General William T. Sherman had given implied approval for General William Nelson to organize a force to drive Confederates under Colonel John S. Williams from eastern Kentucky.  Nelson’s force had marched south from the fairgrounds south of Maysville and met the State Road east of Mount Sterling.  They had followed that route

A very loyal Patriot, John Doug Hays, dressed in the attire of the Continental Army Virginia-Militia at the S.A.R. December 12th 2015 meeting. Gary Howard S. A. R. Group Photo 2015

Credit for these images goes to Civil War Historian, Marlitta Perkins. This first image on the left is a magnified view of the heading displayed in the next image. The beginning reads: “Buried in Public Graveyard in old cultivated field belonging to Mr. Hatcher…”

The Pike County Historical Society would like to invite everyone to comment on any person displayed below. January 29, 1942 March 5, 1942 April 9, 1942 April 23, 1942 May 14, 1942 May 21, 1942 May 28, 1942 June 4, 1942 June 3, 1943 June 10, 1943 July 10, 1943

Noble Osborne, son of Hamilton and Maggie Osborne of Myra, KY. Noble served with the 446th Heavy Bomb Group out of Flixton (Bungay), England. Known as the Bungay Buckaroo, the 446th helped cripple the German war effort by concentrating on ball bearing factories and railroad yards. Descendants of the 446th, their

When Snakes Are Blind The history of Dog Days is practical­ly as old as Western civiliza­tion. The ancient Greeks plotted star positions and connected them with lines to form shapes. One of the images that emerged was that of a dog, called Canis Major, which included Sirius, the brightest star