Campbell County, Kentucky Genealogy

United States

Kentucky

Campbell County

Guide to Campbell County, Kentucky ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Kentucky Online Genealogy Records

County Facts County seat: Newport Organized: December 17, 1794 Parent County(s): Mason, Scott, Harrison Neighboring Counties Clermont (OH) • Hamilton (OH) • Kenton • Pendleton See County Maps Courthouse Location Map

County Information

Description

Campbell County was named for John Campbell. The county is located in the north-central area of the state.

County Courthouse

Campbell County Courthouse
340 York Street
Newport, KY 41071
Phone: 859-292-3845
Campbell County Website

Campbell County, Kentucky Record Dates

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Government County Records
Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1852	1785	1852	1791	1785	1785	1810
*Statewide registration for births and deaths started in 1911. General compliance by 1917.

Record Loss

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Boundary Changes

1794--Campbell County was created 17 December 1794 from Mason, Scott and Harrison Counties. Campbell has two courthouses, one at Alexandria and one at Newport. County seat: Newport For animated maps illustrating Kentucky county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Kentucky County Boundary Maps" (1776-1939) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cities
Alexandria(county seat) Bellevue California Cold Spring Crestview	Dayton Fort Thomas Highland Heights Melbourne Mentor	Newport Silver Grove Southgate Wilder Woodlawn
Unincorporated communities
Abbott (hist.) Aspen Grove Brent Camp Springs Carthage Clifton Fairlane	Flagg Spring Grants Lick Gubser Mill Hawthorne Kohler Oneonta	Persimmon Grove Reeses Settlement Ross Tug Fork (hist.) Twelve Mile (hist.) Wilmington (hist.)
Census-designated places
Claryville

Resources

Bible Records

• Campbell County Family Bible Records at Rootsweb
• Campbell County Kentucky Family Bible Records at Access Genealogy

Biographies

• Kentucky Biographies Project
• Pictorial and Industrial Review of Northern Kentucky. Historical Souvenir, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-three, Kenton and Campbell Counties. 1923. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Libary. Photographs and short bios of leading citizens of the county.

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Campbell, Kentucky online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online	Findagrave.com KYGenWeb KYGenWeb Archives Tombstone Project Kentucky Gravestones Billion Graves
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)	FamilySearch Library WorldCat
List of Cemeteries in the County	Findagrave.com Billion Graves Kentucky Cemeteries FamilySearch Places
See Kentucky Cemeteries for more information

• Interment.net, Kentucky cemetery records by county.
• Naming the Forgotten, The Eastern State Hospital Project

Census Records

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1800	1,903	—
1810	3,473	82.5%
1820	7,022	102.2%
1830	9,883	40.7%
1840	5,214	−47.2%
1850	13,127	151.8%
1860	20,909	59.3%
1870	27,406	31.1%
1880	37,440	36.6%
1890	44,208	18.1%
1900	54,223	22.7%
1910	59,369	9.5%
1920	61,868	4.2%
1930	73,391	18.6%
1940	71,918	−2.0%
1950	76,196	5.9%
1960	86,803	13.9%
1970	88,704	2.2%
1980	83,317	−6.1%
1990	83,866	0.7%
2000	88,616	5.7%
2010	90,336	1.9%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

For tips on accessing Campbell County, Kentucky Genealogy census records online, see: Kentucky Census.

• Kentucky Census Transcriptions 1850-1930, USGenWeb
• Census Images, USGenWeb
• KY Census Online, Links to online census records

Church Records

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Kentucky denominations, view the Kentucky Church Records wiki page.

• Christian Church Directory for Kentucky at ChurchFinder
• Catholic Parishes in the Diocese of Lexington
• Catholic Parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville

Baptist

• Twelve Mile. Church minutes, membership rolls, etc. (1819-1874) are available online

List of Churches and Church Parishes

• FamilySearch Places
  

Court Records

• 1791-1914 Court Orders, 1791-1914(*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1795-1805 Court Order, 1795-1805(*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1863-1915 Court Orders, 1863-1915(*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1870-1896 Minute Book, 1870-1896(*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• Cases Heard Before the Supreme Court for the District of Kentucky 1785-1792 at KYKinFolk.com
  

Abstracts of Early Kentucky Supreme Court Cases

• Commonwealth of Kentucky, State Board of Elections at KY.gov
  

Contact information for all Kentucky County Court Clerks. Scroll down or use index at top of page to find desired county.

