Bourbon County, Kentucky Genealogy

United States &gt; Kentucky &gt; Bourbon County

Parent County
1785--Bourbon County was created 17 October 1785 from Fayette County. County seat: Paris

Record Loss
1872--A disaster caused the loss of some records.

Neighboring Counties

 * Bath
 * Clark
 * Fayette
 * Harrison
 * Montgomery
 * Nicholas
 * Scott

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


 * African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records


 * Kentucky Minorities has information specific to Kentucky African Americans.

Biographies

 * Bourbon County Kentucky Biographies

Census
1790 - Lost, but a substitute is available, see Taxation.

1800 - Lost, but a substitute is available:

Church
Presbyterian


 * Shane, John Dabney and Presbyterian Historical Society. Shane Manuscript Collection. Original records, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Penn. FHL US/CAN Film 948631.

Family Histories
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors
 * Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
 * Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

General


 * The Kentuckian-Citizen Newspaper Clippings of Early Bourbon Families. 3 vols. Paris, Ky.: n.p., 1943-1945. FHL US/CAN Book 976.942 D2k v. 1 ff.

Bibliography


 * [Ammerman] The Ammerman Family and Related Families. 196-?. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Am62am.
 * [Ammon] Passey, Jacqueline P. The Reverend Thomas Ammon: Pioneer Baptist Minister from Virginia and Kentucky: This is a History of His Life and Descendants. Fishers, Indiana: J.P. Passey, [2004?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Am64p.
 * [Ardery] Ardery, Donald M. The Ardery Family Tree. New Hope, Minn.: D.M. Ardery, 1983. FHL US/CAN Film 1035753 Item 7.
 * [Arthur] Harter, Byron E. The 'John Arthur' Story. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.: B.E. Harter, [1970?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Ar77h.
 * [Bacon] Donaldson, O. Clyde. Warren Adams Bacon of Bourbon County, Kentucky His Ancestors and Descendants. Hopkins, Minn.: O.C. Donaldson, 1989. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B137d.
 * [Baker] Hyatt, Harry Middleton. Genealogical Collection. MSS., Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, Ky. FHL 1550350.
 * [Barber] Meyers, Carrie Donohew and Harold L. Phillips. The Barbers of N.E. Kentucky (Bourbon, Clark, Bath, Flemming, Morgan &amp; Rowan Counties). Typescript, FHL US/CAN Film 1698036 Item 40.
 * [Basey] Lucas, Ernestine Garrett. From Paris to Springfield - the Slave Connection, Basye - Basey. [Springfield, Ohio]: E.G. Lucas, 1983. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B299L.
 * [Bedsworth] Bedsworth, Bobby D. The Descendants of Noah Bedsworth (1799-1851). Hallsville, Mo.: B.D. Bedsworth, 1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B391bb.
 * [Blake] Blake Family Records, ca. 1630-1961. Typescript, FHL US/CAN Film 2055330 Item 1.
 * [Boaz] Boaz, Thurmond DeWitte and Clarence Weaver Boaz. Thomas Boaz (1817-1897) and His Descendants. Anderson, Ind.: C.L. Boaz Jr., 1989. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B63t.
 * [Boyd] Boyd, Joseph R. Boyd Family: Kentucky to Indiana. 2 vols. Lafayette, Ind.: J.R. Boyd, 2000. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B692bjr v. 1 2000 ff.
 * [Bradley] Bradley, Noah Harrison. My Father's Family. Powhatan, Va.: N.H. Bradby, [1986]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B729bn.
 * [Brenton] Brenton, Chester F. Descendants of Brentons of Bourbon County Kentucky. Spokane, Wash.: C.F. Brenton, 1995. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B753bn.
 * [Bristow] Bristow, Mary Beckley and Neil Allen Bristow. Aunt Mary's Diary: The Writings of Mary Beckley Bristow. San Diego, Calif.: N.A. Bristow, 1996. FHL FAM HIST Book 921.73 B776b.
 * [Brown] Junkins, Phillip F. The John Junken Family. Brownsville, Ind.: P.F. Junkins, [1981?]. FHL US/CAN Film 1571135 Item 2.
 * [Burris]Hunt, Bessie Burris. Ancestors and Descendants of Jonathan Burris and Mary Jemima Boardman: With Allied Families of Baxter, Bryant, Crose, Gillispie, Hudson, Johnson, Rice. Hendersonville, N.C.: B.B. Hunt, 1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B944h.
 * [Clarkson] Cooke, Margaret Watson. The William Sandidge Family of Virginia; the Julius Clarkson Family of Virginia &amp; Kentucky; the William McConnell Family of Pennsylvania &amp; Kentucky; the Ralph Hughes Family of Virginia and Son Thomas Hughes' Family of Kentucky; the Henry Tandy Family of Virginia &amp; Kentucky: and Allied Families. Typescript, National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. FHL US/CAN Film 877537 Item 4.
