Bourbon County, Kentucky Genealogy

United States   Kentucky    Bourbon County

Parent County
1785--Bourbon County was created 17 October 1785 from Fayette County. County seat: Paris

Record Loss
1872--A disaster caused the loss of some records.

Neighboring Counties

 * Bath
 * Clark
 * Fayette
 * Harrison
 * Montgomery
 * Nicholas
 * Scott

African American
The following have information concerning African American research. Both should be used:


 * African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records


 * Kentucky Minorities has information specific to Kentucky African Americans.

Biographies

 * Bourbon County Kentucky Biographies

Cemeteries
Kentucky cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation. Local volunteers through Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness may take photographs of headstones found in county cemeteries.


 * 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 Bourbon 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
 * Bourbon 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 Bourbon County. Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.


 * ePodunk list of Bourbon 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
1790 - Lost, but a substitute is available, see Taxation.

1800 - Lost, but a substitute is available:

Church
Presbyterian


 * Shane, John Dabney and Presbyterian Historical Society. Shane Manuscript Collection. Original records, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Penn. FHL US/CAN Film 948631.

Family Histories
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]

General


 * The Kentuckian-Citizen Newspaper Clippings of Early Bourbon Families. 3 vols. Paris, Ky.: n.p., 1943-1945. FHL US/CAN Book 976.942 D2k v. 1 ff.

