Pendleton County, Kentucky Genealogy

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

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

County Courthouse
Pendleton County Courthouse 223 Main St PO Box 112 Falmouth, KY 41040 Phone: 859-654-3347 Pendleton 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 Access Genealogy
 * Kentucky Bible Records at Kentucky Genealogy
 * Pendleton County Family Bible Records at KyKinFolk
 * Pendleton Co., KY Bible Records at USGenWeb Archives

Biographies

 * Pendleton County Biographies

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


 * Interment.net, Kentucky cemetery records by county.
 * Naming the Forgotten, The Eastern State Hospital Project

Census Records

 * 1800 Pendleton County Head of Household Census, Pendleton County KYGenWeb
 * 1810 Pendleton County Census Index, Pendleton County USGenWeb Archives
 * 1810 Pendleton County Census, Pendleton County USGenWeb Archives
 * 1820 Pendleton County Census Index, Pendleton County USGenWeb Archives
 * 1820 Pendleton County Census, Pendleton County USGenWeb Archives
 * 1830 Pendleton County Census Index, Pendleton County USGenWeb Archives
 * 1830 Pendleton County Census, pg 62-72, Pendleton County USGenWeb Archives
 * [http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/pendleton/census/1830/1830cen2.txt 1830 Pendleton County Census pg 73-82, Pendleton County USGenWeb Archives
 * Kentucky Census Transcriptions 1850-1930, USGenWeb
 * Census Images, USGenWeb
 * KY Census Online, Links to online census records

1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population schedules of Pendleton County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see Kentucky Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in online indexes, try checking printed indexes. Created by local experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than online nationwide indexes.

See Kentucky Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1799-1941 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1805-1977 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1808-1931 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1810-1825 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1866-1892 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1871-1892 (*); 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.


 * (*); Pease, Janet Kathleen at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Kentucky Court of Justice at KYCourts.gov
 * Pendleton County, Kentucky : Court of Quarter Sessions Minutes, 6 August 1799 to May 1808. 2004. By Pease, Janet K. (Janet Kathleen) and Kentucky, Court of Quarter Sessions (Pendleton County). Williamstown, Kentucky : The Grant County Kentucky Historical Society Inc. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Pendleton County, Kentucky, Order Books, Vol. 1. 1972. By Pease, Janet K. (Janet Kathleen) and Kentucky, Court of Quarter Sessions (Pendleton County). Pendleton County, Kentucky : Pendleton County, Kentucky. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Pendleton County, Kentucky, Order Books, Vol. 2. 1982. By Pease, Janet K. (Janet Kathleen) and Kentucky, Court of Quarter Sessions (Pendleton County). Pendleton County, Kentucky : Pendleton County, Kentucky. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

African Americans

 * 1850 Pendleton County Slave Census
 * 1860 Pendlton County Slave Census
 * 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

 * Peoples Funeral Home in Butler.
 * Woodhead Funeral Home in Falmouth.

Genealogies

 * [Flournoy] Rivers, Flournoy. "The Flournoy Family," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jul. 1894):81-90; Vol. 2, No. 2 (Oct. 1894):190-213; Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jan. 1895):318-327; Vol. 2, No. 4 (Apr. 1895):437-447; Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jul. 1895):67-79; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Apr. 1896):414-416; Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):97-101. Digitized by JSTOR - free.

Local Histories

 * Pendleton County : the First 200 Years. 199-. Compiled by Mildred (Bowen) Belew. [Butler, Kentucky : M.B. Belew]. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library;.
 * Pendleton County Kentucky History, Brief history of Pendleton County from KY.gov

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Maps of Kentucky (1776-1939)
 * Pendleton County Map
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

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


 * - 1st Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Companies A, B and I.
 * - 1st Regiment, Kentucky Veteran Cavalry (Wolford's Cavalry) (Union), Companies B and C.
 * - 18th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Companies F, G and K.
 * - 40th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Companies A, B, F and G.
 * - 11th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Company A.

World War I

 * Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY

Korean War

 * Korean War Memorial for Soldiers from KY, KYGenWeb

Newspapers

 * Falmouth Outlook Newspaper, Serving Pendleton County since 1907.
 * USNPL, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper index with links
 * World-Newspapers, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper index with links
 * Kentucky Newspapers on Microfilm

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1774-1989 Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
 * 1798-1943 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1799-1872 Kentucky Genealogy and Images of Old Wills, Estates, Inventories, Annual Returns, Marriages at Kentucky Pioneers ($)
 * 1799-1941 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1799-1989 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1808-1931 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1841-1871 Will Abstracts, 1841-1871. By Pease, Janet Kathleen. Pendleton County, Kentucky : Pendleton County, Kentucky, 1971. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; Also at: 
 * 1852-1868 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1871-1892 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * Kentucky County Court Records : Grant, Harrison, Pendleton. By Pease, Janet Kathleen. Williamstown, Kentucky : Grant County Historical Society (Oklahoma), 1985-2002. Online at:
 * 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

 * 1800 - 1800 Tax List of Pendleton 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
 * 1852-1859 - Pendleton County Birth Index 1852-1859. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1874-1875 - Pendleton County Birth Index 1874-1875. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1875-1876 - Pendleton County Birth Index 1875-1876. 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
 * 1852-1859 - Pendleton County Marriage Index 1852-1859. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1875-1876 - Pendleton County Marriage Index 1875-1876. Batch at FamilySearch.
 * 1876-1878 - Pendleton County Marriage Index 1876-1878. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1973-2000 Searchable KY Marriage Records
 * 1960-1993 Kentucky Marriages, 1960-1993 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Death

 * 1843-1970 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection index
 * 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

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

 * National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (Ohio)
 * Northern Kentucky FamilySearch Center
 * Boone County Public Library - an affiliate library.
 * Campbell County Historical and Genealogical Society - an affiliate library.
 * Kenton County Library - an affiliate library.

Libraries
Pendleton County Public Library 801 Robbins Ave Falmouth, KY 41040 Phone: 859-654-8535 Email: [mailto:helpdesk@pcplibrary.org helpdesk@pcplibrary.org] Facebook Website

Societies
Pendleton County Historical and Genealogical Society PO Box 130 Falmouth, KY 41040 Phone: 859-654-3225 Email: [mailto:fryerhouse41006@gmail.com fryerhouse41006@gmail.com] Facebook Website

Websites

 * Pendleton County KYGenWeb
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Pendleton County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History(Linkpendium)
 * KYGenWeb
 * USGenWeb
 * USGenWeb Archives Project, Bible records, cemetery records, obituaries, military records, death notices and other information organized by state and county.
 * Pendleton 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