 * [Coffman] Sampson, Edward E. The Coffman Family: With Related Jordan, Bryan and Mark Families. Tampa, Fla.: E.E. Sampson, 1989. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C654se.
 * [Coffman] Sampson, Edward E. The Coffman Family with Related Jordan, Bryan, Mark, Detro, Waln, Arnold and Reeves Families. Tampa, Fla.: E.E. Sampson, 1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C654sa.
 * [Corwin] Van Houten, Ellen Faye and Gilbert Corwin. Corwin Cousins. 5 vols. Loveland, Ohio: E.F. Van Houten, 1986-1990. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C819v ff.
 * [Cowan] Cowan, Ralph Ellis and Florence Athey Eller. The Family of William Cowan and Anna Wilson. [n.p.: F.E. Cowan], 1973. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C838cr.
 * [Current] Hall, Martha Belle, Myrtle Rion and William R. McCann. Family of Matthew Current, Who Married Jane Wilson Call, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky. [Hopewell, Va.?: W.R. McCann?, 1955]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 572.
 * [Cuthbirth] Freed, Patsy. Benjamin Cuthbirth: The Old Hunter. Typescript, Morgan County Public Library, Martinsville, Ind. FHL US/CAN Film 1502552 Item 37.
 * [Davidson] Ford, Donald L. History of the Davidson Family. Hiawatha, Kansas: D.L. Ford, 1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D281f.
 * [Davidson] Oliver, Claude M. The Family Tree Davidson: A Description of the Book Published in 1973. Typescript, Family Genealogy Pamphlet File, Morrison Reeves Library (Richmond, Ind.). No. 18, FHL US/CAN Film 1548948 Item 1.
 * [Davison] Oliver, Claude M. The Family Tree Davison. Pendleton, Ind.: C.M. Oliver, 1973. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D299o.
 * [Davison] Davison, Ralph E. Edward R. Davison Family: Edward, Soldier of the Revolution. [Des Moines, Iowa]: R.E. Davison, 1977. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D299a.
 * [DeLay] DeLay, Samuel G. and Zell DeLay. The DeLay Family History: A History and Genealogy of DeLays in North America. Elgin, Ill.: S.G. DeLay, [1983?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D376d.
 * [Donnell] Donnell, Camilla and Emma A. Donnell. The Donnell Family: A History and Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Donnell, of Scotland. Greenfield, Ind.: William Mitchell Printing, 1912. FHL US/CAN Film 1321147 Item 7; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Duncan] Ardery, Julia Hoge Spencer. The Duncans of Bourbon County, Kentucky: With Notes from Other Counties. Lexington, Ky.: W.S. Walsh Printing Co., 1943. FHL US/CAN Fiche 6018102.
 * [Duncan] DeVerter, Ruth Hendricks. The Duncan and Dinwiddie Families: With Allied Lines: Scotland; Virginia; Shelby, Scott, Boone, and Bourbon Counties, Kentucky; Rush and Hendricks Counties, Indiana; and Westward Migrations as Far as California. Baytown, Texas: R.H. DeVerter, 1969. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H384d v. 4.
 * [Earlywine] Lontz, Mary Belle and Maude Epperson. Earlywine Family. 196-. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Ea76L.
 * [Eaton] Eaton, Doris C. Eaton Family History. Typescript, FHL US/CAN Film 1036083 Item 3.
 * [Eberman] Haraldson, Irene Everman. Record of Michael Everman of Germany, Immigrant [of] 1732, and of His Descendents in Part. Reeds Spring, Mo.: I.E. Haraldson, 1967. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Ev27h.
 * [Forgey] Forgey, George W. Forgey Family. MSS., FHL US/CAN Film 982483 Item 4.
 * [Foster] Southwick, Louise Bales. Descendants of Joel Higgins and Margaret Womack Higgins. Typescript, FHL US/CAN Film 896607 Item 1.
 * [Garrard] Everman, H.E. Governor James Garrard. Richmond, Ky.: Cooper's Run Press, 1981. FHL FAM HIST Book 921.73 G191e.
 * [Gibbens] Gibbens, Alvaro F. Gibbens - Butcher Genealogy: Embracing also Barnett, Brown, Buckner, Byrne, Champlain, Enoch, Fairfax, Hannaman, Herbert, Riggs; and Bibbee, Drake, Kincheloe, Morrell, Pribble, Pilcher, Peadro, Reeder, Triplett, Vaughan, Vandiver, Warnick and Other Pioneer Families of Virginia Who Migrated West of the Alleghanies. Parkersburg, W. Va.: G.B. Gibbens, 1894. FHL US/CAN Film 423 Item 3.
 * [Gilbert] Hilligoss, Clyde E. Gilbert Family Records Collection, 1954-1987. MSS., FHL US/CAN Film 1440556 Item 3.
 * [Grant] McVean, Julia Grant and S.G. Clifford. Grant Family Record. Typescript, Willard Library, Evansville, Ind. FHL US/CAN Film 1481365 Item 10.
 * [Griffing] McCann, Robert Lee and William R. McCann. Family of Eliza R. McCann, Who Married Lytle Griffing: Bourbon County, Kentucky - Adams County, Illinois. [Hopewell, Va.?: W.R. McCann, 1963]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M126m.
