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Crittenden Co., Ky was established in 1842
The county was named for John Jordan Crittenden (1787-1863)
who was U.S. Attorney General, Senator
and the 15th Governor of Kentucky




John Jordan Crittenden






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Kentucky County Formations

Crittenden County was formed from Livingston Co. 1842
Crittenden County Seat is Marion
Livingston County was formed from Christian Co. 1798
Livingston County Seat is Smithland
Christian County was formed from Logan Co. 1797
Christian County Seat is Hopkinsville
Logan County was formed from Lincoln Co. 1792
Logan County Seat is Russellville
Lincoln County was formed from Kentucky Co., Virginia
Lincoln County Seat is Stanford
Kentucky Co., Virginia was formed 1776 from Fincastle Co., Va.




Crittenden Co. Genealogical Society Click Here

Crittenden Co. Historical Society Click Here

Crittenden Co. Public Library Click Here

More about Marion, Ky. Click Here



Depositions taken in Land Suits in KY Courts between 1794 & 1824.
Draper Manuscripts

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Willis "Pat" Oliver's
Crittenden Co., Ky. Home Page



Crittenden Co., Ky.
Family Search-Wiki





Click the Crittenden Press link for Crittenden Photos, Crittenden History,
Queries Page, Addresses for local men and women in the Military and More.


The Crittenden Press

Search Crittenden County GenForum
Browning's Genealogy
& Obituaries

Weston Ky.
Wikipedia
Crittenden County General Information

Ky. Atlas & Gazetteer

Crittenden Co., Ky.
Yearbooks & Photos

Delayed Birth Records Late 1800's-1910
KyGenWeb
Special Collections

Crittenden Co. Biographies




Crittenden County
Books

Hodge-Dancy
Family
Maps-Gazeteers
Crittenden Co. History
Linkpendium
Wikipedia List of Kentucky Counties
Surnames of
Kentucky
Kentucky Links and
Research Help
Kentucky Folklore
John J. Crittenden
KyGenWeb
Look Up Volunteers
Death Indexes USA
Crittenden County
Historical Markers
Courthouse
United States Vital Records - (Pay)
About Kentucky
Land Records
Crittenden County
Records
1850 Crittenden Co., Ky. census
Crittenden County History Online
Ky. Libraries & Archives
Ky. Newspapers
on Microfilm
Rev Olen Sisk's Journals
Reunion News

Vickie Beard Thompson's Ancestors


Adamson
Ancestry


Ky. Public Records
Search


Crittenden County
Look Up Volunteers


Crittenden Co., Ky.
Births 1911-1930

Crittenden Co., Ky.
Deeds
More Deeds

Gilkey's Home Page

Crittenden County Museum

Chasteen/Chastine
Hood

Some
Crittenden Co., Ky.
Marriage Records
1856-1860
Jacob Sisco
Family Tree
Sandra Anderson's
Catilla Family
List of Free Blacks in 1852 by Brenda Joyce Jerome
Crittenden Co., Ky.
Court Minutes

Crittenden Co. Photos

African American Griots
Kentucky
African American Griots
US
Sellers Western
Kentucky Obits
Tribute to
Senator Ollie M. James

Ky. Death Records
1911-2000

1790 First Kentucky Census

The Learning Center

Melissa Foster Rose's
Kelly-Foster-Cowger & Other Families

Brenda J. Jerome's
Crittenden Press
1883 Excerpts

A guide to Cherokee
Genealogy Research

Crittenden Co., Ky.
Death Certificates

List of Crittenden
WW II soldiers

Millie Wilson
1922-2001
As I Recall


Crittenden Co., Ky.
Bible Records


Korean War Deaths
Memorial Page
for Ky. Soldiers


Kidz GenWeb

Crittenden Co. Wills

Uncle Bob Heath's
Memories -- 1908

Crittenden County
Family Group Sheets


Guess Family
Information

Kentucky
Family Group Sheets

Crittenden Co.
1860 Mortality Schedule

Duncan
Research Files


History of the
Star Spangled Banner

   33,000 Genealogy Links



Ky. Historical Soc.
Digital Collections




McCree
Family




Reuben Rushing



Ennis Family



Senator
William Joseph Deboe
Bio


Governor
Lee Cruce
Bio


Some
Crittenden Co., Ky. Divorces

by
Brenda Joyce Jerome


Memories
of Mamaw & Papaw Phillips
& Family Group Sheets


Rev. R. S. Richardson
Marriages 1913-1938


Crittenden Co., Ky. County Court
Excerpts 1862


Shady Grove School
1937


Thomas W. Peek
Family by
Andrew Hinshaw




Peek Saw Mill &
Richard Mentril Peek
Family Photos




Ky. Vital Records
Project



Crittenden Co., Ky. Archives

KyGenWeb
Archives


USGenWeb
Archives




Crittenden Springs Hotel
(Photo)





Crittenden Co. Hospital (old)
(Photo)





Fohl's Hall,
Marion, Ky.
(Photo)





Marion Class of 1930
(Photo)





Hunt's Dept Store
Marion, Ky.
(Photo)





Crittenden Co. Courthouse
Marion, Ky.
(Photo)




