Marion County, Kentucky Genealogy

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History


The county is named after "The Swamp Fox" Revolutionary War Brigadier General Francis Marion(c1732-1795).

Parent County
1834--Marion County was created 25 January 1834 from Washington County. County seat: Lebanon

Record Loss
1863--A disaster destroyed most of the records.

Neighboring Counties

 * Boyle
 * Casey
 * Larue
 * Nelson
 * Taylor
 * Washington

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 Marion County linking to the information about the people buried there,


 * Kentucky Cemeteries lists the national cemeteries in Kentucky with links to their web sites.
 * Marion County 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 Marion County. Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.


 * ePodunk list of Marion County cemeteries

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog