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Barren County was formed in 1799 from Green & Warren Counties


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Bibles
Description
Size
Date
Submitter
James A. Biggerstaff Family   3/24/18 Sandi Gorin
Boles Family   3/25/18 Sandi Gorin
John Boles Family   4/09/18 Sandi Gorin
George Washington Boles Family   3/26/18 Sandi Gorin
Josiah and Phoebe Greer Chambers   3/24/2018 Sandi Gorin
Chambers Family   3/24/2018 Sandi Gorin
Cox Family   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
Crenshaw Family   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
Davis-Caldwell Family   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
Denham Family   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
Denton Family   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
Depp Family   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
Dossey Family   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
Dougherty Family   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
Ellis Family   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
H. D. Elmore Family   3/24/2018 Sandi Gorin
Elliott-Pepper-Warder-Leach   3/26/18 Sandi Gorin
Hodges Family   3/24/2018 Sandi Gorin
Huggins Family Register   3/26/18 Sandi Gorin
Estes Family   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
Faulkner Family   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
Franklin Family   3/24/2018 Sandi Gorin
James Frazier   3/25/18 Sandi Gorin
Gorin-Mansfield Family pt. 2   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
Grinstead Family, Philip Wade   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
Grinstead Family   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
Hamilton Family   3/24/2018 Sandi Gorin
Mansfield Family   3/24/2018 Sandi Gorin
Mansfield Family   3/26/18 Sandi Gorin
Moses Thompson Marshall Family   3/24/18 Sandi Gorin
Edmund Rogers Family   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
William Edmund Rucker Family   02/18/2018 Sandi Gorin
Rowntree Family   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
Rush Family   4/09/18 Sandi Gorin
Rutledge Family   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
James Sims Family   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
Slemmons, George   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
Scott Family   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
Scrivener Family   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
Shelton Family   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
Shirley Family, Robert   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
Shirley Family, John M   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
Shirley Family, James A   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
Sims Family, John   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
Thomas J. Shirley Family   7/15/2017 Sandi Gorin
Trabue Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Tolle Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Thomerson Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Abraham Perry Taylor Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Story Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Stewart-Cary Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Jasper Harding Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Spradlin Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Spencer Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Smith-Wilborn Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
John "Leggs" Smith Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
John Smith Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Sam Hayes Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
John A. Smith Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Edgar Sperry Smith Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Weaver Family   6/27/2017 Sandi Gorin
Waldrop Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Wade Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Bennett J. Taylor Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Smith-Bagby Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Harvey Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
William Smith Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Harrison Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Harlow Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
John Smith Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Lewis Hanes Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Hall Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Grinstead Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Berryman Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Jno. P. Smith Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Sperry Smith Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Jonathan Gott Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Gillock Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Gill Family   6/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Hill Family   05/27/2017 Sandi Gorin
Kidwell Family   05/27/2017 Sandi Gorin
Hamilton Family   3/25/18 Sandi Gorin
Hatcher Family   05/27/2017 Sandi Gorin
Humes Family   05/27/2017 Sandi Gorin
Hicks Family   05/27/2017 Sandi Gorin
Hensley Family   05/27/2017 Sandi Gorin
Jordan Family   05/27/2017 Sandi Gorin
Jones Family   05/27/2017 Sandi Gorin
Jones Family   3/25/18 Sandi Gorin
Kidwell Family   05/27/2017 Sandi Gorin
Whitney Family   05/27/2017 Sandi Gorin
Wells Family   05/27/2017 Sandi Gorin
John Landrum Family   05/05/2017 Sandi Gorin
Green Lee Family   05/05/2017 Sandi Gorin
Benjamin Levell Family   05/05/2017 Sandi Gorin
Lewis Family   05/05/2017 Sandi Gorin
Lewis Family   05/05/2017 Sandi Gorin
Locke Family   05/05/2017 Sandi Gorin
Luckett Family   05/04/2017 Sandi Gorin
Lyons Family   05/04/2017 Sandi Gorin
Mansfield Family   05/04/2017 Sandi Gorin
Mansfield   04/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Samuel Marshall Family   05/04/2017 Sandi Gorin
Martin Family   05/04/2017 Sandi Gorin
M.S. Matthews   05/04/2017 Sandi Gorin
Maxwell Family   05/04/2017 Sandi Gorin
Maxey Family   05/03/2017 Sandi Gorin
William Reaves   05/04/2017 Sandi Gorin
John Ritter Family   04/09/18 Sandi Gorin
Meador   04/29/2017 Sandi Gorin
Clarence Miller   04/29/2017 Sandi Gorin
Monroe   04/29/2017 Sandi Gorin
Norvell Bible   04/29/2017 Sandi Gorin
Tarpley Oldham   04/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
James Tarpley Oldham   04/28/2017 Sandi Gorin
Ovestreet   04/27/2017 Sandi Gorin
Page   04/27/2017 Sandi Gorin
Henry Roundtree 1.9k 10-19-05 Sandi Gorin
Thomas Wells, Holy Bible 2k 7-9-97 COL Pascal E. Bailey  
Tompkins Family   3/24/18 Sandi Gorin
Wilkinson Family   3/24/18 Sandi Gorin
Charles E. Wilkinson Family   3/26/18 Sandi Gorin
Wilcoxson Family 2k 1-21-05 David Atwell
John Wood Family   3/23/2018 Sandi Gorin

Biographies
Description
Size
Date
Submitter
Davidson, E.k. January 5, 1858 4k 12/2005 Sandi Gorin  
Davidson, M.E. 2k 8/08/04 Sandi Gorin  
Davidson, Wm. A. 2122b 8/16/04 Sandi Gorin  
Dickey, Henry 1.9 KB 3/5/04 Sandi Gorin  
Dickey, Prior March 9, 1861 - unknown 4.27b 4/21/05 Sandi Gorin  
Forbes, Dr. Joseph H. (J.H.) 1837
1.11 K 7/22/11
Glover, John .99k 6/1608 Diana Flynn
Glover, Joseph and Mary (McManus) 2k 7-9-97 Diana Flynn
Goodman, Amos I.
6/16/08
Hamilton, Abner
5.73 K  2/ 20/12
Virgle Lee Chappell
Jones, William B. 1816 - Unknown 4K 6-9-05 Sandi Gorin  
Ritter, Burwell C. 1810 804b 11-04 Sandi Gorin  
Turley, Aaron 2k 7-9-97 Diana Flynn
Turley, Jonathan 2k 7-9-97 Diana Flynn
Weedin, Samuel Moore 1k 8/13/04 Sandi Gorin  

Births
Description
Size
Date
Submitter
Various names, reported 23 Jun 1976 1k 2-08-04 Sandi Gorin  
Births, Reported 1976 2k 8/16/04 Sandi Gorin  
Christopher Mathews, 1976 1k 2-08-04 Sandi Gorin  
Cemeteries
File Description
Size
Date
Submitter
Duvall and Duvall-Gorin Cemeteries 2k 8-18-98 Sandi Gorin 
Camp Ground Cemetery 11k 8-18-98 Charles Finn
Duvall and Duvall-Gorin Cemeteries 2k 9/08/98 Sandi Gorin 
Edmunds' Cemetery (#1) 2.5k 8-18-98 Eric & Kathy Johnson
Captain Edmunds' Cemetery (#2) 2.7k 8-18-98 Eric & Kathy Johnson
Hall-Harlow Cemetery - Partial Survey
897b
28 Jul 2011
Floyd Harlow
Mt Tabor Church Cem
1k
28-Jul-2011
Floyd Harlow

Census
File Description
Size
Date
Submitter
List of names in 1810 Barren Co. Census 22k 2-3-98 Sandi Gorin
List of names in 1820 Barren Co. Census 19k 3-27-98 Sandi Gorin
List of names in 1830 Barren Co. Census 26.5k 8-17-98 Sandi Gorin
List of names in 1840 Barren Co. Census (A-L)
1840 Census continued (M-Z)
18.4k 
16.1k
8-2-99 Sandi Gorin
1850 Index 18.4k 2-16-2000 S-K Publications
1850 Index A-C 18.4k 1999 Shirley Combs
1850 Index D-G 18.4k 1999 Shirley Combs
1850 Index H-L 18.4k 1999 Shirley Combs
1850 Index M-R 18.4k 1999 Shirley Combs
1850 Index S-Y 18.4k 1999 Shirley Combs
1850 pages 250 2003 Shirley Combs
1910 Federal Census Barren County, Kentucky (ED 15:  File 1 of 7) 194k 1-6-03 Debbie Coulter
1910 Federal Census Barren County, Kentucky (ED 15:  File 2 of 7) 192k 1-6-03 Debbie Coulter
1910 Federal Census Barren County, Kentucky (ED 15:  File 3 of 7) 193k 1-6-03 Debbie Coulter
1910 Federal Census Barren County, Kentucky (ED 15:  File 4 of 7) 193k 1-6-03 Debbie Coulter
1910 Federal Census Barren County, Kentucky (ED 15:  File 5 of 7) 192k 1-6-03 Debbie Coulter
1910 Federal Census Barren County, Kentucky (ED 15:  File 6 of 7) 190k 1-6-03 Debbie Coulter
1910 Federal Census Barren County, Kentucky (ED 15:  File 7 of 7) 80.5k 1-6-03 Debbie Coulter

