Kentucky

Kentucky Prisons & Convicts

Kentucky Department of Corrections
History of Kansas State Reformatory

Kentucky Outlaws & Criminals

James Ford: ‘Satan’s Ferryman’ and ‘Outlaw of Cave-in-Rock’
Biography on the outlaw

Bill Miner
Bill Miner was born in 1847 in Bowling Green, KY. His birth name was McDonald.

Bloody Bill Anderson
One of the best known and most feared of all Missouri Confederate guerrillas was William Anderson who, surprisingly, considered himself a Kansan.

Kentucky Court Records

Allen County Courthouse Records

Jessamine County Court Records


Court, Government, & Criminal Records
Court records are an often overlooked, yet very valuable tool for finding information to assist you in your research. Land records, such as deeds, allow you to tie an ancestor to a specific place at a point in time. Other court records like those dealing with finances and estates often list related family members or give interesting details like the total value of property owned by your ancestors to add interest to your family history.

Kentucky Executions

Executions in Kentucky
1780 – 1962