Kentucky Archives Project
Jefferson County

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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.

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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
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 McHatton
Page 2 Births	Image	Mar 2009	Douglas D McHatton
Page 3 Births	Image	Mar 2009	Douglas D McHatton
Page 4 Deaths	Image	Mar 2009	Douglas D McHatton
Page-1 Marriages	Image	Mar 2009	Douglas D McHatton
Page-2 Births	Image	Mar 2009	Douglas D McHatton

Biographies

File Description	Size	Date	Submitter
Biographies

Births

File Description	Size	Date	Submitter
Whiting, Richard Gatlin May 3, 1848		05/07/2018	Roger Whiting
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
Friddle John (1900 US Census)		Jan 2008	Douglas D McHatton
McHatton I. (1870 US Census)		Jan 2008	Douglas D McHatton
McHatton Isaac (1850 US Census)		Jan 2008	Douglas D McHatton
McHatton Isaac (1880 US Census)		Jan 2008	Douglas D McHatton
McHatton Nancy (1870 US Census)		Jan 2008	Douglas D McHatton
McHatton Nancy (1880 US Census)		Jan 2008	Douglas D McHatton
MCHATTON, Nancy (1860 US Census)		Jan 2008	Douglas D McHatton
MCHATTON, Nancy (1860 US Census)		Jan 2008	Douglas D McHatton

Churches

File Description	Size	Date	Submitter
Edward Straney new pastor		10-14-2000	Pat S.
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

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
Askins, Nettie December 30, 1919		09/2020	Peggy Russell
Boone, David Gerald 1948		02/28/2018	Phyllis Gaffney
Bristow, Callie D August 9, 1924	2K	Jun 2014	Marilynn Wienke
Bristow, N.S. October 26, 1926	2K	Jun 2014	Marilynn Wienke
Deaths & Certificates
Hatcher and Saddler Burials, Dean thru Doyle, 1899-1962		11-25-2004	Sandi Gorin
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
Clark, George Rogers Rev War Pension Affidavit		12-12-2002	Neville, Janet
Darling, Lambert (Indian War)		03-21-2000	Judy C.
Hortenbury Fielding Fields Felix, (Civil War)		09-08-2001	Brenda W.
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

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
Breckinridge News "personals" January 8, 1913		1-29-2006	Dana Brown
Breckinridge News "personals" 1915		Nov 2008	David Rafferty
Jeffersontown Baptist Church 100th Anniversary		03-26-2001	Pat S.
Jeffersontown Baptist Church fire (1937)		03-26-2001	Pat S.
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.
Memorial contribution for Louisville Baptist Orphan's Home		04-16-2001	Pat S.
Mrs. Kate Cherry celebrates 100th birthday, 1963		09-02-1997	Beulah F.
Oct. 21, 1917 news (marriage/obit/will contested/etc.)		01-03-2001	Pat S.
Shooting of Dawson Wigginton		08-18-2000	Brenda W.
Southern News from the Georgia Enterprise, 22 Aug 1889		8-26-2005	Phyllis Thompson
Sue Swearingen receive B.M.F. Degree		06-18-2000	Brenda W. & Marion
The Louisville Courier-Journal, Tuesday, 7-30-1957		06-02-2004	Roger Mattingly
The Louisville Times, Tuesday, 7-30-1957		06-02-2004	Roger Mattingly
Williams-Kraemer Engagement May 30, 1971	1K	Dec 2013	Susan Day
Wilson-Jeffries Engagement May 30, 1971	1K	Dec 2013	Susan Day
Wiseman-Martin Engagement May 30, 1971	1K	Dec 2013	Susan Day
Wolfe-Witherington Engagement May 30, 1971	1K	Dec 2013	Susan Day
Yost-Knight Engagement May 30, 1971	1K	Dec 2013	Susan Day

Obituaries

File Description	Size	Date	Submitter
Obituaries

Photographs

File Description	Size	Date	Submitter
1945 Flood Photos from the "Point" area
Adlam, George	Image 65K	May 2013	Susan Day
Adlam, Josephine V	Image 11K	May 2013	Susan Day
Cowherd, Benjamin Richard	Image 53K	9/25/2005	Barbara McGee
Cralle, Amy Marie Adlam 1836	Image	02/05/2018	Susan Day
Cralle, Elenora Elizabeth Vertrees	Image	02/05/2018	Susan Day
Mr & Mrs Lee Cralle	Image	02/05/2018	Susan Day
Cralle, Mary Ellen Miller	Image	02/05/2018	Susan Day
Crall Family - Louisville Transfer Co Abt. 1896	Image	02/05/2018	Susan Day
Distillery in Louisville, Ky			kybrenda@aol.com
Kessler, Henry Nelson, cab driver for B Line Cab Co.			Diane Brown
Landers, Burr Harrison	Image 47K	Apr 2008	Paulina Thorne
Lucasey / Lucchesi / Dorecy, Possibly Catherine		1/21/2006	Wayne Leblanc
Miller, Mary Ellen	Image 36K	May 2013	Susan Day
Sally Neill Roach Passport Application	Image 173K	Mar 2008	Judy Harvey
Wheeler, Paula Lee May 30, 1971	Image 285K	Dec 2013	Susan Day
Williams, Carol Ann May 30, 1971	Image 288K	Dec 2013	Susan Day
Wilson, Pamela Elizabeth May 30, 1971	Image 298K	Dec 2013	Susan Day
Wiseman, Joy Diane May 30, 1971	Image 285K	Dec 2013	Susan Day
Witzmann - Hull Family Photo	Image 94K	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
Tombstones
File Description	Image	Date	Submitter
Aslam, Amy Shepperd	Image	02/05/2018	Susan Day

Wills

File Description	Size	Date	Submitter
Budd, John 1836		08-12-2001	Anne L.
Burks, John 1832		07-01-2000	Anne L.
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.
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.
Tucker, Sarah D. Stone 1858		04-19-1998	Ardahl@aol.com
Wilhoit, John 1814		01-24-2003	John McCachern
Williams, Henry, 1843		02-28-2007	Patricia Anderegg
Zilhart, Philip 1835		10-22-1998	Maria T.

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