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Jefferson County was formed in 1780 from the Kentucky Territory of Virginia. Jefferson, Lincoln and Fayette were the first counties of the state when it was separated from Virginia in 1796. county location map

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Bibles
File Description Size Date Submitter
Adams, Clarence C. & Alice E. (Blankenbaker)   11-12-1998 DeAnna Fisher
Adams, John T. & Jennie B. (Dupin/Jupin)   11-12-1998 DeAnna Fisher
Fisher & Dunne Family Bible   3-2006 Ida French
Gunn Family Bible   01-07-1998 Elizabeth Smith
McHatton, James and Anna Margret Kaulfus   Mar 2009 David Williams
Montgomery Family   02-26-2004 Gene Smith
Morgan Bible   12-14-1997 Shane
Page Family Bible   8-2006 Linda Mabry
Page Family Bible   01-07-1998 Elizabeth Smith
Phelon , John & Rebecca (Holt) Family Bible   02-08-1998 Lonnie Fink
Sawder, Andrew Henry Family Bible   11-19-1997 T. J. Bynum
Vertrees, Charles & Cordelia   03-07-1999 T. DeFord The Registry
Welch, John Family Bible   08-09-2002 Richard Parker

File Description - McHatton Bible Records Size Date Submitter
Page 1 Marriages Image Mar 2009 Douglas D McHattonThe Registry
Page 2 Births Image Mar 2009 Douglas D McHattonThe Registry
Page 3 Births Image Mar 2009 Douglas D McHattonThe Registry
Page 4 Deaths Image Mar 2009 Douglas D McHattonThe Registry
Page-1 Marriages Image Mar 2009 Douglas D McHattonThe Registry
Page-2 Births Image Mar 2009 Douglas D McHattonThe Registry

Biographies
File Description Size Date Submitter
Biographies      
       

Births
File Description Size Date Submitter
Anna Millissa Flynt, b. 1845   08-01-1998 Madelyn H.
Delayed Birth Records for Jefferson County      
Judy Lane Scheihing, b. 1944   2004 Judy Howell
Rupard, Elma T. September 16, 1891   10-2005 Patricia Todd
Rupard, Josie Lewis August 4, 1904   10-2005 Patricia Todd
Thornhill, Evalyne, 1918   FEB 2008 Brenda Wheeler

Cemeteries
File Description Size Date Submitter
Cemeteries      
       

Census
File Description Size Date Submitter
1810 Census Page 542-551   01-10-2004 Pamela Davies
1810 census Page 552-561   01-10-2004 Pamela Davies
1810 Census Page 562   01-10-2004 Pamela Davies
1810 Census, Page 532-541   01-10-2004 Pamela Davies
1860 Census - Kelly Surname   04-24-2000 Nancy Lloyd
1900 Census - Cummins, Zachary (broken link)   04-11-2000 Nancy Lloyd
1900 Census - Stoxtile, James   04-11-2000 Nancy Lloyd
1900 Fisherville Precinct   05-28-2001 Lonnie F.
1910 Census - Gambrall, John B.   04-24-1998  
1910 Census - Kaiser, Florence   04-11-2000 Nancy Lloyd
1920 Census - Stoxtile, Rufus   04-11-2000 Nancy Lloyd
1920 Census Stivers, Leonard   04-11-2000 Nancy Lloyd

File Description Size Date Submitter
Applegate Elizabeth (1860 US Census)   Jan 2008 Douglas D McHatton The Registry
Friddle John (1900 US Census)   Jan 2008 Douglas D McHatton The Registry
McHatton I. (1870 US Census)   Jan 2008 Douglas D McHatton The Registry
McHatton Isaac (1850 US Census)   Jan 2008 Douglas D McHatton The Registry
McHatton Isaac (1880 US Census)   Jan 2008 Douglas D McHatton The Registry
McHatton Nancy (1870 US Census)   Jan 2008 Douglas D McHatton The Registry
McHatton Nancy (1880 US Census)   Jan 2008 Douglas D McHatton The Registry
MCHATTON, Nancy (1860 US Census)   Jan 2008 Douglas D McHatton The Registry
MCHATTON, Nancy (1860 US Census)   Jan 2008 Douglas D McHatton The Registry