Marion Service Station 1920's



Marion, Ky. 1904




Marion Football Team
of
1926




Marion Hotel






(Old) Marion High School





Olive Branch School
1930-31





Tucker & Franklin
Furniture Store





Marion United
Methodist Church





Western Auto Store






Crittenden Co., Ky.
Court Orders

by Brenda Underdown





Crittenden Co., Ky.
Marriages

by Brenda Underdown





Old Fire Maps

Submitted by
Steve Eskew


N2 Genealogy
Ky. Genealogy, Facts,
& Record Resources
free & pay






















Crittenden Genealogy Blogs

Brenda Joyce Jerome's Western Ky. Genealogy Blog
Brenda Underdown's Our Forgotten Passages Blog
Matthew Patton's Dycusburg Genealogy and History Blog



Click Here To See
Photographs from the family of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916)

including photos from Pierce, Bettis, Yandell, Greenlea, Brewer and Oliver families of western Kentucky.
Photos and Information
Maybe you can identify some of the "unknowns"


A genealogy website just for Kids !!
Kentucky GenWeb for Kids



University of Kentucky
Notable Kentucky African Americans Database


Kentuckiana Digital Library

Photos of Marion, Crittenden Co., Ky.




Click Here
Listings for Area Cemeteries
By Kenneth E. Gilkey

Crittenden Co., Ky. Caldwell Co., Ky.
Livingston Co., Ky. & Lyon Co., Ky.





Show me first the graveyards of a country
and I will tell you the true character of the people.
--Benjamin Franklin




Crittenden Co., Ky. Cemeteries


Baker - Phillips
Cemetery
(partial)



Bells Mines
Cemetery
(partial)




Caldwell Springs
Cemetery
(partial)


Chapel Hill
Cemetery
(partial)




H. R. D.
Coleman
Cemetery
(partial)

Crayne
Cemetery
(partial)


Crayne
Cemetery
(partial)
Photos & Info


Crooked Creek
Cemetery
(partial)




Crowell
Cemetery
(partial)





Deer Creek
Cemetery
(partial)


Dickey
Cemetery
(partial)


Duncan
Cemetery


Dunn Springs
Cemetery
(partial)



Frances
Cemetery
(partial)


Freedom
Cemetery
(partial)


Green's Chapel
Cemetery
(complete)



Hood
Cemetery
(partial)




Love
Cemetery
(partial)




Love
Cemetery Pt. 2
(partial)





Matthews
Cemetery
(partial)




McMican
Cemetery
(partial)



Mexico
Cemetery
(partial)



Mt. Zion
Cemetery
(partial)




Old Marion
Cemetery
(partial)






Paris
Cemetery
(partial)





Pilot Knob
Cemetery
(partial)


   Piney Creek     
Cemetery
(partial)

   Piney Fork     
Cemetery
(partial)



Pleasant Hill
Cemetery
(partial)




Repton
Cemetery
(partial)




Rosebud
Cem.
(partial)




Rushing     
Cemetery
(complete)




Shady Grove
Cemetery
(partial)




Sisco Chapel
Cemetery
(partial)



Sisco Chapel
Cemetery Pt. 2
(partial)


Sugar Grove
Cemetery
(partial)



Tosh
Cemetery
(partial)




Tyners Chapel
Cem.
(partial)




Underdown
Cemetery
(complete)



Union
Cemetery
(partial)


Weston
Cemetery
(complete)



James Wheeler
Cem.
(partial)



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Crittenden Co. Ky.
Tombstone
Transcription
Project








Unmarked Burials

A List of unmarked burials from various Crittenden Co. Cemeteries.
Taken from Ky. Death Certificates. More will be added as they are found.
Click Here to View





Research Links, Hints & Helps

Taking the Mystery out of Land Records

801,678 Genealogy Links
Calendar
Research Links & Research Help
10,000 Year Calendar
Calculate a Birth Date



Revolutionary War Veterans

War of 1812 Muster Rolls
Ky. Units




Fallen Kentucky Soldiers in WWI
Crittenden Co., Ky.




Richard P'Pool's
Crittenden Civil War Soldiers
Database

8th US Colored Heavy Artillery Western Ky. Soldiers

The Last Confederate Funeral

  The Last Civil War Widow

Confederate Records

Union Records

Kentucky Belle



County Clerk's Office Carolyn Byford Crittenden County Clerk Crittenden County Courthouse 107 S. Main Marion, KY 42064 270-965-3403 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 8 a.m. - 12 noon Wednesday & Saturday Crittenden County Public Library 204 W. Carlisle Marion, KY 42064 Crittenden County Genealogical Society PO Box 61 Marion, KY 42054


Ken & Peggy Gilkey
Crittenden Co. Coordinators
Drop us a Line

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Neighboring & Nearby Counties


Lyon Marshall Livingston Trigg
Caldwell Union Hopkins Christian Co., Ky.


Western Ky. History & Genealogy

Caldwell Cemeteries, Christian, Crittenden,
Livingston, Lyon Cemeteries, and Trigg Co.


Ken and Peggy Gilkey are the Crittenden County Coordinators.
Vicki Stewart is the Assistant Crittenden County Coordinator.
Please send your Crittenden County, Ky. records to be posted here.







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Peggy Gilkey & Kenneth Gilkey Crittenden County Ky. CC s - Aug. 26, 2009, Jan. 18, 2015
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