Caldwell County, Kentucky Genealogy

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

Description
The County was named for John Caldwell. The County is located in the west area of the state.

County Courthouse
Caldwell County Courthouse 100 East Market Street, Room 3 Princeton, KY 42445-1675 Phone: 270-365-6754 Caldwell 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

 * Caldwell County Bibles at USGenWeb Archives-Kentucky
 * Caldwell County Records at Kentucky Genealogy
 * Kentucky Bible Records-Caldwell County at Access Genealogy
 * Kentucky Bible Records-Caldwell County at Kentucky Genealogy

Biographies

 * Kentucky Biographies Project

Cemeteries

 * Interment.net, Kentucky cemetery records by county.
 * Caldwell Co., KY Cemeteries
 * Ken Gilkey list of Caldwell Co., Cemeteries and their locations
 * Naming the Forgotten, The Eastern State Hospital Project

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * Some Caldwell Co. KY Churches
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1809-1915 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1831-1939 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1893-1927 (*); Fiscal Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1893-1927 (*); Fiscal Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * Caldwell Co. Court Records Princeton, Kentucky at WesternKentuckyHistory
 * Caldwell County Archives at KYGenWeb Archives
 * US Caldwell County, Kentucky, Court Order Book B1, 1810 (Jan/Feb/May) at USGenWeb Archives

African Americans

 * Caldwell Co. KY African American Griots
 * 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

 * Goodman Funeral Home in Princeton.
 * Morgan's Funeral Home in Princeton.

Genealogies

 * [Baker] Chapman, Peggy Brown. Bakers of Logan, Christian, Muhlenberg, Livingston, Henderson, Hopkins, Caldwell, Union, Todd, Trigg, Crittenden, Lyon, McLean and Webster Counties &amp; Jackson Purchase, Kentucky. Lubbock, Texas: P.B. Chapman, 1995..
 * [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.
 * [Gilkey] Gilkey, Kenneth Edward. Gilkeys of Early Kentucky 1780-2000: This Book Focuses Primarily on William Gilkey of Caldwell Co., Ky. and His Descendants and His Brothers, David Gilkey of Union County, Ky. and John Gilkey of Nelson Co. Ky. and Their Descendants. Newburgh, Ind.: K.E. Gilkey, 2000.
 * [Sassin] Allen, Cameron. "Francois Sasin/Sassin of Manakin Town: The First Six Generations of the Sassin/Sasseen Family in America," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1993):3-17; Vol. 37, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1993):99-116; Vol. 37, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1993):193-205; Vol. 37, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1993):259-271. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..

Land and Property Records
Online Land Indexes and Records
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

Maps and Gazetteers

 * United States Digital Map Library
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records

 * Military Caldwell Co. KY Cemeteries
 * Caldwell Co., KYGenWeb Military Research
 * KYGenWeb Archives

Civil War
'''Online Records
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 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 — index and images - How to Use this Collection


 * - 48th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and K.

World War II

 * WW II Memorial - Caldwell

Obituaries

 * Morgan's Funeral Home (Recent Obits)

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1727–1990 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images
 * 1774–1989 Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
 * 1809-1834 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1809-1915 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1809-1968 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1809-1968 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1822-1934 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1831-1939 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1852-1920 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1852-1977 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1864-1916 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1877-1922 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * Caldwell County Administrator's Bonds: 1863-69; Bluegrass Roots - V.23, No.2 Summer 1996. 1996. By Jerome, Brenda Joyce. Frankfurt, Kentucky : Kentucky Genealogical Society. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Caldwell County, Kentucky, Will Abstracts, 1809-1834. By Tippie, Gwendolyn G. Lexington, Kentucky : Kentucky Tree-Search. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * 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

 * US GenWeb Archives Tax Lists
 * 1857-58 Delinquent Tax List
 * Search Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills Records, Ancestry ($)

Vital Records

 * Vital records Project
 * Caldwell Co. KY County Court Records

Birth

 * 1839-1960 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1852-1861 - Caldwell County Birth Index 1852-1861. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1874-1875 - Caldwell County Birth Index 1874-1875. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1911-1912 Searchable KY Birth Index
 * 1911-1930 - Caldwell Co., KyGenWeb Birth Records 1911-1930
 * 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 — index and images - How to Use this Collection
 * 1809-1828 Caldwell County, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1809-1828 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1852-1861 - Caldwell County Marriage Index 1852-1861. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1878 - Caldwell County Marriage Index 1878. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1973-2000 Searchable KY Marriage Records
 * 1973-2000 Kentucky Marriage Records 1973-2000
 * Caldwell Co. KY County Clerk records search
 * 1960-1993 Kentucky Marriages, 1960-1993 at MyHeritage ($) — 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
 * Caldwell Co. KY Unmarked Burials
 * KY Death Records

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

 * Hopkinsville Kentucky FamilySearch Center
 * Madisonville Kentucky FamilySearch Center
 * Graves County Public Library - an affiliate library.
 * Henderson County Kentucky Public Library - an affiliate library.

Libraries
George Coon Public Library 114 S Harrison St PO Box 230 Princeton, KY 42445 Phone: 270-365-2884 Email: [mailto:nfaughn@gcplibrary.org nfaughn@gcplibrary.org] Website Glenn Martin Genealogy Research Center 201 W Main St Princeton, KY 42445 Website

Societies
Caldwell County Genealogy Society PO Box 51 Princeton, KY 42445 Email: [mailto:Colbob52@yahoo.com Colbob52@yahoo.com] Website Caldwell County, KY Historical Society PO Box 1 Princeton, KY 42445 Website Fredonia Valley Heritage Society PO Box 256 Fredonia, KY 42411 Website

Websites

 * Caldwell Co., KYGenWeb
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Caldwell 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