Daviess County, Kentucky Genealogy

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

Description
Daviess County was named for Joseph Hamilton Daviess. The county is located in the western area of the state.

County Courthouse
Daviess County Courthouse 212 St Ann Street Owensboro, KY 42303 Phone: 270-685-8434 Daviess County Website

County Pronunciation

 * Hear it spoken

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
 * Davies County Kentucky Bible and Church Records at Kentucky Kinfolk

Biographies

 * Kentucky Biographies Project

Cemeteries
The following web sites have additional information on Daviess 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.

Census Records

 * Kentucky Census Transcriptions 1850-1930, USGenWeb
 * Census Images, USGenWeb
 * KY Census Online, Links to online census records
 * Daviess County, Kentucky Census, 1900 at Ancestry ($)
 * Daviess County, Kentucky Census, 1920 at Ancestry ($)

Church Records

 * Kentucky Christian Church Directory, ChurchAngel

Baptist

 * Whitesville. Church minutes and membership lists, etc. (1826-1932) are available online.
 * Yelvington. Church minutes (1813-1833) are available online.

Catholic
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * 1824-1841 - St. Lawrence Catholic Church Baptism Index 1824-1841. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1831-1841 - St. Lawrence Catholic Church Marriage Index 1831-1841. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * Catholic Parishes in the Diocese of Lexington
 * Catholic Parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1822-1827 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1822-1900 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1837-1903 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1859-1861 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Cases Heard Before the Supreme Court for the District of Kentucky 1785-1792 at KYKinFolk.com
 * Abstracts of Early Kentucky Supreme Court Cases


 * 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
 * Marriage Records of Daviess County, Kentucky : Daviess County, Kentucky Court Records, Will Books "A" and "B". By Daughters of the American Revolution. Daviess County, Kentucky : Daviess County, Kentucky. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Report on Estates and Administrations, 1859-1861. By Daviess County, Kentucky. Daviess County, Kentucky : Daviess County, Kentucky. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

African Americans

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

Funeral Homes

 * Cecil Funeral Home in Whitesville.
 * Glenn Family Services in Owensboro.
 * James H Davis Funeral Home and Crematory in Owensboro.
 * McFarland Funeral Home in Owensboro.
 * Morris Family Services in Owensboro.

Genealogies

 * [Bauman] Bauman, William A. Baumann / Bauman Family of Daviess County, Kentucky: Including a Genealogy of the Related DeLashmutt, Elliott, Higdon, Kuhn, Powell, Trammell and Wilkerson Families: With a Summary of Christian Heinrich Baumann's Descendants in the Luttrell, Melhiser, Mercer, Peterson, and Taylor Families. 2011. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library - free.
 * [Beall] Edgeworth, M.J. Some Descendants of Nathaniel and Eli Beall (Bell), Brothers and Early Settlers of Knottsville Precinct, Daviess County, Kentucky. Donated 1959. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library - free.
 * [Bransford] Bransford, Clifton Wood. "Jacob Ammonet of Virginia: and a Part of His Descendants," Publications of the Southern History Association, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan. 1899):35-40. Digitized by Internet Archive. Copy:.
 * [Clay] Smith, Zachary F. and Mary Rogers Clay. The Clay Family. Louisville, Ky.: John P. Morton and Company, 1899. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Cottrell] Edgeworth, M.J. Some Descendants of Rev. Reuben Cottrell, Shelby and Daviess Counties, Kentucky. Microfilmed 1968:.
 * [Howard] Hamilton, Anna L. The Genealogy of the Howards of Daviess County, Kentucky and Their Ancestors: English Ancestors, Maryland Emigrants, Kentucky Pioneers, and Early American Catholic Heritage. Whitesville, Ky.: A. Hamilton, 1984. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library - free.
 * [Shoemaker] Edgeworth, M.J. Some Descendants of Price Allen Shoemaker, Daviess County, Kentucky, 1760-1936. Microfilmed 1987:.