 * [Griffith] Griffith, Charlotte. The Griffiths from Culpepper, Virginia to Bourbon, Kentucky to Pike, Missouri. Clarksville, Mo.: C. Griffith, 1989. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G875gch.
 * [Hamilton] Hamilton: Family Genealogical Data, 1760-1949. Typescript, Ripley County Historical Museum, Versailles, Ind. FHL US/CAN Film 1312800 Item 23.
 * [Hamm] Baker, Natalie Montgomery. Hamm Genealogical Collection. Typescript, Genealogical Records Collection, Natalie Montgomery Baker. FHL US/CAN Film 1255700.
 * [Hamm] Hamm, Russell L. Under the Hamm Ham Tree: Hypothesis and History. [Terre Haute, Ind.?: R.L. Hamm Co., 1981]. FHL US/CAN Film 1502578 Item 9.
 * '[Hamman] Conner, Henry Clay. Phillip Hamman in Kentucky. Indianapolis, Ind.: H.C. Conner, Jr., 1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 921.73 A1 no. 479.
 * [Henry] Thompson, Loute Squires and Henry Association. Our Hugh Henry Family. Lexington, Ky.: Henry Association, 1949. FHL US/CAN Film 1206418 Item 6.
 * [Henry] Henry, Howard W. The Descendants of Richard Henry, 1797-1876, Kentucky and Illinois. Albuquerque, N.M.: The Genealogy Club of Albuquerque, 1999. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H396r.
 * [Hester] Hilligoss, Clyde E. Gilbert Family Records Collection, 1954-1987. MSS., FHL US/CAN Film 1440556 Item 3.
 * [Hilligoss] Danell, Jennie. Hilligoss Family of Fleming County, Kentucky and Rush County, Indiana. Fresno, Calif.: J. Danell, 197-?. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H558d.
 * [Hillman] Brevoort, Eliza H. Lownsdale--Hillman, Craigs and Others. Lawrenceville, Ill.: Bey Printing Co., 1957. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L954b.
 * [Hopkins] Hopkins, Lott, Bledsoe Families. MSS., FHL US/CAN Film 978076 Item 13.
 * [Hopkins] Hopkins, George O. The Samuel Hopkins Family of Campbell County, Kentucky. MSS., microfilmed in 1975,FHL US/CAN Film 978076 Item 12.
 * [Hopkins] Ball, Helen A. Ezekiel and Sarah Hazzard Hopkins of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Bourbon County, Kentucky: Including Some of Their Descendants and Some Related Families. East Lansing, Mich.: H.A. Ball, 1978. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H774a.
 * [Hopkins] Daviess County Museum, Washington, Indiana. Hopkins Family File. MSS., FHL US/CAN Film 1435497 Item 1.
 * [Housh] Ramsey, Betty Miller. Tangled Branches: The House, Hunsucker, Miller, Riggle Families. [Fairview, Utah]: B.M. Ramsey, 1982. FHL US/CAN Film 1033899 Item 20.
 * [Huddleston] Hudelson, Anna. Our Families: A Bit of History in Gibson County, Indiana, in which Our Families Played a Part, the Hudelsons, the Kellogs. Typescript, FHL US/CAN Film 1435483.
 * [Huddleston] Hudelson Family, Henry County, Indiana: 495 A.D.-1930, MSS., Henry County, Indiana Historical Society; FHL US/CAN Film 1033909 Item 4.
 * [Johnson] Johnson, E.C. and Laura E. Johnson. Brief Life Sketches of a Johnston Family of Virginia and Kentucky. Masonic Home, Ky.: Masonic Home Journal, 1970. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 J63jec.
 * [Johnston] Johnston, Alexander Russell. An Incomplete Directory of the Descendants of My Great Grandparents. Harrisburg, Penn.: Publishing House of the United Evangelical Church, 1915. FHL US/CAN Film 928251 Item 5.
 * [Jones] Bowman, Mary Elizabeth Hagan and William R. McCann. Ancestors - Descendants, John I. Jones, Who Married May Ellen Swartzwelder (a McCann), Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky. [Hopewell, Virginia?: W.R. McCann, 1956]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 J718b.
 * [Junken] Junkins, Phillip F. The John Junken Family. Brownsville, Ind.: P.F. Junkins, [1981?]. FHL US/CAN Film 1571135 Item 2.
 * [Keath] Keith, Robert E. and Gabriel Furrow Keith. Known ... Keath Family Descendents. Flint, Mich.: R.E. Keith, 1998. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 K22kr.
 * [Kemp] Waterfield, Marjorie Featheringill. Land Deeds and Research Notes on Reuben &amp; Edward Kemp, 1770-1880. Bowling Green, Ohio: M. Waterfield, [1990?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 K32wm.
 * [Kenady] See Kennedy.
 * [Kennedy] Rollins, Mary La Page. Joshua Rawlings: And His Descendants and Allied Families. Typescript, National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. FHL US/CAN Film 873451 Item 3.
 * [Kennedy] McDonald, David G. Kennedy of Kentucky. Columbia, Mo.: D.G. McDonald, 1981. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 K38m.
