Montgomery County, Kentucky Genealogy

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

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

County Courthouse
Montgomery County Courthouse 1 Court Street PO Box 414; Mount Sterling, KY 40353 Phone: 859-498-8700 Montgomery 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
 * Montgomery County Bibles at USGenWeb Archives

Biographies

 * Kentucky Biographies Project

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


 * Interment.net, Kentucky cemetery records by county.
 * Cemetery Junction, Links to cemetery transcriptions
 * 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

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * The First Presbyterian Church of Mount Sterling, Kentucky 1795 – 1955. Published by church, 1955. “160th anniversary of local organization.” Available at Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Main branch library. Call No: 270 FIRS c.1.
 * History of St. Patrick Church, Mt. Sterling Kentucky. Edited by Anne C. Hickey. Published 1982. Available at Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Main branch library. Call No:G282 HICK.
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1841-1969 (*); Circuit and County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1853-1866 (*); County 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

African Americans
The following have information concerning African American research. Both should be used:


 * 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

 * Coffman Funeral Home & Crematory in Mount Sterling.
 * Herald & Stewart Home-Funerals, Inc. in Mount Sterling.
 * Taul Funeral Home in Mount Sterling.

Genealogies

 * [Cheatham] Dennstedt, Alberta Marjorie. "The Cheatham Family of Colonial Virginia," in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1983):163-173; Vol. 27, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1983):273-279; Vol. 28, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1984):38-43; Vol. 28, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1984):102-112; Vol. 28, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1984):209-216; Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1984):293-297; Vol. 29, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1985):32-40; Vol. 29, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1985):123-127; Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1985):179-185; Vol. 29, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1985):262-265; Vol. 30, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1986):17-23; Vol. 30, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1986):99-104. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Finley] Finley, Carmen J. "The John Finleys of Augusta County, Virginia: Correcting the Record," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 46, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2002):3-13; Vol. 46, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2002):98-113; Vol. 46, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2002):171-178; Vol. 46, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2002):268-281. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Hawley] Mack, Ann H. "Hawley/Halley in Seventeenth Century Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1984):3-7; Vol. 28, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1984):121-125; Vol. 28, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1984):197-203; Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1984):281-292; Vol. 29, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1985):21-28. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Jameson] Bourne, James M. "The Jameson Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jan. 1895):199-201; . Digitized by JSTOR - free.
 * [Kirk] Mosher, Merrill Hill. "Origin of the John, Mathew &amp; Robert Kirk Families of Lancaster County, South Carolina," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Spring 1995):74-79.
 * [McClure] Ancestry of the children of Andrew McClure of Montgomery County, Kentucky at Ancestry ($)
 * [Pritchett] Jones, Thomas W. "Logic Reveals the Parents of Philip Pritchett of Virginia and Kentucky," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 97 (March 2009):29-38..
 * [Sanders] Helmer, Richard Bryan and Mark L. Lehman. James &amp; Alvin Sanders, Livestock Journalists of the Midwest. Bryn Mawr, Pa., 1985..
 * [Spratt] Pompey, Sherman L. The Moses Spratt Family of Platte, Missouri. Pasadena, Calif., 1965.

Land and Property Records

 * The KY Land Office

Local Histories

 * The Archives of Appalachia
 * A history of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, 1792 – 1918. By Carl B. Boyd Jr. and Hazel Mason Boyd. Published 1984. Available at Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Main branch library. Call no: K976.955 Boyd.

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


 * - 1st Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Company J.
 * - 3rd Battalion, Kentucky Mounted Rifles (Confederate). Companies A, B, and D.
 * - 3rd Battalion, Kentucky Mounted Rifles (Confederate), Companies A, B and D.
 * - 6th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Company E.
 * - 10th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate), Companies B and G.
 * - 11th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate). Company H.
 * - 11th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Companies B, D, E and H.
 * - 12th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Companies B, C, D, F and K.
 * - 14th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Companies A, B, C and D.
 * - 45th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Companies D, H and I.

World War I

 * Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY

Korean War

 * Korean War Memorial for Soldiers from KY, KYGenWeb

Newspapers

 * Mount Sterling, Kentucky Library (main branch), The Mt. Sterling Advocate on microfilm. Call No: KFILM MOUN.
 * 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 Depot, Kentucky Newspaper Citations
 * Obituary Daily Times, Citations to over 15,000,000 obituaries including interactive search function
 * Nashville Christian Advocate Death Abstracts
 * Mount Sterling, Kentucky Library (main branch), Mt. Sterling Advocate, published since 1890. Mt. Sterling Advocate Obituary Index, compiled by Paula Kelley, pub. 2004. Call No: KG929.3747 KELL.

Other Records

 * Kentucky Postcards, USGenWeb

Probate Records
'''Online Probate Records


 * 1774-1989 Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
 * 1796-1821 Montgomery County, Kentucky Wills: 1796-1821 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1796-1821 Will Records of Montgomery County, Kentucky 1796-1821. By Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather. Chillicothe, Missouri : E.P. Ellsberry, n.d. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; Also at: 
 * 1797-1854 Montgomery County, Kentucky Will Books A-B-C-D-E, 1797-1854. By Boyd, Hazel Mason. Mount Sterling, Kentucky : Boyd, Hazel Mason, n.d. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
 * 1797-1874 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1797-1874 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1799-1872 Kentucky Genealogy and Images of Old Wills, Estates, Inventories, Annual Returns, Marriages at Kentucky Pioneers ($)
 * 1821-1854 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1841-1866 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1841-1969 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images

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 - 1800 Tax List of Montgomery 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
 * 1852-1861 - Montgomery County Birth Index 1852-1861. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1874 - Montgomery County Birth Index 1874. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1875 - Montgomery 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
 * 1817-50 Montgomery County, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1817-50 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1852-1861 - Montgomery County Marriage Index 1852-1861. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1875 - Montgomery County Marriage Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1876-1878 - Montgomery County Marriage Index 1876-1878. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1894 - Montgomery County Marriage Index 1894. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1973-2000 Searchable KY Marriage Records
 * 1973-2000 Kentucky Marriage Records 1973-2000
 * 1960-1993 Kentucky Marriages, 1960-1993 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Death

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

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

Libraries
Montgomery County Library - Mount Sterling Branch 328 N Maysville St Mount Sterling, KY 40353 Phone: 859-498-2404 Website Website

Societies
Montgomery County Historical Society 36 Broadway Mount Sterling, KY 40353 Phone: 859-498-4669 Email: [mailto:mchmky@gmail.com mchmky@gmail.com] Facebook Website

Websites

 * Montgomery County KYGenWeb Project.
 * 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.
 * Montgomery County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History(Linkpendium)
 * Montgomery 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