The Keenan Family of Breckinridge County, Kentucky


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A history and genealogy of the Keenan Family of Breckinridge County, Kentucky, focusing on the descendants of Patrick and Cassandra (Burch) Keenan.










Nelson Jolly, Sr., and His Family of Breckinridge County, Kentucky


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Samuel Jolly (b.1710/1715), of Scottish or French Huguenot lineage, emigrated from Ireland to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, married Letitia Nelson, and died after 1750. His son, Nelson Jolly Sr. (b.ca. 1744, married Mary Graham in the 1760s, served in the Revolutionary War, moved to Breckenridge County, Kentucky, and died after 1817. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Texas and elsewhere.







THE JOHN AND DOROTHY DRURY PAYNE FAMILY


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John and Dorothy Drury Payne were a pioneering family that moved to Kentucky from Maryland in 1811 to create a new life and raise their family. Their descendants are numerous and have shaped communities in Kentucky and beyond. One of the descendants of John and Dorothy Drury Payne was Dorothy Payne Krumpelman who collected genealogical information on a small branch of the family tree over her lifetime. This book contains the information Dorothy Payne Krumpelman collected on the family tree of John and Dorothy Drury Payne.







Proud Kentuckian, John C. Breckinridge, 1821-1875


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Biography of John Cabell Breckinridge: "a lawyer, U.S. Representative, Senator from Kentucky, the 14th Vice President of the United States, Southern Democratic candidate for President in 1860, a Confederate general in the American Civil War, and the last Confederate Secretary of War. To date, Breckinridge is the youngest vice president in U.S. history, inaugurated at age 36. He is also remembered as the Confederate commander at the Battle of New Market, where young VMI cadets participated in the battle on the Confederate side."-Wikipedia.




To Western Woods


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John Breckingridge (1760-1806) served in the Virginia and Kentucky Legistaltures United States Congress and United States attorney general under Thomas Jefferson.