Johnson County, Kentucky Genealogy

United States   Kentucky    Johnson County

Guide to Johnson County, Kentucky ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Johnson County Kentucky Courthouse
Johnson County Courthouse Court Street Paintsville, KY 41240 Phone: 606.789.2550



Kentucky Court of Justice, Johnson County has contact information for the Circuit Court Clerk. Kentucky: State Board of Elections has contact information on all Kentucky County Court Clerks. Scroll down the page to find desired county or use the index at top of page.

Johnson County Kentucky History

 * Johnson County, Kentucky : a history of the county, and genealogy of its people up to the year 1927 at Ancestry.com (Free /$)

Parent County
1843--Johnson County was created 24 February 1842 from Floyd, Lawrence and Morgan Counties. County seat: Paintsville

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Kentucky county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Kentucky County Boundary Maps" (1776-1939) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Neighboring Counties

 * Floyd
 * Lawrence
 * Magoffin
 * Martin
 * Morgan

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, Family Histories, Gedcom Files, Genealogies etc.
Our Family Trees From Johnson County and Beyond Kentucky Biographies, Johnson County, Kentucky

Cemeteries
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 Johnson 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
 * Johnson 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 FamilySearch Catalog lists . Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.


 * ePodunk list of Johnson 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, Johnson County, Kentucky
 * Cemetery Listings
 * Johnson County Kentucky Historical &amp; Genealogical Society Cemetery Website
 * Johnson county Ky cemeteries and Associated Records
 * Paintsville Lake Project...Cemetery Relocation

Census
Johnson County Kentucky Census Records

Church
Church Records Johnson County Area Churches

Land Records
Johnson County Land Grants Johnson County Kentucky Land and Tax Records

Local Histories
Johnson county, Kentucky at Wikipedia

Maps

 * Maps of Kentucky (1776-1939)
 * Johnson County Kentucky Maps
 * Kentucky Atlas &amp; Gazetteer

Military
Johnson County Kentucky Military Information Johnson County War Memorials Kentucky in the Revolutionary War. (includes list of soldiers from Johnson County, Kentucky) Korean War Vets of Johnson county List of Pensioners, Kentucky Johnson Records of World War I Veterans Vietnam War Casualties at Johnson county Genealogy Trails World War II Johnson Co. Memorial

Civil War
Online Records
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1912-1950 - at FamilySearch — index and images


 * - 22nd Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Enrolled Militia)(Union), Companies E, H, I, and K.
 * - 22nd Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Companies H and I.

Newspapers
The Big Sandy News online The Big Sandy News has bureaus in two area counties Lawrence County P.O. Box 766 Louisa, KY 41230 (606) 638-4581 FAX (606) 638-9949

Johnson County 338 Second Street Paintsville (606) 788-9962 FAX (606) 788-9952

The Paintsville Herald P. O. Box 1547 978 Broadway Plaza Paintsville, KY 41240 Direct: (606) 789-5315 Toll Free: 1-888-788-5315 Fax: (606) 789-9717

Obituaries

 * Johnson County Kentucky Historical Genealogical Society Obituary Website
 * Johnson County, Kentucky Obituary Collection Free from GenealogyBuff.com.

Probate
Online Probate Records


 * 1774 – 1999 Kentucky Wills and Probate Records 1774-1999 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1727 – 1990 at FamilySearch — images
 * 1844-1975 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Johnson County Kentucky Wills

Taxation
Johnson County 1925 Tax List

Vital Records
See also How to order Kentucky Vital Records

Birth

 * 1852-1861 - Johnson County Birth Index 1852-1861. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1875 - Johnson County Birth Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1878 - Johnson County Birth Index 1878. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1911-1920 - Johnson County, Kentucky Births 1911-1920
 * 1921-1930 - Johnson County, Kentucky Births 1921-1930

Marriage

 * 1797-1954 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1843-1859 - Marriage License of Johnson County, Kentucky From 1843-1859
 * 1852-1859 - Johnson County Marriage Index 1852-1859. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1875 - Johnson County Marriage Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1876-1878 - Johnson County Marriage Index 1876-1878. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * Johnson County, Kentucky Marriage Records

Death

 * Search results for Johnson County on Kentucky Death Records at Rootsweb

Johnson County Kentucky Genealogy Societies and Libraries
Johnson County Historical Genealogical Society 444 Main Street PO Box 788 Paintsville, KY 41240 Phone: 606-789-4355 Email:[mailto:hornejsm@gmail.com] Website

Van Lear Historical Society, Inc. The Coal Miners' Museum P.O. Box 369 Van Lear, KY 41265 Phone / FAX: 606-789-8540

Johnson County Public Library 444 Main Street Paintsville, KY 41240 (606) 789-4355

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Johnson County Kentucky Genealogy Websites

 * Johnson County, KY History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Johnson County Ky Index
 * KYGenWeb-Johnson County page
 * Johnson County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Johnson County KY Genealogy (Kentucky Genealogy)
 * Johnson County KY Genealogy (Kentucky Genealogy)