Fleming County, Kentucky Genealogy

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

Description
The County was named for John Fleming (1735–1791), early settler of Kentucky. The County has Flemingsburg as its seat and the County was created 1798. The County is located in the northeast area of the state.

County Courthouse
Fleming County Courthouse Courthouse Square Flemingsburg, KY 41041-1399 Phone: 606-845-8461 Fleming 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

 * Various biographies concerning citizens of Fleming County
 * KY Biographies

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


 * Interment.net, Kentucky cemetery records by county.
 * Fleming County Poor Farm Cemetery
 * Cemetery Junction, Links to cemetery transcriptions
 * Naming the Forgotten, The Eastern State Hospital Project
 * ePodunk list of Fleming County cemeteries gives the names of the cemeteries in the county with a link to more information such as address, phone number, and web site

Census Records

 * Heads of Households and Revolutionary War Pensioners for Fleming County
 * Kentucky Census Transcriptions 1850-1930, USGenWeb
 * Census Images, USGenWeb
 * KY Census Online, Links to online census records

Church Records

 * Churches in Fleming County, Information on a few of Fleming County's oldest churches.
 * Kentucky Christian Church Directory, ChurchAngel
 * Catholic Parishes in the Diocese of Lexington
 * Catholic Parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville

Court Records

 * Various Legal Matters in Fleming County
 * Various Court Orders of early Fleming County
 * Abstracts of Early Kentucky Supreme Court Cases, KYGenWeb
 * Kentucky Court of Justice Research &amp; Reference

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 African American Griots Project
 * Kentucky Minorities has information specific to Kentucky African Americans.
 * Sandi Gorin's Tips, Hangings in Kentucky 1792-1900

Genealogies

 * [Argo] Sharp, John L. From Adam to the Royalty of England and Scotland to the Families of Fleming County, Kentucky: or the Ancestors of Selvinous Dina Argo. Morehead, Ky.: J.L. Sharp, 1976.
 * [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 ($).
 * [Bennington] Bennington Family [Will of William Bennington, Fleming County, Kentucky, 1801]. Typescript. Microfilmed 1989.
 * [Burgess] Reginald, R. The House of the Burgesses: Being a Genealogical History of Edward Burgess of King George and Stafford counties, Virginia, with His Sons - Garner Burgess of Fauquier Co., Virginia; William Burgess of Stafford Co., Virginia; Moses Burgess of Orange County, Virginia; Reuben Burgess of Rowan Co., North Carolina - and His Grandsons - Edward Burgess of Culpeper Co., Virginia; John Burgess of Harrison Co., Kentucky; Henry Burgess of Fleming Co., Kentucky; Edward Burgess of Scott Co., Kentucky; John P.B. Burgess of Halifax Co., Virginia; Edward Burgess of Kanawha Co., West Virginia; William Burgess of Davie Co., North Carolina; Reuben Burgess of Davie Co., North Carolina; and Thomas Burgess of White Co., Tennessee - Together with Their Known Descendants Named Burgess. San Bernardino, Calif.: Borgo Press, 1983.
 * [Fulton] Engle, Caroline Dayton. "Major Hugh Fulton of Augusta Co., Va., and Fleming Co., Ky.," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 60, No. 1 (Mar. 1972):65-67.
 * [Heflin] Heflin, Donald L. Reuben Heflin of Somewhere in Virginia to Mason, Fleming &amp; Mason counties, KY, 1785-1863. Georgetown, Ky.: D.L. Heflin, 1995.
 * [Hester] Searl, Hester Geraldine Lester. Hester Genealogy, A Story of Some Descendants of John Hester and Early Settler of Fleming County, Kentucky, Who Arrived in America in the Year 1740. Patterson, Calif.: H.G.L. Searl, 1972.
 * [Hilligoss] Danell, Jennie. Hilligoss Family of Fleming County, Kentucky and Rush County, Indiana. Fresno, Calif.: J. Danell, 197-?.
 * [Owens] Owens, David Hatfield. Owens Family of Virginia (Richmond, King George, Stafford, Prince
 * William, Fauquier Counties) and Kentucky (Mason, Lewis, Fleming, Bracken, Mercer, Boyle Counties). Ann Arbor, Mich.: D.H. Owens, 1991.
 * [Smith] Hall, William K. Robert Smith Born about 1732, Died about 1798 of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania and Fleming County, Kentucky. St. Louis, Mo.: W.K. Hall, 1989.
 * [Vincent]
 * [Walton] Walton, John. "Job Walton of Fleming County, Kentucky," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 52, No. 1 (Mar. 1964):15-24. 973 B2ng v. 52

