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Kentucky Caldwell County
| Caldwell County, Kentucky | |||||||||
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 Location in the state of Kentucky | |||||||||
 Location of Kentucky in the U.S. | |||||||||
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| Founded | January 31, 1809 | ||||||||
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| County Seat | Princeton | ||||||||
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County Courthouse
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| Birth* | Marriage | Death* | Census | Deeds | Wills |
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Caldwell County Courthouse
100 East Market Street Room 3
Princeton, Ky 42445-1675
Phone: 270.365.6754[1]
History
Parent County
1809--Caldwell County was created 31 January 1809 from Livingston County.
County seat: Princeton [2]
Boundary Changes
Was formed from Livingston County in 1809. Before that, modern-day Caldwell County was part of Christian, Logan, and Lincoln Counties--Lincoln County being one of the three original counties in Kentucky.
Record Loss
The courthouse fire on 15 Dec 1864 destroyed some records
Places / Localities
Populated Places
| Bakers | Enon | McGowan | Ruth |
| Baldwin ford | Farmersville | Midway | Scottsburg |
| Cedar Bluff | Flat Rock | Needmore | Smith Ford |
| Claxton | Fredonia | Otter Pond | The Bluff |
| Cobb | Friendship | Princeton | Tom Gray Ford |
| Creswell | Harper Ford | Pumpkin Center | Utley Ford |
| Crider | Hopson | Quinn | Walche Cut |
| Crowtown | Lakeshore | Rufus | White Sulphur |
| Dulaney | Lewistown |
Neighboring Counties
Resources
African Americans
United States African Americans Kentucky African Americans
Cemeteries
Kentucky cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation.
- 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 Caldwell 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
- Caldwell 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.
- TheFamily History Library Catalog lists some records of cemeteries in Caldwell County. Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.
- ePodunk list of Caldwell 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.
Census
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1810 | 4,268 | ||
| 1820 | 9,022 | 111.4% | |
| 1830 | 8,324 | −7.7% | |
| 1840 | 10,365 | 24.5% | |
| 1850 | 13,048 | 25.9% | |
| 1860 | 9,318 | −28.6% | |
| 1870 | 10,826 | 16.2% | |
| 1880 | 11,282 | 4.2% | |
| 1890 | 13,186 | 16.9% | |
| 1900 | 14,510 | 10.0% | |
| 1910 | 14,063 | −3.1% | |
| 1920 | 13,975 | −0.6% | |
| 1930 | 13,781 | −1.4% | |
| 1940 | 14,499 | 5.2% | |
| 1950 | 13,199 | −9.0% | |
| 1960 | 13,073 | −1.0% | |
| 1970 | 13,179 | 0.8% | |
| 1980 | 13,473 | 2.2% | |
| 1990 | 13,232 | −1.8% | |
| 2000 | 13,060 | −1.3% | |
| http://ukcc.uky.edu/~census/21033.txt | |||
For tips on accessing Caldwell County, Kentucky census records online, see: Kentucky Census.
Churches
Court
- Caldwell Co., Ky. Circuit Court
- Fiscal Court
- Caldwell Co., Ky. County Court Clerk
- US GenWeb Archives 1810 Court Records
- 1835 Court Minutes
- Caldwell Co., KyGenWeb Archives
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
- [Baker] Chapman, Peggy Brown. Bakers of Logan, Christian, Muhlenberg, Livingston, Henderson, Hopkins, Caldwell, Union, Todd, Trigg, Crittenden, Lyon, McLean and Webster Counties & Jackson Purchase, Kentucky. Lubbock, Texas: P.B. Chapman, 1995. FHL Book 929.273 B171cp
- [Gilkey] Gilkey, Kenneth Edward. Gilkeys of Early Kentucky 1780-2000: This Book Focuses Primarily on William Gilkey of Caldwell Co., Ky. and His Descendants and His Brothers, David Gilkey of Union County, Ky. and John Gilkey of Nelson Co. Ky. and Their Descendants. Newburgh, Ind.: K.E. Gilkey, 2000. FHL Book 929.273 G397g
- [Sassin] Allen, Cameron. "Francois Sasin/Sassin of Manakin Town: The First Six Generations of the Sassin/Sasseen Family in America," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1993):3-17; Vol. 37, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1993):99-116; Vol. 37, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1993):193-205; Vol. 37, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1993):259-271. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 37 (1993).
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Military
- Military Caldwell Co., Ky. Cemeteries
- WW II Memorial- Caldwell
- WWII Memorial- Fredonia
- Caldwell Co., KyGenWeb Military Research
- KyGenWeb Archives
Newspapers
Probate
- 1809-1968 - Will Books A to G (1809-1968) have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
Taxation
Vital Records
- Caldwell Co., KyGenWeb Birth Records 1911-1930
- KY Death Records
- Vital records Project
- Caldwell Co., Ky. Unmarked Burials
- Caldwell Co., Ky. County Court Records
- Ky Vital records Index
- Caldwell Co., Ky. Message Board
- Morgan's Funeral Home (Recent Obits)
Societies and Libraries
- George Coon Public Library
- Glenn Martin Genealogy Research Library
- Caldwell Co., Ky. Historical Society
- Caldwell Co., Ky. Genealogy Society
- Fredonia Valley Heritage Society
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Caldway County, Kentucky page 269, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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