Kentucky Bibliography and Sources
Kentucky Atlas of Historical County
Boundaries
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Abernethy, Thomas Perkins. Western Lands
and the American Revolution. New York: Russell and Russell, 1959.
Ardery, Julia Spencer. Paris (Hopewell)
Sesquicentennial: A Record of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the
Founding of Bourbon’s County Seat. Lexington: Welsh Printing Co., 1939.
Arnow, Harriette Simpson. Seedtime on the
Cumberland. New York: Macmillan Co., 1960.
Beers, D. G., and J. Lanagan. Atlas of
Jefferson and Oldham Counties, Kentucky. 1879. Reprint. Louisville:
Historic Reprints, 1968.
Biggs, Nina Mitchell, and Mabel Lee Mackoy. History
of Greenup County, Kentucky. Louisville: Franklin Press, 1951.
Bolin, Daniel Lynn. Ohio Valley History:
West Point to Lewisport. New Orleans: Polyanthos, 1976.
Calico, Forrest. History of Garrard
County, Kentucky, and Its Churches. New York: Hobson Book Press, 1947.
Camplin, Paul. New History of Muhlenburg
County. Greenville, Ky.: Caney Station Books, 1984.
Cappon, Lester J., Barbara Bartz Petchenik,
and John Hamilton Long, eds. Atlas of Early American History: The
Revolutionary Era, 1760–1790. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press,
1976. Section on boundaries is thoroughly documented.
Caruso, John Anthony. Appalachian
Frontier: America’s First Surge Westward. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co.,
1959.
Cecil, Berta K., et al., comps. Early and
Modern History of Wolfe County. Campton, Ky.: Wolfe County Woman’s Club,
[1958].
Channing, Steven A. Kentucky: A
Bicentennial History. New York: W. W. Norton, 1977.
Chinn, George M. Kentucky Settlement and
Statehood, 1750–1800. Frankfort: Kentucky Historical Society, 1975.
Chinn, George M., comp. Through Two
Hundred Years: Pictorial Highlights of Harrodsburg and Mercer County, Kentucky.
[Harrodsburg, Ky.]: Mercer County Humane Society, 1974.
Clark, Thomas D. Historic Maps of Kentucky. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1979. a collection of ten historical maps, useful principally for locating place names and geographical features.
Clark, Thomas D. History of Kentucky. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1937.
Clift, G. Glenn. History of Maysville and Mason County. Lexington: Transylvania Printing Co., 1936. A projected second volume was never published.
Clift, G. Glenn. “Second Census” of Kentucky—1800. A Privately Compiled and Published Enumeration of Tax Payers Appearing in the Seventy-nine Manuscript Volumes Extant of Tax Lists of the Forty-two Counties of Kentucky in Existence in 1800. Frankfort, 1954.
Conley, Joan Weissinger, comp. History of
Nicholas County. Carlisle, Ky.: Nicholas County Historical Society, 1976.
Cook, Michael L., and Bettie Anne Cook, eds.
Pioneer History of Washington County, Kentucky. Owensboro, Ky.: Cook and
McDowell Publications, 1980.
Daviess, Maria T. History of Mercer and
Boyle Counties. Harrodsburg, Ky.: Harrodsburg Herald, 1924. A projected
second volume was never published.
Davis, George B., et al. Atlas to
Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.
1891–1895. Reprinted as Official Military Atlas of the Civil War. New
York: Fairfax Press, 1983. Coverage limited to areas of military activity
during the Civil War, but affords accurate detail of landmarks and other
geographic features before and after the war.
DenBoer, Gordon. Atlas of Historical County Boundaries: Kentucky. Edited by John H. Long. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1995. 126 counties, 479 pages, 629 maps.
Dubester, Henry J. State Censuses: An
Annotated Bibliography of Censuses of Population Taken after the Year 1790 by
States and Territories of the United States. 1948. Reprint. New York: Burt
Franklin, 1969. The standard guide for its subject.
Dunn, M. H., comp. Early Lincoln County
History. N.p., n.d.
Federal Writers’ Project, Kentucky. In
the Land of Breathitt. Northport, N.Y.: Bacon, Percy and Daggett, 1941.
Federal Writers’ Project, Kentucky. Union
County, Past and Present. 1941. Reprint. Evansville, Ind.: Unigraphic,
1972.