 * [Kennedy] King, Patricia Florence. Family History for Patricia Florence Williams King: Families Listed are: Abbott, Adams, Alexander, Annis, Barker, Beck, Beckett, Belt, Blackburn, Blair, Blake, Boggs, Boling, Boone, Brestel, Brewer, Bridwell, Brooks, Brown, Browning, Burke, Burris, Burt, Callahan, Carter, Chappel, Clemons, Cloe/Clow, Coligan, Collier, ... Cincinnati, Ohio: P.F. King, 1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W67ki.
 * [Kennedy] Schatz, Mary Ann Kenady. Kenady: Family History. 4 vols. Los Altos, Calif.: M.A.K. Schatz, 2001-2002. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 K33s v. 1 ff.; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Lamb] Kjos, Ruth Sweet. Album and History of James and Rebecca Lamb and Their Descendants: (Including Boone, Gaar, Evans, Stockdale). Kelseyville, Calif.: R.S. Kjos, 1986. FHL US/CAN Film 1571140 Item 5.
 * [Lawless] Wilkey, Keith L. A History of the Descendants of John Lawless II and Margaret Skirvin Lawless. Quincy, Ill.: K.L. Wilkey, 1968. FHL US/CAN Film 1321046 Item 21.
 * [Lear] Institute of Family Research, Inc. Preliminary Findings on the Ancestry of William Powell Lear. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1986. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L477p.
 * [Lillard] Lillard, Gerald F. A Compilation of the Known Descendants of Thomas and Rhoda (Patterson) Lillard, a Pioneer Family of Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa. [Arlington, Va.: s.n.], 1950. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L628L.
 * [Lillard] Lillard, David Hicks. Lillard, a Family of Colonial Virginia. 2 vols. Memphis, Tenn.: D.H. Lillard, 1991. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L628LL ff.
 * [Little] Lytle, Leonard. The Descendants of John Little of Botetourt and Rockbridge Counties, Virginia: With Notes on Other Lines of Littles &amp; Lytles that may be Related. Typescript, National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. FHL US/CAN Film 877538 Item 7.
 * [Luckett] Bush, Conrad L. and Leeona Capps Bush. Luckett Family Photograph. Photograph, FHL INTL Film 1440589 Item 5.
 * [Lynch] Richardson, Fannie B. Taylor. Lynch: Brothers William Lynch (1790?-1840) and Anderson Lynch (12-27-1795/ 8-28-1863) and Their Descendants. Greenwood, Ind.: F.B.T. Richardson, 1958. FHL US/CAN Film 1405229.
 * [McCann] McCann, William R. and Robert Lee McCann. Some Descendants of John Keand of Withorn, Scotland and were Known as McCanns: Many of Whom Lived and Died in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, and were Known as McCanns. [Hopewell, Va.?: W.R. McCann, 1953]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 K195m.
 * [McCann] McCann, Robert Lee and William R. McCann. Family of Wesley D. McCann : Bourbon County, Kentucky - Adams County, Illinois. [Hopewell, Va.?: R.L. &amp; W.R. McCann, 1962]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 2835; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [McClanahan] Mills, Patije Weber. McClanahans: Early 1780-1825 Bourbon County, Kentucky Settlers. Sarasota, Fla.: P.W. Mills, 2001. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M132mp; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [McConnell] Cooke, Margaret Watson. The William Sandidge Family of Virginia; the Julius Clarkson Family of Virginia &amp; Kentucky; the William McConnell Family of Pennsylvania &amp; Kentucky; the Ralph Hughes Family of Virginia and Son Thomas Hughes' Family of Kentucky; the Henry Tandy Family of Virginia &amp; Kentucky: and Allied Families. Typescript, National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. FHL US/CAN Film 877537 Item 4.
 * [McCullough] Hendrickson, Sidney. The McCulloughs of Madison County. n.p.: S. Hendrickson, 1984. FHL US/CAN Film 1421797 Item 8.
 * [McCune] Knapp, Alfred Averill and Amy Edna Ramey McCune. Some of the Descendants of Robert and Jane McCune of Bourbon and Nicholas County, Kentucky. Winter Park, Fla.: College Press, 1947?. FHL US/CAN Fiche 6010401.
 * [McCune] Campbell, Kathryn Hutcherson. William McCune, the Pennsylvanian, and Kindred Families. Dallas, Texas: Campbell, Courtney K., 1974. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M139b.
 * [McVey] Whiteman, Helen McVey. Pioneering on the High Plains of Kansas: The McVey Family Story. [Ft. Collins, Colo.: H.M. Whiteman, 1994?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M253w.
 * [Mace] DeMarce, Virginia Easley. Clues to the Ancestry of Solomon Mace of Boone Co., MO.; the Mase/Mace Family of Ralls and Pike Cos., MO.; the Mase/Mace Family of Bourbon and Bath Cos., KY.; the Mace Family of Hampshire/Hardy Cos., VA/WV. Arlington, Va.: Mrs. J.L. DeMarce, 1989. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M15de.
