Bourbon County, Kentucky Court House Records
Some
of the most beautiful country in America is in Paris, Kentucky. In 1780
the district of Kentucky belonged to three counties in Virginia, viz:
Fayette, Jefferson and Lincoln. Old Bourbon County was formed in 1786
from Fayette and Bourbon Counties, Virginia, and originally comprised 34
northeastern counties of Kentucky. When the new State of Kentucky was
created in 1792, Bourbon became a county. The land itself was given by
Fayette County, Virginia, and was named after the French House of
Bourbon in honor of the assistance which France gave to America during
the Revolutionary War. The courthouse was destroyed by fire in 1872 and
again in1901, resulting in the loss of county records. Whiskey, made
from corn had a distinctive flavor and became a popular drink termed
Bourbon whiskey as opposed to rye whiskey. The whiskey barrels were marked
Old Bourbon
when they were shipped downriver from the local port on the Ohio River.
The port from where the whiskey was shipped was called Limestone, now
Maysville, and was located in Bourbon County until the borders were
redrawn in 1789 and it became Mason County. The county seat is Paris,
Kentucky.
Bourbon County Probate Records available to members of
Kentucky Pioneers
Images of Wills, Inventories, Estates, Book A, 1786 to 1799
Allen, James Allen, James S. Allison, Charles Andrews, Jacob Armstrong,
James
Beasman, John Bell, Robert Black, John Boseman, John Britely, William
Brown, Alexander Brown, James Brussher, James Burton, John |
Castleberry, Moses Clark, Andrew M. Clifford, Robert Collins, Elijah
Congleton, John Cook, William Curry, James
Douglas, John Dowden, Thomas Duffiel, Robert Dunlap, John Evans, William
Fincher, John Foler, James Franklin, Robert Furnace, Jacob
Galloway, William Gilbert, Barney Glasgow, John Gosney, William Gregg,
John Gregg, John Hayden, Nehemiah Henderson, Alexander Hinkead, Joseph
Hinkson, John Homan, Ebenezer Humble, Conrad
Jackson, John Jacoby, Ferdinand Jacoby, Francis Jameson, Samuel Jolly,
David Jones, John Jones, Thomas Kellar, Isaac Kinkaid, David Kuykendall,
Henry
Ladd, Samuel Lail, George Lair, Mathias Lamme, Robert Lamy, William
Laughlin, James Lee, Donald Leonard, Catherine Levens,Ann Lynes, Edmond
Mauck, George McCann, John McClanahan, William McClure, Andrew McClure,
William
McConnel, Archibald McCullough, George McMillions, James McMullen, John
McNay, Agnes McNay, John McNickle, Arthur Methany, Thomas Mitts, Adam
Monroy, William Moon or Moore, Jacob Moore, Thomas Moren, Jane Morrin,
James Morrison, John Moses, James
Nesbit, Jeremiah Nesbitt, Samuel Norris, James Ogle, Benjamin Palmer,
John Patton, William Payne, Joseph Peyton, Timothy Phillips, Jenkin
Price, George
Reading, George Redman, George Reeder, Thomas Ritchey, Philip Ritchey,
William Ruddle, Joseph Sampson, Richard Sconce, Thomas Scones, John
Scott, James Scott, John Shanks, Christian Shawhan, Daniel Smith, James
M. Smith, John Sneltzer, Peter Strand, James Strother, Thomas
Tamiper, Samuel Tate, John Thomas, James Thompson, Joseph Thumon, Joshua
Tucker, Edward Underwood, Reubin Veasing, John Wallace, Andrew Waller,
Edward Ward, Isaac Warson, James Webb, James Wells, Benjamin West, John
Whittledge, John Wickerham, John Wilson, David Wilson, John Winn, Owen
Wood, John Worth, John Young, Samuel
Images of Wills, Inventories, Estates, Book B, 1798 to 1805
Alexander, J. | Alkire, Harmonius | Anderson, George | Baseman, John |
Black, James | Boush, James | Boyd, William | Breckenridge, Alexander |
Brown, Abel | Burns, Andrew
Clarke, Robert | Clarkson, John | Cogswell, Joseph | Couchman, Andrew |
Craig, Thomas | Crouch, Mary | Douglass, James | Douglass, Samuel |
Douglass, Samuel | Dudley, James | Duncan, Joseph | Edminston, Robert |
