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...
by David Green | Mar 3, 2025 | Blog
In my last blog I talked about Gary Lee Williams’ Ph.D. dissertation that recounted the connections between Abraham Lincoln and Joshua and James Speed. Most of that discussion dealt with Lincoln and Joshua. Before I leave the topic of Lincoln’s Kentucky Friends, I...
by David Green | Feb 27, 2025 | Blog
I had not planned on writing about this topic. In fact, I am actually doing some reading and investigation about the life of John Speed, the patriarch of Farmington who will be my topic in the future. Sometimes, though, a person goes in unanticipated directions;...
by David Green | Feb 17, 2025 | Blog
There are several interesting questions that arise from the story about how Joshua and Lincoln first met. One is whether or not Joshua and Lincoln had previously known one another. Is it a normal occurrence for a person to invite a total stranger to share a room? ...
