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CONTENTS
KENTUCKY ANCESTORS
GENEALOGICAL QUARTERLY
OF THE KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Listed below are the contents of Kentucky Ancestors from the first issue
in 1965 to the current issue in a searchable PDF format.

VOLUME 1

Number One, July 1965

Officers of Kentucky Historical Society.............................................. 1

The Executive Committee ................................................................. 1

The Genealogical Committee of the Kentucky Historical Society
and the Reasons for Publishing Kentucky Ancestors.......................... 2

Publications of the Kentucky Historical Society................................. 4

Publications of the Kentucky Daughters of the American
Revolution........................................................................................ 5

Genealogical Research Material in the Library of the
Kentucky Historical Society.............................................................. 5

Counties of Kentucky, date formed, parent county, county seat........ 7

Walker Family Bible Records, including Samuel Jennings Walker,
Christian County, Kentucky; Appomattox County, Virginia............... 10

Queries............................................................................................. 10

Jonas Rouse Bible Records, Boone County, Kentucky
Mrs. Robert C. Eastman, Florence, Kentucky.................................... 11

Number Two, October 1965

Genealogical Workshop was Well Received........................................ 13

Believe It or Not................................................................................ 15

If Not in a Whisper
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Ralph L. Schroeder........................................................................... 16

Campbell County, Kentucky, Tax Records......................................... 18

Stonsifer Bible Records, Campbell County, Kentucky........................ 24

Compton Family Bible ...................................................................... 26

Derrickson Family Bible, Powell County, Kentucky
copied by Hazel Derrickson Neal (Mrs. Tracy).................................... 27

Kersey Family Bible.......................................................................... 28

Poor Family Bible, Garrard County, Kentucky................................... 30

Crow Family Bible, Garrard County, Kentucky.................................. 31

Old Gasper River Church Cemetery, Logan County, Kentucky........... 33

Whitley County Cemeteries
Pleasant Hill Cemetery...................................................................... 36
Nicholson Family Graveyard............................................................. 38

Concerning the Marriage Records of Whitley County, Kentucky
information from Mrs. Homer B. Davis, Williamsburg, Kentucky....... 38

James Shield Graveyard, Warren or Logan Counties, Kentucky
submitted by Nora Young Ferguson, Bowling Green, Kentucky......... 39

Derickson Cemetery Records, Powell County, Kentucky
copied by Hazel Derrickson Neal (Mrs. Tracy), 1965.......................... 40

Funeral Invitations, Mercer County, Kentucky.................................. 40

Contributions................................................................................... 41

News Items....................................................................................... 43

Queries............................................................................................. 44

Number Three, January 1966

Genealogical Committee of the Kentucky Historical Society............... 56

Map of Meade County, Kentucky ...................................................... 57
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State Archives
Kentucky Vital Statistics
Meade County, Kentucky, Deaths, 1852-1862; 1894; 1900-1901;
1904; 1906-1907
The entire issue is devoted to Meade County deaths.......................... 58

Queries.............................................................................................100

Number Four, April 1966

Journal of Mary Shotwell’s Journey, 1788 (New Jersey and
Mason County, Kentucky)
contributed by Mrs. William W Weis, Maysville, Kentucky.................104

Mason County, Kentucky, Court and other Records. Includes:
Fields family.....................................................................................107
Farrow family...................................................................................108
Brewer family...................................................................................108
Myers family.....................................................................................109
Anno family......................................................................................109
contributed by Mrs. Lula Reed Boss, Maysville, Kentucky

Green County, Kentucky, Survey Depositions Index
compiled by Mrs. Leonard T. Harris, Chicago Heights, Illinois...........111

Bible Records of the Moses Boone Family
of Woodford County, Kentucky
contributed by Mrs. Wade Hampton George, Versailles, Kentucky.....115

Records from Family Bible of Thomas Wheeler Edwards
contributed by Mrs. Beatrice Edwards Sorenson, Moore, Idaho.........116

Charles A. Judd Bible, Jackson County, Kentucky
contributed by Kay Brewer Briskdopke, Norwood, Ohio.....................118

