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Wikipedia The University of Kentucky (abbrev. UK) is a public co-educational university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by Isaiah Giles as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the university is one of the state's two land-grant universities (the other being Kentucky State University), the largest college or university in the state, with 29,385 students as of Fall 2013,...
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 Knox County, Kentucky. Official Website Knox County was formed on December 19, 1799. It is usually assumed to be named for Henry Knox of Massachusetts, a Revolutionary War general and the first United States Secretary of War. However, there is strong evidence that it was actually named for James Knox. Knox was a pre-war explorer and...
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
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...
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
This project is part of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Portal. About the Project Please use this project to add, research, document, and discuss your ancestors from Kentucky. You can add profiles for: People born in Kentucky People who lived in Kentucky People who died in Kentucky When you find helpful resources for research, please share them here so that others can benefit....
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 current and past members of the Kentucky General Assembly to this project. The Kentucky General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Also called the Kentucky Legislature, the Kentucky General Assembly is made up of the Kentucky Senate and the Kentucky House of Representatives. The legislature first convened in 1792, shortly after Kentucky achi...
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...
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 | ...
Wikipedia The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public university in Louisville, Kentucky, a member of the Kentucky state university system. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of the first universities chartered west of the Allegheny Mountains. The university is mandated by the Kentucky General Assembly to be a "Preeminent Metro...