keep it alive. Unfortunately it is all fading away and will probably be lost in a generation or two. Or revised to something that is nothing but fiction.

This makes me think if I have some confederate family in VA, or in the deep south states.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

I just got a call from Oscar thanking me for supporting the Big Blue. Nice guy. Yes, it was a recorded message.

 

[BBUK]

This is not to be political but after reading a part of this should the great doctor be ....


Fauci


Why do I not doubt that this is 100% accurate...

 

[Sawnee Cat]

This makes me think if I have some confederate family in VA, or in the deep south states.

Once you start digging in your family history you will find all kinds of things. Mine started from an entry in a family Bible. In the Bible was a genealogy that went back several generations and by one name it had in parenthesis (served in the war). He was born in 1842 so it was evident what war. Since he was Southern I went to the Florida State Archives and searched his name. And went from there. I discovered he was in the Florida 5th Infantry. I found out all of his brothers served as did his 56 year old father. From there I find all of the male cousins and the list just kept growing.

I guess in 1861 if you were from the South and could walk you were in the military. Some of the stories were heartbreaking. One of my g-grandfathers had two sisters who married two brothers. Both boys were killed at the Battle of Sharpsburg in 1862, minutes apart. Their wives were 19 and 21 and had farms next to each other. One girl had a son and one girl had a daughter and a son. The wives never remarried and joined the land together and farmed it with the help of friends who pitched in. Half of their property was taken by the U.S. government during Reconstruction and they came close to starving to death several times. But they kept going and both lived into their 80's. When they died they had very large estates and the family still owns much of the land to this day.

Have fun. The information is there if a person wants to dig for it.

 

[BBUK]

Once you start digging in your family history you will find all kinds of things. Mine started from an entry in a family Bible. In the Bible was a genealogy that went back several generations and by one name it had in parenthesis (served in the war). He was born in 1842 so it was evident what war. Since he was Southern I went to the Florida State Archives and searched his name. And went from there. I discovered he was in the Florida 5th Infantry. I found out all of his brothers served as did his 56 year old father. From there I find all of the male cousins and the list just kept growing.

I guess in 1861 if you were from the South and could walk you were in the military. Some of the stories were heartbreaking. One of my g-grandfathers had two sisters who married two brothers. Both boys were killed at the Battle of Sharpsburg in 1862, minutes apart. Their wives were 19 and 21 and had farms next to each other. One girl had a son and one girl had a daughter and a son. The wives never remarried and joined the land together and farmed it with the help of friends who pitched in. Half of their property was taken by the U.S. government during Reconstruction and they came close to starving to death several times. But they kept going and both lived into their 80's. When they died they had very large estates and the family still owns much of the land to this day.

Have fun. The information is there if a person wants to dig for it.

Yes Sir, and some think I was totally joking...

 

[RunninRichie]

Once you start digging in your family history you will find all kinds of things. Mine started from an entry in a family Bible. In the Bible was a genealogy that went back several generations and by one name it had in parenthesis (served in the war). He was born in 1842 so it was evident what war. Since he was Southern I went to the Florida State Archives and searched his name. And went from there. I discovered he was in the Florida 5th Infantry. I found out all of his brothers served as did his 56 year old father. From there I find all of the male cousins and the list just kept growing.

I guess in 1861 if you were from the South and could walk you were in the military. Some of the stories were heartbreaking. One of my g-grandfathers had two sisters who married two brothers. Both boys were killed at the Battle of Sharpsburg in 1862, minutes apart. Their wives were 19 and 21 and had farms next to each other. One girl had a son and one girl had a daughter and a son. The wives never remarried and joined the land together and farmed it with the help of friends who pitched in. Half of their property was taken by the U.S. government during Reconstruction and they came close to starving to death several times. But they kept going and both lived into their 80's. When they died they had very large estates and the family still owns much of the land to this day.

Have fun. The information is there if a person wants to dig for it.

Yeah. Just gotta find the last names related to you.

 

[BBUK]

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Yeah. Just gotta find the last names related to you.

That right. There are pretty good records of the Soldiers who fought in the American Revolution and WBTS. I went to the State Archives and took about a week digging through records and making copies of records. There was a lot of information on Pension Records that was pure gold in my research. Plus records and books on the Regiments and Units. It was fun, especially if you are doing research with a friend or family member. It cuts down on the time.

A good thing for me was the records kept by my family, especially my mother and her family. They were pretty educated in comparison to my dad's side. They kept letters, manuscripts, etc. His side wrote it in a Bible but there was only one Bible. So you had to find out who had the Bible.

 

[berniecarbo]

Never looked into heritage, but my surname is the fourth largest group of Irish immigrants. I suspect they came over to escape the famine, as indentured servants or as prisoners. About 75% of Irish fought for the north. My grandmother on dads side was half Choctaw. Choctaw fought with the south, so I imagine my relatives fought for both sides.