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 Daviess County, Kentucky . 1883. Chicago : Inter-state Pub. Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive;.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * KYGenWeb compiled list of maps
 * Click on the county to go to the KYGenWeb site
 * Kentucky.gov for Current and Historical Maps
 * Historical Maps of Daviess County (Circa 1876)
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records

 * Military Resources ~ Revolutionary War through Civil War

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

Confederate Soldiers
 * - 10th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry. Companies E and H.
 * - 10th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Diamond's), Companies E and H.
 * - 10th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Johnson's), Companies E and H.

Union Soldiers
 * - 12th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry, Companies A, C, D, E, F, G, H and K.
 * - 17th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry, Companies I and K.
 * - 35th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry, Companies A, C, D, E, F, G, H and I.

World War I

 * Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY

Korean War

 * Korean War Memorial, Korean War Memorial for Soldiers from KY, KYGenWeb

Newspapers

 * USNPL, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper index with links
 * World-Newspapers, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper index with links
 * Kentucky Newspapers on Microfilm

Obituaries

 * 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 (Ancestry)
 * 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
 * 1812-1851 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1812-1872 Kentucky Genealogy and Images of Old Wills, Estates, Inventories, Annual Returns, Marriages at Kentucky Pioneers
 * 1812-1936 have been digitized by FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1812-1936 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1815-1850 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1815-1864 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1834-1852 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1834-1904 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1846-1901 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1848-1902 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1859-1861 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Abstracts Kentucky Family Records, Vol. 7; Kentucky Family Records, Vol. 7. By Cox, Edgar L., Mrs.; Westerfield, Thomas W.; Howard, Charlotte. Owensboro, Kentucky : West-Central Kentucky Family Research Association. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Administrators Bond Book, 1834-1852, and Executors Bond Book, 1834-1852. 1964 By Edgeworth, M. J. Daviess County, Kentucky : Daviess County, Kentucky. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Daviess County, Kentucky, Administrators Bond Book, 1834-1852 : Executors Bond Book, 1834-1852. 1964. By Edgeworth, Michael J. Daviess County, Kentucky : Daviess County, Kentucky. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Daviess County, Kentucky, County Clerk's Report on Estates and Administrations, 1859-1861; The Kentucky Genealogist - V. 6, No. 2 (Apr/Jun 1964). 1964. By Edgeworth, M. J. Washington, DC : Martha Porter Miller. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Daviess County, Kentucky, Will Abstracts, 1815-1850. By Tippie, Gwendolyn G. Lexington, Kentucky : Kentucky Tree-Search. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Marriage Records of Daviess County, Kentucky : Daviess County, Kentucky Court Records, Will Books "A" and "B". By Daughters of the American Revolution. General Evan Shelby Chapter. Daviess County, Kentucky : Daviess County, Kentucky. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Report on Estates and Administrations, 1859-1861. By Daviess County, Kentucky. Daviess County, Kentucky : Daviess County, Kentucky. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Wills, Probates, Land, Tax and Criminal at Ancestry ($)
 * 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
 * 1853-1861 - Daviess County Birth Index 1853-1861. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1874 - Daviess County Birth Index 1874. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 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
 * 1853-1861 - Daviess County Marriage Index 1853-1861. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1973-2000 Searchable KY Marriage Records
 * 1973-2000 Kentucky Marriage Records 1973-2000
 * 1960-1993 Kentucky Marriages, 1960-1993 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Death

 * 1843-1970 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1911-1965 at FamilySearch  How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1911-2000 Searchable KY Death Index
 * 1900-1999 Kentucky Deaths, 1900-1999 at MyHeritage ($) — index
 * - How to Use this Collection

Divorce

 * 1962-2005 Kentucky, U.S., Divorce Records, 1962-2005 at Ancestry - index ($)

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

 * Evansville Indiana FamilySearch Center
 * Owensboro Kentucky FamilySearch Center
 * Daviess County Public Library - an affiliate library.
 * Henderson County Kentucky Public Library - an affiliate library.

Societies
Daviess County Historical Society 2020 Frederica St Owensboro, KY 42301 Facebook

Websites

 * KYGenWeb project. Has maps, name indexes, history or other information for each county. Select the county.
 * State of Kentucky Website
 * USGenWeb Kentucky Archives
 * USGenWeb Project USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Davies County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History(Linkpendium)
 * Daviess 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