Monday, April 24, 2017

Bullitt County Kentucky Genealogies and Histories #kentuckypioneers

Bullitt County Wills, Estates, Deeds

Bullitt County was founded in 1796 and the county seat is Shepherdsville. It was named after the nephew of Thomas Bullitt, Governor Alexander Scott Bullitt, who served as the first Lieutenant Governor. The land was taken from Jefferson and Nelson counties through an act approved on December 13, 1796 by the Kentucky General Assembly. In 1811, the northwestern area of the county expanded to include land given by Jefferson County and in 1824 an eastern area of the county was given to help form Spencer County.

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Wills, Estates, Inventories 1796 to 1823
Wills, Estates, Inventories 1823 to 1838

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Research the County Records Where you Find the More Ancestors #kentuckypioneers

The Substance of Genealogy = Old Wills and Estates

There is more personal family information and clues contained in old wills and estates than a census record. And it is more accurate because it was written by an ancestor who wished to be remembered, and found later in time; after he had gone. It usually provides all yhe names of the children and their spouses, grandchildren, siblings, parents and could even include the names of relatives residing in foreign countries. Reading an old last will and testament, along with its inventories, sales, annual returns and other estate data is an open book into the life experiences of another person. Also, it provide multiple clues to discovering other relatives, should we examine it more closely. Not only do we get the whereabouts of family members, but also origins. One mention of a relative in a foreign country, for example, is worth thousands of research hours. Actually, estate details provide a parcel of clues in the Annual Returns. These returns commence with the last illness, funeral details, and as additional returns are filed (annually until the final settlement), tidbits appear of personal data appears, such as letters received from relatives in other places and all sorts of clues where to search next. Names of relatives, neighbors and friends are plastered all over those records. And do not forget to search for receipts! If you do this much, more family members will emerge and as well as a pattern of clues.

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Monday, April 17, 2017

Breckinridge Co. Kentucky Genealogies and Histories #kentuckypioneers

Breckinridge County Wills, Estates, Deeds

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.

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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

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Friday, April 14, 2017

The Odd Naming of Children #genealogy #kentuckypioneers

The Odd Naming of Children

There is a Sir Francis Drake last will and testament in Logan County dated 1814. He was born in Cumberland, Virginia and appear to be descended from the famous Sir Francis Drake of England. Probably this sort of naming with the first name as "Sir Francis" to a child is a reminder to the heirs of descent from a prominent figure in time. Even the less obvious names seem to have great meaning within the family structure. I recently analyzed the naming of every child in a certain family. Some were given surnames as the first name. The experience was eye-opening once I examined the families in the same county with those surnames. Eventually, I was able to discover the name of the grandmother who never married, but had seven children by the same father. Tracing that particular lineage took me to a Revolutionary War Soldier from Abbeville, South Carolina to Henry County, Georgia. Once I prepared his family group sheet listing all of the children, the identity of the unmarried daughter (who had the illegitimate children) became apparent.

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Logan Co. KY Wills, Estates, Genealogy #kentuckypioneers

Images of Logan County Wills, Estates, Distributions, Guardianships

The county of Logan was formed in 1792 and was named after Benjamin Logan, second in command of the Kentucky Militia during the Revolutionary War. The territory first stretched from the Mississippi River in the west to the Little Barren River in the east. The county seat is Russellville.

Indexes to Wills, Estates, Guardianships, Distributions

Book A, 1795 to 1817
Book B, 1815 to 1823
Book C, 1823 to 1827
Book D, 1827 to 1831