Records from the Bible of Stella P. Yost, Mercer County, Kentucky....118

Edmund Martin Bible, probably Mason County, Kentucky
submitted by Mrs. W. W. Weis, Maysville, Kentucky..........................119

Records from Family Bible of Joshua Simmons
contributed by Mrs. W. W. Hughes, Macomb, Illinois........................120

Records from John H. White Bible
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contributed by Mrs. Bonnie H. Baird, Louisville, Kentucky................121

Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Warren County, Kentucky................................121

Kentuckians in Kern County, California
contributed by Mrs. Fodyce R. Landers, Bakersfield, California.........122

Oceanview Memorial Park Cemetery, Oceanside, California
copied by Mrs. Mary B. Ryan McCann and Velva Mansir,
Escondido, California........................................................................122

Forgotten American Revolutionary Soldiers
Buried in Carpenter’s Fort Cemetery, Lincoln County, Kentucky
contributed by Mrs. D. A. McFarland, New Carlisle, Ohio..................123

Alexandria, Campbell County, Kentucky, Court Order Book 1,
Page 154, November 1811 (Fortunatus Tompkins)
copied by Mrs. R. R. Hartman, Jr., Newport, Kentucky .....................124

Jolley (?) Cemetery, McLean–Daviess County, Kentucky
submitted by Mrs. Ralph D. Lynn, Elkton, Kentucky.........................125

David Crews, Madison County, Kentucky
contributed by Genevieve Beall Porter, Indio, California....................125

An Historical Atlas of Kentucky and her Counties
written and compiled by Wendell H. Rone, Sr....................................125

Old Tribble Graveyard, Madison County, Kentucky
copied by Mrs. James C. Deatherage.................................................126

Cockrell Graveyard, Estill County, Kentucky
contributed by Mrs. James C. Deatherage.........................................126

Mt. Olivet Episcopal Church Cemetery, Pineville, Louisiana
submitted by Alvin Y. Bethard, Dry Prong, Louisiana........................126

Cemetery, Salt River Church Yard, Mercer County, Kentucky
copied by Mrs. B. F. Norfleet, Mrs. W. S. Conover, and
Mrs. William Freeman.......................................................................127

Cemetery (John Pipes), Boyle County, Kentucky ...............................127

Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky,
Fifth List
copied by M. J. Edgeworth, Owensboro, Kentucky............................128
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News Items.......................................................................................132

Queries.............................................................................................134

VOLUME 2

Number One, July 1966

Mason County, Kentucky, Court and Other Records
includes Mefford family data and heirs of Devalt Cooper
contributed by Mrs. Lula Reed Boss, Maysville, Kentucky................. 2

Madison County, Kentucky, Court Records,
includes some marriages
contributed by Mrs. John Hicks, Jr., Lexington, Kentucky................ 9

Joseph Hitch of Maryland and Pendleton County, Kentucky
records taken from papers in the possession of Don Hitch,
Erlanger, Kentucky, by Betty Rouse.................................................. 11

Kentucky Was Their Home
Worley family records, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and
Fayette County, Kentucky
contributed by Mrs. C. R. Davis, Lansing, Illinois.............................. 12

Bible of Thomas Louis Finney, Hart County, Kentucky
contributed by Daphne Finney Anderson, Lakeside, Arizona............. 14

Records from Bible of Benjamin Silmon Forbis
contributed by Daphne Finney Anderson, Lakeside, Arizona............. 15

Records from Samuel and Lydia Lane Bacon’s Bible
contributed by Mrs. Anita Mitchum Moore, Harrodsburg, Kentucky.. 16

Wilder and Patrick Family Bible Records........................................... 17

Ray—Chism Bible Records
contributed by Mrs. C. H. Peden, Glasgow, Kentucky........................ 18

Born in Kentucky, Died Elsewhere
from the records of Miss Avis Hamilton, Oblong, Illinois.................... 20

