West-Central Kentucky History & Genealogy

Compiled by Jerry Long

Black Kentucky Pioneers Plague

Historical marker at the Daviess County Courthouse in Owensboro, KY

Black Kentucky Pioneers

Records

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A Battle All Their Own by Glenn Hodges
An Account of Runaway Slaves
An Unfinished History – Daviess County’s Black Citizens by Wesley Acton and Aloma Dew
Bethel African American Cemetery – Ohio County
Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery – Daviess County
Black Heritage – What it is like in Owensboro by Mary Fisher Morris
Black History: Owensboro Newspaper Articles
Black members at Buck Creek – McLean County
Blacks in Hancock County, KY Records Before 1880
Blacks in Ohio County, KY Records During 1850-1870
Born with a Purpose
Bryant’s Chapel Baptist Church, Whitesville, Daviess County, KY
Civil War Draft Registrations in Daviess County
Civil War Draft Registrations in Hancock County
Civil War Draft Registrations in McLean County
Civil War Draft Registrations in Ohio County
Colored Schools by Ed Allen
Daviess County Black History Anthology
Daviess County Black History Anthology Part Two – The Road to School Integration
Daviess County, KY Black Marriages Before 1870
Emancipation Day Celebrations in Ohio County, KY
Fourth Street Baptist Church, Owensboro, KY
Frank Render Cemetery – Ohio County
Freedman Tax Lists 1866-1869, & Slaves Estate Record – McLean County
Freedmen of Daviess County, KY
Goshen Colored Cemetery – Ohio County
Greenwood Cemetery Burials – Owensboro, Daviess County
Greenwood Cemetery History – Owensboro, Daviess County
Greenwood Cemetery Veterans – Owensboro, Daviess County
Hayti (Haiti) Cemetery – Hartford, Ohio County
Little Flock Baptist Church Cemetery – Daviess County
Negro Entries in “History of Henderson County, Kentucky”
Owensboro’s African-American Newspapers
Pleasant Point Baptist Church Cemetery – Daviess County
Pleasant Point Baptist Church History
Slave Narratives
Slavery Days In Muhlenberg County, KY – by Otto A. Rothert
Strather’s Chapel Cemetery – McLean County
Sulphur Springs Colored Church & Cemetery
The Black Middle Class by Aloma Williams Dew
The Tainted Past
Tunnel Hill Cemetery – Ohio County
Yelvington (Greene’s Chapel) Cemetery – Daviess County

Biographies

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Acton, Wesley Earl (1937- )
Agnew, John Abner (c1870-1934)
Barker, Samuel Lorenzo (1878-1971)
Burroughs, Olive James (1950-2003)
Cabell, Thruston (c1836-1905)
Campbell, Grave of John (1872-1908)
Claybrook, Edward (c1830-1896)
Crump, Thomas (c1820-1899)
Daly, Dan (c1820-1903)
Edwards, William Henry (1857-1960)
Green, Harry (1855-1922) – Barbecue King
Griffith, Harrison
Helm, Henry Clay (c1842-1926)
Henson, Josiah (1789-1883)
Hocker, Rev. Kibby Joe (1792-1881)
Holloway, Emily Marion Hall (1923-2021)
Jackson Family of Pleasant Ridge, KY
Johnson, Jim (c1821-1906) – Audubon’s Guide
Martin, Lum (1847-1956) – Old Time Fiddler
McFarland, Rev. Richard Lawrence (1917-2002)
McFarland, Ruby Rosella Taylor (1920-2023)
Neblett, Dr. Reginald Claypool (1900-1978) & Hattie L. Neblett (1903-1993)
Perkins, Mary Breckenridge Banks (1891-1987)
Rowan Family Reunion
Salsbury, Noah (c1794-after 1870)
Shultz, Arnold (1886-1931) – Godfather of Bluegrass Music
Smith, Leslie Shively (1908-1997)
Sneed, Henry – “Uncle Skillet”
Stewart, Green B. (1843-1932)
Stowers, Mary – A Long Lost Mother
Taylor, John Basil (1840-1943)
Walker, Dr. Perry Green (1868-1924)
Wallace, Richard Felix ‘Dick’ (1882-1925)
White, Dr. Randolph Franklin (1870-1943)