Breckinridge County was established in 1799 from a portion of Hardin County. When Abraham Lincoln was seven years old, his father, Thomas Lincoln and his family spent a few weeks in Hardinsburg and occupied a small cabin near what is now the Kentucky FFA Leadership Training Camp. The Lincolns left Kentucky by crossing the Ohio River at Cloverport on a log ferry operated by Jacob Weatherholt. The Confederate Army burned the local court being used by Union troops as barracks during the War Between the States. The third court house was burned in 1958. The county is known for its Victoria Coal Mines, named after Queen Victoria, when the Cloverport exported coal oil used to light Buckingham Palace.

Indexes to Probate Records

Wills, Estates, Inventories, Appraisements, Guardianships, Appraisements, Book No. 2, 1895 to 1935

Wills, Estates, Inventories, Appraisements, Guardianships, Appraisements, Book No. 3, 1936 to 1966 (Images) - 1-53 | 54-110 | 111-116 | 162-215 | 216-314 | 315-391 | 392-476 | 477-500 | 487-501 | 521-642

Wills, Estates, Inventories, Appraisements, Guardianships, Appraisements, Book No. 4, 1966 to 1975(Images) - 1-9 | 10-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-59 | 60-69 | 70-79 | 80-89 | 90-99 | 100-199 | 200-299 | 300-399 | 400-499 | 500-599 | 600-171

Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories, Appraisements, Guardianships, Appraisements, Book 1, 1800 to 1893

Addison, Robert | Ader, David | Adkisson, William Sr. | Aiken, Courtney | Alexander, Charles | Alexander, Hardin | Alexander, Philip | Alexander, Thomas | Allen, Allen | Allen, Joseph | Allen, Jeremiah | Alvey, Thomas | Amen, William | Anderson, George | Ascott, Margaret

Baker, George C. P. | Barber, John | Barger, Andrew | Barlow, Samuel | Barnes, Edmund | Barr, Adam Jr. | Barr, George | Basham, Francis | Basham, Hannah | Basham, William | Bassett, James Bassham, Littleberry | Bates, Benjamin | Bates, Samuel H. | Beacham, Bartlett | Beale, Elizabeth | Beard, James Sr. | Beard, Nehemiah Bealcher, Fielding | Bealcher, William | Beauchamp, Alexander | Beavin, Henry | Benley, Christiann | Bennett, Edgar | Berren, Jacob | Best, Joseph | Betbell, Samuel | Bevin, Felix | Bevin, Rachael | Bevins, Samuel | Blain, Michael | Blain, William | Blanford, John | Blevins, Thomas | Board, Harrison L. | Board, Henderson | Board, James | Board, William | Bomour, George | Bonner, Robert | Bosinger, Jacob | Brack, James C. | Branfield, John | Brasher, Peter | Bratcher, Buford | Brown, Gideon | Brown, Mary | Bruce, Catharine | Bruce, Hiram | Bruce, William Bruner, John | Burbage, Elizabeth Ann Waltern | Burch, Henley | Burch, James F. | Burditt, Stephen | Burnett, John L. | Burton, Edward | Burton, George | Butler, James Butler, Margaret

Cannon, John H. | Carman, George H. | Carter, Merry | Carter, Richard F. | Carwile, David | Cashman, Martin | Chadman, Joshua | Chambliss, Robert | Chappell, James W. | Clark, Henry A. | Clark, Joseph | Clark, Simeon | Claycomb, Nicholas | Claycourt, Conrad | Combs, Ignatius | Compton, William | Connell, Thomas | Conner, Dade | Conner, Edward | Cook, Elizabeth | Coombs, Henry Cowheard, Elizabeth | Cox, Benjamin | Craig, Emeline | Critchlow, Joseph | Cross, Robert N. | Cunningham, James

