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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.
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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
Images of Wills, Inventories, Estates, Book B, 1798 to 1805
- 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
- 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 Images of Wills, Inventories, Estates, Book C, 1805 to 1809
- 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
- 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
Images of Wills, Inventories, Estates, Book D, 1809 to 1814
- Timberlake, Richard | Torman, John | Underwood, Francis | Weakland, Bowles | Wentland, Charles | Wheeler, Ruth | Wright, Thomas | Wright, William O. | Yocum, F.
- 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
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Images of Wills, Inventories, Estates, Book E, 1814 to 1816
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- 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
Images of Wills, Inventories, Estates, Book F, 1816 to 1821
- 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
Miscellaneous Images of Wills and Estates 1795 to 1805
- Chamberson, Silas | Cunningham, J. | Hardesty, Benjamin | Kirkpatrick, Joseph | Parks, James | Patton, Margaret | Timmerman, Philip | Wallen, John
- 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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