Land and Property Records

 * Various Land Records of Fleming County
 * Various Deeds of Fleming County
 * The KY Land Office

Local Histories

 * History of Elizaville, Fleming County
 * Early Settlers of Flemingsburg, Fleming County
 * Lost Town of Gath, Fleming County
 * The Archives of Appalachia
 * Condensed History of Fleming County, Kentucky (1908)

Maps and Gazetteers

 * KYGenWeb compiled list of maps
 * Click on the county to go to the KYGenWeb site

Military Records

 * Confederate Solders' Grave Locations in Fleming County
 * Battle of Blue Licks Centennial Monument, Fleming County
 * Battle of Hillsboro, from an 1861 article in a newspaper from Springfield, MA
 * Military Resources, Revolutionary War through Civil War

Civil War
'''Online Records
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — 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 — index and images


 * - 2nd Battalion, Kentucky Mounted Rifles (Confederate). Companies B and C.
 * - 6th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate). Company H.

World War I

 * Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY

Korean War

 * Korean War Memorial, Korean War Memorial for Soldiers from KY, KYGenWeb

Newspapers

 * Newspapers and Magazines of Fleming County
 * USNPL, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper index with links
 * World-Newspapers, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper index with links
 * Kentucky Newspapers on Microfilm

Obituaries

 * Various obituaries of citizens of Fleming County
 * Fleming County, Kentucky Obituary Collection Free from GenealogyBuff.com. From various funeral homes in the Flemingsburg, Ewing, Elizaville, Hillsboro, Plummers Landing, and Wallingford areas.
 * Kentucky Footsteps Archives, KYGenWeb
 * Kentucky Obituary Sources, KYGenWeb
 * Links to research and locate obituaries
 * 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

Other Records

 * Kentucky Postcards, USGenWeb

Probate Records
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 * 1798-1966 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
 * Various wills filed in Fleming County at KY Kinfolk

'''Online Probate Records


 * 1774-1999 Kentucky Wills and Probate Records 1774-1999 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
 * 1798-1815 Kentucky Pioneers ($) Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories, Guardianships, Distributions, Bk A
 * 1816-1822 Kentucky Pioneers ($) Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories, Guardianships, Distributions, Bk B
 * 1823-1829 Kentucky Pioneers ($) Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories, Guardianships, Distributions, Bk C
 * 1829-1834 Kentucky Pioneers ($) Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories, Guardianships, Distributions, Bk D

Tax Records

 * 1800 - 1800 Tax List of Fleming 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 - Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960 at FamilySearch
 * 1852-1860 - Fleming County Birth Index 1852-1860. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1874 - Fleming County Birth Index 1874. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1875 - Fleming County Birth Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1911-1912 - Searchable KY Birth Index

Marriage

 * 1609-2016 - Kentucky, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1785-1979 - Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979 at FamilySearch
 * 1797-1954 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1798-1851 - Fleming County, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1798-1851 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1852-1860 - Fleming County Marriage Index 1852-1860. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1875 - Fleming County Marriage Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1876-1878 - Fleming County Marriage Index 1876-1878. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1973-2000 - Searchable KY Marriage Records
 * 1973-2000 - Kentucky Marriage Records 1973-2000

Death

 * 1843-1970 - Kentucky Deaths and Burials, 1843-1970 at FamilySearch
 * 1911-1965 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1911-2000 - Searchable KY Death Index
 * The Social Security Death Index - Searchable
 * 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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to Family History Centers

Societies

 * Fleming County Historical Society 207 E. Main Street Flemingsburg, KY 41041


 * Links and addresses to Kentucky genealogical and historical societies

Websites

 * Fleming County, KY History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Fleming County KYGenWeb
 * Fleming County KY, USGenWeb Archives
 * Fleming County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * State of Kentucky Website
 * Fleming County KY Genealogy (Kentucky Genealogy)
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