Churches
File Description Size Date Submitter
Edward Straney new pastor   10-14-2000 Pat S. The Registry
St. William Church church records   2004 Teena Scoles
Weiser, Wiser, Wisner, Weishart, Wiseheart church records   04-05-2000 Bernard Kincaid
Zilhart & Owens extracts from Jeffersontown Lutheran Church   10-19-1998 Maria D. Troutman The Registry

Court
File Description Size Date Submitter
Court Records      
       

Deaths
File Description Size Date Submitter
1886 Louisville Death, Jefferson Co, KY (partial listing)   02-17-2002 silaslevi@yahoo.com
1962 misc   02-21-2002 Nancy Trice
1982 misc   02-27-2002 Nancy Trice
Deaths & Certificates      
Hatcher and Saddler Burials, Dean thru Doyle, 1899-1962   11-25-2004 Sandi GorinThe Registry
Irvin, Betty L. September 10, 1970 1K Nov 2012 Dan Nicely
Louisville Registry Deaths, 1823, Jefferson Co., KY   12-17-2000 Barbara D. Blankenship
Misc. deaths, 1887/1888, Jefferson Co., Ky   10-17-2001 SilasLevi@webtv.net
Specht, Joseph April 25, 1935   10-01-2011 Betty Beeman
Specht, Louis Ernst February 21, 1980   10-01-2011 Betty Beeman
Stewart, Gertrude G., Evelyn C. and Dorothy J.   07-27-2001 Pat45324@aol.com
Wilhelm, Audie Mae March 26, 1960   10-01-2011 Betty Beeman

Deeds
File Description Size Date Submitter
Alexander, Elizabeth - Weems, James S. June 3, 1822   Jan 2011 Linda Deppner
       

Divorces
File Description Size Date Submitter
       

History
File Description Size Date Submitter
1883 - 1884 School Tax Receipts 06-20-1998 Vicki M.
City Directories      
Family Grouping, William Cummins Jr.   04-25-1900 Nancy L.
Letter from G. T. Wilcox about Long Run Massacre & Floyd's Defeat (G. T. son of Sarah Boone Wilcox, Sarah daug of Squire Boone, Squire youngest brother to Daniel Boone)   03-25-1998 Elizabeth S.
Louisville Amateur Orchestra, 1879-1882 (Louisville KY) 1896   Oct 2009 Jeanie Lutz
Low Dutch Petition, 1783   03-22-2000 Judy C
Map of Louisville from 1918 1.45 Mb.   Gary Barrell
Papers of the Low Dutch   03-22-2000 Judy C.
Roberts Family in Jefferson County, 1780-1880   05-05-1999 Ed Roberts

Marriages
File Description Size Date Submitter
Marriages      
       

Marriage Books
File Description Size Date Submitter
       

Military
File Description Size Date Submitter
Brock, Henry, 1821 - Revwar - Pension 8th Virginia Regiment   07-14-07 Jerry Taylor The Registry
Clark, George Rogers Rev War Pension Affidavit

 

 12-12-2002 Neville, Janet  The Registry
Darling, Lambert (Indian War)   03-21-2000 Judy C.
Hortenbury Fielding Fields Felix, (Civil War)   09-08-2001 Brenda W.  The Registry
Korean War - Unaccounted for Ky   03-12-2001 DPMO
Tutt, Henry (Civil War)   04-27-2004 Albert Edwards
Vietnam War - Unaccounted for Ky   03-12-2001 DPMO
Wiggington, Paul E. April 11, 1912   5-2006 Dorothy Dehazier
WWII Casualty List   2004 Sandi Gorin  The Registry

