Floyd County, Kentucky Genealogy

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

Description
Floyd County was named for John Floyd. The county is located in the eastern area of the state.

County Courthouse
Floyd County Courthouse 3rd Avenue Prestonsburg, KY 41653 Phone: 606-886-3816 Floyd 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:

Biographies

 * Kentucky Biographies Project

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


 * Interment.net, Kentucky cemetery records by county.
 * Cemetery Junction, Links to cemetery transcriptions
 * Naming the Forgotten, The Eastern State Hospital Project
 * African American Cemeteries gives a partial listing of cemeteries.

Census Records

 * Floyd County Genealoy Trails Census Data
 * Floyd Co., KY Census Records at KYGenWeb, Floyd County page.
 * 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
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1808-1940 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1808-1952 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1853-1970 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1893-1903 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1898-1981 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1913-1973 (*); Clerk of the 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.


 * Annals of Floyd County, Kentucky, 1800-1826. 1983. By Wells, Charles C. Baltimore, Maryland : Gateway Press. Inc. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Floyd County, Kentucky, Order Book I : 1808-1813, "The East Kentuckian (Lexington, Kentucky) : A Journal of History and Genealogy, Vol. 2. 1966; (Court Records from November 1809 to February 1810.) By Floyd County, Kentucky. Floyd County, Kentucky : Floyd County, Kentucky. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Floyd County, Kentucky Order Book No. 1 : 1808-1813, The East Kentuckian (Lexington, Kentucky) : A Journal of History and Genealogy, Vol. 3; (Court Records for February 1809 and May Term 1809.). 1967. By Smallwood, Brenda Sue. Floyd County, Kentucky : Floyd County, Kentucky. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Floyd County, Kentucky Order Book No. 1 : 1808-1813, The East Kentuckian (Lexington, Kentucky) : A Journal of History and Genealogy, Vol. 3; (Court records for Floyd County, Kentucky dated May 1809 and August 1809). 1967. By Smallwood, Brenda Sue. Floyd County, Kentucky : Floyd County, Kentucky. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Floyd County, Kentucky Order Book No. 1 : 1808-1813, The East Kentuckian (Lexington, Kentucky) : A Journal of History and Genealogy, Vol. 3; (Court records of Floyd County, Kentucky for August 1809.). 1967. By Floyd County, Kentucky. Floyd County, Kentucky : Floyd County, Kentucky. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Floyd County, Kentucky, Order Book I : 1808-1813, "The East Kentuckian (Lexington, Kentucky) : A Journal of History and Genealogy, Vol. 4. 1968; (Court Records from November 1809 to February 1810.) By Floyd County, Kentucky. Floyd County, Kentucky : Floyd County, Kentucky. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Floyd County, Kentucky, Order Book I : 1808-1813, "The East Kentuckian (Lexington, Kentucky) : A Journal of History and Genealogy, Vol. 5, No 1. 1969; (Court Records from September 1810 through January 1811.) By Floyd County, Kentucky. Floyd County, Kentucky : Floyd County, Kentucky. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Kentucky Court of Justice at KYCourts.gov

African Americans

 * African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records available
 * The African American Griots Project
 * Kentucky Minorities has information specific to Kentucky African Americans.
 * Sandi Gorin's Tips, Hangings in Kentucky 1792-1900

Genealogies
Family Files at KYGenWeb, Floyd County page. Family Gedcom Files at KYGenWeb, Floyd County page. KYGenWeb, Floyd County page


 * [Huff] Pratt, Warren C. "Finding the Father of Henry Pratt of Southeastern Kentucky," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 100, No. 2 (June 2012):85-103. Digital version at NGS website ($);.
 * [Pratt] Pratt, Warren C. "Finding the Father of Henry Pratt of Southeastern Kentucky," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 100, No. 2 (June 2012):85-103. Digital version at NGS website ($);.

Land and Property Records
Kentucky Land Warrants at KYGenWeb, Floyd County page.

Local Histories

 * Floyd County, (Kentucky) sesquicentennial, 1800-1950. 1950. Prestonsburg, Kentucky. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library;.

Maps and Gazetteers
Kentucky Digital Map Library Scroll down the page for links to early Floyd County maps.
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records

 * Military Information at KYGenWeb, Floyd County page.

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 Battalion, Kentucky Mounted Rifles (Confederate). Companies A, B, C, and D.
 * - 13th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate), Company F.
 * - 14th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate), Company A.
 * - Dudley's Independent Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate), Company A.
 * - Fields' Company, Kentucky Partisan Rangers (Confederate), Company B.
 * - Fields' Company, Kentucky Partisan Rangers (Confederate), Company C.
 * - Fields' Company, Kentucky Partisan Rangers (Confederate), Company D.

Civil War Battles The following Civil War battles were fought in Floyd County:


 * November 8-9, 1861 - Ivy Mountain, also known as Ivy Creek, Ivy Narrows
 * January 10, 1862 - Middle Creek
 * Map showing Civil War battles in Arkansas.

Newspapers

 * The Floyd County Times
 * USNPL, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper index with links
 * World-Newspapers, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper index with links
 * Kentucky Newspapers on Microfilm

Obituaries

 * Current Obituraries at The Floyd County Times
 * 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 (Ancestry)
 * Nashville Christian Advocate Death Abstracts

Probate Records
'''Online Probate Records


 * 1774-1999 Kentucky Wills and Probate Records 1774-1999 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
 * 1860-1983 - How to Use this Collection; digitized by FamilySearch
 * Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories, Guardianships Book A 1866-1931; Book B 1931-1969. Kentucky Pioneers ($)
 * Indexes to Wills Book A, 1866-1931; Book B 1931-1969; Book C 1969-1979; Book D 1979-1981 Kentucky Pioneers ($)

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.

Birth

 * 1839-1960 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection;
 * 1852-1859 - Floyd County Birth Index 1852-1859. Batch at FamilySearch - free. Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/f/f1/Igikentuckyaf.pdf.
 * 1874-1875 - Floyd County Birth Index 1874-1875. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1875-1876 - Floyd County Birth Index 1875-1876. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1911-1912 Searchable KY Birth Index
 * 1911-1920 - KYGenWeb, Floyd County page for excel files of Floyd County births 1911-1920]
 * Floyd Births at KYGenWeb, Floyd County page.
 * 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
 * 1808-1844 - Marriage License of Floyd County Kentucky From 1808-1844
 * 1855-1859 - Floyd County Marriage Index 1855-1859. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1875-1876 - Floyd County Marriage Index 1875-1876. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1876-1878 - Floyd 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
 * Floyd Co. Marriages at KYGenWeb, Floyd County page.

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

Family History Centers

 * Beattyville Kentucky Family History Center
 * Martin Kentucky Family History Center
 * Breathitt County Library - an affiliate library.

Societies
Floyd County Historical and Genealogical Society P.O. Box 982 Prestonsburg, KY 41653 Website

Websites

 * KYGenWeb, Floyd County page.
 * Floyd County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Floyd 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