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Mason County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2010, the population was 17,490. Its county seat is Maysville. The county is named for George Mason, a Virginia delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention, known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights". Mason County was partitioned from Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1788. Counties that lie adjacent to Mason are: Brown County, Ohio (north, across the Ohio River); Adams County, Ohio (northeast, across the Ohio River); Lewis County (east); Fleming County (south); Robertson County (southwest); and Bracken County (west). |
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The following are
names of persons, found within our databases as having been either
born, married or died in this location. Names in dark red denote direct ancestral
lines. To find out more
about each surname listed click on the corresponding Link. |
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McVicker; Moreland; Pinnell; Scruggs and allied
families (MMPS) |
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Broadus; Peachee; Walker; Rigdon |
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Bozarth; Peiffer; Quigley; Rhubart
and allied families (BPQR) |
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Dellinger; Knecht; Pfeffer; Silar and allied
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Click on this link to find out more about each surname listed
above as well as other surnames found within our three family databases. |
This link will also lead you to surname resources at Rootsweb, and information about
the world-wide distribution of a surname. |
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Family history notes
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PEACHEE FAMILY Benjamin Franklin Peachee his wife
Anna Abbott Peachee and the
four eldest of their seven known children migrated
from Salem County,
New Jersey to Mason
County about 1794. It was here that the three youngest
offspring were born between 1795 and 1800.
In 1802 his daughter Alice Peachee
married Richard Eubanks in Mason County. They
then resided in Fleming County
were Richard owned property. Benjamin Peachee is listed in the 1800 Tax List and 1810 census of
Mason County, Kentucky. Benjamin’s son
James Peachee married Mary
Rigdon here on 12 June 1811. Of
this union at least four of their children were born at Mason county between
1812 and 1821. Around 1812 Benjamin
and Anna removed to nearby Fleming County.
WALKER FAMILY Around
1792 William Walker of Montgomery
County, Virginia migrated with
his family to that area of Kentucky now in Floyd County. It
appears that William settled where Beaver Creek joins with the Levisa River near present day Allen, Kentucky. This area was in Mason County until
1798. It was herein that two of his
children were born, Elizabeth
in 1794 and Moses in 1795. When his daughter Jane
was born in April 1799 the Walker property was then in Fleming County as
it was created in 1798. Two years later in 1800 Floyd County was created |
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Maysville
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Mason County Justice Center Click on Thumbnail |
NAME / DESCRIPTION: In 1784, frontiersman Simon Kenton established a landing place along the Ohio River that was called Limestone. By 1786 John May had acquired the land at Limestone and Daniel Boone established a trading post and tavern there. In 1787 the little settlement was incorporated as Maysville, though the name Limestone persisted well into the 19th century. By 1807 Maysville was one of two principal ports in Kentucky. By the 1830s Maysville had a population of 3,000 and was the second city in Kentucky after Louisville. Washington, the county seat, had dwindled in importance after a fire in 1825 and a series of deadly cholera epidemics. A proposal to move the county government to Maysville was passed 1848. Maysville donated its city hall, completed in 1846, to the county for a court house. The current county court house is located at 100 W. Third St. Maysville, Ky. 41056. |
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ANCESTORS
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INTERNET
WEB LINK(S): Maysville, Kentucky - Wikipedia; |
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The list below will assist in your research
regarding the matching of your ancestor’s birth, marriage, death dates and
the place(s) within this locality at which these events may have occurred. |
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Profiles for 26 cities, towns and other populated places in Mason County, Kentucky |
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Mason County Physical, Cultural & Historic Features | Schools Mason County ZIP Codes | Area Codes Mason County Land - Property, Farms & Ranches |
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Mason County, Kentucky, United States
Details | Resources | Cities | Cemeteries |
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Links To Populated Places Within This County |
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Cities, towns, and communities |
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