 

[UK_fan_41102]

 

[UK82]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 77°F and clear with periodic clouds. Today's high expected around 97°F.

Local talk radio described a recent crime spree hitting Austin yesterday. Couple guys will stalk someone withdrawing money from back teller and rob them. Happened again yesterday. Lady called in and reported another hit about an hour after crime occurred. Folks are losing $2-4,000 or so at a time.

Co-worker totaled her SUV over the weekend. She's shaken up, but okay.

Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.

Speaking of pizza. There has to be a point of diminishing returns right?

Louis XIII: World's Most Expensive Pizza Slices That Take 72 Hours To Prepare - NRI Vision

To enjoy this hand-crafted dish, you would have to shell out, wait for it, USD 12000 or INR 77 lakhs. Yes, just like we said, the Louis XIII pizza is the world's most expensive pizza.

nrivision.com

 

[BBUK]

Speaking of pizza. There has to be a point of diminishing returns right?

Louis XIII: World's Most Expensive Pizza Slices That Take 72 Hours To Prepare - NRI Vision

To enjoy this hand-crafted dish, you would have to shell out, wait for it, USD 12000 or INR 77 lakhs. Yes, just like we said, the Louis XIII pizza is the world's most expensive pizza.

nrivision.com

My favorite fruit for sure but I will stick with the Costco cheese pizza or the little Caesars large carry out....

I couldn't enjoy a pizza for that dough even if someone else was paying....

 

[_Rooster]

 

[UK_fan_41102]

The fact that we have to tell people this is sad.

 

[BBUK]

The fact that we have to tell people this is sad.

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And I was told Yuengling batter chicken was stupid..... sigh...

 

[UK82]

The fact that we have to tell people this is sad.

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Nyquil is my secret pasta sauce ingredient.

 

[BBUK]

Nyquil is my secret pasta sauce ingredient.

So soothing it almost makes you sleep.... I bet it is amazing...

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Nyquil is my secret pasta sauce ingredient.

We do all of our grocery shopping at Walgreens. They have some of the best marinades.

 

[BBUK]

We do all of our grocery shopping at Walgreens. They have some of the best marinades.

😅 Oh my heart, I am going to have to "learn" My Darling to cook by prescriptions.🤣🤣🤣 (The heck with the recipes...)

 

[UK_fan_41102]

😅 Oh my heart, I am going to have to "learn" My Darling to cook by prescriptions.🤣🤣🤣 (The heck with the recipes...)

Stay away from the Ex-Lax brownie recipe.

 

[BBUK]

Stay away from the Ex-Lax brownie recipe.

OH NOW I have to tell it.... My Darling was talking to my youngest daughter this evening who is an RN. My daughter and her nurse partner were turning this big fat lady over. (The fat lady is in her 30's.) (About 5 feet tall and 350 pounds)

Anyway my daughter was pulling from the front turning her and my daughters nurse partner lifted up the fat ladies leg and the fat lady farted a big long one....right in the other nurse's face my daughter was working with...

My Darling and I laughed and laughed. I told My Darling that I have NEVER heard of someone so fat they couldn't fart without help... 🤣 🤣 🤣

My daughter telling it to My wife got me laughing and my wife re-telling me a while ago got me laughing harder... That's just horrible... 😅

 

[_Rooster]

Nyquil is my secret pasta sauce ingredient.

I like that it comes with its own shotglass.

 

[_Rooster]

That right. There are pretty good records of the Soldiers who fought in the American Revolution and WBTS. I went to the State Archives and took about a week digging through records and making copies of records. There was a lot of information on Pension Records that was pure gold in my research. Plus records and books on the Regiments and Units. It was fun, especially if you are doing research with a friend or family member. It cuts down on the time.

A good thing for me was the records kept by my family, especially my mother and her family. They were pretty educated in comparison to my dad's side. They kept letters, manuscripts, etc. His side wrote it in a Bible but there was only one Bible. So you had to find out who had the Bible.

A very difficult record for me was validation of my paternal ggf. The family bible was found in a museum.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 74°F and clear. Today's high may hit a record 100°F. Stay tuned.

Co-worker still out because of that wreck. Glad when she returns.

Last day of summer. Happy Hump Day, y'all.

Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Good morning D-League. It's currently 64° and foggy here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will bring mostly sunny skies and a high of 93°.

Everyone stay safe on this hump day 🐪.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Good morning D-League. Hope everyone is enjoying this last full day of summer.

My Reds were officially eliminated last night —no, not from actually winning anything, but from my bet that they’d have a worse record than the Washington Nationals. I have to admire their effort —including a recent 1-9 stretch. But during that run the Nats were 3-8, so they picked up a measly game and a half.

