Hickman County Probate Records
Pictured is the Mississippi River from the bluffs of Columbus, Kentucky
and the marker signifying the site where General Polk fortified a site
along the Mississippi River against the Union forces during the War
Between the States. For this reason the site was called the Gibralter of
the West. Hickman County was founded in 1822 and named after Captain
Paschal Hickman of the 1st Rifle Regiment, Kentucky Militia. While he
was a resident of Franklin County, Kentucky he was wounded and captured
at the Battle of Frenchtown in January of 1813 and killed by Indians in
the Massacre of the River Raison. The first county seat was Columbus,
Kentucky where a court house was built in 1823. In 1830 the county seat
was removed to Clinton, Kentucky.
Hickman County Probate Records available to members of Kentucky Pioneers
Miscellaneous Wills and Estates
- Baker, Benjamin
- Baker, Glover
- Barner, Francis
- Brown, Joseph
- Bucklar, Cornelius
- Crafton, Robert
- Gamble, Joseph
- Gregory, Jeremiah
- Hargraves, Thomas
- Irvine, Caleb
- Masters, Abner
- McGuffin, Joseph
- Morris, Thomas
- Ray, Joseph
- Robinson, Smith
- Shields, Samuel
- Virteyard, John
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