Bourbon County, KY Genealogy

County History

Formed in 1786 from Fayette County, Bourbon County was named for the royal family of France who aided the colonies in the War of Independence. Bourbon was one of nine Virginia counties formed before Kentucky became a state in 1792. Twenty-four new counties and parts of ten other new counties were formed from its original area. The first courthouse was in 1787 in Hopewell (renamed Paris).

Bourbon County is proud to be a participant of the KyGenWeb. If anyone is interested in becoming a county coordinator or otherwise working on the KyGenWeb, please contact the Kentucky State Coordinator Jeff Kemp .

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USGenWeb Census Project

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KYGenWeb KIDZ Project

KYGenWeb Biographies Project

KYGenWeb Tombstone Project

KYGenWeb Vital Records Project

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Family Pages

HELP NEEDED

• Searching for family members of Theodore Linville who lived in Millersburg, Ky - son of William David Linville and Lula Rankin Linville from Piqua, Ky mebishop1@windstream.net

• Finding years of operation of Mansfield-Jefferson Lumberyard Paris, KY

• Locating Robnett Cemetery,

• Finding info on Jefferson Seminary

• Jacob Groshong (may be Grojean) 1794 tax list, son Samuel, bro-in-law Daniel Kistler

• My mother, GGG grand daughter to Captain Isaac Ruddle and GG grand daughter to John and Elizabeth Mulheran, has pictures and letters handed down. I would like to see more pictures from these families. <jeromeking675@gmail.com>

• Are you a descendant of John and Mary Moore Clark ? Do you know anything about the cemetery where we believe John and Mary Clark are buried?

Notices

Bourbon County African American Records

The Bourbon Co. African American records were moved to the Kentucky African American Griots KYGenWeb site. The new site seeks to centralize African American records in Kentucky and is part of KYGenWeb Special Collection's Project. Please visit this site and support this effort by donating material.

Naming the Forgotten -

The Eastern State Hospital Project

This special KyGenWeb project gathers names of residents of Eastern State Hospital, formerly the Eastern State Lunatic Asylum, there prior to 1956. The hospital cemetery may hold up to 10,000 unmarked graves. Before the registration of deaths in 1911, records are extremely difficult to find.

What's New?

• Site moved to Kykinfolk host 5/8/21

• History in your own backyard videos 11/21/20

• Marriages: Corrections, Additions, Omitted 09/27/20

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