Even in the last ten games the Cincy boys battled bravely to a 2-8 mark. But the Nats matched them at 2-8. I felt so confident in late April when the Reds were 3-23. But in the end they were terrible even at being terrible.

Ah well. Wait til next year. Looking at their roster the promise of true epic failure is there.

Hope it’s a good day for all.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Once you start digging in your family history you will find all kinds of things. Mine started from an entry in a family Bible. In the Bible was a genealogy that went back several generations and by one name it had in parenthesis (served in the war). He was born in 1842 so it was evident what war. Since he was Southern I went to the Florida State Archives and searched his name. And went from there. I discovered he was in the Florida 5th Infantry. I found out all of his brothers served as did his 56 year old father. From there I find all of the male cousins and the list just kept growing.

I guess in 1861 if you were from the South and could walk you were in the military. Some of the stories were heartbreaking. One of my g-grandfathers had two sisters who married two brothers. Both boys were killed at the Battle of Sharpsburg in 1862, minutes apart. Their wives were 19 and 21 and had farms next to each other. One girl had a son and one girl had a daughter and a son. The wives never remarried and joined the land together and farmed it with the help of friends who pitched in. Half of their property was taken by the U.S. government during Reconstruction and they came close to starving to death several times. But they kept going and both lived into their 80's. When they died they had very large estates and the family still owns much of the land to this day.

Have fun. The information is there if a person wants to dig for it.

That’s a fascinating and sad story about those Florida boys killed at Sharpsburg Sawnee. It reminded me of once visiting a buddy who retired to Eufala, Alabama on a lake down there. I visited and he took me to a local graveyard where there were several clustered graves of local young men killed in that Sharpsburg battle. They were all from the same regiment, I think the 8th Alabama.

Well, Sharpsburg -officially the Antietam Battlefield - is only about a 40 minute drive for me, and so as soon as I got home I made a visit. The battlefield is so well laid out I could find the spot that regiment fought, in a large cornfield called Miller’s Field. It was so moving to think of those Alabamians marching so far from home up into Maryland to die there for what they considered the cause of defending their homes.

 

[warrior-cat]

OH NOW I have to tell it.... My Darling was talking to my youngest daughter this evening who is an RN. My daughter and her nurse partner were turning this big fat lady over. (The fat lady is in her 30's.) (About 5 feet tall and 350 pounds)

Anyway my daughter was pulling from the front turning her and my daughters nurse partner lifted up the fat ladies leg and the fat lady farted a big long one....right in the other nurse's face my daughter was working with...

My Darling and I laughed and laughed. I told My Darling that I have NEVER heard of someone so fat they couldn't fart without help... 🤣 🤣 🤣

My daughter telling it to My wife got me laughing and my wife re-telling me a while ago got me laughing harder... That's just horrible... 😅

Back blast area not clear!

 

[UK_fan_41102]

 

[warrior-cat]

Morning Legionnaires!

@AustinTXCat We too will be close to record highs today as we will be around 98-99° with a chance of 100°. 71° right now and I have waited long enough. Will go fishing here in about 45 minutes and spend about 3 hours or so until the heat gets to be too much. No clouds really let the sun bring the heat early but, since I haven't gone in a few days I say go for it. Going to Elgin Tank Pond (Just out of the impact zone east range of Sill) so asking God to make sure no one shoots out. Nine Mile (just north of ET) if Elgin Tank is not producing.

Everyone have a nice day and God Bless.

Those traveling and commuting to work be careful out there.


Edited: Looks like no Elgin Tank today. The overlay has it blocked off. Must be having a lot of artillery training today so, they block it off just in case. Looks like just Nine Mile.

Mutta Fatta kindly disregard this letta.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Never looked into heritage, but my surname is the fourth largest group of Irish immigrants. I suspect they came over to escape the famine, as indentured servants or as prisoners. About 75% of Irish fought for the north. My grandmother on dads side was half Choctaw. Choctaw fought with the south, so I imagine my relatives fought for both sides.

I got real lucky in discovering where we came from and when. My father tried his best to trace his ancestry but could only get back two generations. Courthouses had burned and records lost or never made so he didn't get far. He even tried to obtain information from Scotland but that ended in a dead end. There wasn't an internet when dad was alive as he died in 1990.

One day I received a PM from someone in Scotland. He said he saw my name on facebook and wondered if I knew anything about my family. He said he lived where my family began and the roots were deep. He gave me information on the very beginning. We struck up a friendly relationship and sent me articles and pictures of tombstones in the local church graveyards. Also some of the ancient flags. I hope someday to meet. He lives in Drummore, Scotland which is near Stranraer.

St Johns Castle, Stranraer, Scotland.