What County Is Princeton Kentucky Again

Guide to Caldwell County, Kentucky ancestry, genealogy and family unit history, birth records, union records, death records, demography records, family history, and war machine records.

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County Facts
Canton seat: Princeton
Organized: Jan 31, 1809
Parent Canton(southward): Livingston[1]
Neighboring Counties
Christian  • Crittenden  • Hopkins  • Lyon  • Trigg  • Webster
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Caldwell County Courthouse, Princeton, KY

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Canton Data [edit | edit source]

Description [edit | edit source]

The County was named for John Caldwell. The County is located in the west area of the country.[2]

County Courthouse [edit | edit source]

Caldwell County Courthouse
100 Due east Market Street, Room three
Princeton, KY 42445-1675
Phone: 270-365-6754[three]
Caldwell County Website

Caldwell County, Kentucky Record Dates [edit | edit source]

Data for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken every bit a guide and should exist verified by contacting the canton and/or the land government agency.

Known First Dates for Major County Records [4]
Birth* Wedlock Death* Court State Probate Demography
1852 1809 1852 1809 1809 1809 1810
*Statewide registration for births and deaths started in 1911. General compliance by 1917.

Record Loss [edit | edit source]

Boundary Changes [edit | edit source]

  • 1809--Caldwell County was created 31 Jan 1809 from Livingston County. Before that, modern-day Caldwell County was office of Christian, Logan, and Lincoln Counties--Lincoln County being one of the 3 original counties in Kentucky.
  • County seat: Princeton[v]

For blithe maps illustrating Kentucky county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Kentucky County Boundary Maps" (1776-1939) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Populated Places [edit | edit source]

For a complete list of populated places, including small-scale neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the nearly historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[half dozen]

Cities
  • Fredonia
  • Princeton
Unincorporated communities
  • Bakers
  • Baldwin ford
  • Cedar Bluff
  • Claxton
  • Cobb
  • Creswell
  • Crider
  • Crowtown
  • Farmersville
  • Flat Rock
  • Friendship
  • Harper Ford
  • Hopson
  • Lakeshore
  • Lewistown
  • McGowan
  • Midway
  • Needmore
  • Otter Pond
  • Pumpkin
  • Quinn
  • Rufus
  • Ruth
  • Scottsburg

History Timeline [edit | edit source]

Resources [edit | edit source]

Bible Records [edit | edit source]

Biographies [edit | edit source]

  • Kentucky Biographies Projection

Concern, Commerce, and Occupations [edit | edit source]

Cemeteries [edit | edit source]

The following web sites have additional information on Caldwell county cemeteries.

  • Interment.net, Kentucky cemetery records by county.
  • Caldwell Co., KY Cemeteries
  • Ken Gilkey list of Caldwell Co., Cemeteries and their locations
  • Cemetery Junction, Links to cemetery transcriptions
  • Naming the Forgotten, The Eastern Land Hospital Project

Census Records [edit | edit source]

Historical populations
Census Popular.
1810 4,268
1820 ix,022 111.iv%
1830 eight,324 −7.vii%
1840 10,365 24.5%
1850 13,048 25.9%
1860 nine,318 −28.6%
1870 x,826 16.ii%
1880 11,282 4.ii%
1890 13,186 16.9%
1900 14,510 x.0%
1910 14,063 −iii.1%
1920 13,975 −0.6%
1930 13,781 −one.4%
1940 14,499 5.2%
1950 13,199 −nine.0%
1960 thirteen,073 −i.0%
1970 xiii,179 0.8%
1980 thirteen,473 ii.2%
1990 xiii,232 −1.viii%
2000 13,060 −ane.3%
2010 12,984 −0.6%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

For tips on accessing Caldwell Canton, Kentucky Genealogy census records online, see: Kentucky Census.

Church Records [edit | edit source]

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information nearly members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or nascence; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Kentucky denominations, view the Kentucky Church Records wiki page.

  • Some Caldwell Co. KY Churches


List of Churches and Church Parishes

  • FamilySearch Places

Court Records [edit | edit source]

  • Fiscal Court
  • Caldwell Co. KY County Court Clerk
  • Caldwell Co. KY County Clerk records search, some images available
  • Usa GenWeb Athenaeum 1810 Court Records
  • 1835 Court Minutes
  • Caldwell Co., KyGenWeb Archives

Directories [edit | edit source]

Emigration and Immigration [edit | edit source]

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups [edit | edit source]

African Americans [edit | edit source]

More information near African American resources in Kentucky can be found on the African American Resource for Kentucky and the Usa African Americans Wiki pages.

  • Caldwell Co. KY African American Griots
  • The KY African American Griots Project
  • Kentucky Cultural Groups has information specific to Kentucky African Americans.
  • Sandi Gorin's Tips, Hangings in Kentucky 1792-1900

Funeral Homes [edit | edit source]

  • Morgan'southward Funeral Home (Contempo Obits)

Genealogies [edit | edit source]

  • [Baker] Chapman, Peggy Brownish. Bakers of Logan, Christian, Muhlenberg, Livingston, Henderson, Hopkins, Caldwell, Union, Todd, Trigg, Crittenden, Lyon, McLean and Webster Counties & Jackson Purchase, Kentucky. Lubbock, Texas: P.B. Chapman, 1995. FHL Book 929.273 B171cp.
  • [Flournoy] Rivers, Flournoy. "The Flournoy Family unit," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. ii, No. 1 (Jul. 1894):81-90; Vol. ii, No. 2 (Oct. 1894):190-213; Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jan. 1895):318-327; Vol. 2, No. four (Apr. 1895):437-447; Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jul. 1895):67-79; Vol. 3, No. four (Apr. 1896):414-416; Vol. iv, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):97-101. Digitized by JSTOR - costless.
  • [Gilkey] Gilkey, Kenneth Edward. Gilkeys of Early Kentucky 1780-2000: This Volume Focuses Primarily on William Gilkey of Caldwell Co., Ky. and His Descendants and His Brothers, David Gilkey of Wedlock Canton, Ky. and John Gilkey of Nelson Co. Ky. and Their Descendants. Newburgh, Ind.: K.E. Gilkey, 2000. FHL Book 929.273 G397g
  • [Sassin] Allen, Cameron. "Francois Sasin/Sassin of Manakin Town: The Commencement Half dozen Generations of the Sassin/Sasseen Family in America," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 37, No. 1 (January.-Mar. 1993):3-17; Vol. 37, No. 2 (April.-Jun. 1993):99-116; Vol. 37, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1993):193-205; Vol. 37, No. four (Oct.-Dec. 1993):259-271. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). FHL Book 975.5 B2vg five. 37 (1993).

Guardianship [edit | edit source]

Land and Property Records [edit | edit source]

Land and property records can place an antecedent in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and country patents.

See Kentucky Land and Belongings for additional information about early on Kentucky land grants. After state was transferred to individual ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed.

Local Histories [edit | edit source]

Local histories are bachelor for Caldwell County, Kentucky Genealogy. Canton histories may include biographies, church, schoolhouse and government history, and military machine information. For more than data about local histories come across the wiki folio section Kentucky Local Histories.

Maps and Gazetteers [edit | edit source]

Crittenden County Webster County Hopkins County Christian County Lyon County Trigg County

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  • Usa Digital Map Library
  • FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Migration [edit | edit source]

Military Records [edit | edit source]

  • Military Caldwell Co. KY Cemeteries
  • Caldwell Co., KYGenWeb Military Research
  • KYGenWeb Archives

Civil War [edit | edit source]

Online Records

  • 1861-1865 - Kentucky Ceremonious War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — alphabetize - How to Use this Collection
  • 1861-1865 - Kentucky Ceremonious State of war Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index - How to Employ this Collection
  • 1861-1865 - U.Due south., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
  • 1861-1865 - U.Due south., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Beginnings— index (complimentary)
  • 1912-1950 - Kentucky Confederate Alimony Applications 1912-1950 at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection

Regiments. Men in Caldwell County served in various regiments and companies. Those listed below were specifically formed in this county:

- 48th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and M.

World War II [edit | edit source]

  • WW II Memorial - Caldwell

Naturalization and Citizenship [edit | edit source]

Newspapers [edit | edit source]

Boosted newspapers abstracts tin can sometimes be found using search phrases such equally Caldwell Canton, Kentucky Genealogy newspapers in online catalogs like:

  • WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Itemize).
  • Do a Caldwell County, Kentucky Genealogy Place-proper name search for these and other records in the FamilySearch Itemize (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Places Search).

Obituaries [edit | edit source]

  • Morgan'due south Funeral Home (Recent Obits)

Other Records [edit | edit source]

Periodicals [edit | edit source]

Probate Records [edit | edit source]

Probate records are held past the Caldwell County, Kentucky Genealogy Clerk of Courtroom and are housed at the Caldwell County, Kentucky Genealogy Courthouse. Microfilmed records can exist establish online at Kentucky, Probate Records, 1792-1977 for Caldwell, Henry, Hickman, Russell and Trimble counties. Encounter the wiki folio Kentucky Probate Records for information about how to apply probate records.

Content: Probate Records may requite the decedent'south date of decease, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.

Tape types: Wills, estates, guardianships, naturalizations, and adoptions.


Online Probate Records

  • 1727–1990 Kentucky Probate Records 1727-1990 at FamilySearch - How to Apply this Collection; images
  • 1774–1999 Kentucky Wills and Probate Records 1774-1999 at Ancestry ($) — alphabetize and images
  • 1809-1834 Will Books at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, Caldwell Canton, Kentucky wills and estate records, volition book A (1809-1834) : inventory, appraisal and settlement book i and miscellaneous probate records, 976.9815 P28ja, Compiled by Brenda Joyce Jerome, Newburgh, Indiana : B.J. Jerome, 2006, Caldwell County, Kentucky will book B, 1835-1889, 976.9815 P28j, Compiled past Brenda Joyce Jerome
    Newburgh, Indiana : J.J. Jerome, c1995
  • 1809-1968 - Will Books A to K (1809-1968) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection;

School Records [edit | edit source]

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  • 1935-2014 Usa Social Security Decease Index at FamilySearch - How to apply this drove; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more data.
  • 1936-2007 U.South., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click hither for more information.

Tax Records [edit | edit source]

Taxes were levied on costless white males over 21 and slaves aged 21 to 60. These persons are referred to equally "polls." Tax listings, or digests, of a county generally listing the taxable landowners and other polls and the amount of tax. The records for each county are divided past militia district. For more groundwork data and state-broad resources see the wiki page Kentucky Taxation.

  • US GenWeb Archives Tax Lists
  • 1857-58 Delinquent Tax Listing
  • Search Taxation, Criminal, Land and Wills Records, Beginnings ($)

Vital Records [edit | edit source]

Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Although Kentucky enacted a statute in 1852-1862 requiring registration of births and deaths,many counties did not comply. A second law was written in 1874-1879, and 1892-1910 just, again, was not always followed. By 1911, the law was more clearly defined and kept past 1920. Any existing births 1852-1960 and expiry records 1852-1953 tin be accessed online. See How to Find Kentucky Birth Records and How to Notice Kentucky Death Records for links to indexes and images.

Original marriage records are held at the office of the Caldwell County Clerk, with divorce records 1849-1958 located with the Caldwell County Circuit Court. For more data run across How to Find Kentucky Wedlock Records. For Kentucky divorce records see the wiki page Kentucky Vital Records.

  • Vital records Project
  • Caldwell Co. KY County Courtroom Records

Nascency [edit | edit source]

  • 1839-1960 - Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960 at FamilySearch - How to Utilize this Drove
  • 1852-1861 - Caldwell County Nascence Alphabetize 1852-1861. Batch C517161 at FamilySearch[7]
  • 1874-1875 - Caldwell County Birth Index 1874-1875. Batch C517162 at FamilySearch
  • 1911-1912 - Searchable KY Birth Alphabetize
  • 1911-1930 - Caldwell Co., KyGenWeb Birth Records 1911-1930
  • 1911-1999 Kentucky Births, 1911-1999 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Marriage [edit | edit source]

