17th Century FlintlocksBy Jeannette Holland Austin
While Virginia settlers thought of themselves as living more splendidly than their families in England, Kentuckians were true explorers and adventurers. Their success weighed heavily upon their personal ability to survive in a wilderness setting laced with hardship and Indian tribes. Yet, such primitive conditions actually carved the trail which led further West. First, people came down out of Pennsylvania and crossed the Shenandoah Valley treking through the Blue Ridge Mountains and settled in remote regions dominated by various Indian tribes. By the time that Daniel Boone and other explorers began surveying this country, there were already families of Scotch-Irish and German immigrants who had traveled the trail together and created little communities.
Boyle County Wills, Estates, Deeds
Boyle
County was formed on February 15, 1842 from sections of Lincoln and
Mercer Counties and was named after John Boyle, Congressman, Chief
Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals and U. S. District Judge.
The courthouse fire in 1860 resulted in the loss of some county records
and the earliest surviving records began in 1842. The county seat is
Danville, Kentucky.Some early settlers were: Baker Ewing, Gabriel Lackey, Evan Rogers, Thomas Collins, James Crawford, Dennis Hedgeman, Nathan Douglas, Henry Harlan, Frederick Pipperdan, William McGrath and Henry Harlan.
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Alexander, Cloe | Anderson, John | Ball, Caroline | Ball, Daniel | Ball, Martha | Ball, Mary | Ball, Thomas | Ballerton, William | Barbour, James | Barbour, Letitia | Bellis, Peter | Bellis, Sarah | Beswick, Elizabeth | Bilbo, John | Bilbo, Mary | Bolling, Dread | Bolling, Richard | Bottom, John | Bottom, William | Braxdale, John Sr. Brown, Elizabeth | Brown, George | Bruce, Charles | Burch, Mary | Burnett, James | Caldwell, Charles | Caldwell, James | Caldwell, Samuel | Carter, Charles | Chatham, Benjamin | Chiles, Elizabeth | Clark, Francis Sr. | Clarkstone, Drury | Clemons, Osburn | Collins, Harriet | Collins, Thomas | Coulter, Thomas | Cowan, Elizabeth | Cowan, Henry | Cowan, Thomas | Craig, Rachel | Crane, Nelson | Crawford, James | Crawford, William | Cudlip, George | Donighy, George | Douglas, Nathan | Downey, James | Downton, Thomas | Dunn, Jane | Durham, Benjamin | Durham, John | Erwin, John | Ewing, Baker | Fields, Henry | Fields, James Jr. | Fields, Susan | Fisher, Elias | Fisher, Jesh | Fisher, Stephen | Fitton, Benjamin | Fountaine, Mathew | French, Edward | Funk, Fanny | Gains, Elmira | Gill, Nancy | Graham, Theresa | Games, Ezekiel | Grant, John | Graves, James | Gray, James | Gray, Jane | Gray, Robert | Hailey, Enoch |Hall, John | Hammer, Sarah | Harlan, Davis | Harlan, Elijah | Harlan, Henry | Harlan, John | Harlan, Mary | Harman, William | Harrison, Thomas | Harrod, Ann | Hawkins, Ann | Heaten, Winiford | Hedgeman, Dennis | Henderson, Charles | Henderson, Elizabeth | Heron, Samuel | Hocker, Samuel | Hopes, Michael | Humble, Mary | Hurly, Leah | Hutton, Sarrah | Irvin, James | Irvine, Abram | Irvin, John | Jackson, Aaron | Johnson, Anthony | Kerr, Patrick | Kerr, Priscilla | King, John | Knox, Isabella | Knox, Robert | Lackey, Gabriel | Laurence, Mary | Lay, Martin | Laws, Jeremiah | Lind, Margaret St. Clair | Lind, Mary St. Clair | Long, Jacob | Luvmery, William | Marrs, James | Martin, Jane | Mays, James | McCall, William | McClanahan, Thomas | McClane, Elizabeth | McDowell, Joseph | McDowell, Sarah | McGinnis, Jesse | McGinnis, Mary | McGinnis, Samuel | McGrath, William | McKay, John | Means, John | Meaux, Walter |Mock, John | Montgomery, Jane | Moore, Lawson | Moore, Margaret | Moore, Samuel | Moorhead, John | Morrow, Margaret | Neff, Francis | Nield, George | Owens, Mason | Owsley, William | Pipes, Nathaniel | Pipes, William | Potts, Samuel | Prewitt, Elizabeth | Prewitt, Martha | Prewitt, Thomas | Proctor, Benjamin | Rains, James | Ramsey, Jane | Read, Ann | Read, Francis | Reed, Isabella |Reed, Thomas |Ripperdan, Daniel |Robards, Robert | Robertson, Duncan F. | Robison, Thomas Sr. | Rochester, Sarah | Rout, Malenda | Russel, D. A. | Sevier, Isaac | Smith, Ephraim | Smith, George | Smith, Henry | Smith, Jesse | Smith, John | South, John | Sparrow, Dennis | Spears, George | Spears, John | Stewart, William | Street, Nathaniel | Sweeny, William | Tadock, Carter | Tarkington, Thomas | Taylor, William | Tompkins, John |Tucker, James | Vanarsdale, Isaac O. | Wade, Jeremiah |Wade, William |Walker, Elizabeth | Walker, Mary | Walker, Robert | Wallace, Caleb | Wilhite, Nicholas | Wilhite, Rody | Williams, Fanny | Williams, Susan | Wingate, Esther | Witherspoon, Sarah | Yager, Joseph | Yankee, Jacob | Yeager, Frederick | Young, John | Zimmerman, James | Zimmerman, James F.
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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.
Boone County was founded in 1798 and named after Daniel Boone. The
county seat is Burlington, Kentucky. The court house records begin in
1800 and contain a complete record of old wills, estates, inventories,
guardianships and other miscellaneous estate items all bundled together
in the same book. In other words, when you research these books,
detailed account of the estate usually follows the last will and
testament up until the time that it was settled.
Previously, head coverings were sewn with beaver fur sent to England for
working up, and then returned in the shape of hats to be sold or
bartered. But the Kentuckian explorer trapped beaver and other animals
for fur and used it to craft necessities required in the wilderness
home. History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century by Philip Alexander
Bruce.
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.
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).
Adair County was formed on December 11, 1801 from sections of Green
County at which time Columbia was chosen as the county seat. The county
was named for John Adair, commander of the Kentucky troops in the Battle
of New Orleans and Governor of Kentucky. The Adair family traces to ca
1300 and is found on 
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).