Adair County KY

Slave Narrative of Angie Boyce

Interviewer: Wm. R. Mays Person Interviewed: Angie Boyce Location: Franklin, Indiana Place of Birth: Adair County, KY Date of Birth: March 14, 1861 Place of Residence: 498 W. Madison St., Franklin, Ind. Wm. R. Mays Dist 4 Johnson Co. ANGIE BOYCE BORN IN SLAVERY, Mar. 14, 1861 on the Breeding Plantation, Adair Co. Ky. Mrs. Angie Boyce here makes mention of facts as outlined to her by her mother, Mrs. Margaret King, deceased. Mrs. Angie Boyce was born in slavery, Mar. 14, 1861, on the Breeding Plantation, Adair County, Kentucky. Her parents were Henry and Margaret King who belonged to … Read more

Grider, Waitsville – Obituary

La Grande, Union County, Oregon Grider Laid To Rest Vetern Buried Yesterday With Family and Friends Attending Funeral services were said yesterday over the remains of Waitsville Grider who died early in the week. Three generations, descendents of the deceased, were in attendance at the funeral. Death resulted from cancer. Waitsville Grider was married to Minerva S. Beard August 1st, 1851, in Adair county, KY. He was born and raised in that section and their home was made there for a time, later moving with his family to Watson, MO., in September, 1878. Then he went to Caldwell, Kansas, from … Read more

Biography of W. A. Greever

W. A. GREEVER. The name of Greever is one of the most influential in Boone County, Arkansas, and is one of the most respected in the community. Mr. Greever deserves special notice for his public spirit and enery, and is now a prominent trader and speculator, and one of the largest land owners in the State. He is a native of the Blue Grass State, born in Adair County in 1836, and is a son of John and Sarah (Williams) Greever, both natives of Virginia. The father was born in the year 1807, and when but a small boy went … Read more

Kentucky Vital Records, 1884-1928

This microfilm is a copy of the original records located at the Kentucky State Historical Society in Frankfort and microfilmed in 1975. It is an incomplete copy of the set of records for each county but can provide the information for the specific counties and years as denoted in the list.

Adair County, Kentucky Census Records

1790 Adair County, Kentucky Census Records Free 1790 Census Form for your Research Hosted at Ancestry.com – 14 Days Free Hosted at Adair County Kentucky, KYGenWeb 1790 Adair County, Kentucky Census Index Hosted at Census Guide 1800 U.S. Census Guide 1800 Adair County, Kentucky Census Records Free 1800 Census Form for your Research Hosted at Ancestry.com – 14 Days Free Hosted at Census Guide 1800 U.S. Census Guide 1802 Adair County, Kentucky Census Records Hosted at Adair County Kentucky, Kentucky GenWeb 1802 Adair County, Kentucky Tax List 1810 Adair County, Kentucky Census Records Free 1810 Census Form for your Research … Read more

Biography of John Stotts

JOHN STOTTS. – While many have wrought faithfully and well in forwarding the interests of our county and in developing the resources that nature has lavishly bestowed here, there has none, doubtless, been more faithful and enterprising and steady in the prosecution of the industry that his hand found to do than the venerable pioneer, esteemed citizen and genial gentleman whose life’s history we now endeavor to chronicle in brief outline. Mr. Stotts has been well and favorably known here for over one-third of a century and is today beloved and cherished by all who have the pleasure of his … Read more

Francis Marion Davis of Adair County, Kentucky

j162 FRANCIS MARION DAVIS: b. in Wales, Aug. 8, 1805; came to the U. S. when five yrs. old; m. Wilmouth Staton in Adair Co., Ky. She was b. 1811, and d. 1858. Their ch. include: (1) William R.: b. July, 1832, and d. 1899. He m. (1), Mary Sanders, m. (2), Mary Bell. Ch.: John, James, Ransom C., Riley J. (lives in Carrollton, Mo.), Mary W., Francis. (2) John W.: b. 1834; d. 1879; m. Mary E. Thomas. (A) Edmond F.: b. 1861; m. Dora Langston, 1887. They reside in Abilene, Kan., and have the following ch.: (a) William … Read more

Adair County, Kentucky Cemetery Records

Hosted at Adair County USGenWeb Archives Project Antioch Cemetery Bardin Family Cemetery Campbell Cemetery Cane Valley Cemetery Chappell Cemetery Estes-McKinney Cemetery Hancock Cemetery Hiter Cemetery Jones Chapel Cemetery Parnell Cemetery (partial listing?) Sexton Cemetery Shepard Cemetery Taylor/Wesley Cemetery Womack Cemetery Hosted at Adair County, Kentucky KYGenWeb Bailey Cemetery Barnett’s Creek Cemetery Ben-Allen Cemetery Breeding Cemetery Burbridge Cemetery Callison Murrell Cemetery Chappell Cemetery Columbia City Cemetery Freedom Church Cemetery Hiter Cemetery Partial Listing Loy Cemetery McGaha Cemetery McKinney/Estes Cemetery Mitchell Cemetery Murrell Cemetery Parker Cemetery Pellington Cemetery Partial Listing Pollard’s Chapel Salt Peter Cave Road & Hwy 61 Shepherd Cemetery Smith … Read more