Filby, P. William, comp. American and
British Genealogy and Heraldry: A Selected List of Books. 3d ed. Boston:
New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1983.
Filby, P. William, comp. American and
British Genealogy and Heraldry: 1982–1985 Supplement. Boston: New England
Historic Genealogical Society, 1987.
Filby, P. William, comp. Bibliography of
American County Histories. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985.
Filson, John. This Map of Kentucke, Drawn
from Actual Observations, Is Inscribed with the Most Perfect Respect to the
Honorable the Congress of the United States of America; and to His Excellency,
George Washington, Late Commander in Chief of Their Army. Philadelphia,
1784.
Gaines, B. O. History of Scott County.
2 vols. N.p., 1904. Reprinted as The B. O. Gaines History of Scott County.
Georgetown, Ky.: Frye Printing Co., 1957–1961.
Gardiner, Florence Edwards, ed. Cyrus
Edwards’ Stories of Early Days and Others, In What is Now Barren, Hart, and
Metcalfe Counties. 1940. Reprint. Evansville, Ind.: Unigraphic, 1975.
Goode, Cecil E., and Woodford, L. Gardner,
Jr., eds. Barren County Heritage: A Pictorial History of Barren County,
Kentucky. Bowling Green, Ky.: Homestead Press, 1980.
Gorin, Franklin. Times of Long Ago:
Barren County, Kentucky. 1929. Reprint. Evansville, Ind.: Unigraphic, 1974.
Griffing, B. N. Atlas of Boone, Kenton
and Campbell Counties, Kentucky. 1880. Reprint. Utica, Ky.: McDowell
Publications, 1984.
Griffing, B. N. Atlas of Graves County,
Kentucky. 1883. Reprint. [Murray, Ky.]: Kentucky Reprint Co., 1971.
Griffing, B. N. Illustrated Historical
Atlas of Henderson and Union Counties, Kentucky. 1880. Reprint.
Evansville, Ind.: Unigraphic, n.d.
Heinemann, Charles Brunk, and Gaius Marcus
Brumbaugh. “First Census” of Kentucky, 1790. This is Not Offered as a State
or Federal Enumeration of Inhabitants. It Is a Privately Compiled List of Tax
Payers Appearing in the Tax Lists of All Kentucky Counties Which Were
Established at the Time of the First Federal Census. Washington, D.C.: G.
M. Brumbaugh, 1940.
Hening, William Waller, ed. Statutes at
Large: Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, From the First Session
of the Legislature in the Year 1619 [to 1792]. 13 vols. Richmond,
1819–1823.
Historical Records Survey, West Virginia. West
Virginia County Formations and Boundary Changes. Charleston, W. Va.: West
Virginia Historical Records Survey, 1938.
History of Daviess County, Kentucky. Chicago:
Inter-State Publishing Co., 1886.
History of Union County, Kentucky. Evansville,
Ind.: Courier Co., 1886.
Horton, Louise. In the Hills of the
Pennyroyal: A History of Allen County, Kentucky, from 1815 to 1880. Austin,
Tex.: White Cross Press, 1975.
Houchens, Mariam Sidebottom. History of
Owen County, Kentucky. Louisville: Standard Printing Co., 1976.
Hubbard, William O., and Joe Johnson, eds. Kentucky’s
Ohio River Boundary: From the Big Sandy to the Great Miami. Kentucky
Legislative Research Commission, Informational Bulletin no. 81. Frankfort,
1969.
Illustrated Historical Atlas Map of Daviess
County, Kentucky. 1876. Reprint. Evansville, Ind.: Unigraphic, 1978.
Ireland, Robert M. The County in Kentucky
History. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1976.
Jillson, Willard Rouse. Early Clark
County, Kentucky: A History (1674–1824). Frankfort: Roberts Printing Co.,
1966.
Johnson, Augusta Phillips. A Century of
Wayne County, Kentucky, 1800–1900. Louisville: Standard Printing Co., 1939.
Johnson, Eunice Tolbert, comp. History of
Perry County, Kentucky. Hazard, Ky.: Daughters of the American Revolution,
Hazard Chapter, 1953.
Johnson, L. F. History of Franklin County,
Kentucky. Frankfort: Roberts Printing Co., 1912.