 * [Martin] Farmer, Michael Martin. Adam Martin (1755-1835) and Thomas Roy Musick (1757-1842), St. Louis County, Missouri Pioneers: Their Ancestors, Descendants and Related Families Hildebrand, Peira, Roy and Neville. Wolfe City, Texas: Henington Pub., 1989. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M363fm.
 * [Miles] Miles, W.O. The Descendants of Richard Miles (1738-1838). Typescript, FHL US/CAN Film 940041.
 * [Mitchell] Johnson, Marion C. Early Baughman Letters, 1854 to 1897. Canton, Ill.: M.C. Johnson, [1992]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B326j.
 * [Montgomery] West, Goldie Shoemaker and Mary Ellen Stapp Gifford. Charles Fox Montgomery and Three Generations of His Descendants. Greenfield, Mo.: G. West, 1992. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M766wg.
 * [Morin] Pioneer Records of Josiah Morin. Typescript, FHL US/CAN Film 928276 Item 5.
 * [Musick] Farmer, Michael Martin. Adam Martin (1755-1835) and Thomas Roy Musick (1757-1842), St. Louis County, Missouri Pioneers: Their Ancestors, Descendants and Related Families Hildebrand, Peira, Roy and Neville. Wolfe City, Texas: Henington Pub., 1989. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M363fm.
 * [Neal] Schilling, F. Paul. The Neals of DeWitt and McLean Counties, Illinois: The Red Hand to Victory. Pasadena, Calif.: F.P. Schilling, 1987. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 N25s.
 * [Nicoson] Nicoson Family: Genealogical Data. Genealogy Tables, FHL US/CAN Film 1404659 Item 7.
 * [Nicoson] Nicoson, Marilyn. Descendants of Isaac Jefferson Nicoson and Margaret Mary Cowan. 1983. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 N548n.
 * [Northcutt] Northcutt, William Brooks. Diary, 1812 (War of 1812) and Personal History. MSS.; FHL US/CAN Film 467972 Item 1.
 * [Orr] Ostendorf, Paul J. William Orr of Ireland, Pennsylvania and Kentucky and His Descendants Through His son, William Vernon Orr, Born 1780 Pa.: Including Allied Families of Pollard, Vinsons and Thompson. West Saint Paul, Minn.: n.p., 1971. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Or7o.
 * [Parvin] Parvin, Richard H. A Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Parvin of Kentucky. Clearwater, Fla.: Parvin, 1976. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P259b.
 * [Pasley] Ellison, Kathy. Pasleys from Virginia, Illinois, Indiana. Typescript, Family Genealogy Pamphlet File, Morrison Reeves Library (Richmond, Ind.), No. 4. FHL US/CAN Film 1548948 Item 1.
 * [Patton] Boyd, Joseph R. Boyd Family: Kentucky to Indiana. 2 vols. Lafayette, Ind.: J.R. Boyd, 2000. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B692bjr v. 1 2000 ff.
 * [Pearson] See Pierson.
 * [Perkins] Perkins, Charles Abraham. The Perkins Family History. [Texas?]: C.A. Perkins, 1974. FHL US/CAN Film 1435492.
 * [Petty] Petty, Albert. Life of Albert Petty, Born 10 Aug. 1795, Bourbon Co. Kentucky: Also Brief Notes of His Ancestry. Typescript, at Historian's Office, Salt Lake City, Utah in 1950. FHL US/CAN Film 498.
 * [Pierson] Triplet Pearson / Pierson Society et al. Triplet Pearson / Pierson Society Newsletter. Newsletter. Fort Collins, Colorado: Triplet Pearson / Pierson Society, 2004-2007. FHL 929.27305 P615p
 * [Purviance] McCown Family Records, 1766-1930. Original records, Oakland Family History Center, Oakland, Calif. FHL US/CAN Fiche 6004451.
 * [Rawlings] Rollins, Mary La Page. Joshua Rawlings: And His Descendants and Allied Families. Typescript, National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. FHL US/CAN Film 873451 Item 3.
 * [Rayle] Jones, Jean E. The Rayle Family. 4 vols. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: J. Jones, 1990-2001. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R213j v. 4 [Vol. 4 discusses the Rayle family of Bourbon County.]
 * [Riley] Riley, Russell Lowell. Riley, a Genealogical Study of the Family of John &amp; Arre Noland Riley. Santa Ana, Calif.: R.L. Riley, 1991. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R455r.
 * [Ritchey] Osburn, Helen Richey. A Brief Genealogy of the Family of Gilbert Ritchey, 1758-1854: A Pioneer in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Indiana. Greensburg, Ind.: H.R. Osburn, 197-?. FHL US/CAN Film 1531729 Item 3. [Also includes "Supplement to the William and Gilbert Richey family."]
 * [Ritchey] Osburn, Helen Richey, Mary L. Brown Johnson and Frances Howard. A Memorial for the Ritchey-richey Families. [Hobart, Ind.: M.L.B. Johnson, 198-]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R51o.
 * [Ritchey] Wallace, Harriet Waggoner. Rev. John and Mary Catherine (Ritchey) Waggoner Family History: Pioneers of Kentucky and Indiana. South Bend, Ind.: H.W. Wallace, 1987?. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W124wh.
