Harrison County, Kentucky Genealogy

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

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

County Courthouse
Harrison County Courthouse 315 Oddville Avenue Cynthiana, KY 31031 Phone: 859-234-7130 Harrison 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

 * Harrison County Bible Records at Kentucky Bible Archives
 * Harrison County, Kentucky Bibles Records at Harrison County, Kentucky Bible Records
 * Harrison County, Kentucky Family Bible Records at Access Genealogy
 * Harrison County Records at Kentucky Genealogy Trails
 * Kentucky Bible Records- Harrison County at Frontier Folk

Biographies

 * Kentucky Biographies Project
 * Biographies of Harrison County Kentucky

Cemeteries

 * Interment.net, Kentucky cemetery records by county.
 * African American Cemeteries Online, Partial index/transcriptions of African American cemeteries
 * Naming the Forgotten, The Eastern State Hospital Project

Census Records

 * 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
 * Old Mill Creek. Church minutes (1801-1836) are available at the Kentucky Historical Society: Description.
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1794-1867 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1794-1920 (*); Circuit Court and Court of Quarter Sessions at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1794-1921 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1796-1802 (*); District Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1796-1863 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1796-1977 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1878-1892 (*); Circuit 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


 * 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.


 * (*); Janet Kathleen Pease at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Kentucky Court of Justice at KYCourts.gov

African Americans

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

Funeral Homes

 * Drake Whaley McCarty Funeral Home in Cynthiana.
 * Ware Funeral Homess, Crematory and Monument Company in Cynthiana.
 * Woodhead Funeral Homes, Memorials and Cremation Service in Berry.

Genealogies

 * Descendants of John Walton of Baltimore County, Maryland and Harrison County, Kentucky at Ancestry ($)


 * [Asbury] Holtzclaw, B.C. "Asbury of Westmoreland County, Virginia," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jul. 1967):55-65; Vol. 5, No. 4 (Oct. 1967):77-87; Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 1968):10-26. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Land and Property Records
Online Land Indexes and Records
 * The KY Land Office

Local Histories

 * History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky. 1882. Edited by William Henry Perrin. Cincinnati, Ohio : Art Guild Reprints. Online at: Hathitrust, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($);.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Maps of Kentucky (1776-1939)
 * KYGenWeb compiled list of maps
 * Click on the county to go to the KYGenWeb site
 * 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


 * - 3rd Battalion, Kentucky Mounted Rifles (Confederate). Company A.
 * - 6th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate). Company H.
 * - 9th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate). Company H.
 * - 18th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Companies H, I and K

Civil War Battle The following Civil War battle was fought in Harrison County:
 * June 11-12, 1864 - Cynthiana, also known as Kellar’s Bridge.
 * Battles of the American Civil War maps - filter by state or by battle name.

World War I

 * Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY

Korean War

 * 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 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 $
 * 1794-1905 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1794-1920 (*); Circuit Court and Court of Quarter Sessions at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1794-1942 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1795-1839 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images; Also at: FamilySearch Digital Library
 * 1795-1942 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1812-1872 Kentucky Genealogy and Images of Old Wills, Estates, Inventories, Annual Returns, Marriages at Kentucky Pioneers
 * 1863-1869 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1878-1892 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1985-2002 Kentucky County Court Records : Grant, Harrison, Pendleton. By Pease, Janet Kathleen. Williamstown, Kentucky : Grant County Historical Society, 1985-2002. Online at:

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

 * 1800 - 1800 Tax List of Harrison County, Kentucky Genealogy is included in Clift's Second Census of Kentucky 1800, digitized by Ancestry ($).
 * Search Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills Records, Ancestry ($)

Birth

 * 1839-1960 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1852-1860 - Harrison County Birth Index 1852-1860. 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
 * 1852-1860 - Harrison County Marriage Index 1852-1860. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1876-1878 - Harrison County Marriage Index 1876-1878. 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
 * The Kentucky Vital Records Project, Transcriptions and Images of Kentucky Death Certificates

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

 * Lexington Kentucky FamilySearch Center
 * Owingsville Kentucky FamilySearch Center
 * The Kentucky Historical Society Library - an affiliate library.
 * Lexington Public Library - an affiliate library.

Societies
Harrison County Historical Society 112 S Walnut St PO Box 411 Cynthiana, KY 41031 Facebook Website

Websites

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