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Henderson County was formed in 1798 from Christian County


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Births
Miriam, Bernstein March 5, 1895 21 Jan 2006 1k Clifford Karchmer

 

Bibles
File Name
Description
Date Submitted
Submitted By
p4000001.txt Family Bible of Edward Powell & Amanda Pritchett 03-04-2004 Dan Powell

Biographies
File Name
Description
Date Submitted
Submitted By
a653001.txt Arnett, Epenetus 07-09-1998 Diana Flynn The Registry
gbs31dixon.txt Dixon, Archibald 08-16-2004 Sandi GorinThe Registry 
gbs32dorsey.txt Dorsey, John Lloyd, Jr. 08-16-2004 Sandi GorinThe Registry 
gbs178emberton.txt Emberton, John December 3, 1878 - February 14, 1946 02-01-2005
Sandi GorinThe Registry
g152001.txt Gibbens, "Captain" Thomas C. 10-21-1998 Mike MillerThe Registry 
gbs24glass.txt Glass, Robert Terry 08-13-2004 Sandi GorinThe Registry 
gbs104glass.txt
Glass, Robert Terry  May 1 1835 - September 22 1861
10-25-2004
Sandi GorinThe Registry
h455001.txt Holeman, J.T. 07-07-1999 Alex LukenThe Registry 
s340001.txt Steele, Hon. Ollie B. 10-11-1998 Mike MillerThe Registry 
weikel64bs.txt Weikel, Michael July 18, 1875 - March 25, 1927 12-26-2006 Paul J. Weikel

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Books

File Name

Description

Date Submitted

Submitted By

HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY,
BY EDMUND L. STARLING, 1887

dedicato308gms.txt Dedicatory, Preface And Introductory 12-22-2007 Joy Fisher
chapteri309gms.txt Chapter I Early Explorers And Settlers 12-22-2007 Joy Fisher
chapteri310gms.txt Chapter II Aboriginal 12-23-2007 Joy Fisher
chapteri311gms.txt Chapter III Second Colony 12-23-2007 Joy Fisher
chapteri312gms.txt Chapter IV Land Trials 12-23-2007 Joy Fisher
chapteri313gms.txt Chapter V Establishment And Organization Of Henderson County 12-23-2007 Joy Fisher
chapteri314gms.txt Chapter VI The First County Court 12-23-2007 Joy Fisher
chapteri315gms.txt Chapter VII Getting Ready For Work 12-23-2007 Joy Fisher
chapteri316gms.txt Chapter VIII Court Houses 12-23-2007 Joy Fisher
chapteri317gms.txt Chapter IX County Clerk's Offices, Etc. 12-23-2007 Joy Fisher
chapterx318gms.txt Chapter X County Court Proceedings 12-23-2007 Joy Fisher
chapterx319gms.txt Chapter XI First Criminal Court 12-23-2007 Joy Fisher
chapterx320gms.txt Chapter XII Tobacco As A Currency 12-23-2007 Joy Fisher
chapterx321gms.txt Chapter XIII Establishment Of Ferries 12-23-2007 Joy Fisher
chapterx322gms.txt Chapter XIV Mistake In The Census 12-23-2007 Joy Fisher
chapterx323gms.txt Chapter XV The Second Steamboat 12-23-2007 Joy Fisher
chapterx324gms.txt Chapter XVI County Divided Into Precincts 12-23-2007 Joy Fisher
chapterx325gms.txt Chapter XVII Milk Sickness 12-23-2007 Joy Fisher
chapterx326gms.txt Chapter XVIII Slaves Emancipated 12-23-2007 Joy Fisher
chapterx327gms.txt Chapter XIX New Constitution 12-23-2007 Joy Fisher
chapterx328gms.txt Chapter XX The War Clouds 12-23-2007 Joy Fisher
chapterx329gms.txt Chapter XXI Navigation Of The Ohio Placed Under Military Control 12-23-2007 Joy Fisher
chapterx330gms.txt Chapter XXII Colonel Glenn And His Colored Troops 12-24-2007 Joy Fisher

Cemeteries
File Name
Description
Date Submitted
Submitted By
aldcem.txt Alderson Family Cemetery 06-25-1998 Jenny Page
fairmont Fairmont Cemetery   If you submitted these photos, please contact me.
fernwood Fernwood Cemetery   If you submitted these photos, please contact me.
gish.txt Gish Cemetery 11-25-1998 Nancy Jankowski
cashcrk.txt Cash Creek Cemetery 11-25-1998 Nancy Jankowski
pleasval.txt Pleasant Valley Cemetery 01-18-1999 Nancy Jankowski
ridgewood.txt Ridgewood Cemetery 01-30-2001 Leigh Ann Bouch  The Registry
map.jpg Smith Mills Cemetery Map 09-12-2000 Debbie

