Hardin County, Kentucky —
Information Updated: Mar 4, 2013
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Formed from: portions of Nelson County.
Established: xx-xxx-1792 |
County Seat: Elizabethtown, Kentucky
County history
- Hardin County is named in honor of John J. Hardin (1 Oct 1753 circa May 1792) was a soldier, farmer, rancher, noted marksman and hunter. He was wounded fighting in Lord Dunmore's War; served as a Continental Army officer in the American Revolutionary War and as a Kentucky Co., Virginia militia commander in the Northwest Indian War. He was a member of the Methodist church and one of the first judges in the original Washington County, Virginia (later to become Washington County, KY). John Hardin was killed in an ambush while acting as a peace emissary (under the direction of the President, George Washington) to the Shawnee Indian people. | 
Hardin Courthouse
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GHLL Hardin County Package:
- American History & Genealogy Project (None found online at the time of this update.)
- Cemetery Listings - may include photos, records, name lists, etc..
- Cities/Towns/Townships - compiled by Wikipedia
- Genealogy Forum - Hardin County, KY Genealogy Forum (Genealogy.com)
- Society/Museum/Assn - (Ancestral Trails Historical Society / Elizabethtown, KY)
- Society/Museum/Assn - (Hardin County Historical Society / Elizabethtown, KY)
- US/KYGenWeb site - Hardin County Archives
- US/KYGenWeb - Hardin County Genealogy & History
- Vital Records - Hardin County Clerk, 14 Public Square, Elizabethtown, KY 42702.
Additional Local History/Genealogy:
Census Information:
1810 Census (T) - Federal Census, Hardin County (Text: 5 pages).
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Harlan County, Kentucky —
Information Updated: Jul 5, 2010
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Formed from: portions of Knox County.
Established: xx-xxx-1819 |
County Seat: Harlan, Kentucky
County history
- Harlan County is named in honor of Silas Harlan (1753 1782), soldier in the Battle of Blue Licks, fought on August 19, 1782, was one of the last battles of the American Revolutionary War. The battle occurred ten months after Lord Cornwallis's famous surrender at Yorktown, which had effectively ended the war in the east. On a hill next to the Licking River in what is now Robertson County, Kentucky (but was then in Kentucky County, Virginia), a force of about 50 American Loyalists along with 300 American Indians ambushed and routed 182 Kentucky militiamen. It was the worst defeat for the Kentuckians during the frontier war.
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Harlan Courthouse
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- Harlan County - American History & Genealogy Project
- Harlan County - Cities/Towns/Townships: From Wikipedia
- Harlan County - Genealogical/Historical Society (None found online at the time of this update.)
Harlan County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 1498
Harlan, KY 40831
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- Harlan County - US/KYGenWeb site: (Archives)
- Harlan County - US/KYGenWeb site: Genealogy & History
- Harlan County - Genealogy Forum (Genealogy.com)
Additional Local History/Genealogy:
- Harlan County Cemeteries - Listings (county & cemetery); may include photos, records, name lists, etc..
- Harlan County Vital Records - Harlan County Clerk, 205 Central Street, Harlan, KY 40831.
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Harrison County, Kentucky —
Information Updated: Jul 5, 2010
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Formed from: portions of Bourbon and Scott Counties.
Established: xx-xxx-1793 |
County Seat: Cynthiana, Kentucky
County history
- Harrison County is named in honor of Benjamin Harrison V (December 13, 1726 - April 24, 1791), co-author of the Kentucky Constitution and an American planter and revolutionary leader from Charles City County, Virginia.
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Harrison Courthouse
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- Harrison County - American History & Genealogy Project
- Harrison County - Cities/Towns/Townships: From Wikipedia
- Harrison County - Genealogical/Historical Society (Harrison County Historical Society / Cynthiana, KY)
- Harrison County - US/KYGenWeb site: (Archives)
- Harrison County - US/KYGenWeb site: Genealogy & History
- Harrison County - Genealogy Forum (Genealogy.com)
Additional Local History/Genealogy:
- Harrison County Cemeteries - Listings (county & cemetery); may include photos, records, name lists, etc..
- Harrison County Vital Records - Harrison County Clerk, Courthouse Annex, 190 West Pike Street, Cynthiana, KY 41031.
Census Information:
- 1860 Census (T) - Federal Census, Harrison County, District No. 2 (Text: 10 pages).
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Hart County, Kentucky —
Information Updated: May 9, 2011
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Formed from: portions of Hardin and Barren Counties.
Established: xx-xxx-1819 |
County Seat: Munfordville, Kentucky
County history
- Hart County is named in honor of Nathaniel G. T. Hart (1784 1813), lawyer captured at the Battle of River Raisin.
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Hart Courthouse
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GHLL Hart County Package:
- American History & Genealogy Project (None found online at the time of this update.)
- Cemetery Listings - may include photos, records, name lists, etc..
- Cities/Towns/Townships - compiled by Wikipedia
- Genealogy Forum - Hart County, KY Genealogy Forum (Genealogy.com)
- Society/Museum/Assn - (Hart County Historical Museum / Munfordville, KY)
- Society/Museum/Assn - (Hart County Historical Society / Munfordville, KY)
- US/KYGenWeb site - Hart County Archives
- US/KYGenWeb - Hart County Genealogy & History
- Vital Records - Hart County Clerk, address, address, address.
Additional Local History/Genealogy:
Census Information:
1920 Census (I) and (T) - Federal Census, Hart County, ED-069—ED-081 (Text: 11 folders / 1 note page).
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Hickman County, Kentucky —
Information Updated: Jul 7, 2010
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Formed from: portions of Caldwell and Livingston Counties.
Established: xx-xxx-1821 |
County Seat: Clinton, Kentucky
County history
- Hickman County is named in honor of Captain Paschal Hickman (c. 1778-January 23, 1813), who was a War of 1812 casualty in the after-math of the Battle of River Raisin in Michigan in 1813.
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Hickman Courthouse
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- Hickman County - American History & Genealogy Project (None found online at the time of this update.)
- Hickman County - Cities/Towns/Townships: From Wikipedia
- Hickman County - Genealogical/Historical Society (Hickman County Historical Society / Clinton, KY)
- Hickman County - US/KYGenWeb site: (Archives)
- Hickman County - US/KYGenWeb site: Genealogy & History
- Hickman County - Genealogy Forum (Genealogy.com)
Additional Local History/Genealogy:
- Hickman County Cemeteries - Listings (county & cemetery); may include photos, records, name lists, etc..
- Hickman County Vital Records - Hickman County Clerk, Courthouse, 110 East Clay Street, Clinton, KY 42031.
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Hopkins County, Kentucky —
Information Updated: Feb 21, 2011
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Formed from: portions of Henderson County, 1806.
Established: xx-xxx-1807 |
County Seat: Madisonville, Kentucky
County history
- Hopkins County is named in honor of amuel Hopkins (April 9, 1753 September 16, 1819) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Hopkins was educated by private tutors. He served in the Revolutionary War, for a while on the staff of General Washington, and later as lieutenant colonel and colonel of the Tenth Virginia Regiment. Hopkins was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813 March 3, 1815). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1814. Samuel Hopkins retired to his country estate, Spring Garden, near Henderson, Kentucky, and died there September 16, 1819. He was interred in the family burying ground at Spring Garden.
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Hopkins Courthouse
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GHLL Hopkins County Package:
- American History & Genealogy Project (None found online at the time of this update.)
- Cemetery Listings - may include photos, records, name lists, etc..
- Cities/Towns/Townships - compiled by Wikipedia
- Genealogy Forum - Hopkins County, KY Genealogy Forum (Genealogy.com)
- Society/Museum/Assn - (Hopkins County Genealogical Society / Madisonville, KY)
- Society/Museum/Assn - (Historical Society of Hopkins County / Madisonville, KY)
- US/KYGenWeb site - Hopkins County Archives
- US/KYGenWeb - Hopkins County Genealogy & History
- Vital Records - Hopkins County Clerk, P.O. Drawer 737, Madisonville, KY 42431.
Additional Local History/Genealogy:
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Jefferson County, Kentucky —
Information Updated: May 18, 2010
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Formed from: portions of Kentucky Territory of Virginia (then called, "Kentucky County, Virginia) [an original County], 1780.
Established: xx-xxx-1796 |
County Seat: Louisville, Kentucky
County history
- Jefferson County is named in honor of Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826), the third President of the United States (1801 1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States one of the most influential Founding Fathers.
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Jefferson Courthouse
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- Jefferson County - American History & Genealogy Project (None found online at the time of this update.)
- Jefferson County - Cities/Towns/Townships: From Wikipedia
- Jefferson County - Genealogical/Historical Society (None found online at the time of this update.)
- Jefferson County - US/KYGenWeb site: (Archives)
- Jefferson County - US/KYGenWeb site: Genealogy & History
- Jefferson County - Genealogy Forum (Genealogy.com)
Additional Local History/Genealogy:
- Jefferson County Cemeteries - Listings (county & cemetery); may include photos, records, name lists, etc..
- Jefferson County Vital Records - Jefferson County Clerk, 527 W. Jefferson Street, Rm 100, Louisville, KY 40202.
Census Information:
- 1810 Census (T) - Federal Census, Jefferson County (Text: 4 pages).
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Jessamine County, Kentucky —
Information Updated: Jul 7, 2010
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Formed from: portions of Fayette County.
Established: xx-xxx-1799 |
County Seat: Nicholasville, Kentucky
County history
- Jessamine County is named for Jessamine Creek.
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Jessamine Courthouse
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Johnson County, Kentucky —
Information Updated: Feb 14, 2010
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Formed from: portions of Floyd, Lawrence, and Morgan Counties.
Established: xx-xxx-1843 |
County Seat: Paintsville, Kentucky
County history
- Johnson County is named in honor of Richard Mentor Johnson, Vice President of the United States (1837 1841).
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Johnson Courthouse
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