  • 1609-2016 - Kentucky, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
  • 1785-1979 - Kentucky Marriages 1785-1979 at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection
  • 1797-1954 - Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954 at FamilySearch — alphabetize and images - How to Use this Collection
  • 1809-1828 - Caldwell County, Kentucky Matrimony Records, 1809-1828 at Ancestry ($)
  • 1852-1861 - Caldwell County Marriage Index 1852-1861. Batch M517161 at FamilySearch
  • 1878 - Caldwell County Marriage Alphabetize 1878. Batch M517163 at FamilySearch
  • 1973-2000 - Searchable KY Spousal relationship Records
  • 1973-2000 - Kentucky Marriage Records 1973-2000
  • Caldwell Co. KY County Clerk records search
  • Ky Vital records Index
  • 1960-1993 Kentucky Marriages, 1960-1993 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Death [edit | edit source]

  • 1843-1970 - Kentucky Deaths and Burials 1843-1970 at FamilySearch - How to Utilize this Collection
  • 1911-1965 - Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; — index
  • 1911-2000 - Searchable KY Death Alphabetize
  • 1900-1999 Kentucky Deaths, 1900-1999 at MyHeritage ($) — index
  • United States Social Security Death Index - How to Use this Drove
  • Caldwell Co. KY Unmarked Burials
  • KY Death Records

Divorce [edit | edit source]

  • 1973-1993 - Kentucky Divorces 1973-1993, University of Kentucky Vital Records Databases

Research Facilities [edit | edit source]

Athenaeum [edit | edit source]

Listed below are athenaeum in Caldwell Canton. For country-broad archival repositories, run across Kentucky Athenaeum and Libraries.

Family History Centers [edit | edit source]

Family History Centre and Chapter Library Locator map - search for local Family History Centers or Chapter Libraries

  • Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
  • FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries take admission to most center-simply databases, but may not always take full services normally provided by a family history center.

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

  • Hopkinsville Kentucky Family unit History Center
  • Madisonville Kentucky Family History Eye
  • Graves Canton Public Library - an affiliate library.
  • Henderson County Kentucky Public Library - an affiliate library.

Libraries [edit | edit source]

Listed below are libraries in Caldwell Canton. For country-broad library facilities, see Kentucky Archives and Libraries.

George Coon Public Library
114 South Harrison Street
P.O. Box 230
Princeton, KY 42445
Phone: 270-365-2884
Email: nfaughn@gcplibrary.org
Website

Glenn Martin Genealogy Research Library
Corner of Main and Harrison Streets
Princeton, KY
Website

Museums [edit | edit source]

Societies [edit | edit source]

Listed below are societies in Caldwell County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Kentucky Societies.

Caldwell County Genealogy Society
P.O. Box 51
Princeton, KY 42445
Email: Colbob52@yahoo.com
Website

Caldwell County, KY Historical Lodge
P.O. Box one
Princeton, KY 42445
Website

Fredonia Valley Heritage Society
Website

Websites [edit | edit source]

  • Caldwell Co., KYGenWeb
  • USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the canton.
  • Caldwell County KY Genealogy (Kentucky Genealogy)
  • FamilySearch Catalog . Free - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access data for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records

Research Guides [edit | edit source]

References [edit | edit source]

  1. Handybook for Genealogists: U.s.a. of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Kentucky. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
  2. Wikipedia contributors, "Caldwell County, Kentucky" in Wikipedia: the Gratis Encyclopedia, "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldwell_County,_Kentucky."
  3. Handybook for Genealogists: U.s. of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Caldway County, Kentucky folio 269, At diverse libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
  4. Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Caldwell County, Kentucky. Page 268-276 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry'due south Ruby-red Book: American State, County, and Boondocks Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 251-254.
  5. Handybook for Genealogists: The states, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Kentucky. At diverse libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
  6. Wikipedia contributors, "Caldwell Canton, Kentucky," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldwell_County,_Kentucky, accessed 5 August 2018.
  7. Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/f/f1/Igikentuckyaf.pdf.

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