Census
File Name Description Date Submitted Submitted By
hendky.txt 1850 Census 01-19-2000 Betty Sellers  The Registry
hky60.txt 1860 Census 01-19-2000 Betty Sellers  The Registry
1920cen1.txt
1920cen2.txt
1920cen3.txt
1920cen4.txt
1920cen5.txt
1920cen6.txt
1920cen7.txt
1920cen8.txt
Part 2, 1920 Census
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
01-19-2000 Betty Sellers  The Registry
yr191057gcn.txt Henderson 1910 - Partial Census (McHatton household) 01-13-2008 Douglas D. McHatton

Death Certificates
File Name
Description
Date Submitted
Submitted By
ballard733gdt.txt Ballard, Minnie Florence Sharp, 1951 11-03-2006 Pat Akers Lacy
day1124gdt.txt Day, Cyrus Mitchell, 1931 --- Susan M. Day
dayiii54ndt.txt Day III, Cyrus Mitchell 11-04-2016 Susan M. Day
d525002.txt Duncan, Adeline, 1911 02-04-1999 Maria Troutman   The Registry
g456001.txt Giilmore, Mary Elizabeth, 1947 05-02-2000 Sue Kirves   The Registry
g432001.txt Goldsmith, William, 1935 07-01-2000 Doug P.
h400001.txt Hall, Isaa, 1914 05-12-2000 Sue Kirves   The Registry
h400002.txt Hall, John W., 1929 05-12-2000 Sue Kirves   The Registry
j2500001.txt Jones, Cynthia, 1913 08-04-2003 Carole Palmer  The Registry
l000001.txt Lee, Bonnie Katherine, 2000 04-19-2000 Nancy Trice   The Registry
powersus4258gph.txt Power, Susan Allen 07-07-2007 Darrell Warner The Registry
s152001.txt Spencer, George W., 1915 05-12-2000 Sue Kirves   The Registry
t400001.txt Talley, Andrew Sherman, 1937 06-20-2001 Bonnie T. Polston   The Registry

Deeds & Other Court Records
File Name
Description
Date Submitted
Submitted By
b400001.txt Power of Attorney, to Charles Bell, 1805 02-25-2000 Martina Carpenter  The Registry
j520001.txt Power of Attorney, to Richard Lee, 1806 02-24-2000 Martina Carpenter  The Registry
l000001.txt Land Grant, to Richard Lee, 1813 02-24-2000 Martina Carpenter  The Registry

History
File Name
Description
Date Submitted
Submitted By
legis.txt Kentucky Assembly Extracts, 1792-1799 07-15-1997 Bettie Kain  The Registry
12mar1842.txt Acts of the KY Legislature 03-21-2001 Regina
cyrusmda386gms.txt Day wins Diamond Button 02-22-2009 Susan M Day
historic places Henderson County in the National Register of Historic Places
historic district Henderson County's Historic Districts

Marriages
File Name
Description
Date Submitted
Submitted By
marr.txt McCormick & Phillips Marriages 05-07-2000 Bob McCormick  The Registry
powell169gmr.txt
POWELL, DORTHY LOUISE - ALLEN, JOSEPH (JOE)
August 8, 1942
11-05-2005 john smithers

Military
File Name
Description
Date Submitted
Submitted By
BountyLnd
Bounty Land Recipients, Parts 1 - 5

Sandi Gorin   The Registry
kyr-204.txt
Pioneer Soldiers, 1778 - 1781
Dec 1998 Sandi Gorin   The Registry
kypen.txt KY Pension Roll of 1835 09-30-1998 William R. Navey
Civilwar Kentucky in the Civil War Archives
gmt44wwii.txt
WW II, Casualties
09-13-2004
Sandi Gorin   The Registry
koreandeaths.txt
U.S. Military Personnel who died from hostile action in the Korean War, 1950-1957
including missing and captured
01-12-2005
Darrell WarnerThe Registry
korean.html Korean War Missing Personnel for KY DPMO
vietnam.html Vietnam War Missing Personnel for KY DPMO
martin142gmt.txt Martin, John Revolutionary War Pension 11-04-2005 Joy Fisher
allen147gmt.txt ALLEN, Joseph(JOE) October 25, 1939 WWII Enlistment 11-0702005 john smithers
brent3146gmt.txt BRENT, William Dec 30, 1897 Civil War Pension 06-05-2016 Taneya Koonce

Miscellaneous
File Name
Description
Date Submitted
Submitted By
coform.html Kentucky County Formations & Courthouse Disasters 02-08-2000 John Picklesimer  The Registry
lawyers.txt Kentucky Lawyers in 1859 08-25-2000 Lora Young &
Mary Yoder   The Registry
ky.txt KY Postoffices & Postmasters, 1816 11-27-1998 Gwen Hurst
kentucky.html KY Digital Map Library in the USGenWeb Archives
ky_map.htm Kentucky County Formation Maps
b632001.txt Burdge, Fred & Carl App. Info 09-12-2000 Ceal Wutka  The Registry