Kane, Joseph Nathan. American Counties:
Origins of Names, Dates of Creation and Organization, Area, Population,
Historical Data, and Published Sources. 3d ed. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow
Press, 1972.
Kentucky. Kentucky Acts. Frankfort,
1792–. Cited as Ky. Acts.
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. General
Highway Map. Frankfort, c. 1990. Modern highway maps for all counties,
useful for locating place names, water courses, and geographical features.
Laurel County, Kentucky. London, Ky.:
Sentinel-Echo, 1954.
Locke, George W., and R. C. Hunt. Atlas
of Logan County, Kentucky. 1877. Reprint. Owensboro, Ky.: Cook-McDowell
Publications, 1981.
MacDonald, Grace E., comp. Check-List of
Session Laws. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1936. Complemented by Pollack
(below), this guide lists all state session laws through 1935.
MacDonald, Grace E., comp. Check-List of
Statutes of States of the United States of America, Including Revisions,
Compilations, Digests, Codes and Indexes. Providence: Oxford Press, 1937.
The most complete guide to state codes through 1937.
McKee, Lewis W., and Lydia K. Bond. History
of Anderson County. [1937]. Reprint. Baltimore: Regional Publishing Co.,
1975.
Munsell, Luke. Map of the State of
Kentucky, From Actual Survey. Also Part of Indiana and Illinois, Compiled
Principally from Returns in the Surveyor-General’s Office. Frankfort, 1818.
Nesbitt, Robert Lee, comp. Early Taylor
County History. Campbellsville, Ky.: News-Journal, 1941.
Parry, Clive, ed. Consolidated Treaty
Series. 231 vols. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, 1969–1981.
Paullin, Charles O. Atlas of the
Historical Geography of the United States. Edited by John K. Wright.
Washington, D.C. and New York: Carnegie Institution of Washington and American
Geographical Society of New York, 1932. Excellent section on international and
interstate boundary disputes.
Perrin, William Henry, ed. County of
Trigg, Kentucky. 1884. Reprint. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press,
1979,
Perrin, William Henry, ed. History of
Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky. Chicago, 1882.
Perrin, William Henry, ed. History of
Fayette County, Kentucky. Chicago, 1882.
Pollack, Ervin H., comp. Supplement with
Bibliographical Notes, Emendations, and Additions to the Check List of Session
Laws, Compiled by Grace E. MacDonald. Preliminary ed. Boston: National
Association of State Libraries, 1941. Fills gaps in MacDonald's 1935
compilation (above) to produce the most complete list of state session laws
through 1935.
Porter, Eugene O. “Boundary and
Jurisdictional Problems of the Kentucky-Ohio Border.” Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical Quarterly 55 (1946): 155–164.
Porter, Eugene O. “Boundary and
Jurisdictional Problems of the Ohio River.” Indiana Magazine of History 39
(1943): 121–132.
Pusey, William Allen. Wilderness Road to Kentucky:
Its Location and Features. New York: George H. Doran Co., 1921.
Rand McNally Commercial Atlas and Marketing
Guide. 70th ed. Chicago: Rand McNally and Co., 1939.
Rice, Otis K. Frontier Kentucky.
Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1975.
Richards, John A. History of Bath County,
Kentucky. Yuma, Ariz.: Southwest Printers, 1961.
Robinson, Morgan Poitiaux. Virginia
Counties: Those Resulting from Legislation. Bulletin of the Virginia State
Library, vol. 9. Richmond: Superintendent of Public Printing, 1916.
Rone, Wendell H., Sr. Historical Atlas of
Kentucky and Her Counties. Mayfield, Ky.: Mayfield Printing Co., 1965.
Provides and overview of county boundary changes, but it has many limitations.
Rothert, Otto A. History of Muhlenberg
County. Louisville: John P. Morton and Co., 1913.
Royce, Charles C., comp. "Indian Land
Cessions in the United States." Part 2 of Eighteenth Annual Report of
the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1896–1897. Washington, D.C., 1899. The
standard authority in its field; state maps detail all Indian land-cession
treaties with the federal government.
Sames, James W. III, comp. Four Steps
West: A Documentary Concerning the First Dividing Line in America, and Its
Three Extensions, between Virginia and North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Versailles, Ky., 1971.
