Lewis County, Kentucky Genealogy

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

Description
Lewis County was named for Meriwether Lewis. The county is located in the northeastern area of the state.

County Courthouse
Lewis County Courthouse 514 Second Street Vanceburg, KY 41179 Phone: 606-796-3062 Lewis County Website

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Bible Records

 * (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Biographies

 * Kentucky Biographies Project

Cemeteries
The following web sites have additional information on Lewis county cemeteries.


 * Interment.net, Kentucky cemetery records by county.
 * Naming the Forgotten, The Eastern State Hospital Project
 * Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness, Local volunteers may take photographs of headstones found in county cemeteries.
 * Linkpendium Cemeteries
 * Lewis County Cemeteries

Census Records

 * Lewis Co. Kentucky 1810 Federal Census Index
 * Kentucky Census Transcriptions 1850-1930, USGenWeb
 * Census Images, USGenWeb
 * KY Census Online, Links to online census records

Church Records

 * Kentucky Christian Church Directory, ChurchAngel
 * Catholic Parishes in the Diocese of Lexington
 * Catholic Parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville

Baptist
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * Forks of Salt Lick, Salem. Church minutes (1800-1928) are available at the FamilySearch Library.
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1807-1921 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1893-1928 (*); Fiscal Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * Cases Heard Before the Supreme Court for the District of Kentucky 1785-1792 at KYKinFolk.com
 * Abstracts of Early Kentucky Supreme Court Cases


 * Chauncey Berkeley Shepard : Matthews County, Va., and Lewis County, Ky.; The Kentucky Genealogist - V. 24, No. 2 (Apr/Jun 1982). 1982. By Bentley, James R. Louisville, Kentucky : Bentley, James R. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Commonwealth of Kentucky, State Board of Elections at KY.gov
 * Contact information for all Kentucky County Court Clerks. Scroll down or use index at top of page to find desired county.


 * Kentucky Court of Justice at KYCourts.gov

African Americans

 * African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records available
 * The African American Griots Project
 * Kentucky Minorities has information specific to Kentucky African Americans.
 * Sandi Gorin's Tips, Hangings in Kentucky 1792-1900

Funeral Homes

 * Gaydos Funeral Home in Vanceburg.
 * Globe Family Funeral Chapel and Cremation Services in Garrison, Tollesboro and Vanceburg.

Genealogies

 * [Owens] Owens, David Hatfield. Owens Family of Virginia (Richmond, King George, Stafford, Prince William, Fauquier Counties) and Kentucky (Mason, Lewis, Fleming, Bracken, Mercer, Boyle Counties). Ann Arbor, Mich.: D.H. Owens, 1991.

Land and Property Records
Online Land Indexes and Records
 * The KY Land Office
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

Local Histories

 * History of Lewis County, Kentucky. 1912. By O. G. Ragan. Cincinnatti : Jennings and Graham. Online at: Internet Archive.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Maps of Kentucky (1776-1939)
 * KYGenWeb compiled list of maps
 * Click on the county to go to the KYGenWeb site
 * 1895 Atlas-Lewis County Kentucky
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records

 * List of Revolutionary War Pensioners

Civil War
'''Online Records
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; 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  - How to Use this Collection; index and images


 * - 4th Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry (Union), Company I
 * - 16th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Company K
 * - 22nd Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Company E

World War I

 * Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY

World War II

 * Army &amp; Air Corp World II Casualty List
 * Lewis County Kentucky World War II Casualties Army and Air Force

Newspapers

 * The Lewis County Hearld
 * USNPL, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper index with links
 * World-Newspapers, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper index with links
 * Kentucky Newspapers on Microfilm

Obituaries

 * GenealogyBuff.com-Miscellaneous Lewis County, Kentucky Obituaries
 * Index of KY, Lewis Co. Obituaries
 * Lewis County Herald-Obituaries
 * Obituary Index Lewis County, Kentucky
 * Kentucky Footsteps Archives, KYGenWeb
 * Kentucky Obituary Sources, KYGenWeb
 * Browning Genealogy Database, Compiled by Charles Browning.
 * Kentucky Obituaries, USGenWeb
 * Afrigeneas, African American death notices, obituaries and funeral programs compiled by users from current newspapers and historical sources
 * Obituary Daily Times, Citations to over 15,000,000 obituaries including interactive search function
 * Nashville Christian Advocate Death Abstracts

Other Records

 * Kentucky Postcards, USGenWeb

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1774-1989 Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
 * 1807-1867 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1807-1877 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1807-1921 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1807-1930 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1807-1989 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1874-1929 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1889-1899 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Index of Lewis Co., Ky Probate Records at USGenWebArchives
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tax Records

 * Search Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills Records, Ancestry ($)

Birth

 * 1839-1960 – at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1852-1861 - Lewis County Birth Index 1852-1861. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1875 - Lewis County Birth Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1892-1910 Lewis County, Kentucky Delayed Births 1892-1910
 * 1911-1912 Searchable KY Birth Index
 * 1911-1999 Kentucky Births, 1911-1999 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Marriage

 * 1609-2016 Kentucky, United States Marriages at Findmypast — index $
 * 1785-1979 – at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1797-1954 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1852-1861 - Lewis County Marriage Index 1852-1861. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1875-1876 - Lewis County Marriage Index 1875-1876. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1876-1878 - Lewis County Marriage Index 1876-1878. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1973-2000 Searchable KY Marriage Records
 * Kentucky Marriage Project-Lewis County
 * 1960-1993 Kentucky Marriages, 1960-1993 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Death
ps://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1202535 The Social Security Death Index] - Searchable
 * 1843-1970 – at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1900-1999 Kentucky Deaths, 1900-1999 at MyHeritage ($) — index
 * 1911-1965 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1911-2000 Searchable KY Death Index
 * [htt* - How to Use this Collection
 * Index of Lewis Co. KY, Vitals-Deaths

Archives
Archives of Appalachia East Tennessee State University Sherrod Library, Room 422 344 J L Seehorn Rd Johnson City, TN 37614 Phone: 423-439-4338 Email: [mailto:archives@etsu.edu archives@etsu.edu] Facebook Website

FamilySearch Centers

 * Ashland Kentucky FamilySearch Center
 * Huntington West Virginia FamilySearch Center
 * Boyd County Public Library/Minnie Crawford Winder Room - an affiliate library.
 * Briggs Lawrence County Public Library - Ohio - an affiliate library.
 * Portsmouth Public Library - Ohio - an affiliate library.

Libraries
Lewis County Public Library 27 Third St Vanceburg, KY 41179 Phone: 606-796-2532 Email: [mailto:lewiscountylibrary@gmail.com lewiscountylibrary@gmail.com] Facebook Website

Societies
Lewis County Historical Society 39 Market St Vanceburg, KY 41179 Email: [mailto:lewiscountyhistoricalsociety.synthasite.com lewiscountyhistoricalsociety.synthasite.com] Facebook

Websites

 * KyGenWeb-Lewis County
 * Lewis County Kentucky History &amp; Genealogy
 * Lewis County Kentucky Archives Project
 * Lewis County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Lewis County KY Genealogy (Kentucky Genealogy)
 * . Free - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records