History and Biographies of Todd and Christian Counties, Kentucky

Be it Enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That from and after the first day of April next, all that part of said counties of Logan and Christian, contained in the following boundary, to wit: Beginning on the Tennessee State line, at the present corner of the counties of Logan and Christian, on said State line; thence on a straight line to the Muhlenberg County line, two miles east of the present corner of said counties of Logan and Christian, on said Muhlenberg County line; then westwardly with said Muhlenberg County line, until a due south line will strike a point ten miles due east of the most eastwardly boundary of the town of Hopkinsville, and continue south to the said State line, and eastwardly with it to the place of beginning, shall be one distinct county, called and known by the name of Todd, in honor of the memory of Col. John Todd, who gallantly fell in the service of his country on the [19th] day of August, 1782, at the battle of the Blue Licks.

History of Todd County, Kentucky

• Early Explorations of Kentucky
• Early Surveys and Settlements of Kentucky
• Indian Demonstrations at Boonesboro, Kentucky
• George Rogers Clarke’s Campaign
• Development of the Kentucky Settlements
• Kentucky’s Early Political Development
• Geography of Todd County, Kentucky
• Todd County, Kentucky Geological Speculations
• Traces Of The Earliest Kentucky Inhabitants
• The Indians of Todd County, Kentucky
• The Pioneers of Todd County, Kentucky
• A Kentucky Barren
• The Log-Cabin
• Early Kentucky Amusements
• Courtship and Marriage in Early Kentucky
• Political Development of Todd County, Kentucky
• Public Buildings of Todd County, Kentucky
• Todd County, Kentucky Courts and Bar
• Social Development of Todd County, Kentucky
• Early Church Influence in Todd County, Kentucky
• Early Educational Interests in Todd County, Kentucky

Biographies of Christian County, Kentucky

• Biographical Sketch of William B. Blackburn
• Biography of James Breathitt
• Biography of Joshua Cates
• Biography of Hon. Joseph B. Crockett
• Biography of Hon. Rezin Davidge
• Biography of Hon. Ninian Edwards
• Biography of Hon. Robert P. Henry
• Biography of Gov. Charles S. Morehead
• Biography of Gov. John M. Palmer
• Biography of Hon. Benjamin Shackelford
• Biographical Sketch of Fidelio C. Sharp
• Biography of Abraham Stites

Biographies of Todd County, Kentucky

1. Adams, R. N.
2. Anderson, F. L.
3. Arnold, Lycurgus H.
4. Bailey, D. L.
5. Barksdale, William H.
6. Bartlett, Joseph W., Dr.
7. Bass, R. F.
8. Bearden, William R.
9. Beazley, Thomas
10. Bell, John F.
11. Bell, William M.
12. Bellamy, R. D.
13. Bivin, John Brown
14. Bradshaw, Robert
15. Brown, Elijah C.
16. Brown, M. D., Col.
17. Brumfield, Charles C.
18. Buckley, William O.
19. Buie, William E.
20. Butler, Benjamin B.
21. Byars, Alexander T., Sr.
22. Byars, F. M.
23. Camp, Thomas J.
24. Carneal, Benjamin F.
25. Cathcart, Enoch J.
26. Chesnut, Franklin M.
27. Chesnut, Samuel
28. Christian, Richard C.
29. Clark, Wade M.
30. Cocke, William B.
31. Cole, W. F.
32. Coleman, R. H.
33. Coleman, W. W.
34. Crutchfield, Charles B.
35. Dance, Thomas P.
36. Davis, Jacob B.
37. Deason, W. H.
38. Dickinson, Joseph S., Dr.
39. Downer, Benjamin

Downer, John S.

