The Nelson County Pioneer  Volumes I-XIX

Volume I, Number 1

Pioneer Nelson County

Nelson County, KY Tithables - 1785

Early Land Claims of Nelson County, KY

Nelson County Processioners Book (Nov 1779 – Apr 1780)

The Rizer House Project

Queries:  Black, Hagerman-McArthur-Sweazy-Coghill, Williams-Wiseheart-Thurman-Owsley, Bland-Osburne-Smith-Page-Hardin, Rice-Taylor-Barret, Rosser-West-Tabler, Gregory-Muse-Clark, Shelton-Lynch, Murphy-Johnson, Harding-Masterson

The Most Common Surnames

Volume I, Number 2

The Building of St. Josephs Cathedral

Nelson County, KY Will Book 1, pages 1 – 77.

Genealogical Tidbit – Metzel - Bean

Nelson County, KY Court Minutes (Jul 1785 – Feb 1790)

Smith – Variations on a Surname

Genealogical Tibdits:  Hughs-Randolph-Bland-Osborn-Hendley-Harrison-Glass; and Keckendall-Reasoner-Crist-Linwright-Cartmill-Fay-Earnest-Spears-Fry-Brown- Bird-Coffer-Slaughter

Nelson County Marriage Register 1785 – 1792 (A – I)

Queries:  Ayres, Lent, Hind-Leach-Donahoe-Turnage-Shufflebarger-McCafferty-Barger, Chenoweth-Van Meter-Hinton, Howard-Coomes-Millay-Higdon, Anderson-Cain, Holdren, McKay-Lewis, Slack-Penn-Pirtle-Viney, Cotton-Smith-Heady, Frakes-Friggs, Pulliam

Volume I, Number 3

The First Nelson County Court

Nelson County, KY Tithables – 1786

The Religious Association of the Early Marriage Returns

Nelson County Marriage Register 1785 – 1792 J – Z

Revolutionary Soldiers in Nelson County

Early Claims for Land, April – May 1780

Queries:  Brown-Beauchamp, King-Halley-Crump-Jenings-Guthrie-Polke, Tutwiler, Cotton-Langley, Crow, Hill-Kidwell, Masterson, Hobbs-Salmon-Shelton-Taylor, Allen-Cubbage-Bice, O’Bryan-Hagan-Lancaster-Padgett, Aydelott-Brittingham-Hobbs, Bowles-Greer-Bryant-Cecil, Vessels-Rhodes-Barr-O’Bryan-Payne, Coy, Thornberry-Peake, McCauley-Bowling-Brown-Hutchins, Mason-Grigsty, Wilcox-Herron, McKay-Murphy, Watson-Masterson, Milligan-Weatherford, Linthicum-Able-Hall-Cambron-Foreman-Botts, McCown-Wood, Hardin-Hartley

Volume I, Number 4

The Building of St. Josephs Cathedral

Will Book 1 – June 1785 – Feb 1790

What if there is no Will? Metzel and Bean

Nelson County Court Minutes, June 1785 – Feb 1790

Family Names Arising from the Occupation of Blacksmith

Genealogical Tidbits – Hughs-Randolph-Bland-Osborn-Hendley-Harrison-Glass; Keckendall-Reasoner-Crist-Linright-Cartmill-Fay-Earnest-Brown-Spears-Bird-Coffer.

Nelson County Marriage Register 1785 – 1792  A – I

Queries:  Ayres, Lent, Hinds-Leach-Donahoe-Turnage-Shufflebarger-McCafferty-Barger, Chenoweth-Van Meter-Hinton, Howard-Coomes-Millay-Higdon, Anderson-Cain-Holdren, McKay-Lewis, Slack-Penn-Pirtle-Viney, Cotton-Smith-Heady, Frakes-Fraiks-Freak-Friggs, Pulliam

Volume II, Number 1

Bullitt’s Lick – Salt Capital of Early Kentucky

Nelson County, KY Tithables – 1787

Genealogical Tidbit – Cotton, McGee, Cox, Taylor, Cartmell, King

Early Nelson County Claims for Land, May 1780

Nelson County Marriage Register 1793 – 1799  T – Z

Queries:  Stark-Ball, Rapier, Leslie-Craven, Summers-Doom, Blacklock-Lancaster-Sansbury-Lanham, Hayden-Moore, Willett-Enlow, Whelan-Grant-Montgomery, Hobbs-Hamilton-Sellman, Petty-Pettit-Ragland-House-Bagley, Malin-Collings, Thompson-Hughes, Stone-Minor, Cotton-Langly, Bell-Fuquay, Abell-Ritchie, Edelen-Webb-Stone, Cissell-Hammett, Willett-Slaughter, Richardson-Proctor-Waters, Howard-King, Collings-Crawford, Smallwood-Heard-Kendall-McGill-Berry, Swan-Camp, Metcalf-Bush, Jeffries-Lincoln-Floyd-Milligan, Bennett-Page, White-Preston-Stith, Thompson-Masterson, Ball-Collver-King, Dunlap-Morrow.

Volume II, Number 2

The Pioneer Churches of Nelson County

Genealogical Tidbit – Crist-Cartmell-Leewright-Brady-Talbot-David-Lane-Timmons-Higdon-Black-Nelson-Cochran-Collins

Nelson County, KY Will Book A, pages 1 – 88  (1790 - 1792)

Nelson County Court Minutes, Jan 1790 – May 1792

Queries:  Huff, Evans-Wilkson, Batsel-Taylor, Humphrey, Parker, Girdler-Miles, Coombs-Stillwell, Ross-Cotton, Parish-Lefler-Tubman, Drury-Buckman, Carrico-Brewer, Thompson-Hayden, Evans, Dawson-Ballard, Crozier-Hinds, Murphy-Cotton, Norris, Hodges-Chambers-Lasley-Thomas, Mattingly-Hagan-Spalding, Johnson-King, Mattingly-Fowler-Byrne, Bland-Edmondson, Prewitt-Elliott-Waller, Hopkins

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 2, pages 1  - 146 (1787 - 1789)

Volume II, Number 3

Indian Depredations in Kentucky

Nelson County, KY Tithables – 1786

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 2, pages 147  - 176 (1789)

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 3, pages 1  - 137 (1789 - 1790)

Queries:  Newman, Brown-Hutchins-Bowling, Meason-Mason-Doom

Volume II, Number 4

The Hon. Ben Hardin of Bardstown

Nelson Co., KY Deaths - 1852 & 1874 - 1875

Genealogical Tidbits – Harrison-Hynes-Duvall-Churchill-Gore-Shalley, Carter-Barrett-Huston-Read-Sutherland-Haydon, Johnson-Hill-Beeler-Quigley-Troutman-Lee-Harned-French, Fossett-Read-McDowell-Smith-Aydelotte-Beard

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 4, pages 1  - 188 (1790 - 1791)

More Early Nelson County Claims for Land, May 1780

Queries – Glass, Lee-Thompson-Ice, Lilly, Cambron-Linthicum, Figg-Friggs-Baird, Wortham-Hackley-Foushee, Dawson-Ballard-Bard-Figg-Ice, Hart-Rawlings, Graham-McClung, McGrew-Craven-Pittman-Bennett-Ash, Humphrey, Lynch-Shelton, Purcell-Thatcher, Cissel-Ballard, Rodgers, Colvin-Samuels-Randolph, Riley-Duke-Goodwin-Dawson, Jackson-Hart, Langley, Lavey-Essex, Johnson-Martin-Patterson

