Publisher's Synopsis
By: Ila Earle Fowler, Pub. 1951, reprinted 2023, 468 pages, Index soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-146-7. This book is series of abstracts of Kentucky records containing data from Bibles, tombstones, obituaries, birth certificates, vital statistics, tax books, deeds, wills, and marriage and census records for the following counties: Bourbon, Bracken, Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Fayette, Fleming, Franklin, Hardin, Hopkins, Jefferson, Jessamine, Larue, Lincoln, Livingston, Mason, Mercer, and Woodford. The author has also included genealogies or mini-family histories of the following surnames: Bartlett, Baskett, Bayles, Bourland-Reese, Brownfield-Brumfield, Caldwell, Carson, Cowgill, Cox, Cromwell, Denton, Denton-Leer, Earle-Dillingham, Elkin, Fristoe, Haley, Harrod, Laffoon, Land, Lauderman, Leer, Milam, Mitchell, Neal, Nichols, Randolph, Reed, Rees, Tribble, and Worthington. The Index mentions approximately 16,000 persons.