 * [Roberts] Sargent, Samuel S. Genealogies of Families of Coles County, Illinois, and Miscellaneous Cemetery, Marriage, and Probate Records. Typescript, microfilmed in 1948; FHL US/CAN Film 7699.
 * [Robertson] Hamilton, Lawrence M. and Ann B. Roe Hamilton. The Descendants of Nathan and Elizabeth (Speaks) Robertson. Oak Grove, Mo.: A &amp; L Computing, 1988. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R547h.
 * [Robertson] Claypool, Don. Robertsons of the Clan Donnachie. Danville, Ill.: Illiana Genealogical &amp; Historical Society, 1999. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R545cd.
 * [Robinett] Robinett Family Association of America. RFA Newsletter &amp; Journal = Robinett Family Association Newsletter &amp; Journal: Quarterly Publication of the Robinett Family Association of America, Inc. Ponce Inlet, Fla.: Robinett Family Association of America, 1984-present. FHL 929.27305 R552.
 * [Rogers] Rogers, Rev. The Diary of Rev. Rogers. MSS., FHL US/CAN Film 467972 Item 3.
 * [Rogers] Leppert, Ruth Margaret Patton. Ezekiel Rogers, 1765-1811: A Soldier of the Revolution and His Descendants. Typescript, National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. FHL US/CAN Film 907988 Item 3.
 * [Rogers] Rogers, James. Papers of James Rogers, Letters, Miscellaneous Business Papers, Journals, Etc. of the Rogers Family of Bourbon Co., Kentucky, 1837-1909. MSS., microfilmed in 1952, FHL 157094-157100.
 * [Rubey] The Family of Joseph and Ann Hunter Rubey. Typescript, Genealogical Research Work Files, Samuel M. Cline, Rubey File, Martinsville, Ind. FHL US/CAN Film 1502904.
 * [Ruggles] Buckley, William Kenneth. Information Pertaining to Descendants of Thomas Ruggles and Rachel Freeland. MSS., FHL US/CAN Film 1435496.
 * [Ryan] Ryan Family File. Typescript, Morgan County Public Library, Martinsville, Ind., FHL US/CAN Film 1502555 Item 11.
 * [Sackett] Hawk, Margaret Irene. Linkages: A Study of Four Early Families in Greene County, Ohio. Fairfax, Va.: M.I. Hawk, 1997. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sa14hm.
 * [Scott] DeVerter, Ruth Hendricks. The Genealogy of the Scott and Galloway Families: Scotland; Mifflin County, Pennsylvania; Bourbon County, Kentucky. [Baytown, Texas: R.H. DeVerter, 1959]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H384d v. 2.
 * [Scott] Golay, Mrs. Charles R. and Dorothy Lewis. Our Ancestral Legacy: Including the Families of: Lewis, Jones, Hollingworth, Study, Ruckman, Pearce, Stegall, Kenworthy, Crapster, White, Rye, Bond, Golay, Stark, Morgan, Jackson, Scott, Thronburgh, Willits, Commons, Congleton, Maulsby, Allison, Mills, Hayes, Monn, Boone, Beals, Harlan, Cassel, Bowater, Woodward, John, Rees, Powell, Delaplane, Clayton, Edge, Buffington, Washburn, Cole, Townsend, and Other Related Families. Cambridge City, Ind.?: Mrs. C.R. Golay?, 1969. FHL US/CAN Film 1571140 Item 11.
 * [Selby] Madeira, Pauline Hardin and Kim Beauchamp. The Ancestors of Harvey Louis Hardin: With Chapters on the Descendants of Samuel Sanford Hardin, James Pate, David McAlister, William Waddell, Samuel P. Griggs and John Selby. n.p.: Rex H. Madeira, Jr., 1999. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Se48mp.
 * [Shaver] Shaffer, Harvey E. The Shaver/Shafer and Dougherty/Daugherty Families: Also Kiser, Snider and Cottrell, Ferrell, Hively and Lowe Families. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1997. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sh25sha; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Shawhan] Shawhan, Ron T. Shawhan Family Genealogy. New Providence, N.J.: R.T. Shawhan, 1983. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sh28sr.
 * [Smith] Bradley, Noah Harrison. My Mother's Family. 2 vols. Powhatan, Va.: N.H. Bradley, 1992. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sm51bn 1992 ff.
 * [Sparks] Bidlack, Russell E. Russell E. Bidlack Genealogical Collection. Available at FHL.
 * [Stark] Meyers, Dale G. and Ira G. Stark. The Stark Family and Their In-laws. Typescript, 1970, Greensburg Public Library, Greensburg, Ind.; FHL US/CAN Film 1531734 Item 5.
 * [Stone] Stone Family Bible Records, 1797-1939. Kentucky Bible and Cemetery Records, Genealogical Records Committee, Kentucky Society D.A.R. FHL US/CAN Film 855039 Item 4.
 * [Talbott] Donaldson, O. Clyde. Warren Adams Bacon of Bourbon County, Kentucky His Ancestors and Descendants. Hopkins, Minn.: O.C. Donaldson, 1989. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B137d.
 * [Thomas] Dodele, Mabel M. A Trace of Thomas. Independence, Oregon: M.M. Dodele, 1984. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T364d.