Genealogical Tidbits:  Cox-Lewis-Lansdale-Macey-Brashear, Hahn-Woodring-Powers-Tomlinson-Crow, Nourse-Ewing-Wickliffe-Thompson-Cosby

Volume III, Number 1

Presley Grey - A Nelson County Pioneer

Nelson Co., KY Births - 1852

Genealogical Tidbit:  Couchman-Harrell-Panabaker-Hubbard-Foster-Slaughter-Wathen, Hynes-Weller-Morton, Talbott-Cotton-Brown-Ross-Halbert

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 4, pages 190  - 362 (1791)

Nelson County, KY Will Book A, pages 92 – 294  (1793 - 1796)

Nelson County, KY Court Minutes, May 1792 – May 1793

Queries:  Cook-Thomson-Shaw, Duncan-Connelly-Lyne, Anderson-Miller, Glasscock-Strother, Barlow, King-Keltner, Curts-Jefferis-Kindle, Cotton-Smith, Hahn, Hall-Rogers-Carter, Masterson, Castleman-Carter-Richardson-Liston-Turnham, Gray-Singleton-Gladin-Gorin, Bethel-Sympson, Watson-Masterson, Peak-Williams-Watson, Marrison-Haycraft

Volume III, Number 2

The Militia of Nelson County

Nelson County, KY Tithables – 1789

More Early Nelson County Claims for Land, May 1780

Queries:  Lilly, King-Keltner, Hubbard-Denney, Hansford, Graham-Chesnut-Gum, Hughes-Bland, Lentz-Lintz, Coombs-Wilks-Chesnut-Williams, Walker-Berry, White-Kincheloe, Ash-Nally, Purcell-Barkley-Hughes, Humphrey-Miller, Miller, Spencer, Davis-Miller-Perry, Parker, Holshouser-Heavenhill, Sweasy-Bateman-Brown, Ambrose-Hardy, Bowling-Norris, O’Neal-Mills, Tyler-Kincheloe, Walker-Clark, Crutcher-Helm, Richardson-Proctor-Waters

Genealogical Workshop October 7, 1979

Historic Site Certificates to be Awarded

Volume III, Number 3

The Early Pioneers of “Bairds Town”

Nelson County, KY Marriage Register 1800 – 1810  A – K

Genealogical Tidbit:  Crist-Cartmell-Leewright-Brady-Holsclaw-Talbot-David-Lane-Timmons-Higdon-Black-Nelson-Cochran-McGee-Collins

More Early Nelson County Claims for Land, May – June 1780

Queries:  Dacon-Deacon, Graham-Chestnut-Gum, Mattingly-Allin-Matney, Ambrose, Dyer-Hayden-Rapier-Raley, Parker-Worth, Howard-O’Neal, Jeffries, Morgan-Burris, Sweazey-Hopewell, Humphrey-Miller, Grundy, Johnson, Parrish-Lefler-Keeling-Hardin-Curtsinger

Genealogical Tidbit:  Cotton-Winn-Batsel-Halbert-O’Neal-Gray-Murphy-Tichenor-Heady-Worthington-Sprulls-Sergeant-Chandler-Johnson

Volume III, Number 4

Bardstown’s First Church

Estate Administration of Samuel P. Jones

Nelson County, KY Marriage Register 1792 – 1806 Additions

Nelson County, KY Marriage Register 1800 – 1810  L – Z

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 4, pages 365  - 598 (1790 - 1793)

More Early Nelson County Claims for Land, June 1780

Queries:  O’Brien, Johnson, Kennett-Crownover, McCleehose-Allen, Cutsinger-Curtsinger, Jones-Weaver-Crist, Randolph-Bland, Follum-Goodman, Tyler-Kincheloe-Reno, Burnett-Morley, King-Penick, Rynearson-Lambert, Bray-White

Bardstown’s Bicentennial Celebration Begins

Volume IV, Number 1

The Orphan Brigade

Nelson County, KY Tithables – 1790

Genealogical Tidbit:  Mullican-O’Daniel-Bumpass-Hagan

Queries:  McMakin-Young-Hobbs, Cotton-Smith, Smith-Parrish, Clark-Brothers-Beavins, Wells-Bush, Lewis, Leslie-Thomas-Lasley-Lemmon, Cain-Barker-Bailey, Goodman-Page, Parker-Worth-Connant, Howard-Thompson, Dowdle-Frakes, Howell-Compton, Crossfield, Howard, Crist-Collins, Lewis-White, Brown-Masterson, Drake-Connell, Brashear-Cummins, Cotton-Scott, Dant-Moore-Barry, McCown

Bardstown’s Bicentennial

Volume IV, Number 2

Federal Hill

Nelson County, KY Marriage Register 1811 – 1820  A - K

Genealogical Tidbits:  Carpenter-Crigler-Holmes-Glenn-Wise-Sanders, Ballard-Dawson-Norris-Beard

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 4, pages 612  - 893 (1792 - 1794)

Queries:  Miller-Bailey, Blacklock-Sansberry-Lancaster, Meason-Doom-Clark, Mattingly, Hahn-Crow, Mills-O’Neal, Moore-Eidson, Drury-Brown-Reynolds-French, Castleman-Liston-Turnham, Doom-Goodlet, Froman-Anderson

Volume IV, Number 3

Col. John Rogers’ Family

Genealogical Tidbits:  Wathen-Ballard-Dawson-Bard, Miller-Pottinger-Blincoe, Crutcher-Chults-Wathen-English-Hynes, Tichenor-Langford-Thomas-Lanford

Nelson County, KY Marriage Register 1811 – 1820  K – Y

Genealogical Tidbits:   Cox-Lewis-Lancaster-Macey-Brashear, Slaughter-Willet-Graff-Price, Price-Lewis-Lawrence-Heavenhill-Holthouser-Kelly-Fryear-Rice-Hall-Miller, Hagan-Speak-Higdon-Jewell, McAtee

Nelson County, KY Delinquent Returns – 1789 and 1790

Genealogical Tidbits:  Haydon-Walter-Walker-Sweet-Hall-Montgomery-Thornton, Coomes-Unsel

More Early Nelson County Claims for Land, June - August 1780

Queries:  Barnes, Hill-Lively, Summers, Hall-Connoway-Ruble-Hale, Willett-Hill, O’Bryan, Bland-Osborne, Wigginton-Callaway, Drake-Connell-Bennett, Hamilton-Spalding, Kerr-Dudgeon-Carr, Baird-Beard, Clark, Shuck-Cooper-Gardner, Drury-Hodges-Hawkins, Summers-Little

1980 Orphans Brigade Reunion

Volume IV, Number 4

Charles Anderson Wickliffe

Reader Feedback:  Rogers-Bailey, Moody-Weems-Dorsey-McAlister-Haardesty-Neal-Berry, O’Neal

Nelson County, KY Will Book A, pages 295 - 553  (1796 - 1801)

More Early Nelson County Claims for Land, August - October 1780

List of Civil War Deaths in Bardstown Hospitals, Jan – Apr 1862

Genealogical Tidbits:  Queen-Hayden-Mudd, Robards-Phelps-Howell-Lewis-Blakey-Rochester

