Kentucky Colonial Records: Difference between revisions

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In 1736, The French established a trading village along the Ohio River, creating the first European settlement in Kentucky. In 1774, the Transylvania Company purchased land rights to all of Kentucky and parts of Tennessee. Fort Boonesborough and Harroldsburg were established by the British and settlers from Virginia during the 1770s. Kentucky was a part of Virginia until it became its own state in 1792.<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 585. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref>
In 1736, The French established a trading village along the Ohio River, creating the first European settlement in Kentucky. In 1774, the Transylvania Company purchased land rights to all of Kentucky and parts of Tennessee. Fort Boonesborough and Harroldsburg were established by the British and settlers from Virginia during the 1770s. Kentucky was a part of Virginia until it became its own state in 1792.<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 585. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref>
==Resources==
==Resources==
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=bVEVAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false ''The Big Sandy Years: A history of the People and Country from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time''] by William Ely. (Baltimore: Genealogical publishing Co., 1969).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/131107?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''A History of Kentucky Baptists: From 1769 to 1885, Including More than 800 Biographical Sketches''] by John H. Spencer. 2 Vols. (Cincinnati: J.R. Baumes, 1886 film 0896971).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2254310?availability=Las%20Vegas%20Nevada%20FamilySearch%20Library ''Kentucky, Settlement and Statehood, 1750-1800''] by George Morgan Chinn. (Frankfort: Kentucky Historical Society, 1975).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/492200?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Kentucky Baptist History, 1770-1922''] by William Dudley Nowlin. (Louisville: Baptist Book Concern, 1922, fiche, 6087434).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/479508?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Marylanders to Kentucky, 1775-1825''] by Henry C. Peden. (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1991).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2327127 ''The Wilderness Road: A Description of the Routes of Travel by Which the Pioneers and Early Settlers First Came to Kentucky''] by Thomas Speed. (1886, reprint, New York: Burt Franklin, 1971, film 0897452).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/128915?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Some Kentucky Marriages, 1775-1799''] by Cecil D. McDonald. (n.p., n.d.m film 1036829).


===Civil Records and Sources===
===Civil Records and Sources===
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/501777?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Virginia Supreme Court: District of Kentucky, Order Books, 1783-1792''] by Michael L. Cook. (Evansville, IN: Cook Publishing, 1988).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/501777?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Virginia Supreme Court: District of Kentucky, Order Books, 1783-1792''] by Michael L. Cook. (Evansville, IN: Cook Publishing, 1988).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/381662?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-1787, Other Than Those Published by the United States Bureau''] by Augusta B. Fothergill. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/381662?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-1787, Other Than Those Published by the United States Bureau''] by Augusta B. Fothergill. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974).
=== Other ===
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=bVEVAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false ''The Big Sandy Years: A history of the People and Country from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time''] by William Ely. (Baltimore: Genealogical publishing Co., 1969).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/131107?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''A History of Kentucky Baptists: From 1769 to 1885, Including More than 800 Biographical Sketches''] by John H. Spencer. 2 Vols. (Cincinnati: J.R. Baumes, 1886 film 0896971).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2254310?availability=Las%20Vegas%20Nevada%20FamilySearch%20Library ''Kentucky, Settlement and Statehood, 1750-1800''] by George Morgan Chinn. (Frankfort: Kentucky Historical Society, 1975).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/492200?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Kentucky Baptist History, 1770-1922''] by William Dudley Nowlin. (Louisville: Baptist Book Concern, 1922, fiche, 6087434).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/479508?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Marylanders to Kentucky, 1775-1825''] by Henry C. Peden. (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1991).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2327127 ''The Wilderness Road: A Description of the Routes of Travel by Which the Pioneers and Early Settlers First Came to Kentucky''] by Thomas Speed. (1886, reprint, New York: Burt Franklin, 1971, film 0897452).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/128915?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Some Kentucky Marriages, 1775-1799''] by Cecil D. McDonald. (n.p., n.d.m film 1036829).


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