This survey of Wintergreen Cemetery, Port Gibson, Mississippi, was completed in 1956 by Mr. Gordon M. Wells and published by Joyce Bridges the same year. It contains the cemetery readings Mr. Wells was able to obtain at that date. It is highly likely that not all of the gravestones had survived up to that point, and it is even more likely that a large portion of interred individuals never had a gravestone.
Soon after World War 1 localities across the country wished to honor the men and women who had served the Nation from their locality. St. Charles County, Missouri, is one of these counties. This manuscript isn’t limited to just the men who fought overseas, it also includes the women who had participated via Red Cross and the men who had actively served in the various campaigns backing the War here at home.
A genealogy of the Lake family of Great Egg Harbour in Old Gloucester County in New Jersey : descended from John Lade of Gravesend, Long Island; with notes on the Gravesend and Staten Island branches of the family. This volume of nearly 400 pages includes a coat-of-arms in colors, two charts, and nearly fifty full page illustrations – portraits, old homes, samplers, etc. The coat-of-arms shown in the frontspiece is an unusually good example of the heraldic art!
Captain James Robertson led early explorations and temporary settlements in the Cumberland region, notably at Nashville. After organizing a group of emigrants, he set out on the Holston River in flatboats, which included prominent families such as the Donaldsons. Despite hardships and attacks from Native Americans, the group persevered, reaching their destination by March 20, 1780. This journey marked a significant moment in the settlement of the region, with some families ultimately moving to the Cumberland and others traveling towards Natchez and Illinois.
A historical record of patients detained at the Canton Indian Insane Asylum in South Dakota in 1910, this page lists 61 inmates and reflects the troubled legacy of an institution where many Native Americans were confined without clear evidence of mental illness. The cemetery, now on a golf course, was recently added to the National Register of Historic Places.