County Court Records

A list showing the administrators named by the County for those individuals dying intestate. Information shows name of deceased, administrator, surety, name and death date of deceased. 41 pages including full name index. $5.00

Same format as in previous volume. 35 pages, full-name index. $5.00

Contains bonds for individuals dying intestate 7 April 1848-15 Aug 1852; 31 Oct 1859 - March 1867; Bonds with Wills Annexed 5 Sept 1853 - 17 Sept 1866 and appendix of deceased 18 Oct 1852 through 3 Nov 1859. A small book with a lot of information! Shows the date bond written, name of deceased, name of bondsmen; amount of bond (for certain years); waivers for those not willing to administer the estate showing relationship to deceased & other forms. 36 pages with full-name index. $10.00

Many men in the county served as constables and some as marshalls over the year; a position that was respected and they were supposed to take the position when appointed. The actual bond book did not start until 1853; before (and after) that, the appointments and resignations were recorded in the County Order Books. I have transcribed the bond information from 1799-1851 and from 1853-1887 have included photocopies of the actual bonds. Information shown includes the name of the individual; his security (bondsman), sometimes witnesses and where they lived. 195 pages including a full-name index. $18.00

Deed Books AA, A & B $15.00

Deed Books C, D & E, $15.00

Deed Books F, G & H, $12.00

Deed Books I thru N $12.00

A list of debts due from Civil Suits, Fines & Damages Aug 1800 through November 1850. $5.00

Known as the poor house in many counties, the County Farm housed for many years those who could not take care of themselves due to poverty, handicaps or other causes. Records from the County Farm are very sparse. The names shown here are taken from the census records, death certificates, cemetery records, funeral home records and a file from a late Judge. 30 pages including full-name index, $7.00

Names child, guardian, surety, age, 69 pages, $10.00

List of illegitimate births 1803-1912; 116 cases including parents, child, birth dates, some testimony, subpoenas and family information plus an explanation of the KY laws pertaining to bastard children. $10.00

1850-1884. Names child, sometimes age, parent(s) names. 198 pages, $15.00

(1894-1912) and Guardian Bonds Vol 2 (thru 1862). 154 pages, $15.00

Wilson. Other than land, early. 100 pages, $14.00

Vol 1, Peden, 1799-1803, 130 pages, $15.00

Vol 2, Peden, 1803-1805, 80 pages, $5.00

Vol 3, Peden, 1806-April 1812, 152 pages, $15.00

Vol 4: Peden, May 1812-Aug 1818, 203 pages, $20.00

Volume 4B: 1818-1827, 85 pages, $10.00

Volume 5: 1827 thru Feb 1838, 99 pages, $10.00

Next in series, this is really the 6th book miss-numbered. Covers Aug 1838 through July 1851 - a time period where little information is known. Extensive transcription with over 14,000 names shown. 305 pages with full-name index $18.00

Next in the series of the County Clerk's Order Books, this one is full of information for the researcher. Included is: names of everyone who died during this time frame, names of executors or administrators, name changes due to divorce, establishment or alterations on roads naming citizens within 2 miles, verification of Revolutionary War service, election officials, paupers & establishment of the Poor House, minister's certifications to perform marriages, allotment of widow's dower, guardianships of orphans, indentureships of children, contested wills & slave emancipations and more. 269 pages transcribed from the original book plus a 29 page full-name index of over 11,000 names cited. $25.00

Times were changing during this time frame. Metcalfe Co had formed, the old settlers were dying off. But the most dramatic event was the Civil War as it effected Barren Co. People were joining the "so called Provincial Government" or the "Confederate Cause." Positions were left vacated among Constables, Administrators, Executors & Surveyors. Judge W. R. McFerran ruled over the Court for most of this period and had to ask others to step in and take the vacated offices. There were other things going on - a divorce where the father placed his 3 years old child in apprenticeship, another who refused to claim a child as his own. Women are more frequently being named Guardians of their children or taking over handling estates. The death rate is growing by 1863 rapidly. Some activities were coming to an almost halt during this period of the war. This large book is 214 pages long and includes a 29 page index with over 10,000 entries. $25.00

The Civil War has ended, and the County Clerk's office is conducting business as if the war never existed. Included in the book, originally 553 pages long, one finds the people of the County listed by the thousands, in fact 1,084 names are cited. There are records of deaths (intestate & testate), dower assignments & divisions of lands, tavern licenses, bastardy cases, road reports showing house by house the names of most of the people living there, ministers being granted licenses to marry, naturalization of a Prussian man, the physical description (including the color of the whiskers) of those granted licenses to vend their wares, the welfare of the African-American former slave children (showing names, ages & the previous owner's name), citation of the first African-American School, the "Negro Poorhouse" and much more. 270 pages including a large full-name index. $20.00

The beginning of Logan County's records. Officials appointed, laying out roads, taverns, will references, mills and more. May not be complete. 43 pages including full name index. $5.00

1797 thru 1818. 193 pages, 18.00

Approximately 170bonds scanned from the originals. These show bondsman, securities, amount of bond, date of bond, name of child or children placed under guardianship and name of parent or relative. 178 pages including full-name index. $18.00

This is the index of Guardian's Bonds issued 1844-1858 and 1871-1878 which includes the first four volumes. There are no records found for 1859-1870. Shown is the name of the guardian and ward(s). In the first volume only, the name of the deceased parent is shown. Also shown in other volumes are additional notes including guardianships necessary for an underage ward to obtain a marriage license, notes on the value of the deceased's estate and other information. 42 pages including a full-name index. $8.00

This large book contains hundreds of records for those who died without wills and some wills. It is filled with many inventories of the estates of the deceased which had to be appraised and then sold. People from not only Warren Co but other nearby counties came to these sales where everything was sold down to rusty cans and false teeth! Family members can often be determined by those who bought at the sales and many times occupations of the deceased determined by the articles sold. Over 5,600 names shown. 328 pages with full-name index. $20.00

Names, dates, types of licenses issued. 111 pages, $19.00 E-Bok $10.00

Mar 1797 thru Jan 15, 1801, 92 pages, $19.00

Covers 15 June 1801 through 1 Jan 1805. 181 pages including full-name index. $19.00

Reneau & Gorin. Addresses of those finding stray cattle 1843 thru 1928. 50 pages, $6.00