Cedar Creek Baptist Church Bicentennial, 1981

Queries:  Wimsatt-Ballard-Coomes-Hoagland-Curts, Davis-Bridewell-Miller, Langley, Lapsley, Sally, Nourse-Marshall-Roach, McHatton-Harsh-Bane, Willet-Graff-Crume-Head-Mobberly-Davis-Brown-Slaughter, Metcalfe-O’Connor- Phillips-Coomes, Hobbs-Ricks-Marshall, Smith-Green, Marshall, Osborn-Ozborn-Miles, Burns-Campbell, Hahn-Egbert, Cotton-Cummins, Curts-Kurtz, Moore-Layton-Tucker-Hagan-Cissell-Fenwick-Knott-Drury-Miles-Manning-Brewer-McDaniel

Volume V, Number 1

The Uncertainty of Early Kentucky Land Titles

Genealogical Tidbits:  Later-Jack-Stoner-Anderson-Herald-Nelson-Dunn-Duese-Gates-Jeffrie, Robinson

Nelson County, KY Marriage Register 1821 – 1830  A – K

Nelson County, KY Marriage Register 1792, Unintentionally Omitted from Previous

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 4, pages 602 – 611 and 896 - 929 (1793 - 1794)

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 5, pages 1  - 59 (1795)

Queries:  Holthouser-Langley-Roberts-Coy-Showalter-Boone, Doom-Harrel-Long-Moreland, Carrico-Maddox-Hamilton-Higdon, Cotton-Smith-McDonald-Pittman, Glenn-Brooks, Kirkham-Sands-Stevens, Miller-Harned-Sweets, Springer-Ridge-Riney-Riddle-Davis-Stayton-Shehen-Myers-Peery-Rainey-Robertson-Cooper, Bryant-Ruble-Sweazy-Bateman-Lefler, Willett-Griffith-Simmons-Power-Lee-Pottenger-Sanders-Price

Cedar Creek Baptist Church Bicentennial 1981

Use Printed Sources with Care

Volume V, Number 2

The First Bishop of Bardstown

Nelson County, KY Marriage Register 1821 – 1830  K – Z

Genealogical Tidbits:  Read-Bealmear-McDonnell-Brown-Lewis, Hunter-Bean-Smith-Bryant, Manica-Connelly-Lane-Sweets, Matthis-Peak-Brown

Nelson County, KY Tithables – 1790 – Another List Located

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 5, pages 59 - 135 (1795 - 1796)

Queries:  Cotton-McGee, Metcalfe-Edlin, O’Neal-Mills, Leslie-Shipp-Purcell, Crist-Cartmell-Nelson-Lane-Timmons, Monarch-Mattingly, Downs-Osburn-Saulsberry, Elder-Gwynn-Coomes, Bethel, Ash-Figg, Hagan-Boone-Sutherland, Herron-Howard, Dunn, Lutz-Miller

Poplar Neck Presbyterian Church

Volume V, Number 3

Using the Tithable Lists

Nelson County, KY Tithables – 1791

Queries:  Duncan-Protsman, Uptegrove-Owens, Hansford-Cookendoffer-Price-Gist-Harris, Albin-Allin-Marcus, Hardin-Clark-Hayner-Hayden-McIlvoy-Denny, Tucker-Curry, Miller-Jones-Anderson, Stovall-Brashear, Vititoe-Vittitow-Browning, Crossfield, Thompson-Norris, Young-McFarland-Bloyd, Kamp-
Camp-Weller-Kurts-Wiseheart-Swann, King, Bowman-Carr-Sands, Bland-Hughes-Binyon-Carter

Other Historical Society News

Volume V, Number 4

The First Forts and Stations of Early Nelson County

Nelson County, KY Will Book A, pages 563 - 871  (1801 - 1805)

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 5, pages 136 – 303 (1795 - 1797)

Queries:  Jarboe-Smith-Bethel, Mattingly-Spalding, Norris-Boone-Wimsatt-Roberts, Thomas-Anderson-Garrett, Johnson-Willett, Cooper-Barker, Ross-Wortham, Harrison, Norris-Mills, Elliott-Willett, Walker-Haydon, Talbott-Rogers-West-Fairleigh, Hardin-Younger, Girdler-Miles-Hall, Cotton-Heady

Historical Society News

Volume VI, Number 1

Thomas Nelson, Virginia Patriot (for whom Nelson County is named)

Reader Contribution:  Patrick-Sweets-Wright-Linebaugh-Spurgin-Rentch-Wood-Lee-Young-Hodnett-Sims-Clark-Liliensten-McKinnan

Nelson County, KY Marriage Register 1831 – 1840  A – K

Queries:  Winfield-Howard-Ferguson, Parker-Doty-Newman, Jenkins-Parker, Anderson-Byers-Crow, Lightfoot-Slaughter, Davis

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 5, pages 305 – 376 (1797 - 1798)

Queries:  Tilden-Webb-Edlin, Lewis, Clark-Miles-Beaven, Carter-Rogers, Miller-Wolf, Dyer-Dier-Roley, Jackson-Heady, Kellum-Hinch-Leftridge-Miller, Holthouser-Mahoney-Downs-Edwards-Nalley, Avritt, Paddock-Pain-Merriweather, Jackson, Miller-Putnam-Hubbard-Duncan, Thompson-Thomas-Brown-Gristy, Hall, Eastburn, Holthouser-Ballard-Edelen-Greenwell-Reid-Belieu-Clark, Willett-Summers-Hobbs-Carrico-Roby-Elliott-Pinson, Gregory-Avritt-Brumfield, Johnston-Berry, Osborne-Emery-Blandford, Carrico-Hamilton

Historical Society Purchases Rizer House

Volume VI, Number 2

The Early Inns and Tavern Keepers of Nelson County

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 5, pages 376 - 444 (1798 - 1799)

Nelson County, KY Marriage Register 1831 – 1840  L – Z

Queries:  Carter, Manning-Bridwell-Bealmear, Fatherkile-Featherkile, Shehan-Beall-Magruder, Tesch-Heavenhill-Holthouser-Fryear-Kelly-Hall-Rice, Grigsby-Purcell-Foster, Hart, Avritt-Brumfield, Brown-Drury, Rout-Sutterfield-Clifton-Brashear, Talbott-Rogers-West-Fairleigh, Langley, Howard-Thompson-Roberts, Baird-Potter, Hill-Goodin, McKim-Read, Carrico-Shanks-Ash, Hutchins-Cissell-Brown, Greenwell-Lee, Raley-Raleigh, Miles-Gardiner-Boone-Clark, Brashears-Wilcoxon, Snider-Weathers, Ewing-Wickliffe-Hardin

1828 Newspaper Clipping on “Old Talbott Tavern”

Volume VI, Number 3

Kentucky Becomes a State in 1792

Nelson County, KY Tithables – 1792

Washington County, KY Tithables – 1792

Queries:  Hardin-Paine, Crow-Stater-Fields-Morrington-Harris-Miller, Stark-Harned-Troutman, Miller-Montgomery, Mattingly-Higgins-Brown, Kerrick-McKiernan, Bland-Shehan-Beall-Lanham-Sheehan-Cambron, Hahn-Crow-Gatewood, Henley-Sims-Foster, Price-O’Neal, Walker-Mattingly, Wells-Oliver-Smith-Hoskins, Heavenhill-Holthouser-Langley-Ball-Mahoney-Mudd, Fenwick-Mattingly-Hayden, Oakes-Featherkile, Jackson-Spencer, Cosby-Dickerson-Settle-Goatley, Wayne-Higdon, Wedding-Lanham, Roberts-Norris-Holthouser-Langley, Rusher-Sanders-Crow, Butler-Fentress-Snelling, Brown, Sims-O’Brian-Hagan-Bryan, Vittitoe-Lemon-LaFollette