Images of Logan County Wills and Estates Book A, 1795 to 1817

Adams, E. Allen, Beverley Allen, Reuben* Anderson, Thomas* Anigel, George* Arnold, John* Ashley, William* Baker, Robert* Barnard, William R.* Barton, James* Barnett, William* Barton, James* Bayley, Thomas* Bell, John* Bennett, William* Bernard, Heningham* Bernard, John* Bernard, William* Bowie, Patsy* Boyd, Daniel* Boyle, Patrick* Britt, William* Brown, Jared* Brown, John* Browning, John* Bryant, Abraham* Burton, James* Campbell, George* Carlisle, Henry* Cavender, Thomas* Clark, William* Conner, William* Cook, John* Coreen, John* Crabtree, William* Cransden, William* Curry, John* Daniel, John* Davis, Keiza* Dawson, Redford* Drake, Sir Francis* Duncan, Benjamin* Edwards, Penelope Eley, Eli* Elliott, Thomas F.* Ewing, George* Ewing, John* Ewing, William* Ferguson, William* Fike, Malachi* Fisher, William* Fleming, Ralph* Foster, John* Frizzel, William* Furbanks, Robert* Gilbert, William* Gorham, Thomas* Graves, Frederick* Green, John* Hampton, Thomas* Hannah, David* Hawkins, James* Henderson, Thomas* Hendrick, Henry* Hendry, William* Henson, James* Herndon, James* Hinton, John* Holeman, James* Hollarton, Elizabeth* James, Isaac* Horton, William* Howard, James* Howe,, Levi* Hughs, Roland* Hughs, Rowland* Hunter, James* Johnson, John* Johnston, Nathan* Johnston, William* Jones, Aaron* Jones, Judson Kennerly, John* Kerr, Widow* Kown, L. W.* Lang, N.* Langston, Ragland* Lathem, Dickey* Lee, William* Lockhart, David* Lodge, Matthew* Lofland, William* Lowery, Samuel* Lowry, James* Lyon, John* Mayes, James* Mays, William* McCombs, Jesse* McIntosh, William* McKorne, James* McLean, Ephraim* McLean, Susana* McPherson, George* McPherson, John* McMerter, James G.* McReynolds, James* McReynolds, Robert* McReynolds, Samuel* Miller, James J.* Miller, Randle* Millikin, George* Mitchell, George* Moore, Jesse* W. Morgan, Abraham* Morgan, Jeremiah* Murrey, Michael* Ornforff, John* Phelps, Burges* Philips, William* Porter, Francis* Puntenny, Aquilla* Ragsdale, Frederick* Ragsdale, Sally* Reading, William* Reed, James* Renshaw, William* Roberts, Lina* Strader, Konrad* Stratton, William* Summers, Robert* Talkington, Elizabeth* Temple, Stephen* Thompson, Thomas* Tilghman, Stephen* Travis, Benjamin* Travis, Thomas* Turner, John* Waddle, John* Wallace, William* Ward, John* Ward, Michael* Warfield, Ann* Watson, John* West, James* Whitaker, Thomas* White, Isaac* White, John* White, Thomas* Whitsett, William* Wilcox, Josiah* Wilkins, Richard* Wilson, Josiah* Wilkerson, Joel* Wood, James* Wood, Lashly* Wood, Mason* Wood, Moses* Yarbrough, Jeremiah* Yarbrough, William*

