by David Green | Apr 13, 2025 | Blog
A year or so ago I was volunteering at Farmington and I was asked to transcribe a letter written by John Speed to his daughter Mary. Mary, and her sister Eliza, were away at boarding school in Bardstown. In the letter John encouraged Mary to be attentive to her...
by David Green | Apr 9, 2025 | Blog
Say what you will about John Speed, he was a great entrepreneur! By 1809 he and his young family had taken possession of and moved onto the property that they would call Farmington. Judge Speed, as he became known in the community, was very good at generating...
by David Green | Mar 28, 2025 | Blog
The plantation called Farmington was established by John Speed. We know that Speed had taken ownership of Farmington by 1809 through examining tax records for Jefferson County. In a letter to his business partner, William Pope, Speed claims that his family was...
by David Green | Mar 23, 2025 | Blog
I may be going further back into Speed family history than is needed. I have found, though, that while investigating topics for these blogs I discover things so interesting that it is impossible not to talk (or write) about them. So it is with the Speed family. ...
by David Green | Mar 4, 2025 | Blog
This is an invitation to you to join a discussion of the book James: A Novel by Percival Everett. The staff, volunteers, and board members are always trying to extend Farmington’s community engagement. One of the ways we have done this is to join a group called...