Black Appreciation Day - 1982

Volume VI, Number 4

Andrew Hynes, A Nelson County Pioneer

Queries:  Bullock-Lee, Wayne-Daugherty, Monica-Borders, Chenault-Hynes

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 5, pages 445  - 573 (1799 - 1800)

Nelson County, KY Will Book A, pages 872 – 1026  (1796 - 1797)

Queries:  Walker-Phillips-Shirley, Tucker-Reason, Thompson-Masterson, Springer-Harrison-Crawford. Miles-Girdley-Hall, McKim-Rose, Culver-Ball, Wells-Carpenter-Hoskins-Bulwin, Walker-Coomes, Coomes-Figg-Reynolds, Crist-Faulkenborough-Roberson-Yates-Froman, Rout-Sutterfield-Clifton-Brashear, Norris-Gootee, Turner, Graham-Talbott, Abell-Simms-Board, Carrico-Shanks-O’Bryan-Reed-Toon 

Correction:  Bruce

Volume VII, Number 1

The Nelson County Pioneers of Southwestern Pennsylvania

Cumberland Co., PA Tax list, 1772; Springhill, Tyrone and Rostraver Twps.

Selected Minutes of the Court of Yohogania County, VA, 1777 – 1779

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 5, pages 574 – 737 (1797 - 1801)

Additions and Corrections:  Clark-Miles-Bevin-Bivens-Hagan-Gerson-Hardy-Cline, Clark-Mattingly, Polk-Piety-Matson, McCrocklin-McLaughlin-Eastburn-Wells-Beard

Queries:  Carlisle-Arnold-Long, Coomes-Mercer, Wize-Peter-Wise-Brown-Horn, Mattingly, Anderson-Byers, Daniel-Hackley-Ball, Stephens, Mattingly, Lutz-Clark-Hibbs, Hill-Miles, Lone-Rogers, Dugan-Cusick, Housley, Clark-Lee-Brothers-Thompson, Long-Conway-Ground-Vandeventer-Stennet, Raley-Dyer-Hurst, Crow-Jackson, Hurst-Bowlds-Finn, Hart-Van Meter-Rawlings-Jackson, Wells-Cooper, Hagan, Brown-Grable, Purcell-Pursell-Pursley-Pussley, Fuller-Parker, Patrick-Sweets-Wright-Linebaugh-Spurgin-Rentch-Wood-Lee-Young-Hodnett-Sims-Clark-Lilienstem-McKinnan, Cotton-Moore, Hagan-Summers, Younger-Masden, Clifton-McCarthy-Pry-Day

Volume VII, Number 2

Bardstown’s Origins in the Virginia Legislature

Nelson County Marriage Register 1841 – 1850  A – K

Queries:  Morgan-Prather, Cain-Colman-Froman

Nelson County, KY Will Book B, pages 1 - 149  (1807 - 1809)

More Early Nelson County Claims for Land, Oct 1780 – Mar 1781

Queries:  Purcell-Duval-Leslie, Beard-King-Swearingen, Shircliff-Dant, Sinclair-Young-Bayne-Lane-Cartmell-Nelson, Lutes-Lutz-Greenly, Napper-Ashlock-Parr, Harris-Wible, Foreman-Yewell-Shirley-Froman, Wells-Carpenter-Purcell, Hill-McAtee, Speak-Dunbar-Beavin-O’Bryan, Raley-Reighley-Scott

Volume VII, Number 3

Research in Virginia, by Robert Y. Clay

Nelson County Marriage Register 1841 – 1850  L – Z

Biographical Sketches from History of Warwick, Spencer and Perry Counties; Harding, Grigsby, Brown, Graham, Wilkinson, Richardson, McDaniel, Nourse, Ashby, Ray

Genealogical Tidbits:  Price-Anderson-Baird, Conely-King-McKay, Gore-Shadburn-Birkhead-Wills, Jones-Read-Bard-Sutherland-Campbell-Goodlett-Spence

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 6, pages 1 – 90 (1801 - 1802)

Queries:  Howard-Brashear-Harding, Case-Paddock, Janes, Bell-Rogers-Beall, McAtee-McEtee-Pottinger-Hill, Drury, Wells-Brown, See-Seay-Sea-Virgin-Hardin-Walls, Templin-Clifton, Cotton-Kitchen, Stark-Gunterman-Samuels-Duvall-Triplett-Harned-Thompson, Minor-Starke, Bruce-McMahon-Biggs

Volume VII, Number 4

Research in Virginia, Part II, by Robert Y. Clay

Nelson County, KY Will Book B, pages 151 - 345 (1806 - 1828)

Genealogical Tidbits:  Vowles-Barnes-Medcalf-Dawson-Medley-Buckman, Tichenor-Langsford-Thomas, Hahn-Wright-Sweets

More Early Nelson County Claims for Land, Mar – Apr 1781

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 6, pages 91 – 142 (1802)

Queries:  Mobley-Leslie, Osborne-Brown-Greenwell, Cotton-Harrell-Yong-Crume-King-Kelley, Mattingly-Wheatley-Rhodes-Fraze-Louis-Poole-Hayes-Mayes-Hinton, Culver-Ball-Coy, Brady-Elmore, Miller-Harned, Miles-O’Brian-Johnson-Gardiner-Brown, Friend-Cheatham-Nall, Brown-Bealmear, Pieriman-Jones-Perman-Purman, Ash-Kessinger, Mills-Wiggenton-Wiman-O’Neal

Volume VIII, Number 1

The Family of Joseph Brown, Bardstown, Merchant

More Early Nelson County Claims for Land, Apr – May 1781

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 6, pages 142 - 265 (1802 - 1804)

Queries:  Cotton-Brown, Elmore, Johnson-Stuart, Ice-Thompson-Lee, Abell-Able-Higgins-Hill, Shawley-Shallee-Shally-Herron-Brown, Burba-Mattingly-Ball-Graves-Kelty, Lasley-Lashley-Leslie-Collins, Johnson-Wimsatt-McKune, Bridwell-Douglass-Jennings-Jewell, Hobbs-Foster, Cain-Froman-McKay, Moore-Hayse-McColgin-Vaughn

New Instructions on Ordering Pension Records from National Archives

Volume VIII, Number 2

Comments on Slavery in Nelson County

Fifty Years of Slavery in the United States, by Henry Smith – a Book Review

Nelson County, KY Will Book C, pages 1 - 91 (1811 - 1813)

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 6, pages 266 - 355 (1804 - 1805)