Bibliography


 * [Ammerman] The Ammerman Family and Related Families. 196-?. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Am62am.
 * [Ammon] Passey, Jacqueline P. The Reverend Thomas Ammon: Pioneer Baptist Minister from Virginia and Kentucky: This is a History of His Life and Descendants. Fishers, Indiana: J.P. Passey, [2004?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Am64p.
 * [Ardery] Ardery, Donald M. The Ardery Family Tree. New Hope, Minn.: D.M. Ardery, 1983. FHL US/CAN Film 1035753 Item 7.
 * [Arthur] Harter, Byron E. The 'John Arthur' Story. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.: B.E. Harter, [1970?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Ar77h.
 * [Bacon] Donaldson, O. Clyde. Warren Adams Bacon of Bourbon County, Kentucky His Ancestors and Descendants. Hopkins, Minn.: O.C. Donaldson, 1989. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B137d.
 * [Baker] Hyatt, Harry Middleton. Genealogical Collection. MSS., Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, Ky. FHL 1550350.
 * [Barber] Meyers, Carrie Donohew and Harold L. Phillips. The Barbers of N.E. Kentucky (Bourbon, Clark, Bath, Flemming, Morgan &amp; Rowan Counties). Typescript, FHL US/CAN Film 1698036 Item 40.
 * [Basey] Lucas, Ernestine Garrett. From Paris to Springfield - the Slave Connection, Basye - Basey. [Springfield, Ohio]: E.G. Lucas, 1983. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B299L.
 * [Bedsworth] Bedsworth, Bobby D. The Descendants of Noah Bedsworth (1799-1851). Hallsville, Mo.: B.D. Bedsworth, 1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B391bb.
 * [Blake] Blake Family Records, ca. 1630-1961. Typescript, FHL US/CAN Film 2055330 Item 1.
 * [Boaz] Boaz, Thurmond DeWitte and Clarence Weaver Boaz. Thomas Boaz (1817-1897) and His Descendants. Anderson, Ind.: C.L. Boaz Jr., 1989. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B63t.
 * [Boyd] Boyd, Joseph R. Boyd Family: Kentucky to Indiana. 2 vols. Lafayette, Ind.: J.R. Boyd, 2000. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B692bjr v. 1 2000 ff.
 * [Bradley] Bradley, Noah Harrison. My Father's Family. Powhatan, Va.: N.H. Bradby, [1986]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B729bn.
 * [Brenton] Brenton, Chester F. Descendants of Brentons of Bourbon County Kentucky. Spokane, Wash.: C.F. Brenton, 1995. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B753bn.
 * [Bristow] Bristow, Mary Beckley and Neil Allen Bristow. Aunt Mary's Diary: The Writings of Mary Beckley Bristow. San Diego, Calif.: N.A. Bristow, 1996. FHL FAM HIST Book 921.73 B776b.
 * [Brown] Junkins, Phillip F. The John Junken Family. Brownsville, Ind.: P.F. Junkins, [1981?]. FHL US/CAN Film 1571135 Item 2.
 * [Burris]Hunt, Bessie Burris. Ancestors and Descendants of Jonathan Burris and Mary Jemima Boardman: With Allied Families of Baxter, Bryant, Crose, Gillispie, Hudson, Johnson, Rice. Hendersonville, N.C.: B.B. Hunt, 1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B944h.
 * [Clarkson] Cooke, Margaret Watson. The William Sandidge Family of Virginia; the Julius Clarkson Family of Virginia &amp; Kentucky; the William McConnell Family of Pennsylvania &amp; Kentucky; the Ralph Hughes Family of Virginia and Son Thomas Hughes' Family of Kentucky; the Henry Tandy Family of Virginia &amp; Kentucky: and Allied Families. Typescript, National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. FHL US/CAN Film 877537 Item 4.
 * [Coffman] Sampson, Edward E. The Coffman Family: With Related Jordan, Bryan and Mark Families. Tampa, Fla.: E.E. Sampson, 1989. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C654se.
 * [Coffman] Sampson, Edward E. The Coffman Family with Related Jordan, Bryan, Mark, Detro, Waln, Arnold and Reeves Families. Tampa, Fla.: E.E. Sampson, 1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C654sa.
 * [Corwin] Van Houten, Ellen Faye and Gilbert Corwin. Corwin Cousins. 5 vols. Loveland, Ohio: E.F. Van Houten, 1986-1990. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C819v ff.
 * [Cowan] Cowan, Ralph Ellis and Florence Athey Eller. The Family of William Cowan and Anna Wilson. [n.p.: F.E. Cowan], 1973. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C838cr.
 * [Current] Hall, Martha Belle, Myrtle Rion and William R. McCann. Family of Matthew Current, Who Married Jane Wilson Call, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky. [Hopewell, Va.?: W.R. McCann?, 1955]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 572.
 * [Cuthbirth] Freed, Patsy. Benjamin Cuthbirth: The Old Hunter. Typescript, Morgan County Public Library, Martinsville, Ind. FHL US/CAN Film 1502552 Item 37.
 * [Davidson] Ford, Donald L. History of the Davidson Family. Hiawatha, Kansas: D.L. Ford, 1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D281f.
 * [Davidson] Oliver, Claude M. The Family Tree Davidson: A Description of the Book Published in 1973. Typescript, Family Genealogy Pamphlet File, Morrison Reeves Library (Richmond, Ind.). No. 18, FHL US/CAN Film 1548948 Item 1.
 * [Davison] Oliver, Claude M. The Family Tree Davison. Pendleton, Ind.: C.M. Oliver, 1973. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D299o.
