Adair County,
Kentucky
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Welcome to Adair County, Kentucky Genealogy Trails!
Our goal is to help you track your ancestors
through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data
and placing it online for the free use of all researchers.
This County is hosted by
Brenda Wiesner
(5th Great Grand daughter of Rane C. McKinney)
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Adair County, Kentucky
TOWNS
Absher - Barnett Springs - Bliss
- Breeding - Cane Valley -
Casey Creek -
Chance - Christine - Coburg - Columbia
Craycraft - Crocus
- Cundiff -
Dunbar Hill -
Ella - Eunice - Fairplay -
Feathersburg -
Flatwood -
Gadberry - Garlin Gentrys Mill
- Glens Fork - Gradyville -
Holmes -
Inroad -
Joppa -
Kellyville - Keltner - Knifley
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Milltown
Montpelier - Neatsville -
Nell -
Ozark - Pellyton -
Pickett -
Portland - Sparksville - Toria - Weed
County Seat: Columbia Year
Organized: 1801
Square Miles: 412
Formed out of Green
County in 1801, the county is named after John Adair, commander of
Kentucky troops in the Battle of New Orleans and Governor of Kentucky.
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County Courthouse
The county seat is Columbia, Kentucky.
Adair was the 44th Kentucky county formed, created from Green County on
December 11, 1801 and formed in 1802. It is named for General John
Adair - Governor of Kentucky 1820-1824. Located in the eastern
Pennyrile region and western Appalachian areas of the state, the main
waterway is the Green River. This county runs along the Cumberland and
Great Lakes Trail
Its current boundaries were settled in 1860. The
county took land from Green County and from Cumberland County in 1805. It
gave up land to Metcalfe County and Russell
County when it was formed. It lost land to Wayne
County in 1804 and to Casey County in
1844.
Adair County is a prohibition or completely dry county.
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Many of the families in county are related! Early
families of this county include:
Abrell, Antle, England, Estes, Firkins, Hurt, McKinney,
Morrison, Stotts, Trabue, and Williams.
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We'll be happy to help your families' obituaries, news items and other
historical data find a home here
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Online Records |
Biographies |
Marriage Index |
Birth Index |
Marriage Notices |
Birth Notices |
Military Data |
Books |
Miscellaneous |
Burial Index |
Museums |
Cemeteries |
News & Brevities |
Census Data |
Newspapers |
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Obituaries |
County History |
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County Records |
Pioneers |
Crime & Law |
Post Offices |
Death Index |
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Schools |
Disasters |
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Divorce Index |
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Families of Adair |
Tax Lists |
Historical Landmarks |
Towns |
Libraries |
Wills and Probate |
Maps |
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Website Updates:
Dec 2023: 1890 Vet Census for Columbia and Neatsville
Mar 2023: Birth Notices for Bailey, Books, Bryant, Conover, Hadly,
Hall, Kimbler, McGaha, Pollard, Webb, Wilson
Mar 2022 : 1850 Census District 1 page 8, Blair obit, many news
items
Sept 2021: Deaths for 1852-1859 Through E Transcribed by BW added,
Marriage Notices for Squires-Coffey, Obituaries for Lititia Adams, Sarah E.
Willis, Annie J. Grider, 1850 Census pages 5 -7 added for District 1,
Cemeteries List Updated, Accident News Added - Judd Family, Article about
Last Surviving Civil War Veteran Added
June 2021: Marriage notice for Bennett-Jones, Obits for
Montgomery, Strangex2, Birth notice for Wilson, Sick list for Medaris and
Harper, Biography for Joseph Coffey.
Feb 2021: Marriage notices for Banks, Cundiff, Sears, Cain,
Cheatham, Epperson, Herriford, Read, McDaniel, Gill, Roe, Reece, Sneed,
Feidler, Whitlock, Many visiting news items and obit for Medaris, Milam,
Shirley, Frazer, Dickerson, and Wheat.
Sept 2020: Obits for McKinney x 3, Cundiff, Banks.
Marriage notices for McKinney, Stotts, Janye, Barbee, Williams, Estes, Bios
Biggs and Roach. Accident news. Jun
2020: 1850 census dist 1 page 4 added, Obits for Stotts, Antle, and Todd
families added, Old Todd Graveyard added. Dec
2019: Birth Notices from 1909. Obits for Antle, Janes, Corbin, Whitlock, and
Tutt Mar
2019: 1818 & 1831 Pensioners added, 1850 Census page 3, Obits
Tarter,Dickson Nov
2018: 1850 Census dist 1 page 2 added. Aug
2018: Obits for McKinney - Wesley, Mary E., R.H., Lee Roy, James Ray Elroy
May
2018: 1850 census dist 1 page 1 added. Marriage notices added.
July
2017: Waggener Obit added. Mar
2017: 9 news items added, Obits for Nancy McKinney and Mary McKinney
Dec
2016: Mobile friendly! EP McKinney, ME McKinney, and G. Campbell obits added
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