Daniel, Vivion | Davis, Thomas P. | Deal, William | Dean, Henry P. | Dean, Howard | Deane, Mary | Dennard, Susan | Dent, William | Dickerson, Winfield | Dowck, Micajah | Dowck, Thomas | Driggins, James | Duggins, Benjamin | Duncan, George P. | Duncan, James | Duncan, Thomas | Dunnett, John | Durpin, James

Eaders, Peter | Eidson, Mildred | Elliott, J. C. | Elliott, William | Etherington, Richard | Evans, Samuel

Fackler, Joseph | Faith, Ruth | Febesgan, Samuel | Fentress, Valentine | Fisher, John | Fisher, William | Fitzhugh, William | Flakes, Michael | Foote, Edwin | Frank, Elizabeth | Frank, Martha J. | Fraze, John | French, James | Frymire, Mary

Galloway, John W. | Gannaway, William | Garret, David | Gentry, Keziah | Gibbons, Fielder | Gibson, William | Gilbert, Aquila | Gilbert, Aquilla | Gilbert, Jacob | Gillenwates, Joel | Gilmore, James | Glasscock, George | Glasscock, Gregory | Glasscock, John Sr. | Glasscock, Redmond | Glasscock, Sally | Glasscock, William | Godsey, Solomon | Grant, Daniel | Gray, James | Green, R. F. W. D. | Green, Thompson | Greenwell, Wilfred | Gregory, George W. | Gregory, John R. | Gregory, Thomas | Gross, Abraham | Guggins, James

Haddock, John | Haffey, James | Hair, Benjamin | Hale, Robert | Hall, David | Hall, Robert | Hall, Stephen | Hall, William | Hambleton, Willis | Hand, James | Hanning, Hilary | Hardaway, Richard B. | Hardin, Benjamin | Hardin, Henry | Hardin, William | Harne, John | Harshfield, Frederick | Hartfield, Henry | Harwood, John | Hawkins, George C. | Hay, Valentine | Hayden, Thomas | Haynes, Henry | Hays, Harvey | Hayes, Josh | Hays, Samuel | Heist, Kate A. | Heist, Spicy | Helm, Sallie | Henderson, Peyton | Hendrick, Robert | Hendrick, William | Hesike, J. W. | Heston, Isaiah | Hewitt, John | Hicks, Jesse | Hiff, William | Hinds, Benjamin | Hinter, B. W. | Hinton, Austin | Hite, Isaac | Hogg, Elizabeth | Holland, John | Holt, Rosina | Holt, W. D. | Hoskins, Harison | Hoskinson, Mary | Hott, Thomas | Howard, Christopher | Howard, WilliamHowell, Nehemiah | Hudson, Squire | Huffey, Cornelius | Huston, Margaret | Hutchison, Joseph | Hutt, Robert

Jacob, Tabitha | Jarrett, Wilson | Jenings, Jefferson | Jolly, Gideon | Jolly, Samuel | Jones, William | Jordan, Sashwell | Jordan, William

Kasey, Francis | Kendrick, Allen | Kinchelor, Jesse | Kinchelor, Thomas | King, Ann

Lacy, Thomas | Lay, John | Leaves, Thomas J. | Lester, George | Lewis, Charlie | Lester, James | Lewis, Jesse | Lewis, John | Lewis, Solomon | Long, William C. | Lucas, Ignatius | Lusthard, Herman | Lyddan, Nicholas | Lyon, John | Lyon, William | Lyons, Joseph

