Bracken County Probate Records
Bracken County was organized in 1796 from parts of Mason and Campbell
Counties. Originally, the county extended to southern Nicholas County
(north of the Ohio River and west of the Licking River). It has two
creeks (named for William Bracken), the Big and Little Bracken. William
Bracken was a surveyor by trade and visited the area in 1773. He was
later killed by Indians during the Northwest Indian War. The first
county seat was Augusta, Kentucky but was moved to Woodward Crossing
(Brooksville).
Bracken County Probate Records available to members of Kentucky Pioneers
Miscellaneous Wills and Estates
- Black, James Sr.
- Bunts, Michael
- Hardwitch, James
- James, Samuel
- Lowe, Isaac
- Settles, Elizabeth
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Bell
County was formed in 1867 from parts of Knox and Harlan Counties and
was annexed from Knox County in 1872. It was named after Joshua Fry Bell
("Josh Bell"). The Wilderness Road was built through Bell County
during the 1790s.There were court house fires in 1914 and again in 1918
and a flood in 1976 during which occurrences the records were destroyed.
The records listed below are those which survived.
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.
Mercer County was formed from Lincoln County in 1785 and was named for the Revolutionary War General Hugh Mercer who was killed at the Battle of Princeton in 1777. The county seat is Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Some of the earliest settlers were: Abraham Bsnta, Alexander Bowling, Daniel and Cornelius Cozine, George Silvertooth, James Harrod, James Hornback, James Quigley, Thomas Freeman, Thomas Threlkeld, Patrick Lowry, Joseph Bohannon, John McMurtry, Harman Van Dyke, Benoni Swearengin and Matthew English. The Wills, Estates, Inventories, Orphans and Guardian Returns are all combined in the same books. A number of pages in these books were too faded and damaged to include. Effort was made by the State of Kentucky to restore some of the images, however, what you see is what you get.
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Barren County was established in 1798 from land provided by Green County and Warren Counties. Six courthouses have served the county throughout its history, the first built of logs. It was settled by the Scotch-Irish and the county seat is named Glasgow (after Glasgow, Scotland).