More Early Nelson County Claims for Land, Jun – Jul 1781

Queries:  Carter-Rogers, Griffin-Peck-Humphrey, Watson-Masterson, Whalen-Graham, Thompson-Crume, Brown-McGee-Froman, Parish-Reeves, Higgins-Mattingly, Bruce-Runyon-Davis, Clements-Hamilton, Boon-Howard-Norris, Shaw-Miller, Fulkerson-Fisher, Williams-Beckwith-Linthicum, Ely-Grover, Clifton-McMarthy-Pry-Day, Hill-McAtee, Boles-Quiggins, Ritchardson-Wheeler, Cotton-Calhoun, Anderson-Benthal-Dickinson-Dickerson, Lewis-Carter-Sipes-Brown-Parker-McLean-White-Masterson-Howell 

Volume VIII, Number 3

The Nelson County 1795 Tax List

Genealogical Tidbit:  Jones-Read-Bard-Sutherland-Campbell-Goodlett-Spence

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 6, pages 356 - 408 (1805 - 1806)

Queries:  Brown-Reynolds-Drewry-Newton, Parker-Doty-Newman-Allen-Johnson-Randall, Johnson-Spalding, Burnett-Vest, Berry-Simms, Mills-O’Neal, Jones, Linton-Hagan-Stark-Burba, Edelin-Boone, Cotton-Heady, Cyphers-Edwards-Thomas-Crume, Durbin-Ballard-Bright-Carrico-Cash-Curtsinger-Elliott-Hayden-Hobbs-Roberts-Thomas-Toon-Willett 

Volume VIII, Number 4

St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church – History and Cemetery List

Nelson County Personalities of the 1880’s

Nelson County Marriage Register 1851 – 1859  A – K

More Early Nelson County Claims for Land, Jul – Aug 1781

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 6, pages 408 – 459 (1806)

Queries:  Weller-Beam, Fowler-Silvers-Kimberlin-Dickerson, Wortham, Miller-Magruder, Brown-Acton, Westerfield-French-Crabtree, Hall-Rogers, Watson-Peake, Norris-Finch-Spalding-, Humphrey, Cotton-Froman, Harrell-Carty, Hart-Broughton-Shain 

Volume IX, Number 1

1985 is Nelson County’s Bicentennial Year

Minutes of the Nelson Co., VA (now KY) Court (May - Jul 1785)

Nelson County Marriage Register 1851 – 1859  L – Z

Nelson County, KY Will Book C, pages 92 - 180 (1813 - 1814)

Queries:  Cartmell-Cartmill, Fuller, Runner-Coleman-Hackley, Goodrum, Thompson-Cissell, Clark-Brothers-Mattingly, Jones-Bowie-McDaniel-Oneal-Lamar, Bruce-McDonald-Spencer, Phillips-Cleaver, Veteto-Vittito-Goodwin-Barton, Davis-Wells, Fields-Beall-Brinker-Beam-Wiseheart, Long-Ambrose-Curry 

Volume IX, Number 2

The Growth of Catholicism in Early Nelson County

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 6, pages 459 – 534 (1806 - 1807)

Minutes of the Nelson Co., VA (now KY) Court, (July - Aug 1785)

Nelson County, KY Will Book C, pages 181 - 259 (1814)

Genealogical Tidbit:  Wickliffe-Ewing

Lutheran Church Cemetery:  Additional Readings

Queries:  Langley-Cotton, Masterson-Pottinger-Miller-Thompson, Higgins-Heegins-Mattingly, Richardson-Castleton-Davis-Carter, Mason-Moseley-Westerfield, Gray-Hardesty 

Volume IX, Number 3

Early Nelson County Schools – 1850 Census Student Lists

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 6, pages 535 – 616 (1805 - 1808)

Minutes of the Nelson Co., VA (now KY) Court, (Aug - Sep 1785)

Nelson County, KY Will Book C, pages 261 - 314 (1814)

Queries:  O’Neal, Purdy-Cunningham-Smith-Slayton-Handley-Sapp-Phillips-Alexander-Griffith-Simbrell-Cleaver-Harrell, Purcell-Pursell, Hargis-Province-Yard-York, Greenwell-Roby, Anderson-Jennings-Patrick, Wilderson-Palmore-Miller-Heavenhill, Gray-Ball

Volume IX, Number 4

The 1800 Tax List of Nelson County

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 6, pages 616 - 658 (1807 - 1808)

Queries:  Medley-Atwood-Hill-Atkinson, Miller-Jenkins, Phillips-Shelton, Mills-Wiggington-Wiman-Whitman-O,Neal, French-Reynolds-Brown-Coomes-Horrell, Chadwick-Shadwick-Harrel, Moore-Vowels, Brown-Walters, Hughs-Bland-Hall-Van Dyke, Hammond, Vowels-Vowles-Vowell, Taylor-Blackburn-Bacon-Burtle-Jackson, Kermickle-Carmickle-Jenkins, Harrell-Harell-Gwinn-Carty, Tichenor-Byram-Condit-Cotton-Taylor, Jefferies-Gordon-Chandler-Wathen-Jett, Harrell

Volume X, Number 1

Mary Hardin, a Nelson County Pioneer

Nelson Co., KY Performance Bond Book, pages 1 – 80 (1792 – 1800)

Minutes of the Nelson Co., VA (now KY) Court, (Sep – Nov 1785)

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 6, pages 658 - 718 (1807 - 1808)

Queries:   Cain-Colman-Ritchardson, Feeback-Myers-Morgan, Baker-Slayton-Morrison-Cearey, Friggs-Frakes-Case, Jones, Hill-Miller, Murphy, Beall-Bell-Rogers, Northern, Coomes-Hagan-Lindsay-Wheeler-Hansford-Smiley

Old Lutheran Church Cemetery

Volume X, Number 2

Early Presbyterians in Nelson County

Nelson Co., KY Performance Bond Book, pages 81 – 166 (end) (1797 – 1803)

Minutes of the Nelson Co., VA (now KY) Court, (Nov 1785 – Mar 1786)

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 6, pages 719 - 785 (1808 - 1809)

Queries:  Lutz-Mathis-Lotz, Dotson-Dodson-Ashcraft-Carr-Frakes-Shacklette-Howe-Walker-West-Stapleton-Hammack-Lynch, Peake-Edelen, Morgan-Burris, Mattingly-Emery-Newton, Johnson-Stuart, Weller-Grable, Elmore-Ozbourn-Brady, Moore-Warren

Volume X, Number 3

The War of 1812

Nelson County, KY Will Book C, pages 314 - 427 (1815)

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 6, pages 786 - 868 (1808 - 1809)

Minutes of the Nelson Co., VA (now KY) Court, (Mar – May 1786)

Queries:  Crist-Reed-Rowe, Protzman-Lewis, Jeffries, Houston-Lemmon-Lemon-Leeman-Westfall, Brown, Mattingly-Higgins, Brady-McCauley, Gilliland-Hough-Brashear-Morrison-Money-Hinch-Nolan, Harrison-Greer, Edwards-Kincheloe-Davis, Bolds-Buckman-Burch-Cissell-French-Griggs-Ivie-Mills-Phipps-Raley-Riley-Robb-Russelberg-Shanks-Thompson-Vessels

War of 1812 Service Records

Volume X, Number 4

Notes on the War of 1812

Muster Lists of Four War of 1812 Companies that Probably had Nelson Countians

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 6, pages 869 - 911 (1806 - 1810)

Minutes of the Nelson Co., VA (now KY) Court, (May - Aug 1786)

Nelson County, KY Will Book C, pages 432 - 547 (1816 - 1817)