Last Will and Testament of Robert Ping, Deceased
Jasper County, Illinois, and Pulaski County, Kentucky..................... 21
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Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky,
M. J. Edgeworth
continued from volume 1, number 4, page 131................................. 23

Stanley Catholic Cemetery, Daviess County, Kentucky
copied April 5, 1965 by M. J. Edgeworth, Owensboro, Kentucky....... 26

Search for Lost Graveyards............................................................... 26

County Death Records...................................................................... 27

Old Tuttle Grave Yard, Estill County, Kentucky
contributed by Mrs. William Freeman, Lexington, Kentucky.............. 28

News Items....................................................................................... 29

Queries............................................................................................. 31

Number Two, October 1966

Kentucky’s First Capitol.................................................................... 43

Index to Will Book 1, Kenton County, Kentucky,
August Court 1840 to November 18, Court 1878 .............................. 44

Mason County, Kentucky, Court and Other Records,
includes the Dye family
contributed by Mrs. Lula Reed Boss, Maysville, Kentucky................. 47

The Poor House (Deed Book Q, page 164, September 3, 1818)........... 51

Bradley – Pelham – Finley Families
Bourbon and Mason Counties, Kentucky.......................................... 52

Funeral Invitations, Mason County, Kentucky .................................. 53

Pendleton County, Kentucky, Court and Other Records,
includes the Colvin family
contributed by Mrs. Lula Reed Boss, Maysville, Kentucky................. 54

Washington County, Kentucky.......................................................... 55

Powell Family Bible Records
contributed by Rodney L. Powell, Isabela, Puerto Rico....................... 56
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Tunis Newkirk Bible, Jefferson and Bullitt Counties, Kentucky
contributed by Thomas F. Newkirk, Houston, Texas.......................... 57

Bible Records of the Faulkner Family of Marion County, Kentucky
contributed by Mrs. Glenn Burchett, Louisville, Kentucky................. 59

Charles Duncan, Culpeper County, Virginia,
and Madison County, Kentucky
submitted by Nancy R. Roy, Santee, California. ................................ 61

Names of Ones Buried in Old Todd Graveyard
in Adair County, Kentucky
contributed by S. M. Suddarth, Columbia, Kentucky........................ 62

Graveyard Destruction, Scott County, Kentucky, and
Nelson County, Kentucky
Mrs. Mary Lowry Smith Huggins, New Bloomfield, Missouri.............. 63

Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky,
Sixth List
M. J. Edgeworth
(continued from volume 2, number 1, page 26)................................. 64

Carpenter’s Fort Cemetery, Lincoln County, Kentucky
(Corrections and additions)
Janie Sue (Mrs. D. A.) McFarland ..................................................... 68

Carpenter Burying Ground
Near the Site of Carpenter’s Station.................................................. 68

Carpenter Burying Ground – Lincoln County, Kentucky
Major Russell’s Place........................................................................ 69

Bethel Church Cemetery – Located at Baldwin, Kentucky,
in Madison County, Kentucky
copied by Flora Baker Hicks on June 5, 1958................................... 69

Trigg County, Kentucky, Cemetery
contributed by Miss Mary Hamilton, Bessemer, Alabama.................. 70

News Items....................................................................................... 71

Queries............................................................................................. 75

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Number Three, January 1967

Map of Russell County, Kentucky..................................................... 85

Book Review..................................................................................... 86

Russell County, Kentucky, Marriage Certificates
contributed by Mrs. Donald E. Jordan, Indianapolis, Indiana ........... 87

Mason County, Kentucky, Court and other Records, includes the
Bailey family..................................................................................... 95
Major Valentine Peers....................................................................... 97
Edward Lee of Mason County, Kentucky
contributed by Mrs. Lula Reed Boss, Maysville, Kentucky................. 99

Nicholas County, Kentucky, Court and other Records,
includes the Dale Family
contributed by Mrs. Lula Reed Boss, Maysville, Kentucky.................100

Nicholas County, Kentucky, Wiliam Bartlett Family..........................101

Henry County, Kentucky, Thomas Bartlett........................................103

Some Boyds of Harrison County, Kentucky.......................................104

