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 Kentucky County History
Kentucky was admitted as a state (to be formally admitted as the 15th state on 1 Jun 1792) followed on 18 Feb 1792 by Vermont which was as the 14th state.
KYCO is a timeline of Kentucky counties noting when each was formed either as part of Virginia or after the Commonweath of Kentucky was formed as well as showing the origin of each county (i.e., from what older county or counties the newer county was formed.
For example, Hardin County is the 15th to be formed and was formed in 1793 while Green County is the 16th and it was formed in 1792.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~harrisonrep/Census/kycounty.htm   (2887 words)

  
 Webster County Kentucky   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Webster County was originally formed from Henderson County, Hopkins County and Union County in 1860.
The county is characterized by rolling hills and fertile creek bottoms.
Ninety percent of the county's farm income is derived from corn and soybeans.
www.webstercoky.com   (147 words)

  
 KCOJ - Webster County, Kentucky
Webster County, the 109th county in order of formation, is located in the Western Coal Field region of Kentucky.
The county was created on July 1, 1860, from portions of Henderson, Hopkins, and Union counties and was named for Daniel Webster, U.S. congressman, senator, and secretary of state.
Webster County is characterized by rolling hills and fertile creek bottoms.
www.kycourts.net /Counties/Webster_text.asp   (723 words)

  
 Families
At a county court began and held for the county of Union at the courthouse in Morganfield on Monday the 20th day of April 1840 this inventory and appraisement of the estate of William D. French deceased was returned into court and ordered to be recorded which was thereupon recorded accordingly.
The groom was a farmer and a resident of Kentucky.
DAVID MOREHEAD is a native of Union County, Ky., born November 30, 1821, and is a son of Enoch and Elizabeth (Parrick) Morehead.
williesigler.com /csfamilies.htm   (6530 words)

  
 Fourth Generation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Carmon Curtis NALL was born on 10 Aug 1906 in Clay, Webster County, Kentucky.
Russia "Lillie" Lillian "Russie" TURNER was born on 19 Dec 1914 in Dixon, Webster County, Kentucky.
Carmie Junior NALL was born on 21 Sep 1930 in Hearin, Webster County, Kentucky.
home.comcast.net /~kyseeker/b6.htm   (253 words)

  
 Webster County, West Virginia Genealogical Records Information
Webster County was created by an act of the Virginia General Assembly on January 10, 1860 from parts of Braxton, Nicholas and Randolph counties.
Because of its isolation and the lack of main roads connecting it to other settlements, Webster County was one of the last counties in the state to be settled.
The act creating the county in 1869 specified that the county seat was to be called Addison, in honor of Addison McLaughlin who had donated the land where the county courthouse was to be built.
www.mywestvirginiagenealogy.com /wv_county/web.htm   (1876 words)

  
 KySearch: Webster County Kentucky
Webster county, established in 1860 out of parts of Henderson, Hopkins, and Union counties, was the 109th in order of formation; and was named after Daniel Webster, one of the greatest of American orators, statesmen, and lawyers.
It is situated near the center of the middle-western portion of the state; has over 292 square miles of territory; and is bounded N. by Union and Henderson counties, E.
Tobacco is the great staple, the annual production ranging from 3,000,000 to 5,000,000 pounds; in 1870 Webster was the 8th largest tobacco-growing county in the state; corn, wheat, and oats are extensively cultivated; stock raising is much neglected, and yet the export of hogs, horses, and cattle is quite large.
kysearch.com /webster.shtml   (172 words)

  
 Webster County, Kentucky   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
It is located in the Western Coal Field region of the state.
The elevation in the county ranges from 325 to 640 feet above sea level.
In 2000 the county population was 14,120 in a land area of 334.75 square miles, an average of 42.2 people per square mile.
www.uky.edu /KentuckyAtlas/21233.html   (57 words)

  
 Groundwater Resources of Webster County, Kentucky   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Webster County had an estimated population of 13,278 (5,450 households) in 1999; projected population is 12,600 (5,500 households) in 2020.
In areas of the county not served by public water, about 75 percent of the households rely on private domestic wells and 25 percent rely on other sources.
The locations of wells and springs in the county for which data are available is shown on the map of wells and springs in the county.
www.uky.edu /KGS/water/library/gwatlas/Webster/Wateruse.htm   (196 words)

  
 Webster County, Kentucky -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Webster County is a (A region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government) county located in the (The way something is with respect to its main attributes) state of (A state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses) Kentucky.
Its (The town or city that is the seat of government for a county) county seat is (Click link for more info and facts about Dixon) Dixon (Click link for more info and facts about
The (The total national income divided by the number of people in the nation) per capita income for the county is $15,657.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/we/webster_county,_kentucky.htm   (551 words)

  
 KY:Historical Society - Historical Marker Database - Search for Markers
Select the county name from the selection box below or see the clickable state map and county list.
Description: For Daniel Webster, 1782-1852, "Defender of the Constitution." Born in New Hampshire.
Harps and wives roamed Kentucky in 1798-99 on crime spree.
kentucky.gov /kyhs/hmdb/MarkerSearch.aspx?mode=County&county=117   (334 words)

  
 Webster County KY Towns
Webster County was formed from Henderson County, Hopkins County and Union County in 1860.
Writer and poet Cale Young Rice was born in Dixon on December 7, 1872, and the town was the residence of Garrett L. Withers, U.S. senator (1949-50) and member of the U.S. Congress (1952-53).
rovidence, the largest town in Webster County, is located in the southwestern part of the county, east of the Tradewater River, at the intersection of KY 293, KY 120, and KY 109.
www.rootsweb.com /~kywebste/towns.htm   (1817 words)

  
 Webster County, Georgia Genealogical Records Information
Webster County was created from Stewart County on Dec. 16, 1853 by an act of the General Assembly (Ga. Laws 1853, p.
The first white settlement in the area of Stewart County that would form Kinchafoonee County was Lannahassee, which was settled in 1836.
If a county seat had not been designated by the time of that election, the county's new inferior court was assume all power to designate the county seat.
www.mygeorgiagenealogy.com /ga_county/we.htm   (613 words)

  
 Coal Mine Fatal Accident Investigation Report, Machinery, September 11, 1995
The Dotiki Preparation Plant is a surface facility located at Clay, in Webster County, Kentucky.
These interviews were conducted at the Webster County Coal Corp., Dotiki Mine training room at Lisman, Kentucky, on September 12, 1995.
The Kentucky Medical Examiner established suffocation as the cause of death.
www.msha.gov /FATALS/1995/FTL95C29.HTM   (1795 words)

  
 Generation No. 4
Kenneth Doris Clark, born June 12, 1914 in Kentucky; died April 29, 1989 in Evansville, Indiana; married (1) Valada Coffman 1944 in Evansville, Indiana; married (2) Bobbie (?) 1945 in Oaklahoma; married (3) Rhoda Harris Unknown in Shawneetown, Illinois.
Harold Wayne Clark, born January 08, 1926 in Dixon, Webster County, Kentucky; married (1) Johnnie Wyone Williams November 20, 1941 in Morganfield, Union County, Kentucky; married (2) Genevieve Fowler January 08, 1953 in Carmical, Pa.; married (3) Anna Hilda Litherland February 28, 1961 in Shawneetown, Illinois.
Johnnie Wyone Williams, born January 30, 1921 in Wheatcroft, Webster County, Kentucky; married (1) Harold Wayne Clark November 20, 1941 in Morganfield, Union County, Kentucky; met (2) Charles William Purdue 1947 in Never Married; married (3) John Puckett 1954 in Unknown; married (4) James T. (Tip) Hopper November 1972 in Unknown.
my.execpc.com /~hwclark/bwc/abwcgen4.htm   (527 words)

  
 Webster County Kentucky Genealogy
Webster County was formed in 1860 from Henderson, Hopkins, and Union Counties.
This outstanding quarterly, now in its tenth year of publication, is devoted to the western Kentucky counties of Caldwell, Crittenden, Henderson, Union, Webster, Hopkins, Lyon, Livingston and Trigg.
Kentucky Ancestors ~ quarterly of the Kentucky Historical Society, P.O. Box 1792, Frankfort, KY 40602-2108.
www.rootsweb.com /~kywebste   (521 words)

  
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Please refer to the technical documentation provided with Summary Tape File 1A for a further explanation on the limitations of the data.
Webster County, Kentucky ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The user should note that these data are based on a sample, subject to sampling variability, and that there are limitations to many of these data.
Please refer to the technical documentation for Summary Tape File 3 for a further explanation of sampling variability and limitations of the data.
ksdc.louisville.edu /sdc/kentucky-counties/ky233.txt   (1495 words)

