Green County, Kentucky Genealogy

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

Description
Green County was named for Nathanael Greene. The county is located in the central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Green County Courthouse 203 W Court Street Greensburg, KY 42743-1522 Green 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

 * Green County, Kentucky Bibles at USGenWeb Archives

Biographies

 * Kentucky Biographies Project

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


 * Interment.net, Kentucky cemetery records by county.
 * Cemetery Junction, Links to cemetery transcriptions
 * Naming the Forgotten, The Eastern State Hospital Project

Census Records

 * 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
 * Ebenezer. Church minutes (1812-1956) are available at the Kentucky Historical Society: Description.
 * Nolynn Association. Minutes (1819-1884) have been published: FHL Book 976.9 K2mn.
 * Pitman's Creek. Church minutes (1802-1828) are available online.
 * Russell's Creek Association. Minutes (1804-1915) are available at the Kentucky Historical Society: Description.
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1794-1901 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1794-1925 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1803-1822 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1893-1929 (*); Fiscal 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.


 * Green County : From Franklin State Papers, The Genealogist's Post - v. 2, no. 5 May 1965. 1065. By Williams, Mildred C. Miami, Florida : Richard T. Williams. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
 * (*); Barbara Wright at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Kentucky Court of Justice at KYCourts.gov

African Americans

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

Genealogies

 * [Asbury] Holtzclaw, B.C. "Asbury of Westmoreland County, Virginia," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jul. 1967):55-65; Vol. 5, No. 4 (Oct. 1967):77-87; Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 1968):10-26. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Chaudoin] Allen, Cameron. "Francis (Francois) Chaudoin (c.1717/18-c.1799/1800) of Manakin Town and of Buckingham Co., Va.," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 40, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1996):83-94; Vol. 40, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1996):179-190; Vol. 40, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1996):261-274; Vol. 41, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1997):18-33; Vol. 41, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1997):97-113. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Chandler] The John Chandler family of Green and Taylor Counties, Kentucky at Ancestry ($)
 * [Ennis] Ennis, Wendell. The Ennis Family of Green, Barren, and Hart Counties Kentucky. [Boston, Ky.]: W. Ennis, 1990.
 * [Kirtley] Harper, Lillie DuPuy VanCulin. Colonial Men and Times: Containing the Journal of Col. Daniel Trabue, Some Account of His Ancestry, Life and Travels in Virginia and the Present State of Kentucky During the Revolutionary Period; the Huguenots, Genealogy, with Brief Sketches of the Allied Families. Philadelphia, Pa.: Innes &amp; Sons, 1916. Digital version at Internet Archive;.
 * [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.
 * [Shipp] Sanders, Walter R. The Shipp Genealogy from Essex, Caroline, Faquier Counties, Virginia, to Green, Taylor, Woodford, Jefferson, Fayette, Christian, Bourbon, Scott, Owen, Counties, Kentucky, and Johnson Counties, Indiana. Typescript. Microfilmed 1971.

Land and Property Records

 * The KY Land Office

Local Histories

 * Historical Green County, Kentucky. 1967. By Charles Victor Henderson. [Greensburg, Ky. : Green County Historical Society]. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library;.

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


 * - 2nd Regiment, Kentucky Veteran Cavalry (Union), Company D.
 * - 21st Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Companies B, C, F, H and K.
 * - 21st Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Companies B, C, F, H and K.
 * - 27th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Companies D, F and H.

World War I

 * Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY

Korean War

 * Korean War Memorial, 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 Depot, Kentucky Newspaper Citations
 * Obituary Daily Times, Citations to over 15,000,000 obituaries
 * 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 ($) — index and images
 * 1793-1913 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1793-1959  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1794-1959 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1795-1839 Green County, Kentucky Will Records. By Wright, Barbara. Utica, Kentucky : McDowell Publications, 1986-1992. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
 * 1796-1824 Green County, Kentucky Wills 1796-1824 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1796-1824 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1796-1824 Will Records of Green County, Kentucky 1796-1824. By Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather. Chillicothe, Missouri : E.P. Ellsberry, n.d.. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
 * 1796-1939 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1812-1872 Kentucky Genealogy and Images of Old Wills, Estates, Inventories, Annual Returns, Marriages at Kentucky Pioneers
 * 1812-1901 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1812-1941 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1852-1892 (*); Clerk of the County 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 Green County, Kentucky Genealogy is included in Clift's Second Census of Kentucky 1800, digitized by Ancestry ($).
 * Search Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills Records, Ancestry ($)
 * Tax Digests - 1795 Tax List. Kentucky Pioneers ($)

Birth

 * 1839-1960 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1852-1861 - Green County Birth Index 1852-1861. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1874 - Green County Birth Index 1874. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1875 - Green County Birth Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 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 - Green County Marriage Index 1852-1859. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1875 - Green County Marriage Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch -
 * 1876-1878 - Green 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
 * 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
 * The Kentucky Vital Records Project, Transcriptions and Images of Kentucky Death Certificates

Divorce

 * 1973-1993 Kentucky Divorces 1973-1993, University of Kentucky Vital Records Databases

Archives
Archives of Appalachia East Tennessee State University Website

Family History Centers

 * Lebanon Kentucky Family History Center
 * Sulphur Well Kentucky Family History Center
 * Green County Public Library - an affiliate library.

Societies
Green County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 273 Greensburg, KY 42743 Facebook Green County Historical Society P.O. Box 276 Greensburg, KY 42743 Website Facebook

Websites

 * Green 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
 * The USGenWeb project May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Green County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Green 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