 * [Davison] Davison, Ralph E. Edward R. Davison Family: Edward, Soldier of the Revolution. [Des Moines, Iowa]: R.E. Davison, 1977. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D299a.
 * [DeLay] DeLay, Samuel G. and Zell DeLay. The DeLay Family History: A History and Genealogy of DeLays in North America. Elgin, Ill.: S.G. DeLay, [1983?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D376d.
 * [Donnell] Donnell, Camilla and Emma A. Donnell. The Donnell Family: A History and Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Donnell, of Scotland. Greenfield, Ind.: William Mitchell Printing, 1912. FHL US/CAN Film 1321147 Item 7; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Duncan] Ardery, Julia Hoge Spencer. The Duncans of Bourbon County, Kentucky: With Notes from Other Counties. Lexington, Ky.: W.S. Walsh Printing Co., 1943. FHL US/CAN Fiche 6018102.
 * [Duncan] DeVerter, Ruth Hendricks. The Duncan and Dinwiddie Families: With Allied Lines: Scotland; Virginia; Shelby, Scott, Boone, and Bourbon Counties, Kentucky; Rush and Hendricks Counties, Indiana; and Westward Migrations as Far as California. Baytown, Texas: R.H. DeVerter, 1969. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H384d v. 4.
 * [Earlywine] Lontz, Mary Belle and Maude Epperson. Earlywine Family. 196-. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Ea76L.
 * [Eaton] Eaton, Doris C. Eaton Family History. Typescript, FHL US/CAN Film 1036083 Item 3.
 * [Eberman] Haraldson, Irene Everman. Record of Michael Everman of Germany, Immigrant [of] 1732, and of His Descendents in Part. Reeds Spring, Mo.: I.E. Haraldson, 1967. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Ev27h.
 * [Forgey] Forgey, George W. Forgey Family. MSS., FHL US/CAN Film 982483 Item 4.
 * [Foster] Southwick, Louise Bales. Descendants of Joel Higgins and Margaret Womack Higgins. Typescript, FHL US/CAN Film 896607 Item 1.
 * [Garrard] Everman, H.E. Governor James Garrard. Richmond, Ky.: Cooper's Run Press, 1981. FHL FAM HIST Book 921.73 G191e.
 * [Gibbens] Gibbens, Alvaro F. Gibbens - Butcher Genealogy: Embracing also Barnett, Brown, Buckner, Byrne, Champlain, Enoch, Fairfax, Hannaman, Herbert, Riggs; and Bibbee, Drake, Kincheloe, Morrell, Pribble, Pilcher, Peadro, Reeder, Triplett, Vaughan, Vandiver, Warnick and Other Pioneer Families of Virginia Who Migrated West of the Alleghanies. Parkersburg, W. Va.: G.B. Gibbens, 1894. FHL US/CAN Film 423 Item 3.
 * [Gilbert] Hilligoss, Clyde E. Gilbert Family Records Collection, 1954-1987. MSS., FHL US/CAN Film 1440556 Item 3.
 * [Grant] McVean, Julia Grant and S.G. Clifford. Grant Family Record. Typescript, Willard Library, Evansville, Ind. FHL US/CAN Film 1481365 Item 10.
 * [Griffing] McCann, Robert Lee and William R. McCann. Family of Eliza R. McCann, Who Married Lytle Griffing: Bourbon County, Kentucky - Adams County, Illinois. [Hopewell, Va.?: W.R. McCann, 1963]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M126m.
 * [Griffith] Griffith, Charlotte. The Griffiths from Culpepper, Virginia to Bourbon, Kentucky to Pike, Missouri. Clarksville, Mo.: C. Griffith, 1989. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G875gch.
 * [Hamilton] Hamilton: Family Genealogical Data, 1760-1949. Typescript, Ripley County Historical Museum, Versailles, Ind. FHL US/CAN Film 1312800 Item 23.
 * [Hamm] Baker, Natalie Montgomery. Hamm Genealogical Collection. Typescript, Genealogical Records Collection, Natalie Montgomery Baker. FHL US/CAN Film 1255700.
 * [Hamm] Hamm, Russell L. Under the Hamm Ham Tree: Hypothesis and History. [Terre Haute, Ind.?: R.L. Hamm Co., 1981]. FHL US/CAN Film 1502578 Item 9.
 * '[Hamman] Conner, Henry Clay. Phillip Hamman in Kentucky. Indianapolis, Ind.: H.C. Conner, Jr., 1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 921.73 A1 no. 479.
 * [Henry] Thompson, Loute Squires and Henry Association. Our Hugh Henry Family. Lexington, Ky.: Henry Association, 1949. FHL US/CAN Film 1206418 Item 6.
 * [Henry] Henry, Howard W. The Descendants of Richard Henry, 1797-1876, Kentucky and Illinois. Albuquerque, N.M.: The Genealogy Club of Albuquerque, 1999. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H396r.
 * [Hester] Hilligoss, Clyde E. Gilbert Family Records Collection, 1954-1987. MSS., FHL US/CAN Film 1440556 Item 3.
 * [Hilligoss] Danell, Jennie. Hilligoss Family of Fleming County, Kentucky and Rush County, Indiana. Fresno, Calif.: J. Danell, 197-?. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H558d.
 * [Hillman] Brevoort, Eliza H. Lownsdale--Hillman, Craigs and Others. Lawrenceville, Ill.: Bey Printing Co., 1957. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L954b.
 * [Hopkins] Hopkins, Lott, Bledsoe Families. MSS., FHL US/CAN Film 978076 Item 13.
 * [Hopkins] Hopkins, George O. The Samuel Hopkins Family of Campbell County, Kentucky. MSS., microfilmed in 1975,FHL US/CAN Film 978076 Item 12.
 * [Hopkins] Ball, Helen A. Ezekiel and Sarah Hazzard Hopkins of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Bourbon County, Kentucky: Including Some of Their Descendants and Some Related Families. East Lansing, Mich.: H.A. Ball, 1978. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H774a.
 * [Hopkins] Daviess County Museum, Washington, Indiana. Hopkins Family File. MSS., FHL US/CAN Film 1435497 Item 1.
