See Kentucky Land and Property for additional information about early Kentucky land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed. Local histories are available for Bourbon County, Kentucky Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information.
For more information about local histories see the wiki page section Kentucky Local Histories. Men in Bourbon County served in various regiments and companies. Those listed below were specifically formed in this county:. Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Bourbon County, Kentucky Genealogy newspapers in online catalogs like:. See the wiki page Kentucky Probate Records for information about how to use probate records. Content: Probate Records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.
Taxes were levied on free white males over 21 and slaves aged 21 to These persons are referred to as "polls. The records for each county are divided by militia district. For more background information and state-wide resources see the wiki page Kentucky Taxation. Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records.
Although Kentucky enacted a statute in requiring registration of births and deaths,many counties did not comply. A second law was written in , and but, again, was not always followed. By , the law was more clearly defined and kept by Any existing births and death records can be accessed online. Original marriage records are held at the office of the Bourbon County Clerk , with divorce records located with the Bourbon County Circuit Court.
For Kentucky divorce records see the wiki page Kentucky Vital Records. Kentucky Death Records. Listed below are archives in Bourbon County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Kentucky Archives and Libraries. Listed below are libraries in Bourbon County. For state-wide library facilities, see Kentucky Archives and Libraries.
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Some records were lost in a fire on 8 May Secretariat, who was recently selected by a public poll to be memorialized on a postage stamp, is one of the last century's best-known athletes.
When Secretariat died of laminitis in , he was buried in the Claiborne Farm cemetery next to Riva Ridge, his stablemate and the Kentucky Derby winner. Although disputed by a few, Bourbon Countians feel confident that bourbon whiskey was first distilled in their county by one of several early settlers, most likely Jacob Spears. Bourbon County continued to be home to many distilleries right up to Prohibition in It is a smooth reddish whiskey aged in charred oak barrels, a product of the bountiful corn crops, which insured worldwide recognition for the county's name.
Enjoy a driving tour of the county that will take you past historic homes and farms and through a variety of scenic views to two structures that link Bourbon County to the past. This includes a drive through the Colville Covered Bridge, the last remaining reminder of the many covered bridges that once spanned the creeks and streams in Bourbon County. It is one of only 13 covered bridges left in the state and has been recently been renovated and re-opened to traffic.
Also, don't miss the Cane Ridge Meeting House, a log structure built in now enclosed in a stone superstructure.
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