Morgan County, Kentucky Genealogy

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

Description
Morgan County was named for Daniel Morgan. The county is located in the east-central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Morgan County Courthouse 450 Prestonburg Street PO Box 26 West Liberty, KY 41472-1162 Phone: 606-743-3949 Morgan 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

 * Kentucky Bible Archives at USGenWeb Archives
 * Kentucky Bible Records at Kentucky Genealogy
 * Morgan County Kentucky Family Bibles and Family Records at Genealogy Trails

Biographies

 * Kentucky Biographies Project

Cemeteries
The following web sites have additional information on Morgan 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

 * Morgan County Census Records
 * Kentucky Census Transcriptions 1850-1930, USGenWeb
 * Census Images, USGenWeb
 * KY Census Online, Links to online census records

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * Church Records
 * Kentucky Christian Church Directory, ~ ChurchAngel
 * Catholic Parishes in the Diocese of Lexington
 * Catholic Parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1823-1934 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1852-1901 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1890-1892 (*); Court of Common Pleas 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.


 * Kentucky Court of Justice at KYCourts.gov
 * Morgan County Court and Tax Records at RootsWeb
 * Morgan County Court Records at USGenWeb Archives
 * Morgan County, Ky., First Court Order Book, 1823-30 : Abstracted and Indexed for Genealogists. 1984. By Nickell, Joe and Nickell, Ella T. Morgan County, Kentucky : Morgan 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

 * Herald and Stewart and Halsey Funeral Home in West Liberty.
 * Potter Funeral Home, Inc. in West Liberty.

Genealogies

 * Sorted by Surname, Morgan County, Kentucky

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

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Maps of Kentucky (1776-1939)
 * Morgan County, Kentucky Map
 * 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
 * Morgan County Genealogy Trails - Military

Revolutionary War

 * List of Revolutionary 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


 * - 2nd Battalion, Kentucky Mounted Rifles (Confederate). Company A.
 * - 14th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate). Company B.

World War I

 * Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY

World War II

 * Morgan County Kentucky World War II Casualities, Army and Air Corps

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
 * Licking Valley Courier P. O. Box 187 West Liberty, KY 41472

Obituaries

 * Morgan County 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
 * Herald &amp; Stewart &amp; Halsey Funeral
 * Potter Funeral Home Inc.

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
 * 1823-1934 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1855-1977 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1866-1963 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1866-1963 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * Will Abstracts (and Related Records) Morgan County, Ky., Before 1900. By Nickell, J. Wendell; Nickell, Ella T.; Nickell, Joe. West Liberty, Kentucky : Joe Nickell, 1982. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

School Records

 * Morgan County School Photos and Yearbooks

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

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

Birth

 * 1839-1960 – at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1852-1861 - Morgan County Birth Index 1852-1861. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1874 - Morgan County Birth Index 1874. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1875 - Morgan County Birth Index 1875. 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
 * 1821-1882 Kentucky Marriage Project, Morgan County, Marriage Records of Morgan County, Kentucky 1821-1882
 * 1852-1861 - Morgan County Marriage Index 1852-1861. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1870 Morgan County Genealogy Trails 1870 Mortality Schedule
 * 1875 - Morgan County Marriage Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1876-1878 - Morgan County Marriage Index 1876-1878. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1973-2000 Searchable KY Marriage Records
 * 1973-2000 Kentucky Marriage Records 1973-2000
 * Morgan County Marriages, Morgan County Vital Records
 * USGenWeb Archives Project, Morgan County, Kentucky Marriage Index
 * 1960-1993 Kentucky Marriages, 1960-1993 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Death

 * 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
 * - How to Use this Collection
 * The Kentucky Vital Records Project, Transcriptions and Images of Kentucky Death Certificates
 * Morgan County Deaths

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

 * Beattyville Kentucky FamilySearch Center
 * Martin Kentucky FamilySearch Center
 * Boyd County Public Library/Minnie Crawford Winder Room - an affiliate library.
 * Breathitt County Library - an affiliate library.

Societies
Morgan County Historical Society 525 Morgan St West Liberty, KY 41472 Phone: 606-743-3071 Facebook

Websites

 * Morgan County, Kentucky Genealogy, USGenWeb-KyGenWeb Site
 * 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.
 * Morgan Co., Kentucky Genealogy Forum
 * Morgan County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Morgan 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