 * [Housh] Ramsey, Betty Miller. Tangled Branches: The House, Hunsucker, Miller, Riggle Families. [Fairview, Utah]: B.M. Ramsey, 1982. FHL US/CAN Film 1033899 Item 20.
 * [Huddleston] Hudelson, Anna. Our Families: A Bit of History in Gibson County, Indiana, in which Our Families Played a Part, the Hudelsons, the Kellogs. Typescript, FHL US/CAN Film 1435483.
 * [Huddleston] Hudelson Family, Henry County, Indiana: 495 A.D.-1930, MSS., Henry County, Indiana Historical Society; FHL US/CAN Film 1033909 Item 4.
 * [Johnson] Johnson, E.C. and Laura E. Johnson. Brief Life Sketches of a Johnston Family of Virginia and Kentucky. Masonic Home, Ky.: Masonic Home Journal, 1970. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 J63jec.
 * [Johnston] Johnston, Alexander Russell. An Incomplete Directory of the Descendants of My Great Grandparents. Harrisburg, Penn.: Publishing House of the United Evangelical Church, 1915. FHL US/CAN Film 928251 Item 5.
 * [Jones] Bowman, Mary Elizabeth Hagan and William R. McCann. Ancestors - Descendants, John I. Jones, Who Married May Ellen Swartzwelder (a McCann), Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky. [Hopewell, Virginia?: W.R. McCann, 1956]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 J718b.
 * [Junken] Junkins, Phillip F. The John Junken Family. Brownsville, Ind.: P.F. Junkins, [1981?]. FHL US/CAN Film 1571135 Item 2.
 * [Keath] Keith, Robert E. and Gabriel Furrow Keith. Known ... Keath Family Descendents. Flint, Mich.: R.E. Keith, 1998. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 K22kr.
 * [Kemp] Waterfield, Marjorie Featheringill. Land Deeds and Research Notes on Reuben &amp; Edward Kemp, 1770-1880. Bowling Green, Ohio: M. Waterfield, [1990?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 K32wm.
 * [Kenady] See Kennedy.
 * [Kennedy] Rollins, Mary La Page. Joshua Rawlings: And His Descendants and Allied Families. Typescript, National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. FHL US/CAN Film 873451 Item 3.
 * [Kennedy] McDonald, David G. Kennedy of Kentucky. Columbia, Mo.: D.G. McDonald, 1981. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 K38m.
 * [Kennedy] King, Patricia Florence. Family History for Patricia Florence Williams King: Families Listed are: Abbott, Adams, Alexander, Annis, Barker, Beck, Beckett, Belt, Blackburn, Blair, Blake, Boggs, Boling, Boone, Brestel, Brewer, Bridwell, Brooks, Brown, Browning, Burke, Burris, Burt, Callahan, Carter, Chappel, Clemons, Cloe/Clow, Coligan, Collier, ... Cincinnati, Ohio: P.F. King, 1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W67ki.
 * [Kennedy] Schatz, Mary Ann Kenady. Kenady: Family History. 4 vols. Los Altos, Calif.: M.A.K. Schatz, 2001-2002. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 K33s v. 1 ff.; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Lamb] Kjos, Ruth Sweet. Album and History of James and Rebecca Lamb and Their Descendants: (Including Boone, Gaar, Evans, Stockdale). Kelseyville, Calif.: R.S. Kjos, 1986. FHL US/CAN Film 1571140 Item 5.
 * [Lawless] Wilkey, Keith L. A History of the Descendants of John Lawless II and Margaret Skirvin Lawless. Quincy, Ill.: K.L. Wilkey, 1968. FHL US/CAN Film 1321046 Item 21.
 * [Lear] Institute of Family Research, Inc. Preliminary Findings on the Ancestry of William Powell Lear. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1986. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L477p.
 * [Lillard] Lillard, Gerald F. A Compilation of the Known Descendants of Thomas and Rhoda (Patterson) Lillard, a Pioneer Family of Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa. [Arlington, Va.: s.n.], 1950. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L628L.
 * [Lillard] Lillard, David Hicks. Lillard, a Family of Colonial Virginia. 2 vols. Memphis, Tenn.: D.H. Lillard, 1991. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L628LL ff.
 * [Little] Lytle, Leonard. The Descendants of John Little of Botetourt and Rockbridge Counties, Virginia: With Notes on Other Lines of Littles &amp; Lytles that may be Related. Typescript, National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. FHL US/CAN Film 877538 Item 7.
 * [Luckett] Bush, Conrad L. and Leeona Capps Bush. Luckett Family Photograph. Photograph, FHL INTL Film 1440589 Item 5.
 * [Lynch] Richardson, Fannie B. Taylor. Lynch: Brothers William Lynch (1790?-1840) and Anderson Lynch (12-27-1795/ 8-28-1863) and Their Descendants. Greenwood, Ind.: F.B.T. Richardson, 1958. FHL US/CAN Film 1405229.
 * [McCann] McCann, William R. and Robert Lee McCann. Some Descendants of John Keand of Withorn, Scotland and were Known as McCanns: Many of Whom Lived and Died in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, and were Known as McCanns. [Hopewell, Va.?: W.R. McCann, 1953]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 K195m.
