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