Images of Logan County Wills and Estates Book B, 1815 to 1823

Adams, William* Aingells, George* Bailey, T. Baker, John* T. Bagley, P. Baker, Mary* Boone, Squire Boyle, Eleanor Breathitt, William* Breen, James* Britt, Eleanor Britt, William* Brown, Jacob* Brown, John* Browning, Isaac* Browning, John* Bryant, Absalom* Caldwell, Adam Campbell, George* Carlisle, Henry* Clark, William* Cloud, Daniel* Colbert, Samuel* Cook, Valentine Coulter, William* Crewion, Reuben* Curdy, Thomas* W. Dallum, Richard* Davis, William* Dumond, William* Duncan, Benjamin* Duncan, William* Davis, James* Drew, Warner* Duncan, James* Edwards, John* Foster, Anthony Foster, Lewis* Frayer, James* Gorham, Margaret Gorham, Thomas* Gray, Samuel* Hackersmith, Edward* Haddox, John* Haden, William Sr.* Hains, John* Hall, Alexander* Hall, James Slater* Hanley, Jonathan* Hannah, Elizabeth* Hansbrough, Smith* Harding, William* Harrison, John* Henderson, Lewis* Herndon, James* Hise, Frederick* Hogan, John* Holloway, John* Hopkins, Eprhraim* Howard, Lindsey* Hughes, James* Hughes, Rowland* Ingram, Joseph* Ingram, William* Inman, James* Jackson, Joseph* James, Thomas* James, Thomas W.* Johnson, Joseph* Johnson, Thomas* Johnston, David* Johnston, John* Johnston, Nathan* Jones, Aaron* Kellanghan, John* King, John* Langston, Ragland* Lewis, Waller* Ling, William* Lockhart, David* Lowry, John* Lyon, John* Martin, George* Maxwell, William Sr.* McAlister, James* McKain, James* McKinsey, Alexander* Medole, John* Milan, Roda* Miller, Andrew* Miller, John* Millikin, Harbison* Montgomery, Alexander* Morgan, Abner* Morgan, John* Morris, William* Murdin, Edward* Neely, David* Norris, James* Owings, Joshua* Perkins, James* Price, John* Price, William* Punting, Aquilla P.* Purbush, Robert* Reading, William* Roberd, Charles* Ross, John* Rowland, Micajah* Rust, Jacob* Smith, Absalom* Smith, Hansbrough* Steel, Robert* Stevens, Huldy* Taylor, William* Temple, Harman* Thompson, Henry* Thornberry, William* Townsen, A.* Venall, Tobias* Watson, John* Walker, David* Wallace, William* Wash, Thomas* West, Amos* Westray, Simon* Whitsett, William* Wilkins, Richard* Williams, Jesse* Wright, William*

Images of Logan County Wills and Estates Book C, 1823 to 1827

Arnold, John* Bagley, Elizabeth* Baker, Robert Jr.* Bell, Wright E.* Bowles, John* Burks, Nathan* Byrum, William* Carr, Nancy* Dallam, Richard* Dodson, William* Duval, William* Ewing, Reuben* Felts, Archibald* Frazer, James* Gilbert, Charles* Haden, John* Haden, Joseph* Harden, William* Henderson, Andrew* Hughes, John* Hughes, Rowland* Johnson, David* Lee, Elizabeth* Littlejohn, Samuel* Millikin, Nancy* Mize, William* Perkins, William* Poor, Robert* Price, John Sr.* Rice, Ignatius* Rice, John* Smith, James* Todd, Benjamin* Turner, Mary* Washburn, John* Wells, Catherine* Wells, Henry* West, Ann* B. Whitsett, Isaac* Williams, Jesse* Williams, John* Wilson, Isaac* Woodman, George*