Ancestry of Former Governor Bert Thomas Combs
contributed by Ruth Combs – Combs Family Historian,
Richmond, Kentucky........................................................................105

Andrews Bible Record
contributed by Mrs. C. H. Peden, Glasgow, Kentucky........................107

Malcom Worley Bible Record
copied by Hazel Spencer Phillips from the Ohio Historical Museum,
Columbus, Ohio ...............................................................................109

Dimmitt Bible Record
contributed by Mrs. W. W. Weis, Maysville, Kentucky .......................110

Records from the Bible of John R. Taul
(Fayette, Breckinridge, and Henderson Counties, Kentucky)
contributed by Glen E. Taul, Henderson, Kentucky...........................111

St. Charles Privilege Church Cemetery, Hopkins County, Kentucky
copied in May 1964 by Mrs. Mary McCann of Escondido,
California, and Pauline McClearn of Dawson Springs, Kentucky .......112
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Buried in Boone County, Kentucky...................................................113

Kentuckians Who Came to Boone County, Missouri
compiled by A. Maxim Coppage, Pittsburg, California........................114

Rouse
George Rouse Family of Culpeper County, Virginia,
and Boone County, Kentucky. ..........................................................115

Queries.............................................................................................116

News Items.......................................................................................128

Number Four, April 1967

Map of Harrison County, Kentucky...................................................131

News Items.......................................................................................132

Genealogist Seeks Help from Harrison County, Kentucky, Relatives
contributed by Thomas Milton Tinney, Orem, Utah...........................133

McClain Family
contributed by Ross Clinton McClain, Covington, Kentucky..............138

Some Boyds of Harrison County, Kentucky.......................................139

Barlow Family
contributed by A. Maxim Coppage, III, Pittsburg, California ..............140

Lewis County, Kentucky
Records from Lewis, Fayette and Mason Counties, Kentucky.
Includes Parker, McGlasson, Shackleford, Moore and Mackey
families
contributed by Mrs. Lula Reed Boss, Maysville, Kentucky.................141

Funeral Invitations, Mason County, Kentucky ..................................145

Russell County, Kentucky, Marriage Certificates
(continued from Volume 2, Number 3, January 1967, Page 94)
contributed by Mrs. Donald E. Jordan, Indianapolis, Indiana ...........148

Lillard Bible Record
contributed by Mrs. Anita Moore, Harrodsburg, Kentucky.................156
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Funeral Invitation.............................................................................157

Lindsey Cemetery, Harrison County, Kentucky
contributed by F. P. Wood, Seattle, Washington................................158

Yelvington Cemetery, Daviess County, Kentucky
copied, January 1964, by Mrs. W. E. Leachman, Mrs. Edgar Cox,
M. J. Edgworth.................................................................................161

Iron Ore Hill Cemetery, Daviess County, Kentucky
Some Older Tombstones copied August 17, 1965
by M. J. Edgeworth, Owensboro, Kentucky.......................................163

Alexandria, Campbell County, Kentucky
Court Order Book 6, page 303, April 26, 1852
(Heirs of Edward Turner of Campbell County, Kentucky)
copied and contributed by Margaret Strebel Hartman
(Mrs. Robert R., Jr.) Newport, Kentucky............................................164

Mrs. James O. Franklin
submitted by Wyatt Shely, Lawrenceburg, Kentucky.........................165

Queries.............................................................................................166

News Items.......................................................................................178

VOLUME 3

Number One, July 1967

Map of Washington County, Kentucky.............................................. 1

Book Review..................................................................................... 2

COURT RECORDS
Will of Charles Kennett of Washington County, Kentucky
contributed by Mrs. Mary Frye Barley, Whittier, California................ 3
Washington County, Kentucky
Data from Rejected Claim – John Cammack – Virginia.
contributed by Mrs. Lula Reed Boss, Maysville, Kentucky................. 5
Fredericktown, Washington County, Kentucky
contributed by Mrs. Edmund I. Richerson, Elizabethtown,
Kentucky.......................................................................................... 7
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