Genealogy Projects tagged with Fayette County on the Geni Family Tree

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  • St. Rose of Lima Cemetery, Schulenburg, Texas

    This project is for those buried in St. Rose of Lima Cemetery, Schulenburg, Fayette County, Texas. Find a Grave

  • University of Kentucky

    Wikipedia The University of Kentucky (abbrev. UK) is a public co-educational university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by Isaiah Giles as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the university is one of the state's two land-grant universities (the other being Kentucky State University), the largest college or university in the state, with 29,385 students as of Fall 2013,...

  • Fayette County, West Virginia, USA

    Fayette County—originally Fayette County, Virginia—was created by the Virginia General Assembly in February 1831, from parts of Greenbrier, Kanawha, Nicholas, and Logan counties. It was named in honor of the Marquis de la Fayette, who had played a key role assisting the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. The second Virginia county so named, it was among the 50 counties whi...

  • Fayette County, Texas

    Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Fayette County, Texas. Official Website Fayette County was established in 1837 from land given by Bastrop and Colorado Counties. It is named for the Marquis de Lafayette, a French nobleman who became an American Revolutionary War hero. It is the location of the real Chicken Ranch, which was the basis of the musical play and feature...

  • Fayette County, Iowa

    This project is for those who were born, lived or died in Fayette County, Iowa. Fayette County was founded on December 21, 1837, as a part of Wisconsin Territory. It was named after Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, a French general and politician, who came to America in 1777 to fight in the Revolutionary War, and who was named Major General of the Continental Army. The county was form...

  • St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Saint John, Texas

    Established in 1888, St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery is located in the community of St. John in Fayette County between Hallettsville and Schulenburg. It is a part of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, which is a part of the Diocese of Victoria. Fid a Grave Cemetery History

  • Upper Iowa University

    Wikipedia Upper Iowa University (UIU) is a private institution of higher education with its residential campus located in northeast Iowa, United States near the Volga River in the rural community of Fayette, where around 900 students are enrolled. The university offers distance education programs that include 15 centers in the U.S., an online program, an independent study program, and centers...

  • Transylvania University

    Wikipedia Transylvania University is a private university in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. It was founded in 1780, making it the first university in Kentucky and among the oldest in the United States. It offers 36 major programs, as well as dual-degree engineering programs, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Transylvania's name, meaning "across the wood...

  • Kaskaskia Cemetery, Avena, Illinois

    Established in 1892, this cemetery is located in Loudon Township, Avena, Fayette County, Illinois, on the north side of County Road 2700 N (County Road 6), about 0.6 miles west of its intersection with County Road 1900 E. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 1955098 ( Dunkard Cemetery ). This cemetery is closest to the roa...

  • Fayette County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Fayette County, Kentucky. Overview Fayette County—originally Fayette County, Virginia—was established by the Virginia General Assembly in June 1780, when it abolished and subdivided Kentucky County into three counties: Fayette, Jefferson and Lincoln. Together, these counties and those set off from them later in that decade separa...

  • Fayette County, Pennsylvania

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Official Website History The first Europeans in Fayette County were explorers, who had used an ancient American Indian trail that bisected the county on their journey across the Appalachian Mountains. In 1754, when control of the area was still in dispute between France and Great Britain, 22-year-old ...

  • Greendale Cemetery, Masontown, Pennsylvania

    This cemetery is located on Smithfield-Masontown Road (State Route 3010) and Mennonite Church Road, Masontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It's also known as Mennonite Cemetery . The Masontown Mennonite Church, attached to the cemetery, held the first Mennonite Sunday School in the U.S. Find a Grave Billion Graves

  • Fayette County, Alabama

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Fayette County, Alabama. Fayette County was established on December 20, 1824, during Marquis de Lafayette's historic tour of the 24 United States. Adjacent Counties Marion County Walker County Tuscaloosa County Pickens County Lamar County Cities, Towns & Communities Belk Berry Bankston Bazemore Bluff ...

  • Fayette County, Illinois

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Fayette County, Illinois. Official Website Fayette County was formed in 1821 and was named in honor of the Marquis de LaFayette, French hero of the American Revolutionary War. Adjacent Counties Effingham County Shelby County Clay County Marion County Clinton County Bond County Montgomery County

  • Lexington, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.= Official Website =Lexington is located in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky and is known as "The Horse Capital of the World". History Lexington was founded by European Americans in June 1775, in what was then considered Fincastle County, Virginia, 17 years before Kentucky became a state. A party of...

  • Fayetteville Catholic Cemetery, Fayetteville, Texas

    St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery was established February 29, 1888 upon purchase of land from Neill M. and Anthoria (Clayton) McKinnon. The original piece of land for the Church and School was purchased from Johann Klesel for $5.00 on October 2, 1882. A beautiful two-story school was the first building erected on the land; the church was not built until 1888. Before that, the Czech people...

  • Fayette County, Tennessee

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Fayette County, Tennessee. Official Website Fayette County was established by Tennessee General Assembly in 1824. The county was named after the Marquis de la Fayette, French hero of the American Revolution. Fayette County is culturally alike to the Mississippi Delta and was a major area of cotton plantations dependent on slave labo...

  • Fayette County, Indiana

    Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Fayette County, Indiana. Official Website On Sept. 30, 1809, the United States, on behalf of the Northwest Territory and Governor William Henry Harrison, concluded the Treaty of Fort Wayne, part of whose terms included the purchase from the Indians of a strip of land locally called "The 12 Mile Purchase" parallel to and west of "Th...

  • Fayette County, Georgia

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Fayette County, Georgia. Official Website Fayette County was organized in 1821 after the United States signed a treaty at Indian Springs, Georgia with the Creek people for cession of a large portion of their land. The county and its seat, Fayetteville, were both named in honor of the French aristocrat the Marquis de Lafayette, who a...

  • Fayette County, Ohio

    Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Fayette County, Ohio. Official Website Fayette County was formed on March 1, 1810 from portions of Highland County and Ross County. It was named after Marie-Joseph Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, a French general and politician who took the side of the Colonials during the American Revolutionary War and who played an important role ...

  • Farina Cemetery, Farina, Illinois

    This project is for those buried in Farina Cemetery, Farina, Fayette County, Illinois. Find a Grave

  • Camp Memorial Park, Fayetteville, Georgia

    This cemetery is located on 1095 GA-54 E, Fayetteville, Fayette County, Georgia. Find a Grave

  • Lexington National Cemetery

    Wikipedia =Lexington National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Lexington, Kentucky. Find a Grave

  • Dunham Grove Cemetery, Randalia, Iowa

    This cemetery is located on M Avenue, Randalia, Fayette County, Iowa. Find a Grave Iowa Gravestones

  • Craig Cemetery, Powellton, West Virginia

    The Craig Cemetery is located in Powellton, Fayette County, West Virginia. Find a Grave

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