What''s New in Adair County
- New additions to this site, by month, for 2006-2007 -
December 2007
A News Article / Obituary was added 12/31/07 "J. B. Thomas"
2 New Brick Wall queries were added 12/31/07
2 New Marriage Records were added 12/30/07 "Cheatham-Dohoney & Squires-Dohoney"
3 New Obituaries were added 12/29/07 "Dohoney"
A New Brick Wall was added 12/28/07
A New Obituary was added 12/28/07
A New Brick Wall was added 12/24/07
2 New Surnames were added 12/23/07 "Pemberton & Watson
A New Obituary was added 12/23/07 "Lou B. Taylor"
2 New News Articles were added 12/16/07
A New Surname was added 12/16/07 "Hopkins"
A New Brick Wall was added 12/16/07
1906 & 1907 Deaths were added 12/07/07
A Link to the 1820 Divorce case of Benjamin & Lucy Armstrong was added 12/07/07
A New Family Group Sheet was added 12/05/07 "Clark Franklin"
November 2007
7 New News Articles were added 11/21/07
Several New Surnames were added 11/21/07
A link to Early Stations & Forts was added to the History page 11/21/07
3 New News Articles were added 11/13/07
A New Research Book was added 11/13/07
1 New News Article was added 11/07/07
2 New News Articles were added 11/02/07
October 2007
A New News Article was added 10/29/07
A New Brick Wall query was added 10/29/07
A New Brick Wall query was added 10/28/07
3 Obituaries were added 10/28/07 "Hardwick surname"
A New Brick Wall query was added 10/20/07
A New Surname Researcher was added 10/20/07 "Griffith"
4 New Photos were added 10/10/07 "13th KY Cavalry"
A New Section, "Church Records" was added 10/10/07
4 New Family Group Sheets were added 10/10/07 "Herbert G. Waggener, Benjamin S. Waggener, Sr., Simeon G. Waggener & Andrew McClister"
A New Brick Wall query was added 10/10/07
4 Obituaries were added 09/25/07 "Geo. Coffey, Joe Coffey, Jr., Robt. G. Coffey & Virginia Coffey"
September 2007
An Extensive Family Report & Photos was added 09/25/07 "The Burton - Shepherd Families"
An Article & Photo About the Columbia Courthouse was added 09/25/07
2 Obituaries were added 09/25/07 "Z. T. Williams & Clemmie Williams"
3 New Surnames were added 09/25/07 "Booher, Wheat & Medaris"
5 New Brick Wall queries were added 09/25/07
2 New Family Group Sheets were added 09/25/07 "Austin Medaris & Elisha Benjamin Lane"
2 New News Articles were added 09/25/07
A New Brick Wall query was added 09/12/07
4 New Obituaries were added 09/12/07 "Gaither Bryant, Josh Butler, T. J. Conover & Nellie Royse"
2 New Brick Wall queries were added 09/05/07
A New Cemetery was added 09/05/07 "Gaskin Cemetery"
August 2007
2 New Family Group Sheets were added 08/26/07 "Henry Clay Gowen & George Washington Poff"
A New Brick Wall query was added 08/26/07
A New Obituary was added 08/19/07 "J. B. Montgomery"
A New Biography was added 08/19/07 "J. J. Epperson"
2 New Brick Wall queries were added 08/19/07
A New Google Search Engine has been added to the main page of this site. It will search for information anywhere within the KYGenWeb!
2 New Family Group Sheets were added 08/15/07 "James L. Floyd & Alfred A. McAllister"
2 News Articles & a link to the Kentuckiana Digital Library were added 08/15/07
5 New Brick Wall queries were added 08/15/07
July 2007
19 News Articles were added 07/16/07
The 1850 Adair Co. Census Slave Schedule (includes household #'s) was added 07/16/07
Several New Obituaries were added 07/16/07, "Jo Franklin, Mrs. Lucien Moore, Mary A. Trabue, Francis C. Shearer & Wm. Trabue Shearer"
New Info on Books for Sale added 07/16/07 "Breeding Community Books Vols 1 & 2"
A New Photo was added 07/16/07 "William Walls Cook"
and we now have 86 pages of photos in our album!!!
4 New Brick Wall queries were added 07/16/07
9 News Articles were added 07/02/07
June 2007
3 New Brick Wall queries were added 06/25/07
3 New Brick Wall queries were added 06/18/07 and another Brick Wall was answered!
3 New Surnames were added 05/18/07 "Bottom, Leach & Light"
A News Article on Col. Frank Wolford was added 06/18/07
A News Article was added 06/18/07
New African American Links were added 06/18/07
4 New Brick Wall queries were added 06/10/07
3 New Surnames added 06/10/07 "Hancock, Ross & Taylor"
Revolutionary War Pension Applications were added 06/03/07
2 New Brick Wall queries were added 06/03/07
New Surnames added 06/03/07 "Cole, Keltner, Moore, Nelson, O'Bannion, Sexton & Sparks
A New Obituary was added 06/03/07 "Lee Webb"
May 2007
2 New Family Group Sheets were added 05/26/07 "Rice Ware, II & John F. Wilson"
3 New Brick Wall queries were added 05/26/07
2 News Article were added 05/16/07
A New Family Reunion was added 05/16/07 "Cassetty, Climer, Hughes, Kirby & Ramsey Reunion"
A New Photo was added 05/16/07 "Louise 'Lewis' Shirley"
2 New Brick Wall queries were added 05/16/07
A News Article was added 05/06/07 "Commemorating the Gradyville Flood of 1907"
10 New Brick Wall queries were added 05/06/07
3 New Surnames added 05/06/07 "Link, Morrison & Vaughn"
April 2007
1893-1894 Vital Statistics - Births was added 04/05/07
2 New Brick Wall queries were added 04/04/07
And 1 Brick Wall query was answered!
March 2007
3 Additional News Articles were added 03/29/07
1893 ‑ 1894 Deaths were added 03/29/07
3 New Brick Wall queries were added 03/29/07
2 New Surnames added 03/15/07 "Prock & DeHart"
Many New Obituaries were added 03/15/07
February 2007
The Tyre Slatten Bible records were added 02/26/07
3 New Brick Wall queries were added 02/26/07 and a Brick Wall was Found "Fannie Bell Judd!"
A New Family Reunion was posted 02/26/07 "Breeding Community Families"
5 New Brick Wall queries were added 02/18/07
A New Family Web Site was added 02/18/07 "Blankenship"
2 New Surname Researchers were added 02/18/07 "Allison, Blankenship, Hayse/Hays, Kelso, Page, Pike & Powell"
Several New Obituaries were added 02/18/07
A News Article about the U.S. Harmon family was added 02/18/07 This article spans 1917 - 1949
2 Additional News Articles were also added 02/18/07
3 New Photos were added 02/03/07 "Nathan Allison & Lucy Jane Pike and John Ely & Mary R. Page Pike also Ulysses Comer Family" We now have 85 pages of family photos... thank you to everyone who has contributed!!
A New Look Up Volunteer for Obituaries was added 02/03/07
Many New Obituaries were added 02/03/07
2 Marriages were added 02/03/07
5 News Articles were added 02/03/07
4 New Brick Wall Queries were added 02/03/07
Many New Surnames and Researchers added 02/03/07
January 2007
A New Family Group Sheet was added 01/21/07 "Burris"
6 New Brick Wall Queries were added 01/21/07
New Obituaries were added 01/21/07
6 News Articles were added 01/08/07
A Year old Brick Wall Query was answered... it works!
6 Obituaries from 1937 were added 01/08/07
December 2006
2 New Research Books will be available after the first of the year!
(Neither the Adair County KYGenWeb site nor the webmaster gain any money from the sale of the books listed on this page. By placing a link on this page, it should not be considered an endorsement of any kind. They are posted for our researchers' convenience only.)
4 News Articles were added 12/21/06
5 New Brick Wall Queries were added 12/21/06
New Civil War Military Information was added 12/21/06
November 2006
3 News Articles were added 11/25/06
3 New Family Group Sheets were added 11/25/06 "Ambrose Spradling, John W. Wilson & Brutus Patton"
3 New Brick Wall Queries were added 11/25/06
4 New Brick Wall Queries were added 11/15/06
A New Surname was added 11/15/06 "Hendrickson"
2 New Brick Wall Queries were added 11/05/06
5 News Articles were added 11/02/06
2 New Surnames were added 11/02/06 "Silvey & Stapp"
5 New Brick Wall Queries were added 11/02/06
New Adair County Research Books Available Soon
(Neither the Adair County KYGenWeb site nor the webmaster gain any money from the sale of these books. This reference should not be considered an endorsement of any kind. They are posted for our researchers' convenience only.)
October 2006
2 New Photos were added 10/12/06
2 New News Articles were added 10/12/06
4 New Brick Wall Queries were added 11/02/06
September 2006
7 New Surnames and researchers were added 9/24/06 "Pelsston, Polston, Peary, Branham, Cabell, Campbell & Cundiff"
3 New Brick Wall Queries were added 9/24/06
3 New family Group Sheets were added 09/24/06 "Smith, Gowan & McAllister"
Information on the Antioch Cemetery was updated 9/24/06
A New Brick Wall query was added 09/13/06
3 New Surnames and researchers were added 9/13/06 "Morrison, Walker & Simpson"
3 News Articles from 1918 were added 09/04/06
3 New Surnames and researchers were added 9/03/06 "Paxton, Powell & Hancock"
5 New Brick Wall Queries were added 9/03/06
A New Marriage Bond was added 9/3/06 "Philip S. Jones and Elizabeth Humphrees"
August 2006
2 New Brick Wall Queries were added 8/16/06
2 News Articles were added 8/16/06
July 2006
A New Family Group Sheet was added 7/31/06 "Pleasant Sinclair"
A New Marriage Announcement was added 7/31/06 "Jackman - Graham"
A New Brick Wall Query was added 7/31/06
A New Photo was added to Our Album 7/31/06 "The Harmon Family"
The 6th Annual McBeath Family Reunion dates and time was added 7/22/06
A Second Volume of "The History of Adair County" will be released this fall, according to historian Mike Watson.
