Warren County, Kentucky Genealogy

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

Description
Warren County was named for General Joseph Warren. The county is located in the southwestern area of the state.

County Courthouse
Warren County Courthouse 429 E 10th Street Bowling Green, KY 42101-2250 Phone: 270-842-9416 Warren 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
 * Warren County, Kentucky Bibles at USGenWeb Archives
 * Warren County, Kentucky Family Bibles at Genealogy Trails

Biographies

 * Kentucky Biographies Project

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


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

Census Records
1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population schedules of Warren 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.


 * 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
 * Beaver Dam. Church minutes (1817-1847) have been published: FS Library Book 976.9752 K29g.
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1796-1860 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1796-1877 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1796-1877 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1796-1923 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1797-1802 (*); Court of Quarter Sessions at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1797-1898 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1797-1965 (*); Clerk of the County Court and County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1798-1869 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1800-1820 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1803-1865 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1804-1948 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1860 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1861-1945 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1868-1896 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1890-1916 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1895-1938 (*); Fiscal Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1897-1925 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1916-1924 (*); 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.


 * Kentucky Court of Justice at KYCourts.gov
 * Record of Wills, Warren County, Kentucky : 1936. 1936. By Burns, Annie Walker. Warren County, Kentucky : Warren County, Kentucky. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Warren County, Kentucky Court Order Book I : January 27, 1851, September 15, 1858; Book 1, Pt. 1. By Carver, Gayle R. Warren County, Kentucky : Warren County, Kentucky. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Warren County, Kentucky Court Order Book I : January 27, 1851, September 15, 1858; Book 1, Pt. 2. By Carver, Gayle R. Warren County, Kentucky : Warren County, Kentucky. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/

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

 * Cone Funeral Home in Bowling Green.
 * Gatewood and Sons Funeral Chapel in Bowling Green.
 * Hardy and Son Funeral Homes and Cremation in Bowling Green and Smiths Grove.
 * J.C. Kirby and Son Funeral Chapels and Crematory in Bowling Green.
 * Johnson-Vaughn-Phelps Funeral Home in Bowling Green.

Genealogies

 * [Long] Buchanan, Paul C. and Susie M. Owens. "Henry Long and Some Descendants of Colonial Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 38, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1994):115-126; Vol. 38, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1994):190-200; Vol. 38, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1994):263-273; Vol. 39, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1995):27-31. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Moss] Moss, T.C. The David Moss Family: Green, Adair, Boyle, Barren, Hart, and Warren Co., Ky.; Williamson and Maury Co., Tenn.; Mississippi. Memphis, Tenn.: T.C. Moss, 1968.

Land and Property Records

 * The KY Land Office

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

Confederate soldiers
 * - 6th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry, Company E
 * - 9th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry, Company E

Union soldiers
 * - 2nd Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry, Company B.
 * - 2nd Regiment, Kentucky Infantry, Company B.
 * - 2nd Regiment, Kentucky Veteran Cavalry, Company H.
 * - 3rd Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry, Company I.
 * - 4th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry, Companies A, B, C, D, F and G.
 * - 8th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry, Company I
 * - 17th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry, Companies A, B, E, F, G, H, I, K, L and M.
 * - 26th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry, Companies F and H.

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 Records


 * 1774-1989 Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
 * 1796-1860 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1796-1880 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1797-1985 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1798-1847 Record of Abstracts of Wills in Warren County, Kentucky. By Bell, Annie Walker Burns. Seat Pleasant, Maryland : A.W.B. Bell, 1936. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
 * 1798-1943 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1800-1885 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1821-1862 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1844-1878 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1852-1862 Warren County, Kentucky Wills. By Blacklock, Lillian Morgan. Bowling Green, Kentucky : Blacklock, Lillian Morgan, n.d. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
 * Wills for John M. Porter, Samuel Porter, and Benjamin Porter; Porter Settlements (Sun City, Arizona) - V. 17, No. 4 (Winter 1997). By Childress, Nancy. Sun City, Arizona : Childress, Nancy, 1997. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
 * Wills, Probates, Land, Tax and Criminal at Ancestry ($)

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.

Tax Records

 * 1800-1801 - 1800-1801 Tax Lists of Warren 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 - Warren County Birth Index 1852-1860. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1874 - Warren County Birth Index 1874. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1875 - Warren 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
 * 1852-1862 - Warren County Marriage Index 1852-1862. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1876-1878 - Warren 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- 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

 * Bowling Green Kentucky FamilySearch Center
 * Morgantown Kentucky FamilySearch Center
 * Tompkinsville Kentucky FamilySearch Center
 * Green County Public Library - an affiliate library.

Libraries
Warren County Public Library 1225 State St Bowling Green, KY 42101 Phone: 270-781-4882 Email: [mailto:refdesk@warrenpl.org refdesk@warrenpl.org] Facebook Website
 * Multiple locations.

Websites

 * Warren 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
 * Warren County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Warren 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