Edwards, Haden
Farr, Frederick | Fearn, John | Ferguson, John | Ferguson, Peter |
Field, Ann | Furnish, Mary | Galloway, William | Ganey, William |
Godman, Jeremiah | Griffith, Amos | Griffith, M. | Griffith, William |
Grigsby, Frances | Grimes, Stephen | Grubs, Elizabeth | Grubbs, William
Hamilton, Thomas | Hamilton, William | Hayden, Nehemiah | Hendricks,
David | Hendricks, Peter| Hendrix, Absalom | Hornback, Simon |
Huffstutter, Allerick | Huffstutter, Mariah | Jacobs, John | Jacoby,
Henry | Jennifer, John Joseph | Kennebrook, John | Kennedy, Joseph |
Kenney, David | Kirkpatrick, John
Lair, Elizabeth | Lair, Mathias | Leer, Daniel | Marney, Robert |
Martin, George | Maxwell, John | Maxwell, Samuel | McClanahan, William |
McClelland, William | McClintock, Daniel | McDaniel, Enos McNay,
Joseph McShain, Edward Metheny, Daniel Miller, Bernard | Mitchell, John |
Mitchell, William | Moore, Thomas | Moss, Thomas | Mountjoy, Alvin
Neale, Benjamin | Nelson, Charles | Nesbit, Jeremiah | Nesbit, J. |
Parks, John | Patton, William | Payne, Joseph | Phillips, Elijah |
Phillips, William | Pryor, Mary | Pury, Robert | Quick, James
Rawlings, Joshua | Reeder, Thomas | Ross, Henry | Ruddell, Archibald |
Ruddle, John | Rule, Sarah | Sammon, John | Sandford, Reubin | Shrout,
Peter | Slater, Samuel | Smith, Jacob Smith, John | Smith, Thomas |
Stevenson, George | Stokes, John
Tallett, John | Thomas, James | Thornhill, John | Todd, Samuel |
Trimble, David | Tucker, Edward | Tucker, Jonathan | Turner, Jesse |
Wallace, Margaret | Ward, Benjamin | Webb, William E. | Welch, Michael |
Whaley, James| Williams, James | Williams, John | Williams, S. |
Young, Benjamin
Images of Wills, Inventories, Estates, Book C, 1805 to 1809
Alexander, James | Alexaner, Wilson | Ayres, Matilda | Barns, John |
Barr, D. | Baseman, John | Beckett, Robert | Bell, James | Beshan, John |
Bevins, Charles | Black, A. | Black, Alexander | Black, Martha | Bowen,
John | Bowles, David | Bramblett, Reuben | Brown, A. | Call, Daniel
Camp, Cussenbury | Campbell, Hugh | Champ, C. | Champ, Thomas |
Clarkson, Agnes | Clarkson, J.| Courchman, Andrew | Craig, John |
Davidson, William | Dawson, Samuel | Dougherty, Alexander | Dudley,
James | Dudley, John | Duncan, Joseph | Duncan, Sarah
Finch, Samuel | Friend, Andrew | Fugate, Edward | Fulton, James |
Futner, Jesse | Garrard, George | Griffith, Amos | Griffith, William |
Grimes, Sally | Guillion, William
Hall, Isaac W. | Hall, John | Hall, M. | Hamilton, Thomas | Hicklin,
Thomas | Hillis, William Jr. | Hitt, Jesse | Huffman, Dr. | Hughes,
Ralph | Hutsell, Michael | Jacobs, John | Jacobs, Matilda | Jones, John |
Keith, George | Kelly, Nancy | Kemp, Reuben | Kennedy orphans | Kenny,
David
Lasay, Adam | Law, Elizabeth | Lee, Jacob | Lee, James | Lighter, Henry |
Ligon, John | Lydick, Andrew | Lyon, John | Martin, David | Martin, Dr.
| Matheny, Daniel | McClanahan, Thomas | McClelland, William |
McClintock, Daniel | McClure, Andrew, Rev. | Miller, Bernard | Miller,
Henry | Mitchell, Alexander | Mitchell, William | Moore, M.
Neely, Henry | Nelson, C. | Nesbitt, William | Parker, Thomas | Payne,
Joseph | Pight, Jacob | Poos, Nicholas | Porter, Edward | Pritzman, John
| Puttin, James
Riley, Levin | Robinett, Joseph | Robinett, Samuel| Rogers orphan |
Rollins, John | Rollins, Joshua| Rowe, John| Rule, Sarah | Ryman, Elias
| Sandford, Reubin | Sandford, Samuel | Schraub, Peter | Sconce, Robert
| Scott, John | Scott, William | Self, Vincent | Shurer, John | Smith,
Elizabeth | Smith, Thomas | Smith, Thomas Jr. | Springer, William |
Spurgin, George Strother, Joseph
Timberlake, Richard | Torman, John | Underwood, Francis | Weakland,
Bowles | Wentland, Charles | Wheeler, Ruth | Wright, Thomas | Wright,
William O. | Yocum, F.
