Pendleton County, Kentucky Genealogy

Guide to Pendleton 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 Edmund Pendleton. The County has Falmouth as its seat and the County was created 1798. The County is located in the northeast area of the state.

County Courthouse
Pendleton County Courthouse 223 Main St PO Box 112 Falmouth, KY 41040 Phone: 859-654-3347 Pendleton 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

 * Pendleton County Bible Records

Biographies

 * Pendleton County Biographies
 * KY Biographies, Jeff Murphy's Kentucky Biographies Project

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


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

 * 1800 Pendleton County Head of Household Census, Pendleton County KYGenWeb
 * 1810 Pendleton County Census Index, Pendleton County USGenWeb Archives
 * 1810 Pendleton County Census, Pendleton County USGenWeb Archives
 * 1820 Pendleton County Census Index, Pendleton County USGenWeb Archives
 * 1820 Pendleton County Census, Pendleton County USGenWeb Archives
 * 1830 Pendleton County Census Index, Pendleton County USGenWeb Archives
 * 1830 Pendleton County Census, pg 62-72, Pendleton County USGenWeb Archives
 * 1830 Pendleton County Census pg 73-82, Pendleton County USGenWeb Archives
 * Kentucky Census Transcriptions 1850-1930, USGenWeb
 * Census Images, USGenWeb
 * KY Census Online, Links to online census records

1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population schedules of Pendleton County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see Kentucky Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in online indexes, try checking printed indexes. Created by local experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than online nationwide indexes.

See Kentucky Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.

African Americans

 * 1850 Pendleton County Slave Census
 * 1860 Pendlton County Slave Census
 * African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records available
 * The KY African American Griots Project
 * Kentucky Minorities has information specific to Kentucky African Americans.
 * Sandi Gorin's Tips, Hangings in Kentucky 1792-1900

Genealogies

 * [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.

Local Histories

 * Pendleton County Kentucky History, Brief history of Pendleton County from KY.gov

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Maps of Kentucky (1776-1939)
 * Pendleton County Map

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


 * - 1st Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Companies A, B and I.
 * - 1st Regiment, Kentucky Veteran Cavalry (Wolford's Cavalry) (Union), Companies B and C.
 * - 18th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Companies F, G and K.
 * - 40th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Companies A, B, F and G.
 * - 11th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Company A.

World War I

 * Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY

Korean War

 * Korean War Memorial for Soldiers from KY, KYGenWeb

Newspapers

 * Falmouth Outlook Newspaper, Serving Pendleton County since 1907.
 * USNPL, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper index with links
 * World-Newspapers, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper index with links
 * Kentucky Newspapers on Microfilm

Probate Records
'''Online Probate Records


 * 1774–1999 Kentucky Wills and Probate Records 1774-1999 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
 * 1841–1967 have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
 * 1841-1871 Kentucky Pioneers ($) Images of Wills, Estates, Distributions, Inventories, Guardianships, Bk A
 * 1872-1918 Kentucky Pioneers ($) Images of Wills, Estates, Distributions, Inventories, Guardianships, Bk B

Tax Records

 * 1800 - 1800 Tax List of Pendleton 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 - at FamilySearch
 * 1852-1859 - Pendleton County Birth Index 1852-1859. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1874-1875 - Pendleton County Birth Index 1874-1875. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1875-1876 - Pendleton County Birth Index 1875-1876. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1911-1912 - Searchable KY Birth Index

Marriage

 * 1609-2016 - Kentucky, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1785-1979 - at FamilySearch
 * 1797-1954 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1852-1859 - Pendleton County Marriage Index 1852-1859. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1875-1876 - Pendleton County Marriage Index 1875-1876. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1876-1878 - Pendleton County Marriage Index 1876-1878. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1973-2000 - Searchable KY Marriage Records

Death

 * 1843-1970 - at FamilySearch - index
 * 1911-1965 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1911-2000 - Searchable KY 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

Libraries

 * Pendleton County Public Library 228 Main Street Falmouth, KY 41040 Phone: 859-654-8535

Societies

 * Pendleton County Historical Society PO Box 130 Falmouth, KY 41040 Phone: 859-654-3225 Email: [mailto:fryerhouse41006@gmail.com fryerhouse41006@gmail.com] Website
 * Links and addresses to Kentucky genealogical and historical societies

Websites

 * Pendleton County, KY History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Pendleton County KYGenWeb
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Pendleton County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History(Linkpendium)
 * KYGenWeb
 * USGenWeb
 * USGenWeb Archives Project, Bible records, cemetery records, obituaries, military records, death notices and other information organized by state and county.
 * Pendleton 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