1. Downer, Preston E.
2. Downer, Robert W.
3. Duffy, P. O.
4. Duncan, James D.
5. Eddins, Benjamin D.
6. Finch, John R.
7. Foster, J. Robert
8. Fox, Lucy A.
9. Francis, P. D.
10. Fulcher, John W.
11. Galbraith, T. W.
12. Garth, Egbert
13. Garth, George E.
14. Gill, G. H.
15. Gill, W. S.
16. Girod, Louis N.
17. Goodman, Daniel E.
18. Grady, James R., Dr.
19. Grady, Robert R., Dr.
20. Graves, Marcus M.
21. Griffin, P. C.
22. Grissam, John W.
23. Haddox, Charles W.
24. Hale, Jonah W.
25. Hall, James H.
26. Hall, M.
27. Hardison, Richard C.
28. Harrel, George A., Dr.
29. Heltsley, John H.
30. Hill, Benjamin F.
31. Hinkle, John H.
32. Hinton, Samuel
33. Holland, John
34. Hollins, R. Clarence
35. Hollins, R. T.
36. Hunter, Melville C.
37. Jefferson, Walter B., Dr.
38. Jesup, George W.
39. Jesup, William H.
40. Johnson, B. D.
41. Johnson, Vertner R.
42. Jones, Elijah N.
43. Jones, Samuel H.
44. Jordan, Coleman
45. Kay, N. E.
46. Kennedy, Michael
47. Kimbrough, W. L.
48. King, Sarah F., Miss.
49. Latham, G. W.
50. Lear, George
51. Lewis, Augustus, Dr.
52. Lewis, George B.
53. Lewis, John W.
54. Lindsey, Romulus A.
55. Linebaugh, Jo
56. Link, William R.
57. Lowry, S. M., Dr.
58. Luckett, J. W.
59. McColpin, Barnet
60. McColpin, Charner A.
61. McElwain, Alexander
62. McElwain, James C.
63. McGehee, Charles J.
64. McGehee, Samuel
65. McGehee, William C.
66. McKinney, Alva T., Dr.
67. McKinney, Robert H.
68. McLeod, Alexander O.
69. McReynolds, John O., Dr.
70. Meriwether, Douglas
71. Meriwether, W. D., Dr.
72. Merritt, Daniel R., Dr.
73. Miles, Felix G.
74. Mimms, Thomas S.
75. Mobley, William E., Elder
76. Moore, Andrew Norton
77. Morgan, Daniel
78. Morton, H. Edgar
79. Murphy, John W.
80. Norris, T. P.
81. O’Daniel, Aaron Virgil
82. Pendleton, James R.
83. Penrick, James T.
84. Perkins, Benjamin T., Jr.
85. Perkins, Joseph R.
86. Perkins, Seymour H.
87. Petree, John W.
88. Petrie, Hazel G.
89. Phillips, J. L.
90. Platowsky, S.
91. Pogue, John J.
92. Porter, Baxter C.
93. Porter, G. E.
94. Powell, Charles M.
95. Powell, Pinkney
96. Reese, Asbury Stamper
97. Reeves, Crittenden, Rev.
98. Reeves, Willis B.
99. Rice, John M.
100. Riley, John W.
101. Riley, N. B.
102. Roach, John McL.
103. Robinson, Presley B.
104. Rudd, Henry R.
105. Russell, David N.
106. Russell, E. P., Dr.
107. Russell, George R.
108. Russell, Joe C.
109. Rutherford, Thomas B.
110. Salmon, Paul H.
111. Salmon, W. H.
112. Sarver, W. H.
113. Sears, F. H.
114. Sebree, E. G., Col.
115. Shelton, Virgil T., Dr.
116. Shelton, W. B.
117. Simons, George
118. Simpson, J. M.
119. Smith, D. B., Hon.
120. Smith, Thomas U.
121. Snadon, John F.
122. Spillman, Isaac
123. Stephens, John
124. Stephenson, William Pinckney
125. Stinnett, William W.
126. Stinson, William W.
127. Street, George
128. Taliaferro, Samuel W.
129. Talley, James B.
130. Tandy, Charles E.
131. Tandy, John Davis
132. Tandy, Sarah A., Mrs.
133. Tate, W. F.
134. Taylor, Sallie E., Mrs.
135. Terry, K. L.
136. Trabue, B. M., Dr.
137. Trabue, L. P.
138. Tucker, Levi
139. Tutt, John W.
140. Utley, James A.
141. Wade, Nelson
142. Wakefield, James H., Dr.
143. Walton, I. N., Dr.
144. Ware, Charles William
145. Watts, Eugene O.
146. Watts, George W.
147. Wells, Samuel Horace
148. White, Thomas H.
149. Williams, R. V., Dr.
150. Willoughby, Harry F.
151. Wilson, Josiah
152. Wood, Hardin J.
153. Wood, John H.
154. Wyatt, Benjamin T.
155. Wyatt, William S.
156. Young, Robert D.