Thanks Hal for taking time to send all this pertinent info on Fayette Co, KY I will look in Richmond VA for records on my husbands family who was in Fayette Co, Ky about 1788 to 1806. I am sure this will help many on the list, and I thank you so much Dottie Himes > > From: "Old Hal" <lofmfo@att.net> > Date: 2006/10/04 Wed PM 06:21:49 EDT > To: <kyfayett@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [KYFAYETT] Researcher > > Fayette Co formed 1780 as Kentucky County VA. Kentucky was formed as a > State in 1792. Jessamine County was formed from Fayette County in 1799. > > Records prior to 1792 for that area are probably in Richmond VA if they > exist at all. > > Records for Fayette County are: > > Marriage records from 1795; Probate and land records from 1794 held by > County Clerk office. > > Divorce and Civil Court records held by Clerk Circuit Court, no dates > given but suspect from 1792. > > Records for Jessamine County: > > County Clerk has marriage, probate, deeds, mortgages from 1799. > > Circuit Court Clerk has divorce records. > > Source for the above is The Handy Book for Genealogist, Everton Press, Logan > UT Seventh Edition. > > Old Hal > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KYFAYETT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >