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Welcome to Ballard County, Kentucky

County History

Part of the Jackson Purchase, an area Andrew Jackson purchased from the Chickasaw Indians and added to the state in 1818, Ballard County was formed from portions of McCracken and Hickman Counties in 1842. The county was named for Capt. Bland Ballard, born in Virginia about 1760. Capt. Ballard came to Kentucky in 1779 and was a scout for George Rogers Clark's Ohio expedition in 1780 and '82. He took part in the Wabash campaign of 1786, and in the battles of Fallen Timbers, 1793; Tippecanoe, 1811; and, River Raisin, 1813. Capt. Ballard also served in the Kentucky Legislature for five terms.

Blandville was the County Seat for 40 years until the Courthouse burned. Then, in 1882, the County Seat was moved to Wycliffe, named for Col. Charles A. Wickliffe, legislator, Confederate officer, and nephew and namesake of Kentucky's fifteenth governor. Sources: Kentucky Atlas and Gazateer and Kentucky Historical Society.

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This site created September 30, 2007;

Last updated January 29, 2010

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What's New?

• Turner Family website link 01-29-10

• More Old Blandville Cem. 01/27/10

• Deed Book C - 1st 350 pgs extracted 01/12/10

• Hunter-Sams burials at Bethlehem Cem. 11/21/09

• John James & Hallie Harris (Blanks) Lane & more Photos 10/10/09

• 1848 Property Tax Part 2 N of Mayfield Complete 10/06/09

• Allensworth-Hargrove Family Photos 09/30/09

• 1848 Property Tax Part I: S of Mayfield 09/15/09

• More Sarah Tennessee Lee Mayberry family 09/14/09

• Crice-Tackett Family Photos 09/07/09

• Crice Family Cemetery 09/07/09

• Wickliffe City Cemetery, a few burials 09/06/09

• Antioch Baptist Cemetery, a few burials 09/05/09

• Cane Creek Cemetery, a few burials 09/05/09

• Sarah Tennessee Lee Mayberry family 09/04/09

• Abraham & Rosanna Watson 08/25/09

• John William Clark Family Bible births 08/19/09

• A few Edging, Clark & Deweese burials in Old Blandville Cemetery 08/18/09

• Romain & Callis stone at Barlow Cem. 08/04/09

• 1843 Tax List Part 2 08/03/09

• Top 5 names searched in July: Clark, Riley, Austin, Rowland & Richardson 08/02/09

• Ballard-Carlisle County Historical-Genealogical Society new website at

http://www.ballard-carlisle-ky-genealogy.com/ 07/29/09

• Hill Crest Cemetery, Blandville photos 07/26/09

• Barlow Cemetery photos 07/25/2009

• Bethlehem Baptist Church & Cemetery photos 07/25/09

• Bethlehem School 1922-23 07/13/09

• Howcroft School Photo 07/12/09

• Allensworth-Hackney Records 07/11/09

• Early Ballard County Tax Records 07/05/09

• Can you identify people in these photos? 06/28/09

• Hackney family photos 06/27/09

• Allensworth family photos 06/21/09

• Rev. Charles A. Warford family (06/15/09)

• Marriage Bond/License (colored) Bk K: 1905-1912 completed 06/06/09

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Carlisle County was taken entirely from south Ballard in 1886. Be sure to search there also for family members.

I am Crystal Campbell Dingler, coordinator for the Ballard County KYGenWeb site. Please contact me with any suggestions you have for the site or any information you would like to contribute. I look forward to hearing from you.