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Allen County, Kentucky
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Location in the state of Kentucky
Location of Kentucky in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 11, 1815
County Seat	Scottsville
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

Allen County Courthouse, Scottsville, Ky. Courtesy: Collection: County Court Houses, Flickr by Jimmy Emerson. Used by permission.

Allen County Courthouse
PO Box 336
Scottsville, KY 42164
Phone: 270.237.3706^[1]

History

Parent County

1815--Allen County was created 11 January 1815 from Barren and Warren Counties.
County seat: Scottsville ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1902--A disaster destroyed many records.

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Barren
• Macon County, Tennessee
• Monroe
• Simpson
• Sumner County, Tennessee
• Warren

Resources

African Americans

United States African Americans Kentucky African Americans

• The Kentucky African American Griots Project ~ KYGenWeb Special Project
• Hangings in Kentucky, 1792 - 1900 ~ Sandi Gorin's Research Tips

Bible Records

• Allen County Bible Records ~ In the USGenWeb Archives Project
• Allen County Bible Records

Allen County Kentucky Bible Records

Biographies

• Allen County Biography Bibliography at World Cat
• Kentucky Biographies-Allen County ~ a KYGenWeb Special Project

Cemeteries

Kentucky cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation.

• Allen Co. KY USGenWeb Tombstone Project usually gives the names of the deceased in alphabetical order by last name with birth and death dates plus any remarks.
• Kentucky Historical Society Cemetery Search can be searched by name, place and/or date.  This database has hundreds of thousands of names transcribed from gravestones across Kentucky. 
• Find A Grave can be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried.  Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone.  May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave.
• Find A Grave also gives a list of cemeteries in Allen County and links to the  information for the individuals buried there,
• Kentucky Cemeteries lists the national cemeteries in Kentucky with links to their web sites. The first link under Online Kentucky Cemeteries goes to the Kentucky section of Interment.net
• Allen Co. KY USGenWeb Tombstone Project usually gives the names of the deceased in alphabetical order by last name with birth and death dates plus any remarks. 
• The Family History Library Catalog lists some records of cemeteries in Allen County.  Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.
• ePodunk list of Allen County cemeteries gives the names of the cemeteries in the county with a link to more information such as address, phone number, and web site.
• Access Genealogy-Allen County, Kentucky Cemetery Records
• Cemetery Junction
• C. L. Weaver Cemetery, Halifax, Allen Co., KY
• Interment.net-Allen County Kentucky 
• African American Cemeteries in Kentucky  
• AllenCountyKY.com SEARCHABLE ON-LINE DATABASE 

Census

1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population schedules of Allen County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see Kentucky Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in online indexes, try checking printed indexes. Created by local experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than online nationwide indexes.

See Kentucky Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.

• USGenWeb Census Project ~ Kentucky  Census Transcriptions 1850 - 1930
• The USGenWeb Census Images ~ The USGenWeb Census Images Project
• Kentucky Census Transcriptions ~ The USGenWeb Census Project
• Census Online ~ Census Online

Church

• Kentucky Christian Church Directory
• Catholic Parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville
• Catholic Parishes in the Archdiocese of Lexington

Court

• Allen County, KY Courthouse Records
• Abstracts of Early Supreme Court Cases ~ A KYGenWeb Special Project
• Kentucky Court of Justice Research and Reference

Genealogy

It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:

• Locate publications about direct ancestors
• Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
• Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

Bibliography

• [Holder] Reneau, Martha Powell. The Holder Family of Barren and Allen Counties, Kentucky. [Glasgow, Ky.]: M. Reneau, [1972?]. FHL Book 929.273 H711rm; digital version at FamilySearch Books Online
• [Long] Buchanan, Paul C. and Susie M. Owens. "Henry Long and Some Descendants of Colonial Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 38, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1994):115-126; Vol. 38, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1994):190-200; Vol. 38, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1994):263-273; Vol. 39, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1995):27-31. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 38 (1994)-v. 39 (1995).

Land

• AllenCountyKY.com SEARCHABLE ON-LINE DATABASE
• Kentucky Land Office

Local Histories

• History of Allen County by B.Y. DeWitt

Maps

• KYGenWeb Compiled List of Maps
• Click on the County to go to the KYGenWeb site

Military

• AllenCountyKY.com SEARCHABLE ON-LINE DATABASE
• Military Resources Records from the Revolutionary War through the Civil War
• Korean War Memorial for Soliders from Kentucky
• Fallen Soldiers in World War I from KY

Newspapers

• KY Newspaper Index with links
  
• KY Newspapers on Microfilm

Obituaries

• KY Footsteps Archives ~ KY Footsteps List Archives - thousands of obituaries here ~ KYGenWeb Project
• KY Obituary Sources ~ Kentucky Obituary Sources ~ Compiled by the KYGenWeb Project
• Links to research and locate obituaries
• Browning Genealogy Database ~ The Browning Genealogy Database - A Collection of Obituaries Compiled by Charles Browning.
• USGenWeb Archives Obituary Project  ~  Kentucky Obituary Project
• Afrigeneas ~ African American death notices, obituaries and funeral programs compiled by users from current newspapers and historical sources
• Obituary Depot  ~  Kentucky Newspaper Citations
• Obituary Daily Times  ~  Citations to over 15,000,000 obituaries including interactive search function
• Nashville Advocate ~ Death Abstracts from the Nashville Christian Advocate

Probate Records

Indexes

• 1798-1920 - AllenCountyKY.com SEARCHABLE ON-LINE DATABASE. Abstracts arranged by time period and testator's surname.

Online Wills

• 1824-1977 - Will Books A to E and 1 to 4 (1824-1977) have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Taxation

Vital Records

• AllenCountyKY.com SEARCHABLE ON-LINE DATABASE

Early Allen County Marriage Records 1815-1889

• The Kentucky Vital Records Project Transcriptions of and Images of KY Death Certificates - A Work in Progress ~ The KY Vital Records Project
• KY Births & Christenings ~ Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960 Family Search
• KY Deaths & Burials ~ KY Deaths & Burials 1843 - 1970
• KY Marriage Records ~ KY Marriages 1783 - 1979 ~ Family Search
• Searchable KY Vital Records ~ Searchable databases of KY Births, Deaths & Marriages
• Kentucky Marriage Records  1973 - 2000  ~ Kentucky Marriage Records - 1973 - 2000
• KY Divorces 1973 - 1993 ~ Kentucky Divorce Records 1973 - 1993 ~ University of Kentucky Vital Records Databases
• The Social Security Death Index The Social Security Death Index - Searchable

Societies and Libraries 

• ALLEN COUNTY, KY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
• Links and addresses to Kentucky genealogical and historical societies

Web Sites

• Allen County Kentucky Web Site (Contact information for county officials)
• KYGenWeb-Allen County Site. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Allen County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Allen County, Kentucky page 268, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).