Mini-Biographies from 1880:  Briggs, Cox

Queries:  Jenkins-Gardiner, Harrell, Jeffries-Gordon-Jett, Daugherty, Kincheloe/Polke Burnt Station, Johnson-Mahoney-Payne-Norris-Clark, Wiseman-Greer-Tibbs-McVay-Finch-Weir, Tucker, Protsman-Protzman-Lewis, Linton-Hagan-Willett

Rizer House Completely Renovated

Volume XI, Number 1

The 1805 Tax List of Nelson County

Orphan Brigade Centennial Reunion –1987

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 7, pages 1 - 58 (1796 - 1797)

Queries:  Cain-Coleman-Stogner-Richardson, Stone, Stallard-McClanahan-Marshall-Carter-Summers, Courtney-Coffman-Hay, Cope, Birkhead-Crooks, Miles-Payne-Becket-Bickett, Harrell-Carty, Coffman-Kauffman-Hay,

Mini-Biography:  Greer-Milton-Howard-Foster-Lee-Wiggington-Watts

Volume XI, Number 2

We, the People

Minutes of the Nelson Co., VA (now KY) Court, (Aug – Dec 1786)

Nelson County, KY Will Book D, pages 1 - 99 (1818 - 1819)

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 7, pages 59 – 131 (1797)

Genealogical Tidbit:  Griffin-Cox-Foreman-Duval-King

Queries:  Miller-Royal, Mills-O’Neal-Wiman-Wiggenton-Whitman, Mattingly-Higgins, Reid-Reed-Read-Robertson, Vittitoe-Lemon-LaFollette, McDaniel-Anderson, Rodgers-Rogers-Carter-Hall-Deffendall-Abel, Barker-Ash, Ballard-Woodard-Gaither, Jones-Taylor, Payne, Friggs-Frakes-Case, Baker, Guinn-Harrell, Bennett-Mattingly, Hay-Coffman, Slaughter-Hackley-Runner, Fields-Browning-Vittitoe

Kentucky’s Role in Ratification of the Constitution

Volume XI, Number 3

A New Light in Nelson County – The Great Awakening

1787 Green River Lower District, Nelson Co., KY Tax List

Nelson County, KY Will Book D, pages 102 – 226  (1819 - 1821)

Minutes of the Nelson County Court (Dec 1786 – Jan 1787)

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 7, pages 133  - 194 (1795 - 1797)

Queries:  Bowling-Spalding-Patterson-Tewell-Seals-Stonebraker, Howard-Cosby-Sissell-Bray-Burch-Hagan, Robertson-Wooley, Bell-O’Bannon

Volume XI, Number 4

McKenna’s Distillery

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 7, pages 194  - 267 (1797)

Executors Bonds, pages 1 – 88 (1804 - 1807)

Queries:  Lewis-Hawkins, Nevel, Hart-Broughton, Greer-Harrison, King, Sni/Snyder-Rogers, Harrell/il-Herald, Bennett-Pool, Mason-Grigsby

American Genealogies, Inc. of Scranton Scam

Termites at the Rizer House

Volume XII, Number 1

Old Nelson County Jail

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 7, pages 268  - 344 (1797 - 1798)

Minutes of the Nelson County Court (Jan 1787 – May 1787)

Executors Bonds, pages 89 – 161 (1807 - 1810)

Queries:  Richardson-Castleman, Blackburn-Taylor-Whitehorn, Craven-Head-Brown, Cash-Mattingly, Hagan-Cissell, Tibbs-Wiseman-Li/Lynch, Birkhead-Crume-Crooks, Hartley-Arvacost/Arbogast, Hughes-Richards-Wells-Fullerlove

Genealogical Tidbit – Beeler-Bard-Edrington-Cromwell-Hancock-Geohegan-Tichenor

Donation:  John Bruce of the Shenandoah by Violet L. Bruce

Volume XII, Number 2

Petition from Nelson County

Commissioners Deed Book, pages 1 - 137 (1814 – 1818)

Executors Bonds, pages 162 – 254 (1810 - 1813)

James and Elizabeth Pottinger Phillips of Cox’s Creek

MO Biographies of Kentuckians – James H. Davis, J. W. Duncan, C. C. Duke, and N. B. Langsford

Genealogical Tidbit - Clements-Coomes

Queries:  Phillips, McDaniel-Mackey-Anderscon-Scifres-Wayne, Forman-Foreman-Fry

Volume XII, Number 3

Platt of Bardstown

Commissioners Deed Book, pages 138 - 239 (1818 – 1822)

Minutes of the Nelson County Court (May – Jun 1787)

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 7, pages 345 – 408 (1798)

Queries:  Mattingly-Higgins, Wells-Oats, Davis-Walker-Greenwell, Hamilton-Burch-Clements, Phillips-Walker

Genealogical Tidbit:  Todd-Carricoe-Bane

Volume XII, Number 4

The Monument for the 106 without Grave Markers (Gethsemani) – Fr. Felix Donahue

Tidbit – Walker, DeWitt, Housley, Masden, Albert, Flanders

Monument Text (Gethsemani)

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 7, pages 409  - 480 (1797 - 1799)

Minutes of the Nelson County Court (Jun 1787 – Nov 1787)

Queries:  Orphan Brigade, Ash-Devers-Brown, Linton-Pead-Hagan

Volume XIII, Number 1

Rev. George A. M. Elder’s Legacy

Biographical Sketch – Walter M. Evans

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 7, pages 481 – 667 (1798- 1800)

Minutes of the Nelson County Court (Nov 1787 – Mar 1788)

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 4, pages 598  - 612 (1792 - 1793)

Genealogical Tidbit:  Russell-Goring-Johnson-Brite-Brown-Slaughter

Queries:  Blacklock-Miles, Skaggs-Clemmen-Clements-Clemen, Spalding-Mattingly-Willett-Bryan, Redman-Clark, Cain-Colman, Roberts-Cocks-Cox-Farmer-Wickliffe-Moore-Wood

Volume XIII, Number 2

Louis-Philippe

Biographies:  John Dawson, Elijah H. Bland

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 7, pages 668  - 740 (1800 - 1812)

Nelson County, KY Processioners Book (Aug 1781 – Dec 1782)

Nelson County, KY Will Book D, pages 227 – 370  (1821 - 1822)

Queries:  Whalen, Bowman-Carr-Sands, Mattingly-Higgins

Volume XIII, Number 3

The Howardstown Store Built 1880 (1901 Kentucky Standard article)

Nelson County, KY Processioners Book (Dec 1782)

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 7, pages 742 – 825 (1813)

Minutes of the Nelson County Court (Mar 1788)

Queries:  Grass-Hynes, Hughes-Richards-Wells, Kamp-Kemp-Camp-Weller-Kurts-Swan-Wisehart, Harding

Volume XIII, Number 4

Nelson County, KY Poll Book Index 1830 – 1840 – Bardstown Precinct A - D

Genealogical Tidbit:  Spalding-Settles-Barnes-Smith

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 7, pages 826 - 840 (1813)

Biographical Sketch – Joseph E. Gardiner

Nelson County, KY Processioners Book (Dec 1782)

