Nelson County, Kentucky
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| + | |1790 |11315 | ||
| + | |1800 |9866 | ||
| + | |1810 |14078 | ||
| + | |1820 |16273 | ||
| + | |1830 |14932 | ||
| + | |1840 |13637 | ||
| + | |1850 |14789 | ||
| + | |1860 |15799 | ||
| + | |1870 |14804 | ||
| + | |1880 |16609 | ||
| + | |1890 |16417 | ||
| + | |1900 |16587 | ||
| + | |1910 |16830 | ||
| + | |1920 |16137 | ||
| + | |1930 |16551 | ||
| + | |1940 |18004 | ||
| + | |1950 |19521 | ||
| + | |1960 |22168 | ||
| + | |1970 |23477 | ||
| + | |1980 |27584 | ||
| + | |1990 |29710 | ||
| + | |2000 |37477 | ||
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'''1790''' - Lost, but a substitute is available, see [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Nelson_County,_Kentucky#Taxation Taxation]. | '''1790''' - Lost, but a substitute is available, see [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Nelson_County,_Kentucky#Taxation Taxation]. | ||
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| Nelson County, Kentucky | |||||||||
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| Founded | October 18, 1784 | ||||||||
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| County Seat | Bardstown | ||||||||
| Courthouse | |||||||||
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United States 
Kentucky Nelson County
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
African American Research
The following have information concerning African American research. Both should be used:
- The KY African American Griots Project ~ The Kentucky African American Griots Project
- Sandi Gorin's Tips ~ Hangings in Kentucky 1792 - 1900
- African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records
- Kentucky Minorities has information specific to Kentucky African Americans.
Biographies
- KY Biographies ~ Jeff Murphy's Kentucky Biographies Project
Cemeteries
Kentucky cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation.
- Nelson Co. KY USGenWeb Tombstone Project usually gives the names of the deceased in alphabetical order by last name with birth and death dates plus any remarks.
- The KY Historical Society’s Cemetery Database
- African American Cemeteries Online ~ Partial index/transcriptions of African American cemeteries
- Cemetery Junction ~ Links to cemetery transcriptions
- Naming the Forgotten ~ Naming the Forgotten - The Eastern State Hospital Project
- Kentucky Cemeteries lists the national cemeteries in Kentucky with links to their web sites. The first link under Online Kentucky Cemeteries goes to the Kentucky section of Interment.net
- Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness Local volunteers may take photographs of headstones found in county cemeteries.
- Find A Grave can be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried. Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone. May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave.
- Find A Grave also gives a list of cemeteries in Nelson County and links to the information for the individuals buried there,
- The Family History Library Catalog lists some records of cemeteries in Nelson County. Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.
- ePodunk list of Nelson County cemeteries gives the names of the cemeteries in the county with a link to more information such as address, phone number, and web site.
Census
| Historical populations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± |
| 1790 | 11,315 | — |
| 1800 | 9,866 | −12.8% |
| 1810 | 14,078 | 42.7% |
| 1820 | 16,273 | 15.6% |
| 1830 | 14,932 | −8.2% |
| 1840 | 13,637 | −8.7% |
| 1850 | 14,789 | 8.4% |
| 1860 | 15,799 | 6.8% |
| 1870 | 14,804 | −6.3% |
| 1880 | 16,609 | 12.2% |
| 1890 | 16,417 | −1.2% |
| 1900 | 16,587 | 1.0% |
| 1910 | 16,830 | 1.5% |
| 1920 | 16,137 | −4.1% |
| 1930 | 16,551 | 2.6% |
| 1940 | 18,004 | 8.8% |
| 1950 | 19,521 | 8.4% |
| 1960 | 22,168 | 13.6% |
| 1970 | 23,477 | 5.9% |
| 1980 | 27,584 | 17.5% |
| 1990 | 29,710 | 7.7% |
| 2000 | 37,477 | 26.1% |
| Source: "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. | ||
1790 - Lost, but a substitute is available, see Taxation.
- USGenWeb Census Project ~ Kentucky Census Transcriptions 1850 - 1930
- The USGenWeb Census Images ~ The USGenWeb Census Images Project
- Kentucky Census Transcriptions ~ The USGenWeb Census Project
- Census Online ~ Census Online
Church
- Kentucky Christian Church Directory ~ ChurchAngel
- Catholic Parishes in the Diocese of Lexington
- Catholic Parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville
Court
- Abstracts of Early KY Court Cases Abstracts of Early Supreme Court Cases ~ KYGenWeb Special Project
- Kentucky Court of Justice Research & Reference
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Military
- Military Resources ~ Revolutionary War through Civil War
- Korean War Memorial Korean War Memorial for Soliders from KY ~ KYGenWeb
- Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY ~ Fallen Soldiers in WWI from Kentucky
Miscellaneous
- Kentucky Postcards ~ The USGenWeb Archives Penny Postcard Project
- The KYGenWeb Footsteps ~ The Kentucky Footsteps Archives ~ KYGenWeb Special Project
Newspapers
- Kentucky News - Kentucky Newspaper Index with links
- Another Kentucky Newspaper Index with links
- Kentucky Newspapers on Microfilm - Kentucky Newspapers Available On Microfilm
Obituaries
- KY Footsteps Archives ~ KY Footsteps List Archives - thousands of obituaries here ~ KYGenWeb Project
- KY Obituary Sources ~ Kentucky Obituary Sources ~ Compiled by the KYGenWeb Project
- Links to research and locate obituaries
- Browning Genealogy Database ~ The Browning Genealogy Database - A Collection of Obituaries Compiled by Charles Browning.
- USGenWeb Archives Obituary Project ~ Kentucky Obituary Project
- Afrigeneas ~ African American death notices, obituaries and funeral programs compiled by users from current newspapers and historical sources
- Obituary Depot ~ Kentucky Newspaper Citations
- Obituary Daily Times ~ Citations to over 15,000,000 obituaries including interactive search function
- Nashville Advocate ~ Death Abstracts from the Nashville Christian Advocate
Probate
The organization Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Nelson County probate records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:
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
- The Kentucky Vital Records Project Transcriptions of and Images of KY Death Certificates - A Work in Progress ~ The KY Vital Records Project
- KY Births & Christenings ~ Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960 Family Search
- KY Deaths & Burials ~ KY Deaths & Burials 1843 - 1970
- KY Marriage Records ~ KY Marriages 1783 - 1979 ~ Family Search
- Searchable KY Vital Records ~ Searchable databases of KY Births, Deaths & Marriages
- Kentucky Marriage Records 1973 - 2000 ~ Kentucky Marriage Records - 1973 - 2000
- KY Divorces 1973 - 1993 ~ Kentucky Divorce Records 1973 - 1993 ~ University of Kentucky Vital Records Databases
- The Social Security Death Index The Social Security Death Index - Searchable
Societies and Libraries
Web Sites
- KYGenWeb project. Has maps, name indexes, history or other information for each county. Select the county.
- State of Kencucky Website
- USGenWeb Kentucky Archives ~ Kentucky in the USGenWeb Archives ~ Vital statistics, maps, obituaries, Bible records, tombstone transcriptions and many other records.
- The USGenWeb project May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
- Nelson County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
References
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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