Green County Probate Records
Pictured
is the oldest court house in Kentucky in Greensburg.
Green County was formed in 1792 from portions of Lincoln and Nelson
counties and was named after General Nathaniel Greene, the famous hero
of the southern campaigns during the Revolutionary War. Three
courthouses have served Green County. In 1804, a brick building replaced
an earlier structure, and while no longer operational, it stands in the
Greensburg Historic District (downtown) and is the oldest court house
building in Kentucky. The county seat is Greensburg, Kentucky.
Green County Probate Records available to members of Kentucky Pioneers
Tax Digests
- Green County 1795 Tax List
- Wills and Estates 1793 to 1813
- Abney, John
- Bass, Thomas
- Black, Hughy
- Black, Robert
- Bloide, William
- Buckner, Aylette
- Buckner, Horace
- Cayce, Micajah
- Charlton, Thomas
- Cook, Benjamin
- Gill, William
- Graves, Benjamin
- Grimbin, Daniel
- Harris, James
- Hogeland, William
- Hutcheson, David
- Hutcheson, Mary
- Hutcheson, Nancy
- Hutcheson, William
- Marshall, Joseph
- Martin, John
- McColgan, Edward
- Moore, Robert
- Morton, William
- Munford, James
- Preeces, David
- Saunders, Samuel
- Sidebottom, Charles
- Sizzer, William
- Skaggs, Henry
- Smith, James
- Sublett, Valentine
- Tanner, Joel
- Vance, Alexander
- Walker, John
- Walker, William
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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. 
Pictured is Owensboro and the bridge across the Ohio River. Daviess
County was formed from part of Ohio County in 1815 and was named for
Abraham Owen, a Colonel who was killed at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
The borders of the county were altered in 1829 to form Hancock County in
order to absorb a small area surrounding Whitesville, and again in
1854 to cede land to McLean County. Then, in 1860 it annexed forty-four
square miles from Henderson County.
Cumberland County was created in 1798 from land in Green County and was named after the Cumberland River. The county seat is Burkesville.