Images of Wills, Inventories, Estates, Book D, 1809 to 1814
Allen, Mary |
Ammon, Thomas |
Ashbrook, Aaron |
Ayers, Daniel
Bagby, William |
Baird, James |
Baird, John |
Benson, William |
Berryman, John E. |
Bevan, Rachel |
Bournough, George |
Breckinridge, Alexander |
Bowles, David |
Bowles, Joseph |
Bridges, John |
Brown, Beverley |
Browning, William |
Burner, George
Call, Daniel |
Callis, William |
Carter, Heber |
Case, Joseph |
Champ, John |
Champ, Thomas |
Clarke, John |
Clay, Samuel |
Cleveland, George |
Colp, John C. |
Congleton, John
Congleton, William |
Crester, William |
Cropper, Levi
Davidson, William |
Dickey, David |
Drummond, Mary |
Elliott, Archibald |
Field, John Jr. |
Fight, John |
Finch, Samuel |
Fishback, Jesse |
Fisher, Thomas
Garrard, Daniel |
Gillner, Abraham |
Graves, Richard |
Grimes, Stephen |
Grooms or Green, William
Hall, Isaac W. |
Harmon, Peter |
Henderson, Jesse |
Hibler, William Sr. |
Hicklin, Thomas |
Hill, William |
Hoddington, William |
Hornback, Daniel
Hughes, James
Jenkins, William |
Johnson, William |
Jones, Charles |
Jones, John |
Jones, Thomas Sr. |
Kincaid, George |
Kirby, Thomas
Leary, Dennis |
Longmore, Hugh |
Love, John S. |
McClanahan, Thomas |
McClanahan, William |
McClelland, William |
McClure, James Sr. |
McConnell, William |
McCoy, John |
McMillan, John |
Miller, George |
Moore, Benjamin |
Morris, Morris |
Mountjoy, George
Nasson, James |
Neal, William |
Neale, Benjamin |
Owings, John Cockney
Parish, Nathaniel |
Parish, William |
Parker, Thomas |
Payne, George |
Pilcher, John |
Porter, Edward |
Porter, John |
Poston, Elijah |
Pryor, Joseph |
Pullen, Jedediah
Rankin, Reuben |
Ravenscraft, John |
Redman, George |
Rice, John |
Rich, Philip |
Riffle, Peter |
Robinett, James |
Robinett, John |
Robinett, Joseph |
Robinett, Samuel |
Rogers, Ezekiel |
Ruddell, Isaac |
Rudy, Henry |
Ruddell, Archibald |
Rule, John
Sanders, Henry |
Sham, Jonathan E. |
Smith, Robert |
Smith, Thomas |
Smith, Weathers |
Sparkes, Thomas |
Sparks, Thomas |
Spears, Christian |
Spurgin, George |
Spurgin, Zephaniah
Thornton, Charles Taliaferro |
Tillett, John |
Timberlake, Jesse |
Todd, John Sr. |
Trester, William |
Trotter, Joseph |
Tucker, Alexander |
Tull, Isaac
Wasson, J. |
Watson, Charles |
Webb, Nancy (now Kelly), estate of William Webb |
Weddington, William |
Whaley, James |
Wheeler, Ruth |
White, Jesse |
White, John |
White, Robert |
Williams, Charles |
Williams, Jesse |
Wilson, George |
Wilson, Mary
Images of Wills, Inventories, Estates, Book E, 1814 to 1816
Alkier, Harmonius | Allen, Samuel | Alty, Emanuel | Ammon, Thomas |
Ayres, Daniel | Barbee, Joseph | Barlow, Tomplin | Bett, John | Bett,
Patsy | Brown, Alexander| Browning, Joshua | Buckhanon, William
Clark, Ann | Clark, John | Clay, John | Cochran, Andrew | Collins,
Josiah | Conn, Thomas | Crump, Sherwood | Culton, Robert | Curl, John
Darrowsmith, Richard | Davidson, William | Dazey, Jonathan |
Dickerson, Serratt | Dillon, Samuel | Donnell, James | Dougherty, Levi |
Dugal, James | Duncan, Catharine| Eales, John | Edmonds, Rebecca |
Edwards, Daden
Ferguson, John | Fields, Reuben | Fisher, Thomas | Fisher,
William | Forman, William | Frester, William | Garrard, Daniel |
George, Reuben | Gist, Thomas | Grimes, Aron | Grimes, James | Grimes,
Jane | Grimes, Stephen
Hale, Robert | Hamey, Selby | Hayden, Lot |Henderson, Jesse |
Henry, James Jr. | Hildreth, John | Hopkins, John | Hughes, James |
Jones, William | Kendrick, Lewis | Kenny, James | Lavary, John
Martin, David | McClellan, William | McClure, James | McConnell, Martha | Moore, Benjamin | Moore, John |Norton, John
