A little over a week ago, Judy Ware e-mailed me a current map of the area around Frankfort and Versailles KY. She had just been to that area on a research trip with her husband. (Judy is the author of … Continue reading
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For a long time, we descendants of James and Agnes Todd Ware have assumed that our Ware family ancestors had exclusivity to Franklin and Woodford Counties in Kentucky, and that all descendants of the Ware line in this area could … Continue reading
Submitted by Marti Martin of the Woodford Co. KY Historical Society from a posting in the Frankfort Argus, Frankfort, KY, April 23, 1814.. … Continue reading
“CHARLES WARE, an old and prominent farmer of Shelby County, was born in Franklin County Ky., November 9, 1796. His parents, William and Nancy (Saunders) Ware, were both Virginians by birth, and of English descent. William Ware, a son of … Continue reading
Some of you may may know this story, particularly those who live in Kentucky, because of the incident being referred to as the “Kentucky Tragedy.” I, however, was unaware and in a conversation with Judy C. Ware the other day, … Continue reading
This information is taken directly from the History of Todd Co., KY, edited by J.H.Battle, 1884 (Trenton Precinct) “CHARLES WILLIAM WARE is a native of Christian Co., KY, and was born November 16, 1826. In 1827 he removed with his … Continue reading