  
 Webster County Kentucky   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
A Captain Young, from Mercer County, had organized a group of regulators and was determined to rid western Kentucky of all outlaws including the Harp brothers.
They went into what is now Russell County, Kentucky to visit "old Mr Roberts", father of Susan and Betsy.
Unknown to the posse, the Harps had crossed and were camped on the Muhlenberg County side of the river.
www.webstercoky.com /harps.html   (2952 words)

  
 Generation No. 3
Harold Wayne Clark, born January 08, 1926 in Dixon, Webster County, Kentucky.
Johnnie Wyone Williams, born January 30, 1921 in Wheatcroft, Webster County, Kentucky.
Harold Woodford Clark, born December 10, 1942 in Clay, Webster County, Kentucky; married (1) Glenda Faye Parker December 24, 1960 in Shawneetown, Illinois; married (2) Helen Ann Lutz January 09, 1965 in Cannelton, Perry County, Indiana.
my.execpc.com /~hwclark/bwc/abwcgen3.htm   (219 words)

  
 Digital Webster County Map, Maps of Webster County County, Kentucky.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Our map of Webster County is fully editable, logically layered (View Layer Directory), and royalty free.
Every county map is available, but we may not yet have your county of interest completed.
Individual County Overview™ vector graphics are priced by population, with prices ranging from $275 to $425 per county.
www.creativeforceinc.com /county_maps/county_maps.asp?ID=1139   (229 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Webster County, Ky.
Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
The intent is to locate places according to current county names and boundaries.
U.S. Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1952-53; died in office 1953.
politicalgraveyard.com /geo/KY/WB.html   (526 words)

  
 Webster County Kentucky Obituaries
Most of these obituaries were originally published in the Providence Journal-Enterprise, a Webster County weekly, during a period from the late 1940's to the early 1960's.
Kathleen allowed the Webster County Library to copy her scrapbooks and that is where I found them about a year ago.
These are being posted on the new Webster County Message Board.
www.rootsweb.com /~kywebste/obits/obits.htm   (570 words)

  
 Grant County Planning Commission   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Although we will try to be timely and accurate, these are not the official records of Grant County or the Planning Commission and there is no guarantee of such accuracy and you are advised not to rely thereon.
Official, legal documents are on file in the Grant county Planning Commission Office, for your examination.
All required legal notices are published in the Grant County News.
www.grantco.org   (205 words)

  
 Descendants of Henry H. Wise
1.  HENRY H.1 WISE was born 01 23 1800 in Ind.,Ky., Va.?, and died 06 11 1869 in Webster Co.,Kentucky.
He is on the 1860 Webster Co.,Ky. Census,#422/418, page 61 with his wife and some of his children.
3.  SARA KATHERINE3 WISE (HENRY HARDIN2, HENRY H.1) was born 04 18 1868 in Webster County, Kentucky, and died 12 01 1941 in Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky.  She married ELIJAH SPENCER MELTON in Sebree, Webster, Kentucky, son of ARCHIBALD DIXON MELTON and MARY SELLARS.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Shores/9291/descHHW.html   (422 words)

  
 Coal Mine Fatal Accident Investigation Report, Powered Haulage, August 23, 1995
The Webster County coroner was present, and fixed the time of death at 12:08 a.m.
Scoop operator Capps was transported to Regional Medical Center in Madisonville, Kentucky, where he was treated for shock.
Interviews of persons who had knowledge of the accident were conducted by MSHA and the Kentucky Department of Mines and Minerals at the Smith Coal Training facility on August 25.
www.msha.gov /FATALS/1995/FTL95C26.HTM   (1290 words)

  
 WANTED MATILDA ? WILLIAMS HAYES CARTER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
We have a Webster County, Kentucky marriage bond for Mrs.
All the CARTER children were born in Kentucky while the HAYES stepson was born in Illinois.
WILLIAMS HAYES CARTER wrote a note to the Clerk of the Webster County Court giving permission for her daughter, Martha WILLIAMS to marry Albert G. The note was witnessed by John WILSON and Henderson POWELL.
www.afn.org /~afn03098/MWMWHC.html   (125 words)

  
 WANTED HARVEY MONROE NORWOODWANTED ALBERT G POWELL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
POWELL married Martha WILLIAMS 30 October 1868 in Webster County, Kentucky.
Albert and Martha are in the 1870 Webster County census, listed with one child, a daughter named Palina.
Martha and William LYNCH are found in the 1880 Webster County census.
www.afn.org /~afn03098/MWAGP.html   (147 words)

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