Queries:  Coffman-Kauffman-Hay, Herndon, Phillips-Walker, Bryant

Volume XIV, Number 1

The Nelson County Record Illustrated Historical and Industrial Supplement – 1896

Hays-Grundy-Rowan-Wickliffe-Hardin-Fitch-Duvall-Allen-Morehead-Guthrie

Nelson County, KY Will Book D, pages 373 – 412  (1822)

Hananiah Lincoln 1756 – 1816

Nelson County, KY Poll Book Index 1830 – 1840 – Bardstown Precinct E - L

Volume XIV, Number 2

Local Reminiscences, Bardstown Saturday Gazette 26 May 1855 – Burnt Station

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 8, pages 1 - 88 (1803 - 1808)

Genealogical Tidbit:  Funk-Adams-Cochrane-Crist-McGee

The Nelson County Record Illustrated Historical and Industrial Supplement – 1896

Grigsby-Atkinson-Barbour-Carpenter-Linthicum-Newman-Wickliffe-Johnson-Pennebaker-Johnson

Genealogical Tidbits:  Mattingly-Montgomery-Thompson-Spalding-Long-Pierce-Short-Hunter-Peak-MatthisiCurry-Ambrose, Wilson-McGill-McDonnall

Queries:  Cain-Coleman, Dyer-Crotchett, LeMaster-Jupin-Razor-Bossart-Gaunt-Wiseheart-Hall-Slaughter-McAdams-Clark-Ritchie-Girdley, Mattingly-Higgins-Brown, Grass-Smithers

Nelson County, KY Poll Book Index 1830 – 1840 – Bardstown Precinct M - P

Volume XIV, Number 3

Local Reminiscences, Bardstown Saturday Gazette, 1855 –Burning of the Station

Queries:  Blackburn-Taylor-Whitehorn, Railey-Whelan-Clements, Newton-Waddle, Bowman-Carr-Sands, Walker-Duvall, Vittetoe-Geohagen, Hughes-Richards-Wells-Fullerlove, Jones-Jenkins-Powers-Greenwell-English-Jennings-Smith-Weigel, Ash-Anderson, Gardiner-O’Bryan

Nelson County, KY Poll Book, Bardstown Precinct, 1830 – 1838 Q – T

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 7, pages 826  - 840 (end) (1813 - 1815)

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 8, pages 1  - 57 (1803 - 1804)

Biographies – William N. Beckham, William Elliott, Clinton McClarty, Philetus Swift Barber, David J. Wood, John M. Harney, Isaac Wilson, C. P. Mattingly, William F. McGill, John Darwin Elliott

Volume XIV, Number 4

Brothers of St. Benedict and their Monastery –Born in Nelson County

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 8, pages 59  - 138 (1804 - 1805)

Nelson County, KY Will Book D, pages 412 – 499  (1822 - 1823)

Nelson County, KY Poll Book, Bardstown Precinct, 1830 – 1839 T - Z

Queries:  Ashlock-Thurman, Mattingly-Higgins-Brown, Hite, Beckham-Grundy-Speake, Clark-Walker, Miller-Hansford-Bartlett

Volume XV, Number 1

Anna:  The Woman who Bought her Husband Twice

Nelson County, KY Poll Book, Bloomfield Precinct, 1830 – 1839 A - G

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 8, pages 139 – 178 (1805)

Nelson County, KY Will Book D, pages 500 – 559 (end)  (1823)

Queries:  McGee-Froman, Essley-Hurd, Duncan-Wood, Greenwell-Brown-Monarch-Osborne

Volume XV, Number 2

The Traveller’s Visit to Bardstown – 1863 Louisville Daily Journal Article

Queries:  Foster-Grigsby-Mason, Whalen-Hahn-Ritchie-Batsel-Powers

Nelson County, KY Poll Book, Bloomfield Precinct, 1830 – 1839

Nelson County, KY Processioners Book (Dec 1782)

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 8, pages 178 – 214 (1805 - 1806)

Queries:  Ash-Strange-Lents/z-Seale-Lewallin-Stephens-Medley-Nalley-Bird-Tippett-Vessells-Bland-Westmoreland, Rogers-Lindsey/zy-Bingham-McDaniel-Pinnell-Low-Freeland-McEvoy-Jewell, Smith-Maraman-Dawson-Reed-Ritchie-Benson-Gayden-McDowell, Pierce-O’Brien, Nelson-Johnston-Kien, Coffman-Hay

Grigsby Reunion 1993

Burch Family Reunion

Volume XV, Number 3

Relief for Poor Residents

Genealogical Tidbit:  Lincoln-Caldwell-Hynes-Parker-Foster

Nelson County, KY Processioners Book (Dec 1782)

Nelson County, KY Will Book E, pages 1 – 176  (1823 - 1824)

Nelson County, KY Poll Book, Bloomfield Precinct, 1830 – 1839 N – Y

Queries:  Bowling-Green-Yates-Cambron, Gross-Davis-Wells-Flick-Brinner-Gilbert-Weaver-Mason

Volume XV, Number 4

The Shepherdsville Train Wreck - 1917

Nelson County, KY Poll Book, Davis Precinct, 1830 – 1839

Nelson County, KY Processioners Book (Dec 1782)

Nelson County, KY Will Book E, pages 177 – 227  (1824)

Volume XVI, Number 1

James Boys in Nelson – Reminiscences of their Visits

John S. Jackman – from the History of the Orphan Brigade

Query:  Taylor-Thompson-Quakers

Nelson County, KY Poll Book, Chaplin Precinct, 1836 – 1839

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 9, pages 1 – 67 (1810)

Nelson County, KY Processioners Book (Dec 1782  - Jan 1783)

Volume XVI, Number 2       Fall 1992

Famous Ballard’s Precinct, Ante-Bellum Voting Place with Notable History

Exciting Incident

The Greenbrier Country

Ante-Bellum Race Course

            Old Time Sugar Camps

            A Fierce Rock Fight

            A Mysterious Murder

Lucinda Jameson Pottinger Helm

Query:  Smith-Maramen-Gayden-McGimsey-McDowell

Nelson County, KY Poll Book, Ballard’s Precinct, 1837 – 1839

Nelson County, KY Poll Book, Fairfield Precinct, 1838 – 1839

Nelson County, KY Will Book E, pages 229 – 335  (1824 – 1825)

Nelson County, KY Will Book E, part 2, pages 1 – 60 (end) (1828 – 1830)

Littleton W. Talbott

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 9, pages 69 – 101 (1810)

Nelson County, KY Processioners Book (Jan 1783)

Volume XVI, Number 3

Nelson County Bi-Centennial Subscription Quilt

Nelson County, KY Poll Book, New Haven Precinct, 1830 – 1839 (A – J)

Nelson County, KY Processioners Book (Jan 1783)

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 9, pages 102 – 151 (1810)

1916 Letter of Job Application – Sam Suttfield

Volume XVI, Number 4

Bardstown and Some of the People Who made it Famous

Maryland Catholics to Kentucky – 1994 Reunion

Nelson County, KY Poll Book, New Haven Precinct, 1830 – 1839 (J – Z)

Kentucky Historical Marker Trivia Quiz (and answers)

Nelson County, KY Will Book F, pages 80 – 79 (1819 – 1825)

Nelson County, KY Processioners Book, pages 83-A – 85 (Jan 1783)