Schreiner-Yantis, Netti, and Florene
Speakman Love, comps. 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of
Every White Male Tithable over Twenty-one Years; the Number of White Males
between Sixteen and Twenty-one Years; the Number of Slaves over Sixteen and
Those under Sixteen Years; Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle and
Carriages; and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and
Physician’s Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical
Books in Print, 1987.
Sealock, Richard B., Margaret M. Sealock,
and Margaret S. Powell. Bibliography of Place-Name Literature: United States
and Canada. 3d ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1982.
Sinko, Peggy Tuck. Guide to Local and
Family History at the Newberry Library. Salt Lake City: Ancestry
Publishing, 1987.
Stamping Ground Womans Club. Echoes of
the Past, In the Western Part of Scott County. 2 vols. Stamping Ground,
Ky.: Stamping Ground Womans Club, 1975–1980.
Starling, Edmund L. History of Henderson
County, Kentucky. Henderson, Ky., 1887.
Stephenson, Richard W., comp. Land
Ownership Maps: A Checklist of Nineteenth Century United States County Maps in
the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1967. Most
of the maps listed here have been reproduced on microfiche by the Library of
Congress.
Swindler, William F., ed. Sources and
Documents of United States Constitutions. 10 vols. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.:
Oceana Publications, 1973–1979. The most complete and up-to-date compilation
for the states.
Tapp, Hambleton, and James C. Klotter. Kentucky:
Decades of Discord, 1865–1900. Frankfort: Kentucky Historical Society,
1977.
Territorial Papers of the United States. Vols. 1–26
edited by Clarence E. Carter; vols. 27–28 edited by John P. Bloom. Washington,
D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1934–1975. Cited as Terr. Papers U.S.
Thomas, Gladys Cotham, comp. Casey
County, Kentucky, 1806–1977: A Folk History Including Communities and
Cemeteries. Liberty, Ky.: Bicentennial Heritage Corp., 1977.
Thomas, Gladys Cotham, comp. Casey
County, Kentucky, 1806: Settlement and Early Development. Liberty, Ky.:
Bicentennial Heritage Corp., 1983.
Thorndale, William, and William Dollarhide. Map
Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790–1920. Baltimore: Genealogical
Publishing Co., 1987. An atlas of well-designed county outline maps for each
state, accompanied by a bibliography and an explanation of methodology.
Tibbals, Alma Owens. History of Pulaski
County, Kentucky. Bagdad, Ky.: Grace Owens Moore, 1952.
Toulmin, Harry, ed. A Collection of all
the Public and Permanent Acts of the General Assembly of Kentucky Which are Now
in Force, Arranged and Digested According to Their Subjects; Together with Acts
of Virginia Relating to Land Titles, the Recovery of Rents, and the
Encouragement of Learning, Never Before Printed in This State; to Which are
Prefixed a Table Explanatory of Technical Terms and a Summary of Criminal Law.
Frankfort, 1802.
United States. Statutes at Large of the
United States of America, 1789–1873. 17 vols. Boston: Little, Brown,
1845–1874. Cited as U.S. Stat.
U.S. Census Bureau. “Significant Changes to
Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970–Present.”
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html.
Van Zandt, Franklin K. Boundaries of the
United States and the Several States. Geological Survey Professional Paper
909. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1976. The standard
compilation for its subject.
Vinton, Samuel Finley. “Argument Concerning
Boundary Line between Ohio and Virginia.” Ohio Archaeological and Historical
Quarterly 4 (1895): 67–126.
Warren, K. S. Sol. History of Knox
County, Kentucky. Barbourville, Ky.: Daniel Boone Festival, Inc., 1976.
Watlington, Patricia. Partisan Spirit:
Kentucky Politics, 1779–1792. New York: Atheneum, 1972.
Wells, Charles C. Annals of Floyd County,
Kentucky, 1800–1826. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1983.
Wells, Charles C. Vital Statistics of
Johnson County, Kentucky, 1852–1904. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1979.
Whitaker, Arthur Preston. Spanish-American
Frontier: 1783–1795. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1927.
Wright, Mary McKay, comp. State Directory
of Kentucky, 1990. Pewee Valley, Ky.: Directories, Inc., 1990.