Naturalization
File Description Size Date Submitter
       

Newspapers
File Description Size Date Submitter
1806 - 1828 abstracts   12-16-2000 Barbara B.
Athlete Killed At Track Meet. March 30, 1903   3-2006 Linda Barton Blum
Oct. 21, 1917 news (marriage/obit/will contested/etc.)   01-03-2001 Pat S.  The Registry
Mrs. Kate Cherry celebrates 100th birthday, 1963   09-02-1997 Beulah F.
Kenneth Jasper leaving for Army, 1942   06-16-2000 Brenda W. & Marion
Louisville Navy Dr. Lt. Carroll H. Luhr Meritorious Achievement Award to Sfc. Albert F. Mirus   01-02-2001 Pat S.
Sue Swearingen receive B.M.F. Degree   06-18-2000 Brenda W. & Marion  The Registry
Shooting of Dawson Wigginton   08-18-2000 Brenda W.  The Registry
Jeffersontown Baptist Church fire (1937)   03-26-2001 Pat S.  The Registry
Jeffersontown Baptist Church 100th Anniversary   03-26-2001 Pat S.  The Registry
Memorial contribution for Louisville Baptist Orphan's Home   04-16-2001 Pat S.  The Registry
Breckinridge News "personals" January 8, 1913   1-29-2006 Dana BrownThe Registry
Breckinridge News "personals" 1915   Nov 2008 David Rafferty
Southern News from the Georgia Enterprise, 22 Aug 1889   8-26-2005 Phyllis Thompson
The Louisville Courier-Journal, Tuesday, 7-30-1957   06-02-2004 Roger Mattingly The Registry
The Louisville Times, Tuesday, 7-30-1957   06-02-2004 Roger Mattingly The Registry
       

Obituaries
File Description Size Date Submitter
Obituaries      
       

Photographs
File Description Size Date Submitter
1945 Flood Photos from the "Point" area      
Distillery in Louisville, Ky     kybrenda@aol.com
Cowherd, Benjamin Richard Image 9/25/2005 Barbara McGee
Kessler, Henry Nelson, cab driver for B Line Cab Co.     Diane Brown
Landers, Burr Harrison Image Apr 2008 Paulina Thorne
Lucasey / Lucchesi / Dorecy, Possibly Catherine   1/21/2006 Wayne Leblanc The Registry
Sally Neill Roach Passport Application Image Mar 2008 Judy Harvey
Witzmann - Hull Family Photo Image 08-16-2004 Dawn Scala

Social Security
File Description Size Date Submitter
Adams, Maude Oma, 1885 (social security application)   01-24-07 Sandra Adams-Schrieber

Wills
File Description Size Date Submitter
Budd, John  1836   08-12-2001 Anne L.  The Registry
Burks, John  1832   07-01-2000 Anne L.  The Registry
Cowan, John, 1819   11-3-2006 Jean Meaney
Fleig, Rosina  1903   09-12-2000 Linda G.
Gheens, Mary V.  1929   03-17-2001 Doug McHatton
Hollis, John  1815   03-17-2001 Anne L.  The Registry
Kalfus, Henry Frederick November 17, 1831   05-30-2006 Douglas D McHatton
Kuchen, Cornelius  1918   03-23-1997 Beulah F.
McKenzie, George F.  1918   03-23-1997 Beulah F.
Moody, Haley J.  1891   03-25-1998 Elizabeth S.
Newkirk, Peter  1833   09-09-2000 Sanda
Stafford, Thomas  1809   03-17-2001 Anne L.  The Registry
Tucker, Sarah D. Stone  1858   04-19-1998 Ardahl@aol.com
Wilhoit, John  1814   01-24-2003 John McCachern  The Registry
Williams, Henry, 1843   02-28-2007 Patricia Anderegg 
Zilhart, Philip  1835   10-22-1998 Maria T.  The Registry

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