Nelson County, Kentucky
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| − | '''1784'''--Nelson County was created 18 October 1784 from [[Jefferson County, Kentucky|Jefferson ]]County. | + | '''1784'''--Nelson County was created 18 October 1784 from [[Jefferson County, Kentucky|Jefferson ]]County.<br>'''County seat:''' Bardstown <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref> |
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Contents |
County Courthouse
History
Parent County
1784--Nelson County was created 18 October 1784 from Jefferson County.
County seat: Bardstown [1]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Places/Localities
Populated Places
| Balltown | Chaplin | Gethsemane | Nelsonville |
| Bardstown | Coxs Creek | Greenbrier | New Haven |
| Bellwood | Cravens | Highgrove | New Hope |
| Bloomfield | Culvertown | Howardstown | Samuels |
| Blue Gap | Deatsville | Hunters | Stiles |
| Boston | East Bardstown | Lenore | Withrow |
| Botland | Fairfield | Nazareth | Woodlawn |
| Bourbon Springs |
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
Census
1790 - Lost, but a substitute is available, see Taxation.
Church
Court
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Military
Newspapers
Probate
Taxation
- [1785-1796] Schroeder, Margaret Johnson and Carl A. Schroeder. Residents of Nelson County, Virginia (now Kentucky) Recorded in Tithable and Tax Lists. [1785-1796] 4 vols. Bardstown, Kentucky: Schroeder, 1988. Available at FHL.
- [1787] Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 & 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 & Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle & Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. Available at FHL. [Sources for this publication are 1787 personal property tax lists and 1787 tithable lists. Nelson County is included in Vol. 2.]
- [1792] Heinemann, Charles B. "First Census" of Kentucky 1790. Washington, D.C.: n.p., 1940. 1981 reprint: FHL US/CAN 976.9 X2ph 1981; digital version at Kentucky Kinfolks. ["1 volume of 1792 was used." (p. 2)]
Vital Records
Societies and Libraries
Web Sites
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
References
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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