 * [McCann] McCann, Robert Lee and William R. McCann. Family of Wesley D. McCann : Bourbon County, Kentucky - Adams County, Illinois. [Hopewell, Va.?: R.L. &amp; W.R. McCann, 1962]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 2835; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [McClanahan] Mills, Patije Weber. McClanahans: Early 1780-1825 Bourbon County, Kentucky Settlers. Sarasota, Fla.: P.W. Mills, 2001. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M132mp; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [McConnell] Cooke, Margaret Watson. The William Sandidge Family of Virginia; the Julius Clarkson Family of Virginia &amp; Kentucky; the William McConnell Family of Pennsylvania &amp; Kentucky; the Ralph Hughes Family of Virginia and Son Thomas Hughes' Family of Kentucky; the Henry Tandy Family of Virginia &amp; Kentucky: and Allied Families. Typescript, National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. FHL US/CAN Film 877537 Item 4.
 * [McCullough] Hendrickson, Sidney. The McCulloughs of Madison County. n.p.: S. Hendrickson, 1984. FHL US/CAN Film 1421797 Item 8.
 * [McCune] Knapp, Alfred Averill and Amy Edna Ramey McCune. Some of the Descendants of Robert and Jane McCune of Bourbon and Nicholas County, Kentucky. Winter Park, Fla.: College Press, 1947?. FHL US/CAN Fiche 6010401.
 * [McCune] Campbell, Kathryn Hutcherson. William McCune, the Pennsylvanian, and Kindred Families. Dallas, Texas: Campbell, Courtney K., 1974. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M139b.
 * [McVey] Whiteman, Helen McVey. Pioneering on the High Plains of Kansas: The McVey Family Story. [Ft. Collins, Colo.: H.M. Whiteman, 1994?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M253w.
 * [Mace] DeMarce, Virginia Easley. Clues to the Ancestry of Solomon Mace of Boone Co., MO.; the Mase/Mace Family of Ralls and Pike Cos., MO.; the Mase/Mace Family of Bourbon and Bath Cos., KY.; the Mace Family of Hampshire/Hardy Cos., VA/WV. Arlington, Va.: Mrs. J.L. DeMarce, 1989. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M15de.
 * [Martin] Farmer, Michael Martin. Adam Martin (1755-1835) and Thomas Roy Musick (1757-1842), St. Louis County, Missouri Pioneers: Their Ancestors, Descendants and Related Families Hildebrand, Peira, Roy and Neville. Wolfe City, Texas: Henington Pub., 1989. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M363fm.
 * [Miles] Miles, W.O. The Descendants of Richard Miles (1738-1838). Typescript, FHL US/CAN Film 940041.
 * [Mitchell] Johnson, Marion C. Early Baughman Letters, 1854 to 1897. Canton, Ill.: M.C. Johnson, [1992]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B326j.
 * [Montgomery] West, Goldie Shoemaker and Mary Ellen Stapp Gifford. Charles Fox Montgomery and Three Generations of His Descendants. Greenfield, Mo.: G. West, 1992. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M766wg.
 * [Morin] Pioneer Records of Josiah Morin. Typescript, FHL US/CAN Film 928276 Item 5.
 * [Musick] Farmer, Michael Martin. Adam Martin (1755-1835) and Thomas Roy Musick (1757-1842), St. Louis County, Missouri Pioneers: Their Ancestors, Descendants and Related Families Hildebrand, Peira, Roy and Neville. Wolfe City, Texas: Henington Pub., 1989. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M363fm.
 * [Neal] Schilling, F. Paul. The Neals of DeWitt and McLean Counties, Illinois: The Red Hand to Victory. Pasadena, Calif.: F.P. Schilling, 1987. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 N25s.
 * [Nicoson] Nicoson Family: Genealogical Data. Genealogy Tables, FHL US/CAN Film 1404659 Item 7.
 * [Nicoson] Nicoson, Marilyn. Descendants of Isaac Jefferson Nicoson and Margaret Mary Cowan. 1983. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 N548n.
 * [Northcutt] Northcutt, William Brooks. Diary, 1812 (War of 1812) and Personal History. MSS.; FHL US/CAN Film 467972 Item 1.
 * [Orr] Ostendorf, Paul J. William Orr of Ireland, Pennsylvania and Kentucky and His Descendants Through His son, William Vernon Orr, Born 1780 Pa.: Including Allied Families of Pollard, Vinsons and Thompson. West Saint Paul, Minn.: n.p., 1971. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Or7o.
 * [Parvin] Parvin, Richard H. A Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Parvin of Kentucky. Clearwater, Fla.: Parvin, 1976. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P259b.
 * [Pasley] Ellison, Kathy. Pasleys from Virginia, Illinois, Indiana. Typescript, Family Genealogy Pamphlet File, Morrison Reeves Library (Richmond, Ind.), No. 4. FHL US/CAN Film 1548948 Item 1.
 * [Patton] Boyd, Joseph R. Boyd Family: Kentucky to Indiana. 2 vols. Lafayette, Ind.: J.R. Boyd, 2000. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B692bjr v. 1 2000 ff.
 * [Pearson] See Pierson.
 * [Perkins] Perkins, Charles Abraham. The Perkins Family History. [Texas?]: C.A. Perkins, 1974. FHL US/CAN Film 1435492.
 * [Petty] Petty, Albert. Life of Albert Petty, Born 10 Aug. 1795, Bourbon Co. Kentucky: Also Brief Notes of His Ancestry. Typescript, at Historian's Office, Salt Lake City, Utah in 1950. FHL US/CAN Film 498.
 * [Pierson] Triplet Pearson / Pierson Society et al. Triplet Pearson / Pierson Society Newsletter. Newsletter. Fort Collins, Colorado: Triplet Pearson / Pierson Society, 2004-2007. FHL 929.27305 P615p
 * [Purviance] McCown Family Records, 1766-1930. Original records, Oakland Family History Center, Oakland, Calif. FHL US/CAN Fiche 6004451.
 * [Rawlings] Rollins, Mary La Page. Joshua Rawlings: And His Descendants and Allied Families. Typescript, National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. FHL US/CAN Film 873451 Item 3.
