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==Civil Records and Sources== | ==Civil Records and Sources== | ||
Kentucky was established as Kentucky County in 1776 from Fincastle County, Virginia. The Supreme Court of Kentucky was established in 1783. Marriages were originally solemnized by county courts because of a lack of clergy in Kentucky.<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the counties 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> | Kentucky was established as Kentucky County in 1776 from Fincastle County, Virginia. The Supreme Court of Kentucky was established in 1783. Marriages were originally solemnized by county courts because of a lack of clergy in Kentucky.<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the counties 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> | ||
*''Kentucky State Land Office. Virginia Land Grant Surveys in Kentucky, 1774-1796'', film 0272939 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2031364?availability=Logan%20Utah%20FamilySearch%20Library ''A brief of wills and marriages in Montgomery and Fincastle counties, Virginia, 1773-1831''] compiled by Anne Lowry Worrell, (Roanoke, Virginia: s.n., 1959). | ||
*''Virginia Land Office. Commonwealth grants or patents, 1779-1794, 1801 now in Kentucky, (Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1949, film 0007811). | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/431250?availability=Family%20History%20Library''Kentucky State Land Office. Virginia Land Grant Surveys in Kentucky, 1774-1796'', film 0272939. Online digital images. | ||
*''Indexes to Court Records, Madison County, Kentucky: 1787-1852'', (Frankfurt: Kentucky Public Records Division, 1981, film 1534019). | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bfilm_number%3A0007811 ''Virginia Land Office. Commonwealth grants or patents, 1779-1794, 1801 now in Kentucky''], (Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1949, film 0007811). Online digital images. | ||
*''Master Index, Virginia Surveys and Grants 1774-1791'' by Joan E. Brookes-Smith, (Frankfort: Kentucky Historical Society, 1976, film 1320833). | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/473554?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Indexes to Court Records, Madison County, Kentucky: 1787-1852''], (Frankfurt: Kentucky Public Records Division, 1981, film 1534019). Online digital images. | ||
*''Fincastle and Kentucky County, Virginia-Kentucky Records and History'' by Michael L. Cook, (Evansville, IN: Cook Publishing, 1988). | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/193613?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Master Index, Virginia Surveys and Grants 1774-1791''] by Joan E. Brookes-Smith, (Frankfort: Kentucky Historical Society, 1976, film 1320833). | ||
*''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/578341?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Fincastle and Kentucky County, Virginia-Kentucky Records and History''] by Michael L. Cook, (Evansville, IN: Cook Publishing, 1988). | ||
*''Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-1787, Other Than Those Published by the United States | *[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). | ||
*''Early Kentucky Land Records, 1773-1780'' by Neal O. Hammon, (Louisville: Filson Club, 1992). | *[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/640523?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Early Kentucky Land Records, 1773-1780''] by Neal O. Hammon, (Louisville: Filson Club, 1992). | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/455021?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The Committees of Safety of Westmoreland and Fincastle: Proceedings of the County Committees, 1774-1776''] by Richard Barksdale Harwell, (Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1974). | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/62113?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Soldiers of Fincastle County, Virginia, 1774''] by Mary B. Kegley, (Dublin, VA: The Author, 1974). | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1931576?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Petitions of the Early Inhabitants of Kentucky to the General Assembly of Virginia, 1769-1792''] by James R. Robertson, (1915, reprint, New York: Arno Press, 1971, film 1425691). | |||
==Additional Reading== | ==Additional Reading== | ||