• Kentucky Court of Justice at KYCourts.gov

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

African Americans

More information about African American resources in Kentucky can be found on the Kentucky African Americans and the United States African Americans Wiki pages.

• The KY African American Griots Project
• Kentucky Minorities has information specific to Kentucky African Americans.
• Sandi Gorin's Tips, Hangings in Kentucky 1792-1900

Funeral Homes

• Alexandria Funeral Home in Alexandria.
• Cooper Funeral Home in Alexandria.
• Dobbling, Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home in Bellevue, Fort Thomas and Newport.
• Fares J. Radel Funeral Homes and Crematory in Newport.

Genealogies

• [Flournoy] Rivers, Flournoy. "The Flournoy Family," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jul. 1894):81-90; Vol. 2, No. 2 (Oct. 1894):190-213; Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jan. 1895):318-327; Vol. 2, No. 4 (Apr. 1895):437-447; Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jul. 1895):67-79; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Apr. 1896):414-416; Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):97-101. Digitized by JSTOR - free.
• [McLaughlin] Holtzclaw, B.C. "Asbury of Westmoreland County, Virginia," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jul. 1967):55-65; Vol. 5, No. 4 (Oct. 1967):77-87; Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 1968):10-26. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Land and Property Records

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Kentucky Land and Property for additional information about early Kentucky land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed. Online Land Indexes and Records

• The KY Land Office
• Full-Text Search - Land Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search

Local Histories

Local histories are available for Campbell County, Kentucky Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories see the wiki page section Kentucky Local Histories.

Maps and Gazetteers

Click a neighboring county
for more resources

• KYGenWeb compiled list of maps
• Click on the county to go to the KYGenWeb site
• FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records

• Military Resources, Revolutionary War through Civil War

Civil War

Online Records

• 1861-1865 Kentucky Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
• 1861-1865 Kentucky Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
• 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
• 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry— index (free)
• 1912-1950 Kentucky Confederate Pension Applications 1912-1950 at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection

Regiments. Men in Campbell County served in various regiments and companies. Those listed below were specifically formed in this county:

- 53rd Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Company F

World War I

• Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY

Korean War

• Korean War Memorial, Korean War Memorial for Soldiers from KY, KYGenWeb

Newspapers

• 1800s-Current Kentucky, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-Current at Ancestry — index & images ($)
• USNPL, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper index with links
• World-Newspapers, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper index with links
• Kentucky Newspapers on Microfilm

Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Campbell County, Kentucky Genealogy newspapers in online catalogs like:

• WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
• Do a Campbell County, Kentucky Genealogy Place-name search for these and other records in the FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).

Obituaries

• Kentucky Footsteps Archives, KYGenWeb
• Kentucky Obituary Sources, KYGenWeb

• Browning Genealogy Database, Compiled by Charles Browning.
• Kentucky Obituaries, USGenWeb
• Afrigeneas, African American death notices, obituaries and funeral programs compiled by users from current newspapers and historical sources
• Obituary Daily Times, Citations to over 15,000,000 obituaries (Ancestry)
• Nashville Christian Advocate Death Abstracts

Other Records

• Kentucky Postcards, USGenWeb

Probate Records

Probate records are held by the Campbell County, Kentucky Genealogy Clerk of Court and are housed at the Campbell County, Kentucky Genealogy Courthouse. Microfilmed records can be found online at Kentucky, Probate Records, 1792-1977 for Caldwell, Henry, Hickman, Russell and Trimble counties. See the wiki page Kentucky Probate Records for information about how to use probate records.

Content: Probate Records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.

Record types: Wills, estates, guardianships, naturalizations, and adoptions.