Images of Logan County Wills and Estates Book D, 1827 to 1831

Allen, William* Angell, William* Arnold, John* Baker, Robert* Baker, William* Bantas, John* Bardy, W. C.* Barker, Ananias Sr.* Beakey, William W.* Bell, James* Bowen, Mary* Bowling, S. S.* Britt, William* Browder, Thomas* Browning, Abner* Browning, Bertha Ann* Browning, G. S.* Browning, John* Brumbaugh, Samuel* Byrom, John* Campbell, A. M.* Card, Joseph* Chastain, William* Cook, T.* Crabtree, Nancy* Creel, Mary* Daniel, Garnett* Day, Henry* Denson, Russell E.* Drew, Warner* Duncan, Abner* Dunlap, Archibald* Dunscombe, Samuel D.* Duval, Claburn* Ewing, William* Ewing, W. W.* Fairbush, William* Fitzhugh, Peter* Forgy, Samuel* Fortner, L.* Fortner, Martin* Foster, Edmund* Foster, orphans* Frazer, M.* Full, James S.* Gilbert, Martin* Gill, James* Gill, Presley* Gough, orphan* Graham, orphan* Gray, Joseph* Green, Hannah* Haden, James* Haden, Joseph* Hamilton, Joseph D.* Hamilton, Sally* Hardison, Gabriel* Henry, Elizabeth* Henry, William* Hogan, John* Hogan, Martin* Hogan, Rawleigh* Hoss, Susan* Hughes, John* Hull, Alexander* Huskett, Nathaniel* Ingram, William* Inman, Henry* Inman, orphan* James, Charles B.* James, John* Johnson, James* J. Johnston, Richard* Jones, John* Keaten, Joseph* Kelly, Martin* Kennedy, John W.* Kennedy, Philip* Kennedy, William* Kerry, Levin* King, Levin* Lee, Temperance W.* Limsbaugh, Daniel* Littlejohn, Samuel* Long, B. C.* Long, Frances B.* Mauzey, Henry* McCaleb, M.* McLean, L. D.* McLeod, William* Miller, Charlotte* Mimms, Robert* Morehead, Charles* Morgan, Rolly* Morton, Elijah Mosby, Robert* Moseley, Robert* Munday, William* Murdole, William* Neely, Charles* Ogden, John* Ogden, Mary* Ornsdorf, Christopher* Pace, William B.* Page, Nancy* Page, William* Paisley, Robert* Parks, David* Patterson, A.* Patterson, John* Perkins, James* Perkins, William* Perry, John* Perry, Thomas* Phelps, William* Poor, Robert* Price, John* Proctor, Charles* Roberts, Joseph* Robinson, Charles* Rogers, Reuben* Ross, Stephen* Rutherford, Stephen* Scott, William* Scott, William B.* Simms, Nazareth* Slaughter, Louise* Smith, James* Stribling, Thomas* Stubblefield, Thomas* Traughter, Elizabeth* Traughter, Henry* Traughter, William* Tunstell, Agnes* Turner, Henry O.* Turner, Karns* Vineyard, Elizabeth* Washburn, Philip* Waters, P.* Waters, R.* Wilkerson, Susannah& Williamson, Christopher* Wilson, Isaac* Wilson, orphans* Wolfe, Jesse* Woodhouse, Brewer* Wright, William* Zoubough, Henry
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Thursday, April 13, 2017

Garrard Co. Wills, Estates, Genealogy #kentuckypioneers

Garrard County Wills, Estates, Guardianhips, Annual Returns, Inventories, Settlements

Garrard County was formed in 1796 and was named after James Garrard, the Governor of Kentucky from 1796 to 1804. The county seat is Lancaster.

Indexes to Wills, Estates, Guardianships, Distributions

1797 to 1805
1807 to 1811
1805 to 1809

Militia Records

Paymaster Records of 7th Regiment Kentucky Militia 1808 to 1813

Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories, Guardianships, Distributions, Book A, 1797 to 1805

Alford, John * Ball, John * Banks, Jones Banks, Levin * Banks, Lynn Banks, Samuel * Barbour, James* Blanton, Joshua Bowen, William* Brady, Charles* A. Carns, Alexadnder* Carpenter, Sopher* Compton, Zachariah* Cosden, Matthew* Cummins, Moses* Dickens, Benjamin* Gooch, Elizabeth* Gooch, Jesse* Hayden, James* Harris, R. Harris, Solomon Harrison, Richard Havis, Robert* Hays, William* Hiett, Abner Hinds, James* Hogan, John * Huffman, Frederick* Irvine, Joshua Kincaid, Robert* Lambton, William* Lawson, Elisha Macklin, James* Marksburg, Samuel * Mayfield, Micajah Miller, Jacob* Nelson, Ambrose Nickern, Michael Perrel, Henry* Poor, Robin Sapery, John * Scott, Samuel * Smith, James* Smith, John to Sally Smith* Smith, Liberty, orphan of Henry* Smith, Mark* Smith, William, Capt.* Stapp, Gholson* Stapp, Rachel* Sutton, Rowland* Terrill, Joseph* Terrill,, Robert* Toney, Bishop Wooley, William*

Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories, Distributions, Guardianships, Book B, 1807 to 1811