 * [Rayle] Jones, Jean E. The Rayle Family. 4 vols. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: J. Jones, 1990-2001. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R213j v. 4 [Vol. 4 discusses the Rayle family of Bourbon County.]
 * [Riley] Riley, Russell Lowell. Riley, a Genealogical Study of the Family of John &amp; Arre Noland Riley. Santa Ana, Calif.: R.L. Riley, 1991. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R455r.
 * [Ritchey] Osburn, Helen Richey. A Brief Genealogy of the Family of Gilbert Ritchey, 1758-1854: A Pioneer in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Indiana. Greensburg, Ind.: H.R. Osburn, 197-?. FHL US/CAN Film 1531729 Item 3. [Also includes "Supplement to the William and Gilbert Richey family."]
 * [Ritchey] Osburn, Helen Richey, Mary L. Brown Johnson and Frances Howard. A Memorial for the Ritchey-richey Families. [Hobart, Ind.: M.L.B. Johnson, 198-]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R51o.
 * [Ritchey] Wallace, Harriet Waggoner. Rev. John and Mary Catherine (Ritchey) Waggoner Family History: Pioneers of Kentucky and Indiana. South Bend, Ind.: H.W. Wallace, 1987?. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W124wh.
 * [Roberts] Sargent, Samuel S. Genealogies of Families of Coles County, Illinois, and Miscellaneous Cemetery, Marriage, and Probate Records. Typescript, microfilmed in 1948; FHL US/CAN Film 7699.
 * [Robertson] Hamilton, Lawrence M. and Ann B. Roe Hamilton. The Descendants of Nathan and Elizabeth (Speaks) Robertson. Oak Grove, Mo.: A &amp; L Computing, 1988. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R547h.
 * [Robertson] Claypool, Don. Robertsons of the Clan Donnachie. Danville, Ill.: Illiana Genealogical &amp; Historical Society, 1999. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R545cd.
 * [Robinett] Robinett Family Association of America. RFA Newsletter &amp; Journal = Robinett Family Association Newsletter &amp; Journal: Quarterly Publication of the Robinett Family Association of America, Inc. Ponce Inlet, Fla.: Robinett Family Association of America, 1984-present. FHL 929.27305 R552.
 * [Rogers] Rogers, Rev. The Diary of Rev. Rogers. MSS., FHL US/CAN Film 467972 Item 3.
 * [Rogers] Leppert, Ruth Margaret Patton. Ezekiel Rogers, 1765-1811: A Soldier of the Revolution and His Descendants. Typescript, National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. FHL US/CAN Film 907988 Item 3.
 * [Rogers] Rogers, James. Papers of James Rogers, Letters, Miscellaneous Business Papers, Journals, Etc. of the Rogers Family of Bourbon Co., Kentucky, 1837-1909. MSS., microfilmed in 1952, FHL 157094-157100.
 * [Rubey] The Family of Joseph and Ann Hunter Rubey. Typescript, Genealogical Research Work Files, Samuel M. Cline, Rubey File, Martinsville, Ind. FHL US/CAN Film 1502904.
 * [Ruggles] Buckley, William Kenneth. Information Pertaining to Descendants of Thomas Ruggles and Rachel Freeland. MSS., FHL US/CAN Film 1435496.
 * [Ryan] Ryan Family File. Typescript, Morgan County Public Library, Martinsville, Ind., FHL US/CAN Film 1502555 Item 11.
 * [Sackett] Hawk, Margaret Irene. Linkages: A Study of Four Early Families in Greene County, Ohio. Fairfax, Va.: M.I. Hawk, 1997. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sa14hm.
 * [Scott] DeVerter, Ruth Hendricks. The Genealogy of the Scott and Galloway Families: Scotland; Mifflin County, Pennsylvania; Bourbon County, Kentucky. [Baytown, Texas: R.H. DeVerter, 1959]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H384d v. 2.
 * [Scott] Golay, Mrs. Charles R. and Dorothy Lewis. Our Ancestral Legacy: Including the Families of: Lewis, Jones, Hollingworth, Study, Ruckman, Pearce, Stegall, Kenworthy, Crapster, White, Rye, Bond, Golay, Stark, Morgan, Jackson, Scott, Thronburgh, Willits, Commons, Congleton, Maulsby, Allison, Mills, Hayes, Monn, Boone, Beals, Harlan, Cassel, Bowater, Woodward, John, Rees, Powell, Delaplane, Clayton, Edge, Buffington, Washburn, Cole, Townsend, and Other Related Families. Cambridge City, Ind.?: Mrs. C.R. Golay?, 1969. FHL US/CAN Film 1571140 Item 11.
 * [Selby] Madeira, Pauline Hardin and Kim Beauchamp. The Ancestors of Harvey Louis Hardin: With Chapters on the Descendants of Samuel Sanford Hardin, James Pate, David McAlister, William Waddell, Samuel P. Griggs and John Selby. n.p.: Rex H. Madeira, Jr., 1999. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Se48mp.
 * [Shaver] Shaffer, Harvey E. The Shaver/Shafer and Dougherty/Daugherty Families: Also Kiser, Snider and Cottrell, Ferrell, Hively and Lowe Families. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1997. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sh25sha; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Shawhan] Shawhan, Ron T. Shawhan Family Genealogy. New Providence, N.J.: R.T. Shawhan, 1983. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sh28sr.
 * [Smith] Bradley, Noah Harrison. My Mother's Family. 2 vols. Powhatan, Va.: N.H. Bradley, 1992. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sm51bn 1992 ff.
 * [Sparks] Bidlack, Russell E. Russell E. Bidlack Genealogical Collection. Available at FHL.
 * [Stark] Meyers, Dale G. and Ira G. Stark. The Stark Family and Their In-laws. Typescript, 1970, Greensburg Public Library, Greensburg, Ind.; FHL US/CAN Film 1531734 Item 5.