Churches
File Description
Size
Date
Submitter
Beech Grove Membership Continued 1876 - 1889 1K 2-06-04 Sandi Gorin  
BEECH GROVE CHURCH OF CHRIST MINUTES CONT List of Deaths 1kb 6-21-04 Sandi Gorin  
BEECH GROVE CHURCH OF CHRIST MEMBERSHIP CONT 1kb 6-21-04 Sandi Gorin  

Beech Grove Church Of Christ Minutes 1881-1882

1.7 KB 11-22-04 Sandi Gorin  

Beech Grove Church Of Christ Minutes 1876-1889

1.8 KB 11-22-04 Sandi Gorin  
Beech Grove Church Of Christ Minutes 1876 1.7 KB 11-22-04 Sandi Gorin  
Beech Grove Church Of Christ Minutes 2.1 KB 11-22-04 Sandi Gorin  

Beech Grove Church Of Christ Minutes Copyright Date July 3

2.0 KB 11-22-04 Sandi Gorin  

Beech Grove Church Of Christ Minutes July 3 1858

1.9 KB 11-22-04 Sandi Gorin  

Beech Grove Church Of Christ Minutes Deaths

1.4 KB 11-22-04 Sandi Gorin  
Beech Grove Church Of Christ Minutes - Conclusion 1.7 KB 11-22-04 Sandi Gorin  
Dripping Springs Baptist Church
3.0 KB 3/2/2005 Sandi Gorin  
Mt. Tabor Church History 18.3 KB    

Court Records
File Description
Size
Date
Submitter
Court Index/Table of Contents

Deaths & Obits
Surname Index

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L
M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X |
Y | Z

Hatcher & Sadler Funeral Home Records
A.F. Crow Funeral Home Records

Deeds & Land Surveys
File Description
Size
Date
Submitter
Deeds & Land Records Index/Table of Contents

History
File
Description
Size
Date
Submitter
legis.txt Kentucky Assembly Extracts, 1792-1799 22.2K 7/15/1997 Bettie Kain  
12mar1842.txt Acts of the KY Legislature 3.74K 3/21/2001 Regina
historic places Barren County in the National Register of Historic Places
historic district Barren County's Historic Districts
1873_cholera Narrative of the 1873 Cholera Epidemic in Kentucky

Marriages
File Description
Size
Date
Submitter
Marriages Index/Table of Contents

Military
File Description
Size
Date
Submitter
War of 1812
Foster, Henry Enlistment 20th, 12th and 8th Inf. Regiments
2.1K
11/8/13
Robert Foster
Foster, Henry Enlistment 12th & 8th U. S. Inf. Reg's
2.6K
11/12/13
Robert Foster
Foster, Henry Enlistment 12th & 8th U. S. Inf. Reg's. U. S. Army 
2.8K
11/29/13
Robert Foster
Civil War
Bounty Land Recipients, Parts 1 - 5
various
Sandi Gorin   
Pioneer Soldiers, 1778 - 1781
9k Dec 1998 Sandi Gorin   
KY Pension Roll of 1835 975K 9/30/1998 William R. Navey
Barren Co. Confederate Soldiers Burial Locations 9k 2-3-98 Joey Oller
Barren County Union Soldiers Burial Locations 10.5k 3-27-98 Scott Fife
Deaths & Burial Locations - Addition #1
Deaths & Burial Locations - Addition #2
Deaths & Burial Locations - Addition #3
2.04k
1.92k
1.67k
5-29-05 Sandi Gorin 
Barren County Soldiers - Additions #4
Barren County Soldiers - Additions #5
Barren County Soldiers - Additions #6
Barren County Soldiers - Additions #7
3.81k
905b
2.12k
2.6k
5-7-04
6-21-04
3-29-05
6-3-05
Sandi Gorin 
Barren County Orphan Brigade Soldiers 19k 2-3-98 Sandi Gorin
Kentucky in the Civil War Archives
Fallen KY Soldiers in WWI Annette Bame Peebles   
Korean War Deaths   10/8/2004 Darrell Warner   
WWI Deaths & Injured 3.37K 3-29-05 Sandi Gorin
Korean War Missing Personnel for KY DPMO
Vietnam War Missing Personnel for KY DPMO
Personnel Roster of the USS Bosque, WWII Cargo Ship
Individual Soldier Files
Rev War Pension for John Burch, 1832 10.1k 8-6-99 Betty Wasson
Bastin, LeonCecil (induction into service) 71.42k 11/30/04

