Kentucky Pioneer And Court Records: Abstracts of Early Wills, Deeds and Marriages From Court Houses and Records of Old Bibles, Churches, Grave Yards, and Cemeteries Copied by American War Mothers-Genealogical Material Collected From Authentic Sources-Records From Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Montgomery, Nicholas and Woodford Counties . Mrs. Harry Kennett McAdams. (1929), 2007, 5½x8½, paper, index, 384 pp.

This invaluable compilation includes early genealogical records from more than a dozen Kentucky counties. An extensive surname index contains about 3,750 entries, the majority with multiple references. Perhaps no better estimation of the book's value can be found than in the following review, which appeared in a prestigious Kentucky periodical when the work was first reprinted:

"This invaluable compilation includes abstracts of early wills, deeds and marriages from courthouses, and records of old Bibles, churches, graveyards, and cemeteries from the following Kentucky counties: Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Montgomery, Nicholas, and Woodford. An extensive surname index contains about 3,750 entries."--Amazon.

By: Wiliam C. Kozee Pub. 1957, reprinted 2018, 284 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-927-3. This book is basically a source book of genealogical data rather than a collection of family histories. Genealogical information on each county is uniform and is arranged in the following manner: 1) the boundary line and estatblishment by law of each county, 2) a synoplis of the earliest court records pertaining to the county, 3) a list of pioneering families according to the 1810 federal census, and various county Tax Lists, 4) finally Marriage Records of various southeastern KY counties. There are additional sections that cover lists of Revolutionary, War of 1812 and Civil War soldiers.