Parish, William | Phelp, John Sr. | Pilcher, John | Piper,
William | Presley, William | Purcell, William | Purdy, Robert | Ross,
Clement | Ruby, Henry | Ruddell, Elizabeth
Scone, John | Scone, Robert | Scott, Samuel | Sledd, Thomas |
Solomon, man of color | Sparks, John | Stewart, Richard | Sudrith,
William | Swiney, John | Trimble, George | Trimble, Isaac | Tucker,
Alexander |Tull, Isaac | West, Alvin |Whaley, Daniel | White,
Susanna | Wilson, M. | Wright, Joseph | Wright, Thomas
Images of Wills, Inventories, Estates, Book F, 1816 to 1821
Chamberson, Silas |
Cunningham, J. |
Hardesty, Benjamin |
Kirkpatrick, Joseph |
Parks, James |
Patton, Margaret |
Timmerman, Philip |
Wallen, John
Miscellaneous Images of Wills and Estates 1795 to 1805
Alexander, James | Alkire, Harmonius |Anderson, George
Baseman, John |Black, James |Boyd, William |Brush, James |Burns, Andrew
Clarke, Robert |Clarkson, John |Cogswell, Joseph, Dr. |Cook, John |Couchman, Andrew |Craig, Thomas |Crouch, Mary |
Dasey, Thomas | Douglas, Samuel | Dudley, James | Duncan, Joseph | Edminston, Robert | Edwards, Haden |
Fearn, John |Ferguson, John | Field, Anna | Forqueran, Peter Sr. | Furnish, Mary
Godman, Jeremiah | Gosney, William | Griffith, Amos | Griffith, William |
Griffith, Manassa | Grimes, Stephen | Grubbs, Elizabeth, Mrs.
Hall, Caleb | Hambleton, William | Hamilton, Thomas | Hand, Elizabeth |
Hayden, Nehemiah | Hendricks, Daniel | Hendricks, Peter | Higgins,
Joshua | Hinkson, John | Hornback, Simon |
Huffstuter, Allerick | Hutsel, Gabriel
Jacobs, John | Jacoby, Henry | Jenifer, Joseph | Jennifer, John | Johnston, Benjamin
Kennedy, Joseph | Kinnebrook John | Kirkpatrick, John | Laile, George | Lair, Elizabeth | Lair, Mathias | Lear, Daniel
Marney, Robert | Matheny, Daniel | Martin, George | Maxwell, John |
McClanahan, Jemima | McClanahan, William | McClintock, Daniel |
McDaniel, Eneas | McMullen, John | McNay, Joseph | McShaine, William |
Millen, Bernard | Mitchell, John | Moore, Thomas | Moss, Thomas
Neal, Benjamin | Nelson, Charles | Nesbit, Jeremiah | Newell, Stephen |
Parks, John | Patton, William | Payne, Joseph | Phillips, Elijah |
Pryor, Mary | Pury, Robert
Quiet, James | Quiet, John | Rawlins, Joshua | Reeder, Thomas |
Reynolds, Thomas | Ross, Henry | Ruddle, Archibald | Ruddle, John |
Rule, Sarah
Sanford, Reuben | Slater, Samuel | Smith, John | Smith, Thomas |
Stephenson, George | Stevenson, George | Stokes, John | Strother, Thomas
| Strout, Peter | Summers, John
Talbott, John | Tarr, Frederick | Thomas, James | Thornhill, John |
Todd, Edward | Todd, Samuel | Trimble, David | Tucker, Edward | Tucker,
Jonathan | Turner, Jesse
Ward, Benjamin | Webb, William | Welch, Michael | Whaley, James | Williams, John | Worle, Atwell | Young, Benjamin
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Mercer Counties and was named after John Boyle, Congressman, Chief
Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals and U. S. District Judge.
The courthouse fire in 1860 resulted in the loss of some county records
and the earliest surviving records began in 1842. The county seat is
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Mason County was taken from Boubron County in 1788 and was named for
George Mason, a Virginia delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention.
The county seat is Maysville, which is situated on the edge of the
outer Bluegrass Region. The depositions regarding matters of land of
the froniersmen Simon Kenton and Daniel Boone are found in the early
records, copies of which are on this website.