Edith Bastin

Bastin, Cecil Leo 1k 4-28-05 Sandi Gorin
Boyd, William September 1832 12k 6-2006 Nancy Poquette

Miscellaneous
File
Description
Size
Date
Submitter
Kentucky County Formations & Courthouse Disasters 97K 2/8/2000 John Picklesimer  
Kentucky Lawyers in 1859 28.1K 8/25/2000 Lora Young &
Mary Yoder   
KY Postoffices & Postmasters, 1816 10.1K 11/27/1998 Gwen Hurst
Rev. F. C. CHILDRESS Memoirs November 1875 3.6 k 3/22/2005  
KY Digital Map Library in the USGenWeb Archives
Kentucky County Formation Maps
Phelps' Travelers Guide Through The United States, Published in 1850

News
File Description
Size
Date
Submitter
John C. Hamilton
7.5K
2/20/12
Virgle Lee Chappell
Asks Wife for Fare Home 1k 12/15/05 Sandi Gorin  
A Young Man's Suicide July 16, 1886 2k 12/15/05 Sandi Gorin  
Operation Performed on James Richie 726k 5-7-04 Sandi Gorin  
FLAG DAY ARTICLE 1kb 6-21-04 Sandi Gorin  
Neighborhood News
November 19 1901
1.8 KB 3/4/05 Sandi Gorin  
News & Notes December 23, 1897 3.2 KB 3/4/05 Sandi Gorin  
News Snippets December 30, 1897 2.7 KB 3/4/05 Sandi Gorin  
Tidbits April 16, 1898 1.1 KB 3/4/05 Sandi Gorin  
Tidbits April 17, 1898 1.0 KB 3/4/05 Sandi Gorin  
Tidbits April 18, 1898 0.7 KB 3/4/05 Sandi Gorin  
News & Notes December 30, 1897 Part 1
News & Notes December 30, 1897 Part 2
1.58k 3/29/05 Sandi Gorin  
News & Notes 1900 3.73 K 3/29/05 Sandi Gorin  
News & Notes April 1900
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

2.94k
3.5k
1.46k
3/29/05 Sandi Gorin  
News Tidbits December 1900 3.51 3/29/05 Sandi Gorin  
News & Notes November 19, 1901
Part 1
Part 2

2.5K
5.8K
3/4/05 Sandi Gorin  
Singular and Deadly November 30, 1896 1.29 KB 11/06 Sandi Gorin  

Schools
File Description
Size
Date
Submitter
Schools Index/Table of Contents

 

Tombstones
File Description
Size
Date
Submitter
Claywell, Claywell 1k 20 May 2009 Angela Rice
Claywell, Claywell 293.1 Kb
20 May 2009 Angela Rice
Crabtree, Amey 1k 20 May 2009 Angela Rice
Crabtree, Amey 249.0 Kb 20 May 2009 Angela Rice
Crabtree, George H. 1k 20 May 2009 Angela Rice
Crabtree, George H. 89k 20 May 2009 Angela Rice
Female, Unknown 1k 20 May 2009 Angela Rice
Female, Unknown 292.6 Kb
20 May 2009 Angela Rice


Wills, Estate Records & Probate Files
File Description
Size
Date
Submitter
Bailey, W. T. 762b 8/22/04 Sandi Gorin  
Browning, Samuel 1.1k 7/17/04 Sandi Gorin  
Bybee, William And Ann 1k 7/17/04 Sandi Gorin  
Bybee, William 1k 7/17/04 Sandi Gorin  
Chapman, James - 1867 1.3k 8/5/99 Vickie Connor
Chapman, John R. - 1979 2.3k 8/5/99 Vickie Connor
Dickinson, Thomas C. 1.2k 12/12/04 Sherry Ward
Ellis, William 1k 8/13/04 Sandi Gorin  
Ferrell, Anna July 29, 1830
2.3K
01-Jan-2015
Virginia Blalock
Foster, John January 11, 1825
2.1K
12-Nov-2013
Robert Foster
Foster, John 1825
2.1K
29-Nov-2013
Robert Foster
Hiser, John - 1839 4.0k 8/5/99 Cyndi Pote
Martin, Widow
900b 8/22/04 Sandi Gorin  
Newland, John - 1862 3.7k 8/5/99 J.R. Newland
Renfro, Joshua 1.1k 7/17/04 Sandi Gorin  
Renfro, W. B. 0.8k 8/13/04 Sandi Gorin  
Christy, Andrew - 1850 2.3k 12/17/01 Sherry Ward
Low, Caleb, 1883 4k 9/22/02 Sherry Ward
Young, Ambrose Madison 1836 5.9 k 3/12/05 Ann West

 

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