Queries:  Foster-Teavis/Tivis/Travis, Hahn-Schmidt, Greer-Skillman, Rogers-Lindsey, Coombs-Briscoe-Drake-Garnett-Webb-Williams-Brown-Rogers-Hickman-Best, Richardson-Castleman, Case-Osman-Glover-Gelaspie/Glasby-Carr-Paddock-Frakes, Hagan-Cissell-O’Bryan, Hill, Williams-Gilkey-Pottinger, Bennett-Connell-Randall-Stillwell, Connell-Bennett-Bell-Hogland-Murphy-Ash-Raymond-Drake-Batman

Volume XVII, Number 1

Bardstown Baptist Church

Queries:  Bush-Wells, Leslie-Charlton-Williams, Baker-Staton-Morrison, Miles-Beavin-Bicket-Livers-Payne

Nelson County, KY Poll Book, Boston Precinct, 1832 – 1839

Genealogical Tidbits:  Oliver-Mayfield-Duncan, Liddel-James-Hunter, Shackleford, Beeler

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 9, pages 153 – 206 (1810 - 1811)

Nelson County, KY Processioners Book, pages 85 – 86A (Jan 1783)

Captain James A. Ashbaugh (1817 Bardstown – 1882 Louisburg, KS)

Queries:  Herald-Harrell, Confederate Soldiers, Moore-Bayne-Lewis, Green-Brown-Bowling-Hutchins

Volume XVII, Number 2

Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Bardstown, KY 1789 – 1827, First Installment

Query – Osborne, Greenwell

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 8, pages 215 – 381 (1806 - 1813)

Nelson County Pioneer Article Index

Queries:  Mattingly-Fenwick-Barnes-Thompson-French-Woodring-Graves-Hayden, Wilkinson-Lord-Palmore-Calvert

Volume XVII, Number 3

World War I Experiences – Nicholas Marshall Smith Served in Russia

New Hope – 1880 Newspaper Article

Nelson County, KY Will Book F, pages 80 – 191 (1826 – 1827)

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 9, pages 207 – 247 (1810 - 1811)

Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Bardstown, KY 1789 – 1827

Nelson County, KY Processioners Book, pages 87 – 88 (Jan 1783)

Queries:  Walker-Mattingly-Shirecliff-Spaulding-Bennett-Clarke-Daley-Cooper-O’Brien, Ray-Beard, Osborne-Greenwell, Seals-Vassell, Wilson-McKay-Murphy, Compton-Johnson-Norris-Mattingly, Mitchell-Padgett-Thurman-Toon-Wheatley, Davis-Hutton-Shearer-Taylor-Dornan-Walker-Hart-McMullin

Volume XVII, Number 4

Bloody Battle with Indians Near Boston in Early Days of Nelson County

Genealogical Tidbit:  Cox, Brashear, Jenkins

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 9, pages 249 – 322 (1809 - 1811)

Civil War Times – 1863 Excerpts from Louisville Daily Journal

Nelson County, KY Will Book F, pages 192 – 226 (1827)

Buffalo Crossings on Cox’s Creek – 1795 Testimony

Nelson County, KY Processioners Book, pages 88A – 90 (Jan 1783)

Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Bardstown, KY 1789 – 1827, Fourth Installment

Volume XVIII, Number 1

Joseph Muir Remembers

Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Bardstown, KY 1789 – 1827, Fifth Installment

Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Bardstown, KY 1789 – 1827, Sixth Installment

Tidbit – Wells, Powers

Nelson County, KY Processioners Book, pages 90 - 92 (Jan 1783)

Nelson County, KY Will Book F, pages 227 – 256 (1827 – 1828)

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 9, pages 324 – 371 (1811)

Volume XVIII, Number 2

Whiskey Making in Kentucky – Charles E. Thomason, Master Distiller

1901 – 1902 Vital Statistics

Joseph Muir Remembers

Nelson County, KY Will Book F, pages 260 – 289 (1828)

Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Bardstown, KY 1789 – 1827, Seventh Installment

Nelson County, KY Processioners Book, pages 92 - 94 (Jan – Feb 1783)

Volume XVIII, Number 3

Be Careful of Newspaper Articles, History of Family

Crume Kin Hold Family Reunion

Query – Mountwillow, Taylor, Crafton, Dornan/Dorning

Nelson County, KY Will Book F, pages 290 – 335 (1828 - 1829)

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 9, pages 373 – 441 (1811)

Tidbit – Sweat-Smith-McGymsy-Hall-Leslie-Greenwell-Smith-Boone-Nichols

Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Bardstown, KY 1789 – 1827, Eighth Installment

Genealogical Tidbit – Willett, Kelly

Nelson County, KY Processioners Book, pages 94 – 94A (Feb 1783)

Queries:  Craven-Laslie-Miller-Harris, Norris-Spalding-Mahoney-Payne-Edelen

Volume XVIII, Number 4

Joseph Muir writes of “Donnie” Pence and Frank James

Chaplin Water Power Mill

Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Bardstown, KY 1789 – 1827, Ninth Installment

Witness Attendance in Civil Cases, Dist. Court, Dist. 4 (1797 – 1800)

Nelson County, KY Processioners Book, pages 94A - 98 (Feb 1783)

From Cemeteries to Sorghum Mills – Father’s Memories – Lois Taylor Williams

Queries:  Curry-Ambrose-Tucker-Harris-Elliott, Mahoney-Norris-Howard-Johnson-Payne-Gardner, Moore

Volume XIX, Number 1

It Happened Right Here – A History of the Civil War in Nelson County – Thomas

List of Soldiers who Died in General Hospital No. 2, 1862

New Haven Baptist Church

Nelson County, KY Will Book F, pages 339 – 430 (1829 – 1830)

Genealogical Tidbit – Larkin-Rice-Warsher-Troutman

Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Bardstown, KY 1789 – 1827, Tenth Installment

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 9, pages 443 – 478 (1812)

Witness Attendance in Civil Cases, Dist. Court, Dist. 4 (1797 – 1801)

Queries:  Ash-Strange, McMahan-Walker-Antle, Howard, Baker-Ceasey-Staton-Stayton-Morrison

Volume XIX, Number 2

It Happened Right Here – A History of the Civil War in Nelson County – Thomas

Haviland-Taylor, A Civil War Romance

Nelson County, KY Will Book F, pages 432 – 502 (1830)

Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Bardstown, KY 1789 – 1827, Eleventh Installment

Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Bardstown, KY 1789 – 1827, Thirteenth Installment

Nelson County, KY Processioners Book, pages 98 - 99 (Feb 1783)

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 9, pages 480 – 533 (end) (1812 - 1818)

Queries:  Richardson-Castleman-Turnham-Carter, Strange-Ash

Volume XIX, Number 3

It Happened Right Here – A History of the Civil War in Nelson County – Thomas

Genealogical Tidbit – Taylor-Batsel-McGrew-Egan-English-Walker-Tyson-Ward-Cox

Witness Attendance in Civil Cases, Dist. Court, Dist. 4 (1801 - 1802)

Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Bardstown, KY 1789 – 1827, Thirteenth Installment

Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Bardstown, KY 1789 – 1827, Fourteenth Installment

Nelson County, KY Deed Book 10, pages 1 – 48 (1813)

Nelson County, KY Processioners Book, pages 99A - 102 (Feb – Mar 1783)

Queries:  Cochran-Cartmell, Taylor, Lentz-Seal, Stephens-Lewall

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