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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
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Broadus; Peachee; Walker; Rigdon |
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Bozarth; Peiffer; Quigley; Rhubart
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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. |
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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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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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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
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Links To Populated Places Within This County |
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Installations; Populated Places, Post
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County boundary
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Conducting genealogical research in the United States requires an
understanding of county boundaries. As
the population grew more counties were created to meet the public’s need for
localized governments. This phenomena was common in all states during the 17th, 18th and 19th
centuries. As such you must be sure
that you are not looking for records in the wrong county or state. The web-site for the Atlas of Historical County Boundary Project provides interactive maps for all states. This Atlas is meant to be a resource for people seeking records of past events, and people trying to analyze, interpret and display county-based historical data like Land Records, Probate Records, Court Records, Tax Records, and Vital Records that document birth, death, and marriage. Listed below are the boundary changes for this county, the dates they occurred, as well as the government statute that decreed the change. To see actual changes in a mapping format follow this LINK to the Atlas of Historical County Boundary Project . |
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MASON
COUNTY: Map(s) and descriptions of
Historical Boundary Changes Click on thumbnail buttons for
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01 May 1789 MASON created by Virginia from BOURBON. |
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01 Jun 1792 MASON became a Kentucky county when the state of Kentucky
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10 May 1795 MASON lost to creation of CAMPBELL and lost small area to
HARRISON. |
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01 Jun 1797 MASON lost to creation of BRACKEN. |
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01 Mar 1798 MASON lost to creation of FLEMING. |
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01 Jun 1800 MASON lost to creation of FLOYD and NICHOLAS. |
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01 Feb 1804 MASON lost to creation of GREENUP. |
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01 Apr 1807 MASON lost to creation of LEWIS. |
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08 Mar 1854 MASON lost small area to BRACKEN to accommodate local
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01 Aug 1867 MASON lost to creation of ROBERTSON. |
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05 Mar 1868 MASON gained small area from ROBERTSON to accommodate
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18 Feb 1888 MASON lost small area to FLEMING |
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27 Mar 1890 MASON gained small area from LEWIS to accommodate local
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State-Wide Resources
For more information about
the U.S. State in which this county is located click
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Resources which enhance our
knowledge of the places inhabited by our ancestors are almost as important as
their names.
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This LINK will
take you to Maps, Gazetteers, and other helpful resources that will assist you in discovering
Ancestral Locations. |
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gen tool-kit
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Our “Gen-Tool Kit” has been primarily designed for those researchers who may be traveling to this location to perform on-site studies of their family history, or to just visit some of the interesting historical sites located in the area. It can be very satisfying to mix research with sightseeing at historical and scenic spots. Such activity not only gives you an understanding of the land but a needed break from intense research sessions. When visiting an ancestral county for genealogical research we’ve found that the three most important places to visit are the county courthouse; the county library; and the county historical and/or genealogical societies. It is also good to plan ahead by contacting any site you intend visiting in order to ascertain where it is and when it will be open. This is especially true with regard to historical and genealogical societies. We hope that the following information will provide you with a better idea of what resources are available, within this county, to the family historian. |
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History
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National Register of
Historic Places listings in Mason County, Kentucky |
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· History of Maysville and Mason County |
· Mason County Historical Markers - Database · Mason County History KY Court of Justice |
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Maps and Gazetteers
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City of Maysville, Chester & Woodville, Dover
1877 ·
Kentucky Atlas &
Gazetteer Mason County ·
Mason County
1895 U.S. Atlas |
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Mason County Post
Offices 1846 ·
Mason County Topo Maps and Aerial Photos |
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County Records
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Mason County Clerk has Marriage Records from 1789 and Land Records from 1789 and is located at PO Box 234, Maysville, KY 41056-0234;
Phone: (606) 564-3341, FAX: (606) 564-8979 . ·
Mason County Clerk of the Circuit Court has Probate Records from 1791 and Court Records from 1789 and is located at Justice Center, 100 West Third Street,
Maysville, KY 41056; Phone Numbers: 606-564-4340. ·
Mason County Property Valuation Administrator has County |
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Limestone Chapter,
Maysville - National
Society Daughters of the American Revolution
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All of
the records and databases we’ve collected are FREE and can be accessed and searched online without
having to pay for a subscription. We
have divided our collected into 14 record types as follows: Biographical; Birth;
Cemetery; Census & City Directories; Church; Court; Death; Immigration
& Naturalization; Land; Marriage; Military; Newspapers; Occupational; and
Tax Records. We try not to list any sites that have only
a few records for the purpose of getting you to a website that will charge a
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Genealogy Reference
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The following Link will take you to our library of genealogy
reference books. Here you may find
books about the history and records of this county and other places such as towns and churches. The collection also contains research works
about military units and personnel during America’s wars, in addition to
resource texts about the ethnic and religious groups who may have settled in
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Gallery
Image Gallery
During our research we have collected images and
photographs that are of general interest to a variety of localities. Some of them are presented on this website
because we believe they tend to provide the reader with additional
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Market
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