 * [Stone] Stone Family Bible Records, 1797-1939. Kentucky Bible and Cemetery Records, Genealogical Records Committee, Kentucky Society D.A.R. FHL US/CAN Film 855039 Item 4.
 * [Talbott] Donaldson, O. Clyde. Warren Adams Bacon of Bourbon County, Kentucky His Ancestors and Descendants. Hopkins, Minn.: O.C. Donaldson, 1989. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B137d.
 * [Thomas] Dodele, Mabel M. A Trace of Thomas. Independence, Oregon: M.M. Dodele, 1984. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T364d.
 * [Thornton] Thornton, Joseph F. The Annals of a Family. Kent, Wash.: E.A. Poyneer, 1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T394tj.
 * [Todd] McMurtry, Richard K. Todd Families of America Collection of Richard K. McMurtry. MSS., FHL US/CAN Films 1573648-1573650.
 * [Todd] McMurtry, Richard K. Addendum to Todd Families in America Collection. MSS., FHL US/CAN Films 1735025-1735027.
 * [Trotter] Pape, Karen J. Scott-Trotter History. Mazomanie, Wisconsin: K.J. Pape, 1999. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sco83pk.
 * [Trumbo] Southwick, Louise Bales. Descendants of Joel Higgins and Margaret Womack Higgins. Typescript, FHL US/CAN Film 896607 Item 1.
 * [Tucker] Schneider, Nellie Pauk. Ancestry of Henry Pauk of Beardstown, Illinois - Wesley Marion Parker of Schuyler County, Illinois - John Tucker of Bourbon County, Kentucky. MSS., FHL US/CAN Film 1307586 Item 2.
 * [Turner] Ostendorf, Paul J. William Orr of Ireland, Pennsylvania and Kentucky and His Descendants Through His son, William Vernon Orr, Born 1780 Pa.: Including Allied Families of Pollard, Vinsons and Thompson. West Saint Paul, Minn.: n.p., 1971. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Or7o.
 * [Turpin] Lambert, P.T. History and Genealogy of the Jacob Turpin Branch of the Turpin Family: Being a Brief History and Genealogy of the Members of the First and Second Generations, and a Genealogy of the Members of All Other Generations Down to the Present Time. Greensburg, Ind.: Lambert, 1910. FHL US/CAN Film 928219 Item 8; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Van Deren] Van Deren, H.S. Van Deren Genealogy. Nashville, Tenn.: H.S. Van Deren, 195-?. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 V282v.
 * [Waggoner] Wallace, Harriet Waggoner. Rev. John and Mary Catherine (Ritchey) Waggoner Family History: Pioneers of Kentucky and Indiana. South Bend, Ind.: H.W. Wallace, 1987?. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W124wh.
 * [Waller] Hartman, Margaret Strebel. Life History, Captain John Waller, 1758--1823, Came to Kentucky in 1784, "An Unknown Pioneer." Falmouth, Ky.: W.J. Shonert, 1985. FHL FAM HIST Book 921.73 H255ha.
 * [Washburn] Leeka, Ora Ellis. Washburn. Typescript, National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. 2 parts. FHL US/CAN Film 875421 Item 1.
 * [Washburn] Wolfe, Barbara Schull. Jeremiah Washburn and Some of His Descendants. Typescript, National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. FHL US/CAN Film 875421 Item 2.
 * [Wasson] Haraldson, Irene Everman. Record of Michael Everman of Germany, Immigrant [of] 1732, and of His Descendents in Part. Reeds Spring, Mo.: I.E. Haraldson, 1967. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Ev27h.
 * [Wells] Connely - Weaver Family History. Records in the custody of Clark Coutny Genealogical Society, Marshall, Ill.; FHL US/CAN Film 1305157 Item 2.
 * [Whitney] Family Bible Records of George Otis Allen and Julia Olds Whitney [ca. 1751-1921]. Typescript, FHL US/CAN Film 1698051 Item 168.
 * [Wilson] Wilson: Family Genealogical Data, 1735-1956. Typescript, Ripley County Historical Museum, Versailles, Ind. FHL US/CAN Film 1312803 Item 50.
 * [Wilson] Stracke, Gloria Potts. A Wilson - Pryor Lineage. San Francisco, Calif.: G.P. Stracke, 1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W692s.
 * [Woolery] Tobey, Leona. Woolery Family Genealogy Data, ca. 1750-1938. Typescript, State Library of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio. FHL US/CAN Film 1320835 Item 35.
 * [Wright] McCann, William R. and Robert Lee McCann. Ancestors - Descendants: James Wilson Wright, Sr., Who Married Cynthia Rebecca Jones, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky. [Hopewell, Va.?: W.R. McCann, 1954]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W933mw.
 * [Yeater] Yeater, Sarah Jeanette Ellis. Genealogies of John J. Yeater and Sarah Jeanette (Ellis) Yeater, His Wife. Sedalia, Mo.: Sedalia Books, 1912. FHL US/CAN Film 982432 Item 7; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Yeater] Linder, Billy Royce and Yeater Cousins Association. The Yeater Cousins: For All Yeaters and Their Kin. Newsletter. New Paris, Ind.: B.R. Linder, 1968-1971. FHL 929.27305 Y33y.
 * [Yocom] Merk, William W. Rodgers, Booth, Cooper, Huggins, Yocom Families. Trona, Calif.: W.W. Merk, 1991. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R616m.
 * [Zener] Zener, Wilbur M. Zener Family Data, 1776-1980. MSS.; FHL US/CAN Film 1206417 Item 8.
 * [Zener] Stowell, Lucile S. Genealogies Zener, Howell, Swayze, Yard, Gramling. Mercer Island, Washington: L.S. Stowell, 1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Z43s.

