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==Online Records== | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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> | ||
==Civil Records and Sources== | |||
==Resources== | |||
*[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://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/128915?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Some Kentucky Marriages, 1775-1799''] by Cecil D. McDonald. (n.p., n.d.m film 1036829). | |||
*[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/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). | |||
===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 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> | 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 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> | ||
*[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). | *[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). | ||
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*[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/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). | *[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). | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
[[Category:Colonial Records]] | [[Category:Colonial Records]] | ||