 * [Thornton] Thornton, Joseph F. The Annals of a Family. Kent, Wash.: E.A. Poyneer, 1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T394tj.
 * [Todd] McMurtry, Richard K. Todd Families of America Collection of Richard K. McMurtry. MSS., FHL US/CAN Films 1573648-1573650.
 * [Todd] McMurtry, Richard K. Addendum to Todd Families in America Collection. MSS., FHL US/CAN Films 1735025-1735027.
 * [Trotter] Pape, Karen J. Scott-Trotter History. Mazomanie, Wisconsin: K.J. Pape, 1999. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sco83pk.
 * [Trumbo] Southwick, Louise Bales. Descendants of Joel Higgins and Margaret Womack Higgins. Typescript, FHL US/CAN Film 896607 Item 1.
 * [Tucker] Schneider, Nellie Pauk. Ancestry of Henry Pauk of Beardstown, Illinois - Wesley Marion Parker of Schuyler County, Illinois - John Tucker of Bourbon County, Kentucky. MSS., FHL US/CAN Film 1307586 Item 2.
 * [Turner] Ostendorf, Paul J. William Orr of Ireland, Pennsylvania and Kentucky and His Descendants Through His son, William Vernon Orr, Born 1780 Pa.: Including Allied Families of Pollard, Vinsons and Thompson. West Saint Paul, Minn.: n.p., 1971. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Or7o.
 * [Turpin] Lambert, P.T. History and Genealogy of the Jacob Turpin Branch of the Turpin Family: Being a Brief History and Genealogy of the Members of the First and Second Generations, and a Genealogy of the Members of All Other Generations Down to the Present Time. Greensburg, Ind.: Lambert, 1910. FHL US/CAN Film 928219 Item 8; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Van Deren] Van Deren, H.S. Van Deren Genealogy. Nashville, Tenn.: H.S. Van Deren, 195-?. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 V282v.
 * [Waggoner] Wallace, Harriet Waggoner. Rev. John and Mary Catherine (Ritchey) Waggoner Family History: Pioneers of Kentucky and Indiana. South Bend, Ind.: H.W. Wallace, 1987?. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W124wh.
 * [Waller] Hartman, Margaret Strebel. Life History, Captain John Waller, 1758--1823, Came to Kentucky in 1784, "An Unknown Pioneer." Falmouth, Ky.: W.J. Shonert, 1985. FHL FAM HIST Book 921.73 H255ha.
 * [Washburn] Leeka, Ora Ellis. Washburn. Typescript, National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. 2 parts. FHL US/CAN Film 875421 Item 1.
 * [Washburn] Wolfe, Barbara Schull. Jeremiah Washburn and Some of His Descendants. Typescript, National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. FHL US/CAN Film 875421 Item 2.
 * [Wasson] Haraldson, Irene Everman. Record of Michael Everman of Germany, Immigrant [of] 1732, and of His Descendents in Part. Reeds Spring, Mo.: I.E. Haraldson, 1967. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Ev27h.
 * [Wells] Connely - Weaver Family History. Records in the custody of Clark Coutny Genealogical Society, Marshall, Ill.; FHL US/CAN Film 1305157 Item 2.
 * [Whitney] Family Bible Records of George Otis Allen and Julia Olds Whitney [ca. 1751-1921]. Typescript, FHL US/CAN Film 1698051 Item 168.
 * [Wilson] Wilson: Family Genealogical Data, 1735-1956. Typescript, Ripley County Historical Museum, Versailles, Ind. FHL US/CAN Film 1312803 Item 50.
 * [Wilson] Stracke, Gloria Potts. A Wilson - Pryor Lineage. San Francisco, Calif.: G.P. Stracke, 1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W692s.
 * [Woolery] Tobey, Leona. Woolery Family Genealogy Data, ca. 1750-1938. Typescript, State Library of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio. FHL US/CAN Film 1320835 Item 35.
 * [Wright] McCann, William R. and Robert Lee McCann. Ancestors - Descendants: James Wilson Wright, Sr., Who Married Cynthia Rebecca Jones, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky. [Hopewell, Va.?: W.R. McCann, 1954]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W933mw.
 * [Yeater] Yeater, Sarah Jeanette Ellis. Genealogies of John J. Yeater and Sarah Jeanette (Ellis) Yeater, His Wife. Sedalia, Mo.: Sedalia Books, 1912. FHL US/CAN Film 982432 Item 7; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Yeater] Linder, Billy Royce and Yeater Cousins Association. The Yeater Cousins: For All Yeaters and Their Kin. Newsletter. New Paris, Ind.: B.R. Linder, 1968-1971. FHL 929.27305 Y33y.
 * [Yocom] Merk, William W. Rodgers, Booth, Cooper, Huggins, Yocom Families. Trona, Calif.: W.W. Merk, 1991. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R616m.
 * [Zener] Zener, Wilbur M. Zener Family Data, 1776-1980. MSS.; FHL US/CAN Film 1206417 Item 8.
 * [Zener] Stowell, Lucile S. Genealogies Zener, Howell, Swayze, Yard, Gramling. Mercer Island, Washington: L.S. Stowell, 1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Z43s.

