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format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-meade" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope><div class="inside-article"><header class="entry-header"><h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline">Meade County Kentucky Genealogy</h1><div class="entry-meta"> 27<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2024-05-01T13:02:17-04:00" itemprop="dateModified">May 1, 2024</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2015-07-07T20:30:20-04:00" itemprop="datePublished">July 7, 2015</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://kentuckygenealogy.org/author/kentuckygenealogy" title="View all posts by Dennis Partridge" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Dennis Partridge</span></a></span></span></div></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p class="wp-block-paragraph">The seventy-sixth county in order of formation, Meade County is located in the northwestern section of Kentucky along the Ohio River. Bordered by Breckinridge and Hardin counties, from which it was formed on December 17, 1823, it has an area of 305 square miles. The county was named in honor of Capt. James Meade of Woodford County, who fought in the Battle of Tippecanoe and was killed at the Battle of the River Raisin in 1813. The county seat is <a href="https://kentuckygenealogy.org/meade/brandenburg.htm">Brandenburg</a>.</p><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><p class="wp-block-paragraph">Before settlement, herds of wild game, such as buffalo, deer, and elk, abounded in the area, which attracted pioneers who were seeking homes in the Kentucky wilderness as well as Indian tribes who hunted there. Among the early settlers were <a href="https://kentuckygenealogy.org/meade/pioneers.htm">Squire Boone and his son Enoch</a>. In 1780 Boone claimed 1,000 acres at the head of Doe Run for Joseph Helm. That same year, John Essery and others claimed land in Buck Grove. Boone claimed 6,000 acres below Doe Run for himself in 1783. Wolf Creek was the first permanent settlement in the county. Perio
27dically, the <a href="https://kentuckygenealogy.org/meade/indian_battles.htm">Indians</a> from across the Ohio River would raid the Meade County area. Lookouts were placed on the hills above the river to detect the approach of hostile Indians.</p><p class="wp-block-paragraph">The county owes much of its early development to churches. Local historian George Ridenour placed the first Baptist church gathering between the forts of Thomas Helm, Andrew Hynes, and Samuel Haycraft in Severn’s Valley on June 18, 1781. Four churches met on October 29, 1785, to form what later became the <a href="https://kentuckygenealogy.org/meade/salem_association.htm">Salem Association of Baptists</a>.</p><p class="wp-block-paragraph">During the early years of the nineteenth century, John James Audubon came through Meade County making sketches of the birds for which later he became famous. During the Civil War, Meade County was the site of a daring raid by Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan’s troops on July 7, 1863. The Confederates captured two steamboats, the John T. Combs and the Alice Dean, and Morgan stopped briefly in <a href="https://kentuckygenealogy.org/meade/brandenburg.htm">Brandenburg</a> before invading Indiana and Ohio. During the war, Confederate guerrilla Marcellus Jerome Clarke (“Sue Mundy”) was captured near the community of Guston.</p><p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Fort Knox Military Reservation, established in 1918, occupies 15,000 acres in Meade County. The Meade County economy is aided by the proximity of the fort, which employs 21 percent of the county’s work force.</p><h2 class="wp-block-heading">Cemeteries of Meade County Kentucky</h2><ul class="wp-block-list"><li><a href="https://kentuckygenealogy.org/meade/meade-county-kentucky-findagrave-cemeteries.htm">Meade County Kentucky FindAGrave cemeteries</a></li></ul><h2 class="wp-block-heading">Church records of Meade County Kentucky</h2><ul class="wp-block-list"><li><a href="https://kentuckygenealogy.org/meade/salem_association.htm">Salem Association of Baptists</a></li></ul><h2 class="wp-block-heading">Genealogies of Meade County Kentucky</h2><ul class="wp-block-list"><li><a href="https://kentuckygenealogy.org/meade/gerard-alexander-family-of-meade-county-kentucky.htm">Gerard Alexander Family of Meade County, Kentucky</a></li><li><a href="https://kentuckygenealogy.org/meade/marvin-l-allen-jr-and-mary-alice-wilkins.htm">Marvin L. Allen Jr. and Mary Alice Wilkins</a></li></ul><h2 class="wp-block-heading">History of Meade County Kentucky</h2><ul class="wp-block-list"><li><a href="https://kentuckygenealogy.org/statewide/meade-county-kentucky-place-names.htm">Meade County Kentucky Place Names</a></li><li><a href="https://kentuckygenealogy.org/meade/historic-post-offices-in-meade-county-kentucky.htm">Historic Post Offices in Meade County Kentucky</a></li><li><a href="https://kentuckygenealogy.org/meade/hunters.htm">The Hunters’ Paradise</a></li><li><a href="https://kentuckygenealogy.org/meade/indian_battles.htm">Indian Battles</a></li><li><a href="https://kentuckygenealogy.org/meade/pioneers.htm">When the Pioneers Came</a></li><li><a href="https://kentuckygenealogy.org/meade/brandenburg.htm">Brandenburg, Meade County</a></li><li><a href="https://kentuckygenealogy.org/meade/blacksmith.htm">Blacksmith’s Account Books</a></li><li><a href="https://kentuckygenealogy.org/meade/courts.htm">The Courts</a></li></ul></div></div></div><footer class="entry-meta" aria-label="Entry meta"> 28<span class="cat-links"><span class="gp-icon icon-categories"><svg viewBox="0 0 512 512" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="1em" height="1em"><path d="M0 112c0-26.51 21.49-48 48-48h110.014a48 48 0 0143.592 27.907l12.349 26.791A16 16 0 00228.486 128H464c26.51 0 48 21.49 48 48v224c0 26.51-21.49 48-48 48H48c-26.51 0-48-21.49-48-48V112z" /></svg></span><span class="screen-reader-text">Categories </span><a href="https://kentuckygenealogy.org/meade" rel="category tag">Meade County</a></span><nav id="nav-below" class="post-navigation" aria-label="Posts"><div class="nav-previous">
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I am hoping that someone can check and see if his parents names are on his Death Certificate and or get me a copy of his death certificate. Any leads would help at this point. Have been looking for his parents and or siblings for many years now with no luck. I will gladly pay for the copy of the Certificate and the postage. You can contact me by email at: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="ugc">[email protected]</a> or by phone at 217-855-6129 I am willing to take any and all help or leads at this point. Thank you for your time.</p> 34<span class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="#comment-3436" data-commentid="3436" data-postid="632" data-belowelement="div-comment-3436" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Theresa Dial" aria-label="Reply to Theresa Dial">Reply</a></span></div></article></li><li id="comment-16491" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"><article class="comment-body" id="div-comment-16491" itemtype="https://schema.org/Comment" itemscope><footer class="comment-meta" aria-label="Comment meta"> 35<img alt='' src='https://kentuckygenealogy.org/wp-content/litespeed/avatar/9805b09cdcdadc71e4e51adee3cc6444.jpg?ver=1790906434' srcset='https://kentuckygenealogy.org/wp-content/litespeed/avatar/84c324a5faa4d33037ff52f8cc0a4763.jpg?ver=1790906434 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' decoding='async'/><div class="comment-author-info"><div class="comment-author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope> 36<cite itemprop="name" class="fn">Marshall Myers</cite></div><div class="entry-meta comment-metadata"> 37<a href="https://kentuckygenealogy.org/meade/meade-county-kentucky-genealogy.htm#comment-16491"> <time datetime="2020-03-14T19:28:01-04:00" itemprop="datePublished"> 38March 14, 2020 at 7:28 pm </time> 39</a></div></div></footer><div class="comment-content" itemprop="text"><p>I am looking for the source of Audubon from Coleman and Brown, page 108, HISTORY OF MEADE COUNTY.</p> 40<span class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="#comment-16491" data-commentid="16491" data-postid="632" data-belowelement="div-comment-16491" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Marshall Myers" aria-label="Reply to Marshall Myers">Reply</a></span></div></article></li>
