Owen County was created in 1819 from parts of Scott, Franklin, and Gallatin Counties and named for Colonel Abraham Owen (1769-1811), Indian fighter and a Kentucky legislator, who was killed at the Battle of Tippecanoe. The information for this volume comes from two sources, first, History of Kentucky by Lewis Collins written in 1882 and second, KENTUCKY: A History of the State by W. H. Perin, J. H. Battle and G. C. Kniffin written in 1885. Since most of the information for this volume comes from the families themselves, they should be more accurate than other records.

Example from this volume:

THOMAS LONG was born in Owen County, KY, September 22, 1842, and is the third of a family of thirteen children born to Robert and Cynthia (Carter) Long, natives of Kentucky. Etc.

 

Surnames Included in This Publication

ABBOTT, ADAMS, ALEXANDER, ALLEN, ALLNUTT, ALNUTT, ANDREWS, ARNOLD, ASHBY

BAGBY, BAINBRIDGE, BAKER, BALL, BALLARD, BARNES, BARR, BAXTER, BEECHER, BLACKBURN, BLACKWELL, BLANTON, BOND, BOURNE, BRADFORD, BRAGG, BRANHAM, BRECKINRIDGE, BRIANT, BRINLEY, BROOKS, BROWN, BURNS

CALVERT, CHOWNING, CLARK, CLEVELAND, COBB, COMER, COPHER, CORK, CRAIG, CRUTCHER, CURTIS

DANIEL, DAVEISS, DAVIS, DEGARNETTE, DENNIS, DICKERSON, DILLON, DORMAN, DOXON, DUDLEY, DUGAN, DUNCAN, DUVALL

ELMORE, ELY, ENGLISH, EVANS

FORD, FOSTER, FREYER

GAINES, GALE, GARVEY, GILES, GLASS, GRAY, GRIMES, GROVER

HALLAM, HARDEE, HARDIN, HARDISTER, HARPER, HARRISON, HAWKINS, HAYDON, HEADLY, HENRY, HERNDON, HILL, HOFFMAN, HOLBROOK, HUNT, HUNTER

JENKINS, JOHNSON, JONES, JUETT

KELSEY, KELSO, KEMPER, KINMAN, KNADLER

LEE, LEMON, LEONARD, LETCHER, LIGON, LILLARD, LINDSAY, LONG, LONGSTREET, LOWDENBACK, LUSBY

McFARLANE, McGINNISS, McNEAL, MADDOX, MARLOW, MARSHALL, MARSTON, MORGAN, MORTON, MOUNT

NOEL

ORR, OWEN, OWSLEY

PECK, PLUMB

RAYMOND, REASDALL, REED, RICE, RILEY, RITCHEY, ROBERTS, ROUSSEAU, ROWLETT

SALE, SALINE, SANDERS, SAUNDERS, SCHOOLER, SCOTT, SESTON, SETTLE, SHELTON, SHIPP, SLAUGHTER, SMITHER, SMOOT, STONESTREET, STROTHER, SWIGGERT

TAYLOR, THOMAS, THOMPSON, THRELKELD, TODD, TOMLINSON, TRUE, TURNBULL

UITZ

VANPELT, VEAL, VIOLETTE

WASHINGTON, WATSON, WAYNE, WEBSTER, WHEATLEY, WHITE, WILLIAMS, WILSON, WINGATE, WOLFORD, WOOD, WOOLFOLK, WRIGHT

YANCEY

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