FamilySearch Wiki

Pendleton County, Kentucky Genealogy


Guide to Pendleton County, Kentucky ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

County Facts
County seat: Falmouth
Organized: December 4, 1798
Parent County(s): Bracken, Campbell[1]
Neighboring Counties
Bracken • Campbell • Clermont (OH) • Grant • Harrison • Kenton
See County Maps
Courthouse
Pendleton County Courthouse, Falmouth, KY
Location Map
Ky-pendleton.png

County Information

Description

Pendleton County was named for Edmund Pendleton. The county is located in the northeastern area of the state.[2]

County Courthouse

Pendleton County Courthouse
223 Main St
PO Box 112
Falmouth, KY 41040
Phone: 859-654-3347[3]
Pendleton County Website

Pendleton County, Kentucky Record Dates

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Government County Records[4]
Birth* Marriage Death* Court Land Probate Census
1852 1799 1852 1799 1798 180 1810
*Statewide registration for births and deaths started in 1911. General compliance by 1917.

Record Loss

1997 A disaster destroyed some records.

For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see:

Boundary Changes

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:[6]

Cities
Unincorporated communities
  • Durbintown
  • Ezra (hist.)
  • Flowertown (hist.)
  • Four Oaks
  • Fruit Hill (hist.)
  • Gardnersville
  • Goforth
  • Greenwood
  • Hayes
  • Ivor
  • Knoxville
  • Locust Grove
  • Marcus
  • McKinneysburg
  • Menzie
  • Meridian
  • Morgan
  • Mount Auburn
  • Peach Grove
  • Portland


History Timeline

Date Event Source
1798 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1799 County formed Source:Red Book  American State, County and Town Sources 
1799 Court records recorded Source:Red Book American State, County and Town Sources
1799 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book American State, County and Town Sources
1799 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1800 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1820 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1852 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources

Resources

Bible Records

Biographies

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Pendleton, Kentucky online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)
List of Cemeteries in the County
See Kentucky Cemeteries for more information

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

Census Records

Historical populations
Census Pop. %±
1800 1,613 —
1810 3,061 89.8%
1820 3,086 0.8%
1830 3,863 25.2%
1840 4,455 15.3%
1850 6,774 52.1%
1860 10,443 54.2%
1870 14,030 34.3%
1880 16,702 19.0%
1890 16,346 −2.1%
1900 14,947 −8.6%
1910 11,985 −19.8%
1920 11,719 −2.2%
1930 10,876 −7.2%
1940 10,392 −4.5%
1950 9,610 −7.5%
1960 9,968 3.7%
1970 9,949 −0.2%
1980 10,989 10.5%
1990 12,036 9.5%
2000 14,390 19.6%
2010 14,877 3.4%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

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.

Church Records

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Kentucky denominations, view the Kentucky Church Records wiki page.

List of Churches and Church Parishes

Court Records

Directories

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

African Americans

More information about African American resources in Kentucky can be found on the Kentucky African Americans and the United States African Americans Wiki pages.

Funeral Homes

Genealogies

Guardianship

Land and Property Records

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Kentucky Land and Property for additional information about early Kentucky land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed. Online Land Indexes and Records

Local Histories

Local histories are available for Pendleton County, Kentucky Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories see the wiki page section Kentucky Local Histories.

Maps and Gazetteers

Kenton CountyCampbell CountyGrant CountyHarrison CountyBracken CountyClermont CountyKY PENDLETON.PNG
Click a neighboring county
for more resources

Migration

Military Records

Civil War

Online Records

Regiments. Men in Pendleton County served in various regiments and companies. Those listed below were specifically formed in this county:

- 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

Korean War

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Pendleton County, Kentucky Genealogy newspapers in online catalogs like:

Obituaries

Other Records

Periodicals

Probate Records

Probate records are held by the Pendleton County, Kentucky Genealogy Clerk of Court and are housed at the Pendleton County, Kentucky Genealogy Courthouse. Microfilmed records can be found online at Kentucky, Probate Records, 1792-1977 for Caldwell, Henry, Hickman, Russell and Trimble counties. See the wiki page Kentucky Probate Records for information about how to use probate records.

Content: Probate Records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.

Record types: Wills, estates, guardianships, naturalizations, and adoptions.

Online Probate Indexes and Records


School Records

Social Security Records

Tax Records

Taxes were levied on free white males over 21 and slaves aged 21 to 60. These persons are referred to as "polls." Tax listings, or digests, of a county generally list the taxable landowners and other polls and the amount of tax. The records for each county are divided by militia district. For more background information and state-wide resources see the wiki page Kentucky Taxation.

Vital Records

Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Although Kentucky enacted a statute in 1852-1862 requiring registration of births and deaths,many counties did not comply. A second law was written in 1874-1879, and 1892-1910 but, again, was not always followed. By 1911, the law was more clearly defined and kept by 1920. Any existing births 1852-1960 and death records 1852-1953 can be accessed online. See How to Find Kentucky Birth Records and How to Find Kentucky Death Records for links to indexes and images.

Original marriage records are held at the office of the Pendleton County Clerk, with divorce records 1849-1958 located with the Pendleton County Circuit Court. For more information see How to Find Kentucky Marriage Records. For Kentucky divorce records see the wiki page Kentucky Vital Records.

Birth

Marriage

Death

Divorce

Research Facilities

Archives

Listed below are archives in Pendleton County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Kentucky Archives and Libraries.

Archives of Appalachia
East Tennessee State University
Sherrod Library, Room 422
344 J L Seehorn Rd
Johnson City, TN 37614
Phone: 423-439-4338
Email: archives@etsu.edu
Facebook
Website

FamilySearch Centers

FamilySearch Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local FamilySearch Centers or Affiliate Libraries

  • FamilySearch Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
  • FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a FamilySearch center.

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

Libraries

Listed below are libraries in Pendleton County. For state-wide library facilities, see Kentucky Archives and Libraries.

Pendleton County Public Library
801 Robbins Ave
Falmouth, KY 41040
Phone: 859-654-8535
Email: helpdesk@pcplibrary.org
Facebook
Website

Museums

Societies

Listed below are societies in Pendleton County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Kentucky Societies.

Pendleton County Historical and Genealogical Society
PO Box 130
Falmouth, KY 41040
Phone: 859-654-3225
Email: fryerhouse41006@gmail.com
Facebook
Website

Websites

Research Guides

References

  1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Kentucky. At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Pendleton County, Kentucky" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendleton_County,_Kentucky."
  3. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Pendleton County, Kentucky page 274, At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  4. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Pendleton County, Kentucky. Page 268-276 At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 251-254.
  5. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Kentucky. At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  6. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Pendleton County, Kentucky," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendleton_County,_Kentucky, accessed 7 September 2018.
  7. ↑ G. Glenn Clift, Second Census of Kentucky 1800: A Privately Compiled and Published Enumeration of Tax Payers Appearing in the 79 Manuscript Volumes Extant of Tax Lists of the 42 Counties of Kentucky in Existence in 1800 (1954; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005).
  8. ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/img_auth.php/7/75/Igikentuckymz.pdf.



v • d• e
Links to Kentucky-related articles
Topics
Counties
Adair · Allen · Anderson · Ballard · Barren · Bath · Bell · Boone · Bourbon · Boyd · Boyle · Bracken · Breathitt · Breckinridge · Bullitt · Butler · Caldwell · Calloway · Campbell · Carlisle · Carroll · Carter · Casey · Christian · Clark · Clay · Clinton · Crittenden · Cumberland · Daviess · Edmonson · Elliott · Estill · Fayette · Fleming · Floyd · Franklin · Fulton · Gallatin · Garrard · Grant · Graves · Grayson · Green · Greenup · Hancock · Hardin · Harlan · Harrison · Hart · Henderson · Henry · Hickman · Hopkins · Jackson · Jefferson · Jessamine · Johnson · Kenton · Knott · Knox · Larue · Laurel · Lawrence · Lee · Leslie · Letcher · Lewis · Lincoln · Livingston · Logan · Lyon · Madison · Magoffin · Marion · Marshall · Martin · Mason · McCracken · McCreary · McLean · Meade · Menifee · Mercer · Metcalfe · Monroe · Montgomery · Morgan · Muhlenberg · Nelson · Nicholas · Ohio · Oldham · Owen · Owsley · Pendleton · Perry · Pike · Powell · Pulaski · Robertson · Rockcastle · Rowan · Russell · Scott · Shelby · Simpson · Spencer · Taylor · Todd · Trigg · Trimble · Union · Warren · Washington · Wayne · Webster · Whitley · Wolfe · Woodford
Extinct Co.
Major
 Repositories
National Archives at Atlanta · Department for Libraries and Archives · Filson Historical Society Library · Kentucky Genealogical Society Library · Kentucky Historical Society · Boyd County Public Library · Daviess County Public Library · Eastern Kentucky University Library · Kenton County Public Library · Lexington Public Library]] · Murray State University Pogue Library · University of Kentucky King Library · Western Kentucky University Library Special Collections · Allen County Public Library · Bristol Public Library · Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library · Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown · University of Chicago Library · Virginia Historical Society · Wisconsin Historical Society
Migration
 Routes
Retrieved from "https://integration-ru.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=Pendleton_County,_Kentucky_Genealogy&oldid=6310504"