40<li id="comment-26661" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"><article class="comment-body" id="div-comment-26661" itemtype="https://schema.org/Comment" itemscope><footer class="comment-meta" aria-label="Comment meta"> 41<img alt='' src='https://kentuckygenealogy.org/wp-content/litespeed/avatar/bc23c8a17713e61cff5eec4f8e01e329.jpg?ver=1790380113' srcset='https://kentuckygenealogy.org/wp-content/litespeed/avatar/19a700f40b68e6e21a0d13b9c5594b7b.jpg?ver=1790380113 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' decoding='async'/><div class="comment-author-info"><div class="comment-author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope> 42<cite itemprop="name" class="fn">Mary Kinney</cite></div><div class="entry-meta comment-metadata"> 43<a href="https://kentuckygenealogy.org/meade/meade-county-kentucky-genealogy.htm#comment-26661"> <time datetime="2022-02-21T15:06:52-04:00" itemprop="datePublished"> 44February 21, 2022 at 3:06 pm </time> 45</a></div></div></footer><div class="comment-content" itemprop="text"><p>Looking for Hannah Ausborn/Osborn/Ozborn/Osborne- born about 1844 – Matilida Cunningham was her mother.</p> 46<span class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="#comment-26661" data-commentid="26661" data-postid="632" data-belowelement="div-comment-26661" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Mary Kinney" aria-label="Reply to Mary Kinney">Reply</a></span></div></article></li></ol><div id="respond" class="comment-respond"><h3 id="reply-title" class="comment-reply-title">Leave a Comment <small><a rel="nofollow" id="cancel-comment-reply-link" href="/meade/meade-county-kentucky-genealogy.htm#respond" style="display:none;">Cancel reply</a></small></h3><form action="https://kentuckygenealogy.org/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform" class="comment-form"><p class="comment-form-comment"><label for="comment" class="screen-reader-text">Comment</label><textarea id="comment" name="comment" cols="45" rows="8" required></textarea></p><label for="author" class="screen-reader-text">Name</label><input placeholder="Name *" id="author" name="author" type="text" value="" size="30" required /> 47<label for="email" class="screen-reader-text">Email</label><input placeholder="Email *" id="email" name="email" type="email" value="" size="30" required /> 48<label for="url" class="screen-reader-text">Website</label><input placeholder="Website" id="url" name="url" type="url" value="" size="30" /><p class="comment-subscription-form"><input type="checkbox" name="subscribe_comments" id="subscribe_comments" value="subscribe" style="width: auto; -moz-appearance: checkbox; -webkit-appearance: checkbox;" /> <label class="subscribe-label" id="subscribe-label" for="subscribe_comments">Notify me of follow-up comments by email.</label></p><p class="comment-subscription-form"><input type="checkbox" name="subscribe_blog" id="subscribe_blog" value="subscribe" style="width: auto; -moz-appearance: checkbox; -webkit-appearance: checkbox;" /> <label class="subscribe-label" id="subscribe-blog-label" for="subscribe_blog">Notify me of new posts by email.</label></p><p class="form-submit"><input name="submit" type="submit" id="submit" class="submit" value="Post Comment" /> <input type='hidden' name='comment_post_ID' value='632' id='comment_post_ID' /> 49<input type='hidden' name='comment_parent' id='comment_parent' value='0' /></p><p style="display: none;"><input type="hidden" id="akismet_comment_nonce" name="akismet_comment_nonce" value="38da715e23" /></p><p style="display: none !important;" class="akismet-fields-container" data-prefix="ak_"><label>Δ<textarea name="ak_hp_textarea" cols="45" rows="8" maxlength="100"></textarea></label><input type="hidden" id="ak_js_1" name="ak_js" value="223"/>
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