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  • Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Muhlenberg, Kentucky. Official Website Muhlenberg County was formed in 1798 and was named after General Peter Muhlenberg, who was a colonial general during the American Revolutionary War. Adjacent Counties McLean County Ohio County Hopkins County Butler County Logan County Todd County Christian County

  • Lawrence County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Lawrence County, Kentucky. Official Website The county was established in 1821 and was named for James Lawrence, and co-founded by Isaac Bolt, who served as a Lawrence County Commissioner and Justice of the Peace. Adjacent Counties Carter County Boyd County Wayne County, West Virginia Elliott County Morgan County J...

  • Magoffin County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Magoffin County, Kentucky. The county was formed in 1860 and was named for Beriah Magoffin who was Governor of Kentucky (1859–62). Adjacent Counties Johnson County Floyd County Knott County Breathitt County Wolfe County Morgan County Communities Elsie Falcon Foraker Fredville Gunlock Hendricks Iv...

  • Centre College

    Wikipedia =Centre College is a private liberal arts college located in Danville, Kentucky, a community of approximately 16,000 in Boyle County, about 35 miles south of Lexington, Kentucky. Centre is an undergraduate four-year institution with an enrollment of approximately 1,375 students. Centre was founded by Presbyterian leaders, with whom it maintains a loose affiliation, and officially char...

  • Campbell County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of people who were born, lived or died in Campbell County, Kentucky. Official Website History Campbell County was founded December 17, 1794, two years after the creation of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, becoming the state's 19th county. Campbell County was carved out of Scott, Harrison and Mason counties. The original county included all of present Boone, Kenton, Pendlet...

  • Northern Kentucky University

    Wikipedia =Northern Kentucky University is a public, co-educational university in northern Kentucky located in Highland Heights, seven miles southeast of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. The university is primarily an undergraduate, liberal arts institution, but it also features graduate programs. Total enrollment at the university currently exceeds 15,000 students, with over 13,000 undergraduate stu...

  • Marion County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Marion County, Kentucky. Official Website The county was founded in 1834 and named for Francis Marion, the American Revolutionary War hero known as the "Swamp Fox". Adjacent Counties Boyle County Casey County Taylor County Washington County LaRue County Nelson County Communities Bradfordsville Gravel Switch

  • Highland Memory Gardens, Mt. Washington, Kentucky

    This cemetery is located on 279 Landis Lane, Mount Washington, Bullitt County, Kentucky. Find a Grave

  • Highland Church Cemetery, Allen County, Kentucky

    Please add those buried in this cemetery. Find a Grave

  • Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky

    The development of Highland Cemetery started to take shape in early December 1868. The inspiration for a new cemetery was due in part because the Old Sixth Street Graveyard in Covington was filled, and Covington’s Linden Grove Cemetery had very few plots available. There are many prominent and historical people buried at Highland, with Civil War veterans and dedicated citizens of our tri-state ...

  • Highland Park Cemetery, Mayfield, Kentucky

    This cemetery is located on 223 Central Avenue, Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky. Find a Grave

  • Morehead State University

    Wikipedia =Morehead State University (MSU) is a public, co-educational university located in Morehead, Kentucky, United States, in the foothills of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Rowan County, midway between Lexington, Kentucky, and Huntington, West Virginia. The 2016 edition of "America's Best Colleges" by U.S. News & World Report named MSU one of the top 25 public universities in the Sou...

  • Hickman County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Hickman County, Kentucky. Official Website Founded in 1821, Hickman County was named for Captain Paschal Hickman of the 1st Rifle Regiment, Kentucky Militia. A resident of Franklin County, Kentucky, Hickman was wounded and captured at the Battle of Frenchtown in January 1813 and was killed by Indians in the Massacre of the River Ra...

  • Henry County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Henry County, Kentucky. Official Website The county was founded in 1798 and was named for the statesman and governor of Virginia Patrick Henry. Adjacent Counties Carroll County Owen County Trimble County Franklin County Shelby County Oldham County Communities Bethlehem Campbellsburg

  • Henderson County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Henderson County, Kentucky. Official Website History The Transylvania Co., also known as Richard Henderson & Co., in 1775 purchased from the Cherokees a large swath of wilderness between the Kentucky River and Cumberland River, encompassing approximately half of what would become Kentucky as well as a portion of northern Tennessee...

  • Hazel Green Cemetery, Hazel Green, Kentucky

    This cemetery is located on Route 191 in Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Kentucky, across the street, on the hill, from the Hazel Green Christian Church. Find a Grave Roots Web

  • Hart County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hart County, Kentucky. Official Website Hart County was formed in 1819. The county is named for Captain Nathaniel G. S. Hart, a Kentucky militia officer in the War of 1812 who was wounded at the Battle of Frenchtown and died in the Massacre of the River Raisin. The Battle of Munfordville, a Confederate victory, was fought in the co...

  • The Kentucky Migration 1780 - 1820

    The Kentucky Migration Note: This project is intended for anyone that moved to Kentucky during this period. If you have more info on why these families migrated, please feel free to add it here, or on their profiles. The first serious explorations of the Kentucky territory by English colonists had begun around 1750, and it was found that the area was not generally inhabited by Indians, but wa...

  • Trimble County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Trimble County, Kentucky. Official Website The county was founded in 1837 and is named for Robert Trimble, a lawyer and jurist who served as Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, as United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kentucky and as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U...

  • Woodford County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Woodford County, Kentucky. Official Website The county was formed from a part of Fayette County, Virginia in 1788. It was named for William Woodford, an American Revolutionary War general from Virginia who died while a prisoner of war in 1780. It was the last of the original nine counties established that formed the Commonwealth of ...

  • Garrard County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Garrard County, Kentucky. Official Website The county was formed in 1796 and was named for James Garrard, Governor of Kentucky from 1796 to 1804. Garrard County is the home of Camp Dick Robinson, the first Federal base south of the Ohio River during the Civil War. Adjacent Counties Boyle County Mercer County Lincoln Count...

  • Barren County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of people who were born, lived or died in Barren County, Kentucky. Official County Overview Barren County was established in 1798 from land given by Green County and Warren County. Like most of south central Kentucky , Barren County was settled by the 'Scots-Irish , and still bears many cultural aspects that trace back to that heritage. The Scottish heritage is the most ...

  • Hardin County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hardin County, Kentucky. Official Website Hardin County was established in 1792 and was named for Col. John Hardin, a Continental Army officer during the American Revolution and a brother of the Capt. William Hardin who founded Hardinsburg. The county is known for being the birthplace of former U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, thoug...

  • Owen County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Owen County, Kentucky. Official Website Owen County was formed as the 63rd county by the Commonwealth of Kentucky and approved February 6, 1819. The county is named for Colonel Abraham Owen. Adjacent Counties Carroll County Gallatin County Grant County Scott County Henry County Franklin County Cities & Communities

  • Happy Valley Memorial Gardens, Glasgow, Kentucky

    This cemetery is located on 1504 Happy Valley Road, Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky. It's also known as Glasgow Memorial Gardens . Find a Grave

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