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In 1870, St. Mary Parish (the Cathedral Parish) purchased a 43 acre plot of land on the Lexington Pike (Dixie Highway) for use as a parish cemetery. Bishop Augustus Maria Toebbe blessed the cemetery on July 17, 1870. The property was purchased for $9,500.00. Immediately, steps were taken to layout the lots and to beautify the grounds. Over the next few decades, the cemetery was expanded in size...
Established in 1887 to provide sacred burial grounds for Catholics of Northern Kentucky and their families, today Mother of God serves persons of all faiths. It is a unique place of prayer and devotion to the souls of the faithful departed, we invite you to visit. Mother of God Cemetery Website Mother of God Cemetery, Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, was first located at 26th Street & M...
Wikipedia Transylvania University is a private university in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. It was founded in 1780, making it the first university in Kentucky and among the oldest in the United States. It offers 36 major programs, as well as dual-degree engineering programs, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Transylvania's name, meaning "across the wood...
Scope of Project To build a single, validated and documented shared family tree for the Barnes families, from earliest origins to near modern times. How to Participate Send a request to collaborate on this project and I'll add you as a collaborator. If the profile is a public profile you have edit rights to, then navigate to the profile and under "More Actions" choose "Add to project" or cl...
Persons of note who were born, raised, or spent portions of their lives in the American Commonwealth of Kentucky. Additions to the list welcome.===notables===* John Adair pioneer and political leader;* Muhammad Ali , boxer* Alben W. Barkley vice president;* Louis D. Brandeis jurist;* John Mason Brown critic;* Kit Carson scout;* Champ Clark politician;* George Clooney actor;* Rosemary Clooney si...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Franklin County, Kentucky. Official Website Franklin County was established in 1795 and was named after the American inventor and statesman Benjamin Franklin. Adjacent Counties Anderson County Henry County Owen County Shelby County Scott County Woodford County Communities Bald Knob Bridgeport
Little Hope Cemetery is a community church cemetery with over three hundred burials dating from 1857 to the present. A majority of the markers are commercial tablets, blocks and obelisks in marble and granite. Professional engravings include Biblical and personal epitaphs, as well as symbols to commemorate fraternal orders. There is at least one example of cement plot liners. Other markers incl...
This cemetery is located on Highway 549, Carroll County, Kentucky. Find a Grave
This cemetery was located off the Carden Road, near the intersection with Dripping Springs Road, in Oil Springs, Barren County, Kentucky.. It has been destroyed and is no longer identifiable. Find a Grave
From Glasgow, in Barren County, Kentucky, go west on Hwy 90 to the Lee Fendell Road, it will be on the left. Pass Lee Fendell Road, turning left at the next lane, Harlow Cemetery Road. and follow .4 mile to the farm formerly owned by C H Harlow. The cemetery is between the house and barn. It is fenced and well kept. Find a Grave
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Pike County, Kentucky. Official Website The county was founded in 1821 and was named for General Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak. Between 1860 and 1891 the Hatfield-McCoy feud raged in Pike and in bordering Mingo County, West Virginia. Adjacent Counties Martin County Mingo County, WV Floyd County Kn...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Daviess County, Kentucky. Official Website History Daviess County was established in 1815. The county is named for Major Joseph Hamilton Daveiss (a recording error in the State Clerk's office accounts for the error in spelling, which was never corrected), the United States Attorney who unsuccessfully prosecuted Aaron Burr. The cou...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Johnson County, Kentucky. Official Website History Johnson County was formed on February 24, 1843 by the Kentucky General Assembly. At that time, its county seat of Paintsville had already been a chartered city for nine years. Homes had been built in Paintsville as early as the 1810s. Many of the families at the beginning of Johnso...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Laurel County, Kentucky.Laurel County was established by an act of the general assembly, December 21, 1825 and was named for the Laurel River.Laurel County was the location of the Battle of Wildcat Mountain, a pivotal yet little known battle during the American Civil War that kept Confederate armies from advancing on Big Hill, a major...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Breathitt County, Kentucky. History The area now encompassed by Kentucky's Breathitt County was first bounded in 1772, when all of what is now the state of Kentucky was in the frontier county of Fincastle County, Virginia. Fincastle was divided in 1776, with the western portion named Kentucky County, Virginia. In 1780, Virginia se...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Harlan County, Kentucky. History Harlan County was formed in 1819. It is named after Silas Harlan. With the help of his uncle Jacob and his brother James, Harlan built a log stockade near Danville, which was known as "Harlan's Station". The Harlan County War in the 1930s consisted of violent confrontations among strikers, strikeb...
From The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820 The opening of the trans-Appalachian West launched one of the greatest land rushes in American history. Contrary to legend, however, most of the land was won not by hardy pioneers seeking a family farmstead but by wealthy individuals and powerful companies who quickly claimed possession of all the prime areas. By the beginning of th...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Clay County, Kentucky. Official Website The county was formed in 1807 and named in honor of Green Clay (1757–1826). Clay was a member of the Virginia and Kentucky State legislatures. Adjacent Counties Owsley County Perry County Leslie County Bell County Knox County Laurel County Jackson County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Cumberland County, Kentucky. Official Website Cumberland County was created in 1798 from land given by Green County. It was named for the Cumberland River. In 1829, the first oil well in the United States was dug three miles north of Burkesville. However, it is usually not recognized as such because the drillers were looking for sal...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Owsley County, Kentucky. History Owsley County was formed in 1843 and was named for Governor William Owsley. It is known as the poorest white county in the United States. The first settlers in Owsley County were John Renty Baker and John Abner. They settled there in about 1780 near the present Clay County line at Courtland. A gra...
This cemetery is located on 1287 Chalybeate School Road, Chalybeate, Edmonson County, Kentucky. It's also known as Chalybeate Springs Cemetery . Find a Grave
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Knott County, Kentucky. Official Website Knott County was established in 1884 and was named for James Proctor Knott, Governor of Kentucky (1883-1887). Adjacent Counties Floyd County Magoffin County Pike County Breathitt County Perry County Letcher County Cities & Communities Anco | Bath | Bearville | Betty | ...
Other than a few badly weathered/broken grave markers and possibly a number of unmarked graves that can not be read, every name on every tombstone that is readable has been entered into this Find A Grave cemetery. The oldest internment date, as determined by tombstone dates, is 1878. A picture of every tombstone that could be found in this cemetery was taken July 2011. It is located on Greenbri...
This cemetery is located on KY Highway 70, Hiseville, Barren County, Kentucky. Find a Grave So-KY.com
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jessamine County, Kentucky. Official Website Located within the Inner Blue Grass region, long a center of farming and blooded stock raising, Jessamine County was established in 1798 and was named for Jessamine Douglass, the daughter of a pioneer settler. Most of the early pioneers were from Virginia, who came through the mountains a...