Adams, T. O. Askins, William* Alderson, Isaac* Alford, Jacob* Arnold, Humphrey* Arnold, Keziah, orphans* Arnold, Reuben* Banks, Jarret* Barally, J. P.* Ballenger, John * Black, Samuel * Bledsoe, William W.* Bryant legacies* Burnside, Walter Dismukes, James* Finnell, James* Finnell,, William* Fugale, Towison* Gibson, George* Gooch, Jesse* Greene, Garrard* Hagan, James* Hamey, Edward* Hamilton, Henry* Heard, John Sr.* Henderson, Alexander* Hendricks, Henry* Hicks, Edward* Jennings, Baylor* Johnston, Edward* Jones, Elizabeth* Jones, John * Kincaid, Robert* Kirby, Henry* Lawson, Aron* Leavell, James* Loyd, John * Markesburg, Samuel* Montgomery, James* Pond, Griffin* Poor, Robert* Rawling, Henry* Robertson, Alexander* Robertson, Joel* Scott, Robert* Scott, Samuel * Smith, James, orphans* Steel, John * Stegar, Francis* Terrill, Edmond* Terrill, Judith* Terrill, Robert* Thornton, Patsy* Turpin, Henry* Wheeler, Thomas* Wilson, William* Wren, Vincent* Wright, Alexander

Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories, Guardianships, Distributions, Book C, 1805 to 1819

Adams, Neathergale* Adams, S.* Alford, Jacob* Arnold, Humphrey* Arnold, Reuben* Askins, John * Barlow, Henry* Bellospett, Philip* Benjamin, Henry* Brady, Charles A.* Brasfield, Edward* Brown, John * Burdett, Frederick* Burnsides, Walter* Buckhannon, William* Coats, Elijah* Combs, Zachariah* Conely, David* Downing, Rachel* Dryden, James* Duggin, James* Dunn, William* English, Charles* Giles, Mary* Gooch, Jesse* Gooch, Polly* Graham, Thomas* Hanson, Isaac* Harris, Robert* Hays, William* Hendricks, Henry* Hiatt, Abner* Hiatt, Moses* Holland, Joseph* Hubbard, Harrison* Huffman, Frederick* Jackman, John * Jennings, Baylor* Larkey, Andrew* Lear, William* Macklin, James* Macklin, Polly* Nelson, A.* Nelson, Sarah* Nowling, James* Poor, Robin* Rawling, William* Reed, John * Sampson, William* Slapp, Rachel* Smith, Henry, orphans* Smith, James, orphans* Smith, John to Sally* Smith, Mark* Stapp,, Gholson* Steger, Francis* Totten, John * Tunget, Jeremiah* Wallace, Michael Wilie, John * Wilson, John

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Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Kentucky's Patriotism during 1812 and 1815 #genealogy #kentuckypioneers

Kentucky's Patiotism during 1812 to 1815

The River Raisin in Raisonville, Michigan

When America declared War on Great Britain on June 18, 1812, a call for volunteers was issued to aid the regular army. Kentucky was given a quota of 5,500 men. Yet when 1,500 men were required to join General Hull in his expedition into the Northwest, 2,000 answered the call. However, after crossing the Ohio River, they learned that Hull had cowardly surrendered his army and the whole of Michigan territory to the British, although his army numbered nearly double the enemy. But this did not deter the Kentuckian. During January of the succeeding year, Colonel Lewis with his 700 to 1000 Kentuckians, marched against a combined force of British and Indians to Frenchtown on the river Raisin and drove them from the village. Three days later, General Winchester was told that a large force of the enemy was en route to attack the victors. As the night was bitter cold, the precaution of stationing pickets was neglected, and they were attacked by 2,000 British and Indians under General Proctor the next morning. The Kentucky riflemen stood their ground, fighting even as ammunition was low, and when summoned to surrender they said that they preferred death and only laid down their arms after being promised that their wounded would be safely guarded and treated humanely. But the British had already proven during the Revolutionary War to be brutal, so the promise was not kept, and the drunken Indians burned and tomahawked the helpless men and officers. Thus, afterwards the rallying cry of the Kentuckians was " Remember the river Raisin: Raisin and Revenge." They got their revence at Fort Stephenson when 160 men under Colonel Croghan of Kentucky repulsed Proctor and his 4,000 troops. When General Isaac Shelby went at the head of the Kentuckians, all were confident that he would lead them to victory. It is said that after the victory of Commodore Perry at Lake Erie, he wrote, "We have met the enemy and they are ours,"
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Floyd County Wills, Estates, Inventories, Distributions

Floyd County was formed iin 1800 and named for Colonel John Floyd. The County Seat is Prestonburg.

Indexes to Wills, Estates, Inventories, Distributions

Book A, 1866 to 1931
Book B, 1931 to 1969
Book C, 1969 to 1979
Book D, 1979 to 1981

Images of Floyd County Wills and Estates, Books A & B, 1866 to 1958

Testators:

Akers, G. W.* Akers, Preston* Akins, William* Allen, Annie* Allen, Bertha* Allen, Blucher* Allen, C. L.* Allen, David Murphey Sr.* Allen, David Murphy and Rebecca Gearheart* Allen, Della* Allen, Dells* Allen, Edward* L.* Archer, Emma* J.* Allen, Eula* Allen, Felix G.* Allen, J. N.* Allen, John R.* Allen, Rebecca* Allen, Rebecca (2)* Allen, William* Alley, J. W.* Archer, Marie Minks* Arney, Mollie* Arnold, E. P.* Aukier, Hollie Friend* Auxier, James Robert Auxier, John C. B.* Bailey, J. C.* Baile, Malissie* Baker, Benjamin* Baldridge, Ellen* Barnett, Nora E.Bartley, J. A.* Bell, Armina* Bender, William E.* Bentley, George W.* Bentley, Margaret Ann* Blackburn, Elizabeth* Blackburn, Fred Sr. Blackburn, Levi* Blackburn, Sally Blackburn, Thomas* Blackburn, Thomas (2)* Bond, Charles F.* Bond, Cordelia M.* Bouchett, T. O.* Boughton, M. C.* Bradley, B.* Branman, Sallie* Bull, Melvine* Burchett, Jesse* Burchett, J. W.* Burchett, Millie* Burchett, William G.* Bush, Melvin T.* Bush, Minnie J.* Busk, Mary* Calhoun, Hiram* Callihan, G. D.* Cecil, Thomas* Clark, Cal* Clark, Hettie* Clark, Lawton E.* Clark, L. D.* Click, Cynthia Jane* Cline, Roscoe* Cogburn, Ossie* Cole, Malcom* Collins, Anna* Collins, Irvin* Collins, Justus* Collins, William* Combs, Albert G.* Combs, B. F.* Conn, Hiram Sr.* Cooley, Harry M.* Cortley, George W.* Cottrell, Fred H.* Cottrell, Lida Richmond* Crabtree, Denver* Crabtree, Sallie* Craft, Florence* Crisp, John L.* Crisp, Sol* Curnitean, Gean and Goldia* Cury, Kattas* Davidson, Josie* DeRossett, Tobe* Davis, B.* Dawhare, Faris* Dingus, Charles* Dingus, Everett* Dingus, P. M.* Dingus, Sidney* Dingus, T. H.* Dingus, William and Polkie* Dingus, William Sr.* Dotson, Eva* Duncan, Pee* Elliott, Arlie* Elliott, Mary M.* Elliott, Peter G.* Ellis, Levi*n* Endicott, John* Fannin, Emma* Ferguson, B. D.* Ferguson, Ella* Fields, E. F.* Fismus, George* Fitzpatrick, Chattie L.* Fitzpatrick, Chattie L. (1944)* Fitzpatrick, Henderson* Fitzpatrick, Henry C.* Fitzpatrick, Isaac* H.* Fitzpatrick, Minerva* Fitzpatrick, Sallie Davidson* Fitzpatrick, Stephen H.* Fitzpatrick, Walton* Ford, Edward* Ford, Grover* Ford, Lavina* Fraley, Sarah* E.* Francis, H. C.* Francis, James D.* Francis, Malissa* Frazer, Henry* Frasure, L.* Frazier, Luther* Frasure, Henry Earl* Frazier, Luther (1951)* Frazier, Mary J.* Gable, James* Gardner, Bell C.* Garrett, Seymore* Gearheart, Creed F.* Gearheart, Dave* Gearheart, Fred R.* Gearheart, Ned* Gearheart, Miranda* Gearheart, Sophia* Gibson, Martha L.* Gillards, John* Goble, Elizabeth* Goble, H. L.* Goble, Tine* Gosley, B. A.* Grace, Sarah* Greer, Webster* Gross, Solomon* Hager, C. G.* Hager, Hart* Hale, Bessie* Hall, Bill* Hall, Frank P.* Hall, Fred C.* Hall, G. B.* Hall, Harman* Hall, John* Hall, J. M.* Hall, Lee* Hall, Leona B. Hall, Lucy* Hall, Mary* Hall, Mary (1933)* Hall, Ora Lee Hall, Tipton* Hammill, John* Hamilton, Darsie Hamilton, Jake* Hamilton, John* Hamilton, John* Hamilton, Mary L.* Hamilton, Rhoda* Hannons, James* Hardie, H. C.* Harkins, Joseph D.* Harkins, Josephine D.* Harkins, Walter S.* Harlowe, A. C.* Harman, L. D.* Harris, Caroline* Harris, Frank D.* Harris, Hiram* Harris, John B.* Hatfield, Jesse* Hatfield, Mary* Hayes, Car* Haywood, Elzor* Heffett, John G. and Sarah* Heinze, F. L.* Hendon, David C.* Hereford, Annabelle* Hereford, James H.* Hicks, John A.* Hilton, Leroy* Hisner, Willie* Hite, W. F.* Holbrook, Cynthia* Holbrook, Pearl* Hoenio, Arthur V.* Honaker, Ida Belle* Honaker, James H.* Hopkins, Alice G.* Hopkins, Frank A.* Hopkins, J. O.* Horn, Lizzie* Hornby, Hubert J.* Howell, James* Howell, Mary* Howerton, Judith* Huckworth, Henry* Hughes, Henry* E. Hunt, Ora Hopson Hagans (Mrs.)* Hunter, Troy* Irick, Felix* James, Ballard M.* James, P.* Jarrell, W. M. M.* Johnson, Bailey* Johnson, Ballard* Johnson, Bee* Johnson, Bud* Johnson, John* Johnson, Levi* Johnson, W. H. C.* Jones, William H. Sr.* Justice, H. H.* Justin, William* Kendrick, G. T.* Kidd, A. M.* Kindred, J. C.* King, Joseph* Kinzer, S. C.* Kramer, J. W.* Laven, John* Lay, Henry* Layne, A. N.* Layne, Carl* Layne, Elizabeth* Layne, Lucinda* Layne, Molly* Layne, Ora May* Layne, Samuel G.* Layne, William H.* Leslie, Maude* Ley, Ann E.* Lykens, Catherine* Lykens, Sallie Moore* Lykens, Virgie* Lynch, Lula D.* Mandt, Sally Payne* Marshall, John* Martin, Ballard* Martin, Grover* Martin, Jobe* Martin, John* Martin, Juda* Martin, Julia* Martin, Kate* Martin, William M.* May, Anna B.* May, Basom* May, B. L. C.* May, Erma* May, G. A., Dr.* May, George A.* May, William H.* Maynard, Lizzie* Mayo, Anna* Mayo, G. W.* Mayo, Sidney* McClure, A. M.* McCoy, Celia* McCoy, Mousie Fraley* McDamson, Rosa* McGuire, William* McKay, James* Meade, Annie* Miller, William* Miller, William (2)* Moore, A. J.* Morrison, George* Napier, Amos* Newsom, Birt and Mollie* Newsome, Lula* Newsom, Retta* Nosby, Virgil* Osborn, Frances* Osborn, Herman L.* Osborn, S. D.* Osborne, Delis* Osborne, James* Osborne, Mat* Ousley, Teedle* Parker, A. P.* Parker, Ida M.* Parker, John* Theodore* Patton, Bertha Carpenter* Patton, Ellen May* Patton, Henry F.* Patton, J. A.* Patton, John F.* Patton, William David* Perry, Roy* Pinion, Frank* Poole, F. J.* Poole, T. J.* Porter, J. B.* Porter, J. M.* Pow, George* Prater, Daniel* Pratt, Miles* Preston, Oma* Prichard, Carl L.* Rafferty, John Sr.* Ransdell, Dr. Martin* Ratcliff, Dock* Ratcliff, James* Ratcliff, S. P.* Ratcliff, William* Redpath, John W.* Reed, William* Reubens, Samuel May* Reynolds, Frances* Reynolds, Nannie* Reynolds, Riley* Rice, Beatrice* Richmond, Isaac* Richmond, Mary R.* Rimmer, William Clarence* Robison, Lucy* Rose, John E. and Polly* Rose, Mary Callihan* Salisbury, Julia* Salyers, Sula R.* Sellards, J. H.* Sellards, Maggie* Setser, Harry* Setser, John* Shepherd, A. J.* Shepherd, Daniel* Shepherd, James E.* Shepherd, Lourana* Shepherd, Rufus and Betty* Short, James* Sizemore, Flora* Sizemore, Martin Hale* Slater, Ike* Slone, Henry* Smith, James L.* Smith, Tilden W.* Snavely, Ralph* Soutchfield, Frank* Sowards, W. H.* Spradlin, Alexander M.* Spradlin, Kate Stephens* Stambaugh, Irwin Rufus* Stanley, Samuel* Stanley, Thomas* Stephens, Camillus* Stephens, Dorcas Hale* Stephens, Samuel* Stone, B.* Stone, Charles* Stone, Elliott* Stone, Green Jr.* Stratton, John W.* Stratton, Mary* Stratton, Solomon* Stout, S. P.* Stumbo, Hugh* Stumbo, John M.* Stumbo, W. L.* Sturgill, Bill* Tackett, Lee* Taylor, Emma* Troutman, Lula Davidson* Turner, Alice* Turner, Ellen* Turner, J. D.* Turner, Joe* Turner, John* Turner, Martha Ellen* Turner, R. Lee* Vaughan, A. E. and Malinda* Vest, N. L.* Vinson, Jay A.* Waddington, Grant* Walker, Fred W.* Walker, Thomas* Wall, J. R.* Wallen, Paul and Zona* Walters, John E.* Ward, Frank D.* Warsham, G. A.* Webb, Jemima* Webb, Nellie* Webb, Tobe T.* Well, Alexander* West, Jonah* Westbrook, William B.* Wheeler, C. B.* Wilbur, Leo H.* Wilkinson, Nell B. D.* Williams, J. M.* Williams, Wilburn* Witter, Mary* Wright, A. J.* Yates, Luke* Yates, Samuel

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The Hard Winter of 1779

From November to March (1779-1780) the settlers of Kentucky suffered untold anguish from the severity of the weather and the scarcity of food. More pioneers had come into the wilderness the preceding summer and so increased the population which meant that the products of garden, field, and forest were soon exhausted. Deep, unmelting snow covered the land; many families coming by river were caught in the masses of ice, compelled to abandon their primitive boats, and encamp on the frozen shore; while the traveler by land found trails blocked with snow, creeks frozen solid, and the forest desolate. Horses, cattle, and many wild animals froze or died from want of nourishment, while so great was the extremity that the settlers were forced to eat the flesh of the animals that had thus fallen, and for months had to go without bread. In this severe cold, through the deep snow and over the solid ice, there could be little traveling. To secure supplies from elsewhere was impossible; and even when spring began to bring some relief, one bushel of corn brought, in the continental currency, from fifty to one hundred and seventy-five dollars. Complete relief could not come until the seedtime and the harvest home were over.
Fleming Co. KY Genealogy Records

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