Online Probate Indexes and Records

• 1774-1989 Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
• 1794-1820 Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories at Virginia Pioneers ($)
• 1794-1926 Campbell County, Kentucky Wills and Other Probate Records, 1794-1926(*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1795-1920 Administrative and Executive Bonds, 1795-1920(*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1798-1943 Will Books 1 to 8 (1798-1943) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1814-1963 Inventories and Sales, 1814-1963(*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1815-1945 Guardian Records, 1815-1945(*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1820-1926 Will Books (1820-1926) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1863-1912 Bonds, 1863-1912(*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1863-1913 Campbell County, Kentucky Wills, 1863-1913(*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1863-1918 Executive and Administrative Bonds, 1863-1918(*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1876-1912 Inventories and Settlements, 1876-1912(*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• Wills, Probates, Land, Tax and Criminal, Ancestry ($)
• Full-Text Search - Wills and Probate Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search

Social Security Records

• 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
• 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
• 1936-2007 United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tax Records

Taxes were levied on free white males over 21 and slaves aged 21 to 60. These persons are referred to as "polls." Tax listings, or digests, of a county generally list the taxable landowners and other polls and the amount of tax. The records for each county are divided by militia district. For more background information and state-wide resources see the wiki page Kentucky Taxation.

• 1800 - 1800 Tax List of Campbell County, Kentucky Genealogy is included in Clift's Second Census of Kentucky 1800, digitized by Ancestry ($).
• Search Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills Records, Ancestry ($)

Vital Records

Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Although Kentucky enacted a statute in 1852-1862 requiring registration of births and deaths,many counties did not comply. A second law was written in 1874-1879, and 1892-1910 but, again, was not always followed. By 1911, the law was more clearly defined and kept by 1920. Any existing births 1852-1960 and death records 1852-1953 can be accessed online. See How to Find Kentucky Birth Records and How to Find Kentucky Death Records for links to indexes and images.

Original marriage records are held at the office of the Campbell County Clerk, with divorce records 1849-1958 located with the Campbell County Circuit Court. For more information see How to Find Kentucky Marriage Records. For Kentucky divorce records see the wiki page Kentucky Vital Records.

Birth

• 1839-1960 Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1911-1912 Searchable KY Birth Index
• 1911-1999 Kentucky Births, 1911-1999 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Marriage

• 1609-2016 Kentucky, United States Marriages at Findmypast — index $
• 1785-1979 Kentucky Marriages 1785-1979 at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection
• 1797-1954 Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
• 1973-2000 Searchable KY Marriage Records
• 1960-1993 Kentucky Marriages, 1960-1993 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Death

• 1843-1970 Kentucky Deaths and Burials 1843-1970 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1911-1965 Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
• 1911-2000 Searchable KY Death Index
• 1900-1999 Kentucky Deaths, 1900-1999 at MyHeritage ($) — index
• United States Social Security Death Index - How to Use this Collection
• The Kentucky Vital Records Project, Transcriptions and Images of Kentucky Death Certificates

Divorce

• 1962-2005 Kentucky, U.S., Divorce Records, 1962-2005 at Ancestry - index ($)

Research Facilities

Archives

Listed below are archives in Campbell County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Kentucky Archives and Libraries.

Archives of Appalachia
East Tennessee State University
Sherrod Library, Room 422
344 J L Seehorn Rd
Johnson City, TN 37614
Phone: 423-439-4338
Email: archives@etsu.edu
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Website

FamilySearch Centers

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• FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a FamilySearch center.
  

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Adams Ohio FamilySearch Center
• Cherry Grove/ Eastgate Ohio FamilySearch Center
• Cincinnati Ohio East FamilySearch Center
• Cincinnati Ohio FamilySearch Center
• Fairfield/Hamilton Ohio FamilySearch Center
• National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
• Northern Kentucky FamilySearch Center
• West Chester Ohio FamilySearch Center
• Boone County Public Library - an affiliate library.
• Campbell County Historical and Genealogical Society - an affiliate library.
• Kenton County Library - an affiliate library.

Libraries

Listed below are libraries in Campbell County. For state-wide library facilities, see Kentucky Archives and Libraries.

Societies

Listed below are societies in Campbell County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Kentucky Societies.

Campbell County Kentucky Historical and Genealogical Society
8352 E Main St, 2nd floor
Alexandra, KY 41001
Phone: 859-635-6407
Email: campbellhgs@gmail.com
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Website

Websites

• Campbell County KYGenWeb
• KYGenWeb project. Has maps, name indexes, history or other information for each county. Select the county.
• State of Kentucky Website
• USGenWeb Kentucky Archives
• USGenWeb USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Boone County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• Campbell County KY Genealogy (Kentucky Genealogy)
• FamilySearch Catalog . Free - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records

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