Madox, John W. | Maffett, Benjamin | Martin, Ezekiel Sr. | Matthews, Sallie | McCaner, John | McCans, Alexander Jr. | McCLain, William | McClelland, John | McCornish, Isaac | McCoy, Ammon | McCoy, John P. | McCoy, John R. | McDonnall, Joseph B. | McDowell, Littleberry | McGavock, Robert | McGee, James | McGill, Catharine | McGill, John | McGill, Joseph | McClothlan, Edward | McGlothlan, Lafayette | McGlothlan, Melvina | McGlothlan, William | McCone, William | McCoy, William | McGuffin, Thomas | Meador, M. H. | Meador, Nancy | Meadows, Riley | Meadows, Thomas | Mendell, James | Menthies, John M. | Mercer, Elmore | Meriwether, W. A. | Miller, G. W. | Miller, John | Miller, Matilda | Miller, Matthias | Minges, Peter | Minton, John | Monroe, James D. | Montague, William | Montgomery, Mary | Montgomery, Polly | Moorman, Andrew C. | Moorman, James | Moorman, Jesse | Moredock, Stephen | Moreland, Josiah | Moreman, Abraham | Moreman, James H. L. | Mork, Jacob | Morris, James | Morris, William | Morrison, James | Morriss, James | Morton, William | Mossman, Lewis | Munday, William | Murray, David | Murray, Elijah

Neff, Jacob | Newland, Mary | Newman, Obediah | Newman, Thomas V. | Nichols, John | Nolan, Nicholas | Norton, Isaac | Norton, James

Oglesby, Joseph | Osgood, Howell | Owen, Alford | Owen, Sally | Owens, Thomas

Parks, Seth | Pate, Benjamin | Pate, Mitton | Pate, Thomas | Payne, Moses | Perkins, Richard | Peyton, Francis | Peyton, Mary | Pierce, John | Pile, Edward | Pile, Henry G. | Pile, Isaiah | Pool, Benjamin | Pool, Bushrod | Pool, John | Pool, Letitia | Pool, Stephen | Pool, William P. | Powell, Edward Willis | Powers, Edward | Prather, William | Priest, John | Pullen, William | Pulliam, Elijah

Quiggins, Henry | Quiggins, James | Quiggins, James (2)

Ramsey, Isaac | Ray, Washington L. | Rhodus, John | Rhodes, Elias | Richardson, Joseph | Ritchie, Joseph | Robards, Alfred | Robards, Joseph | Robards, Nancy | Robbins, Josiah | Roberts, Daniel W. | Roberts, Josiah H. | Roberts, Thomas | Robertson, Andrew | Robertson, James | Robertson, Mary | Robertson, William | Rogers, James H. | Rollins, Sarah | Rollins, Stephen | Rooks, Fanny | Ross, David | Ross, Robert | Rowan, George | Rusher, Ephraim | Ryle, William

Sawyer, Jonathan | Scott, Minor | Scott, Thomas | Seaton, William K. | Sebastian, Benjamin | Sharp, Isham | Shaw, Jesse | Shelman, Martin | Shoemaker, John | Shrewsberry, Joel | Sinclair, George | Singleton, William | Skillman, Peter | Skillman, Richard | Skillman, William | Smiley, Edward | Smith, Charles | Smith, Francis | Smith, John | Snider, Mary | Smith, Nancy | Snelling, Samuel | Speak, Margaret | Spencer, John | Spencer, Robert | Squires, Thomas | Stephens, Morgan and Martha | Stephens, Richard | Squires, John | Steel, John | Stephens, Daniel J. | Stith, James | Stith, John | Stith, Richard | Stith, Thomas | Stith, William | Stuart, Charles

Tabor, Philip | Taylor, Abraham W. | Taylor, James | Thomas, William | Thurston, S. H. | Tilly, Joel | Tinkler, Weyman | Townsend, Robert | Tucker, John | Tucker, Susan | Tuttle, William

Walker, Henry | Wale, Martin | Wall, William | Wathen, Benedict, Dr. | Walters, Charles | Warren, Charles | Warren, Thomas | Wattingly, Richard | Watts, Benjamin | Watts, John W. | Weatherford, David | Webb, John | Wethington, Nathaniel | Wheeler, William | White, R. D. | White, William | Whitworth, William | Wigges, Charity | Wilkerson, Sarah | Williams, Ann | Williams, David | Williams, Hugh | Williamson, Alexander | Wilson, Milington | Wiseheart, William | Woods, John | Wright, Thomas N.