Tennessee – The Kingealogy

Trotter Family – The Fall of Ruthven

February 23, 2018February 23, 2018Blogging, Descent, Surnames#FHWC2018, Abbott, Beard, England, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Hylton, Ruthven, Scotland, Tennessee, Trotter, Virginia, Wilson

Please read Part One of the Trotter story here before reading further. [dropcap]N[/dropcap]ow that we have a better idea of the atmosphere between the Scottish Monarch and the Ruthven family of Gowrie was can piece

Trotter Family – The Rise of Ruthven

February 22, 2018February 23, 2018Blogging, Descent, Surnames#FHWC2018, Douglass, England, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, King, Ruthven, Scotland, Stewart, Tennessee, Trotter, Tudor, Webb

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]any genealogists researching their Sevier County, Tennesse ancestors know the name, John Sevier Trotter. My husband’s great-grandmother Hattie Mae (Webb) King is a (Ruthven) Trotter descendant. I’m amazed when talking to Trotter descendants and family

The Case of Lucinda Cynthia Rainwater

February 7, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Descent, Surnames#FHWC2018, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, King, Rainwater, Tennessee

The Continuing Case of the Rainwaters. Read part one here. DEATH [dropcap]C[/dropcap]ynthia (Rainwater) King and Andrew stayed where they were. I believe Cynthia died BET 1883 AND 1899. Andrew died 15 Mar 1891 Sevier County,

What is Kingealogy?

January 1, 2015February 17, 2018Descent, Places, SurnamesAnderson, Bier, Bohannon, Brewer, British, Burgess, Byrd, Caldwell, Cavalier, Chapline, Cherokee, Crossland, Darrah, Dickson, Emert, England, English, Furbee, German, Germany, Goodnite, Hancock, Howard, Ireland, Irish, Jackson, King, Landon, Marshall, McMahan, Moore, Myers, Rainwater, Randolph, Runyon, Ruthven, Sapp, Scotland, Shuman, Sottish, Tennessee, Triplett, Trotter, Virginia, Webb, West Virginia, Willey, Wolfe, Yoho

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n basic terms The Kingealogy is the study of Kings, but in our case, it is a twenty plus year journey of our family genealogy. For me it started in childhood with Dad teaching me our past,