Immigration

 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes will of a resident of Bourbon County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

Land
Land Grants and Patents


 * Virginia Land Office. [Index], Commonwealth's Grants or Patents [1779-1794, 1801 Now in Kentucky]. Original records, Virginia State Land Office, Richmond, Va. FHL US/CAN Film 7811 Item 1. [Some of the land was situated in Bourbon County.]

Local Histories

 * Everman, H.E. The History of Bourbon County, 1785-1865. n.p.: Bourbon Press, 1977. FHL US/CAN Book 976.9423 H2e.

Military
French and Indian War


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies a Bourbon County veteran; see place name index.]

Revolutionary War


 * Bell, Annie W.B. Record of Pension Abstracts Pertaining to Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Indian Wars: Who Settled in Bourbon County, Kentucky. 1934. FHL US/CAN Book 976.942 M23b.

War of 1812


 * Bell, Annie W.B. Record of Pension Abstracts Pertaining to Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Indian Wars: Who Settled in Bourbon County, Kentucky. 1934. FHL US/CAN Book 976.942 M23b.

Probate
Local Court

The organization Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Bourbon County probate records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:


 * 1) Will Book A: 1786-1795
 * 2) Will Book B: 1795-1805

London Court


 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes will of a resident of Bourbon County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

Taxation

 * [1787] Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. Available at FHL. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Bourbon County is included in Vol. 1.]
 * [1790-1791] Heinemann, Charles B. "First Census" of Kentucky 1790. Washington, D.C.: n.p., 1940. 1981 reprint: FHL US/CAN 976.9 X2ph 1981; digital version at Kentucky Kinfolks. ["8 pages of 1790 were used and 3 volumes of 1791. There is some duplication of names."]

Vital Records
Marriage


 * Kentucky Marriage Records, from the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983. FHL US/CAN Book 976.9 V2km. [Includes marriages from Bourbon County.]
 * Shane, John Dabney and Presbyterian Historical Society. Shane Manuscript Collection. Original records, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Penn. FHL US/CAN Film 948631.

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