Immigration

 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes will of a resident of Bourbon County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

Land
Land Grants and Patents


 * Virginia Land Office. [Index], Commonwealth's Grants or Patents [1779-1794, 1801 Now in Kentucky]. Original records, Virginia State Land Office, Richmond, Va. FHL US/CAN Film 7811 Item 1. [Some of the land was situated in Bourbon County.]

Local Histories

 * Everman, H.E. The History of Bourbon County, 1785-1865. n.p.: Bourbon Press, 1977. FHL US/CAN Book 976.9423 H2e.

Military
French and Indian War


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies a Bourbon County veteran; see place name index.]

Revolutionary War


 * Bell, Annie W.B. Record of Pension Abstracts Pertaining to Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Indian Wars: Who Settled in Bourbon County, Kentucky. 1934. FHL US/CAN Book 976.942 M23b.

War of 1812


 * Bell, Annie W.B. Record of Pension Abstracts Pertaining to Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Indian Wars: Who Settled in Bourbon County, Kentucky. 1934. FHL US/CAN Book 976.942 M23b.

Probate
Local Court

The organization Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Bourbon County probate records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:


 * 1) Will Book A: 1786-1795
 * 2) Will Book B: 1795-1805

London Court


 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes will of a resident of Bourbon County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

Taxation

 * [1787] Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. Available at FHL. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Bourbon County is included in Vol. 1.]
 * [1790-1791] Heinemann, Charles B. "First Census" of Kentucky 1790. Washington, D.C.: n.p., 1940. 1981 reprint: FHL US/CAN 976.9 X2ph 1981; digital version at Kentucky Kinfolks. ["8 pages of 1790 were used and 3 volumes of 1791. There is some duplication of names."]

Vital Records
Marriage


 * Kentucky Marriage Records, from the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983. FHL US/CAN Book 976.9 V2km. [Includes marriages from Bourbon County.]
 * Shane, John Dabney and Presbyterian Historical Society. Shane Manuscript Collection. Original records, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Penn. FHL US/CAN Film 948631.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog