Bourbon County, Kentucky Genealogy

United States &gt; Kentucky &gt; 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

Biographies

 * Bourbon County Kentucky Biographies 
 * Early Families of Bourbon County Kentucky

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

Bibliography


 * [Ammons] 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.
 * [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 & Rowan Counties). Typescript, FHL US/CAN Film 1698036 Item 40.
 * [Brenton] Brenton, Chester F. Descendants of Brentons of Bourbon County Kentucky. Spokane, Wash.: C.F. Brenton, 1995. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B753bn.
 * [Clarkson] Cooke, Margaret Watson. The William Sandidge Family of Virginia; the Julius Clarkson Family of Virginia & Kentucky; the William McConnell Family of Pennsylvania & Kentucky; the Ralph Hughes Family of Virginia and Son Thomas Hughes' Family of Kentucky; the Henry Tandy Family of Virginia & 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.
 * [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.
 * [Davidson] Ford, Donald L. History of the Davidson Family. Hiawatha, Kansas: D.L. Ford, 1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D281f.
 * [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.
 * [Foster] Southwick, Louise Bales. Descendants of Joel Higgins and Margaret Womack Higgins. Typescript, FHL US/CAN Film 896607 Item 1.
 * [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.
 * [Henry] Thompson, Loute Squires and Henry Association. Our Hugh Henry Family. Lexington, Ky.: Henry Association, 1949. FHL US/CAN Film 1206418 Item 6.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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 & Kentucky; the William McConnell Family of Pennsylvania & Kentucky; the Ralph Hughes Family of Virginia and Son Thomas Hughes' Family of Kentucky; the Henry Tandy Family of Virginia & Kentucky: and Allied Families. Typescript, National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. FHL US/CAN Film 877537 Item 4.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [Pearson] See Pierson.
 * [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
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [Van Deren] Van Deren, H.S. Van Deren Genealogy. Nashville, Tenn.: H.S. Van Deren, 195-?. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 V282v.
 * [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.
 * [Whitney] Family Bible Records of George Otis Allen and Julia Olds Whitney [ca. 1751-1921]. Typescript, FHL US/CAN Film 1698051 Item 168.
 * [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.
 * [Yocom] Merk, William W. Rodgers, Booth, Cooper, Huggins, Yocom Families. Trona, Calif.: W.W. Merk, 1991. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R616m.

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.]

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.]

Probate

 * 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.]

Vital Records
Marriage


 * 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