3 New Brick Wall Queries were added 7/22/06
A New Montgomery Surname Researcher was added 7/22/06
2 New Brick Wall Queries were added 7/09/06
4 New Brick Wall Queries were added 7/03/06
Revolutionary War or Military Services Pensioners from Adair County, KY was added 7/03/06
A New Military Link was added 7/03/06 "The War of 1812 in Kentucky"
June 2006
An update was added to the Death Certificate of George W. Grider 6/21/06
2 More News Articles were added 6/21/06 "CHS Class of 1948 & the Opening of the Meadow Hill Inn, 1947"
3 New Brick Wall Queries were added 6/21/06
Another Great Compiled News Article was added 6/14/06 "Columbia High, Class of 47"
Also added 6/14/06, The Circle R Drive-in Restaurant Opens in 1956
A Great Compiled News Article was added 6/12/06 "Columbia High, Class of 46'"
2 New Family Group Sheets were added 6/12/06 "Fletcher & Stotts"
New Photos & a New Page were added to Our Photo Album (Pg. 82 & 83) 6/12/06
2 New Photos were added to the "On the Line" Photo Album 6/12/06
A New Link was added to the Missouri Death Certificates 6/12/06
2 New Scanned Death Certificates were added 6/3/06 "Eli Rubarts & Zach Pelley"
5 New Brick Wall Queries were added 6/3/06
A New Family Group Sheet was added 6/3/06 "George Maran"
Numerous New Surnames were added 6/3/06
A New Link to Another Internet Family site was added 6/3/06
2 News Articles were added 6/3/06
May 2006
A Sketch, Rev. Wood Cundiff Recalls Days On Kentucky Farm was added 5/14/06
April 2006
The Early History of Adair County - 1907 edition of the Adair County News was added 4/24
Burton Men who Registered for the WWI Draft was added 4/24/06 Lots of names & Info!!!
4 New Brick Wall Queries were added 4/24/06
March 2006
2 New Civil War Pensions were added 3/28 "Kimbler & Hurt"
A New Brick Wall query was added 03/28/06 "Montgomery"
A New Surname Researcher was added 3/28/06 "Orme"
2 New Family Group Sheets were added 03/19/06 "Powell"
A New List of Books About Adair County & Adair Countians was added 3/19/06
2 New Pages were added to Our Photo Album (Pg. 81 & 82) 3/19/06
7 New Brick Wall Queries were added 3/19/06
10 New Family Group Sheets were added 03/04/06 "Gibson & Powell"
3 New Brick Wall queries were added 03/04/06
February 2006
A New Family Group Sheet was added 2/25/06 "Job Gibson"
A link to the U of K Preservation Project was added 2/25/06 (This is a database for KY newspapers on microfilm)
Will Book "C" was Abstracted and added 2/19/06 "Our Thanks to Sharon Bell"
5 New Surnames & 2 Researchers were added 2/19 "Orme, Pelly/Pelley, Rubarts/Ruberts, Allen & Ellis"
2 New Brick Wall queries were added 02/19/06
A New Brick Wall query was added 02/12/06
African-Americans in the 1850 Census was added 2/11/06
2 New Brick Wall queries were added 02/11/06
4 New Family Group Sheets were added 02/05/06 "Rubarts & Burton"
3 New Brick Wall queries were added 02/05/06
Page 40 of our Photo Album has been updated 02/05/06 "Names have been added to the Millerfield School 1946 Photo!"
January 2006
2 New Pages were added to Our Album "Pgs. 79 & 80...These Unknown Adair Countians need names... see if you can help!"
A New Scanned Death Certificate was added 1/28/06 "T. J. Rubarts"
A New Surname Researcher was added 1/28/06 "Briant/Bryant, Keltner, Rogers, Rowe & Willson"
Adair 1918 Deaths were added 1/28/06
2 New Brick Wall queries were added 01/28/06
The 1870 Adair County Census, White Oak District was updated 1/21/06 "Thanks Don!"
The 1860 and 1870 Mortality Schedules were added 1/21/06 "Our Thanks to Don Rubarts"
2 New Brick Wall queries were added 01/21/06
2 New News Articles were added 01/21/06
Excerpts from Judge H. C. Baker's Sketches of Adair County, No. 36: "Reminiscences of Col. Wolford," added 1/13
A New Brick Wall query was added 01/13/06
A New Surname Researcher & 3 New Surnames were added 1/13 "Gibson, Street, Young, Lacy, Harvey, Wilcuts, Fudge"
5 New WWI Draft Registration Cards were added 1/13
2 New News Articles were added 01/08/06
A New Brick Wall query was added 01/08/06
Another WWI Draft Registration Card was added 1/08/06 "Charles S. Moore"
A New Brick Wall query was added 01/03/06
Additional Information about Colonel Frank Wolford was added 01/03/06