News
File Name
Description
Date Submitted
Submitted By
c632001.txt Waverly Critzer, 1926 10-01-1999 Misti
contest.txt Oratorical Contestants, 1926 10-01-1999 Misti
j520001.txt Bud Jones Escapes Asylum, 1926 10-01-1999 Misti
local.txt Local News, 1926 10-01-1999 Misti
travel.txt Travelers Assn. Officers, 1926 10-01-1999 Misti

1905 Henderson County News Excerpts
Betty Sellers  

Obituaries
File Name Description Date Submitted Submitted By
alexande3746gob.txt Alexander, Junius 1918 11-05-2007 Joy Fisher
allen3210gob.txt Allen, George William 1999 11-08-2005 John Smithers
batts7525gob.txt Batts, William 1899 11-11-2017 Peggy Russell
burch7303gob.txt Burch, Joseph Leslie, Sr. 1904 11-02-2017 Peggy Russell
c140001.txt Cabell, W.H., 1926 10-01-1999 Misti
cam6207gob.txt Camp, Alma Davis, 1899 08-16-2017 Peggy Russell
cox7094gob.txt Cox, William M. 1904 10-23-2017 Peggy Russell
cox6921gob.txt Cox, William 1904 10-02-2017 Peggy Russell
day4187gob.txt Day, Cyrus Mitchell 1931 04-06-2009 Susan M Day
day8406gob.txt Day, Norma Eunice Crow 02-06-2018 Susan M Day
elder6633gob.txt Elder, Albert D. 1961 9-24-2017 Peggy Russell
h553001.txt Hammond, Eugenia, 2000  04-19-2000
Nancy Trice   The Registry
h550001.txt Heheman, Vealiti, 2000 04-19-2000 Nancy Trice   The Registry
gob57helm.txt Helm, Jennie, 1896 04-26-2004
Sandi Gorin   The Registry
high8200gob.txt High, Oral 2001 02/03/2018 Sandi Gorin   The Registry
j250001.txt Jackson, Raymond, 2000 04-19-2000
Nancy Trice   The Registry
l000001.txt Lee, Bonnie Katherine, 2000 04-13-2000 Nancy Trice   The Registry
lishen7308gob.txt Lishen, William Wallace 1904 11-02-2017 Peggy Russell
m260001.txt McGraw, William, 2000 04-19-2000 Nancy Trice   The Registry
meahl4477gob.txt Meahl, Jane M. 2001 11-04-2001 Ruth Hezlep The Registry
pate7116gob.txt Pate. Emma E. 1904 10-24-2017 Peggy Russell
riedel7307gob.txt Riedel, Walter E. 1904 11-02-2017 Peggy Russell
r424001.txt Russell, Charles, 2000 04-19-2000 Nancy Trice   The Registry
s350001.txt Sutton, James Tillman, 1926 10-01-1999 Misti
t653001.txt Trent, Nargie, 1943 06-02-2000
Sue Kirves   The Registry
w360001.txt Ward, Andy, 1926 10-01-1999
Misti
w3250001.txt Watkins, Barbara, 2003 02-01-2004
Sherri Hall The Registry
y5200001.txt Young, Mrs. Matilda, 1997 07-01-2003
Mary Lou Hudson   The Registry

Photos
Henderson County, Kentucky Photograph Index

Wills
File Name
Description
Date Submitted
Submitted By
c652001.txt Crenshaw, Abner, 1834 03-28-1998 Mary W. Glenn  The Registry
c652002.txt Crenshaw, Philadelphia, 1842 03-28-1998 Mary W. Glenn  The Registry
g630001.txt Hart, John, 1821 03-28-1998 Barbara E. Johnson  The Registry
h632001.txt Hardesty, Henry, 1821 03-28-1998 Anna Lee Clark  The Registry
howard363gwl.txt Howard, Cornelius, 1826 05-21-2007 Joseph H. Howard
l200001.txt Leeg, Charles B., 1917 03-28-1998 Nancy Jankowski
l652001.txt Lawrence, Adam, 1800 03-28-1998 Rebecca Hitzman  The Registry
lester114gwl.txt Lester, Benjamin F. September 2, 1867 11-10-2005 Heidi Fackrell
lester113gwl.txt Lester, William A. March 15, 1853 11-10-2005 Heidi Fackrell
gwl68mchatton.txt McHatton, Sr, James H March 27, 1948 01-09-2005 Doug McHatton
o500001.txt Owen, Mary, 1853 03-28-1998 Suzanne Russell  The Registry
s531001.txt Sandefur, Bennett, 1840 03-28-1998 Nancy Jankowski
s531002.txt Sandefur, James, 1804 03-28-1998 Nancy Jankowski
sights422gwl.txt Sights, David D. 3-09-2009 Kim Goetz
w452001.txt Willingham, Thomas, 1819 03-28-1998 Roger O. Willingham  The Registry


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