Welcome to Johnson County, KY
History and
Genealogy Presented
by
Kentucky Genealogy Trails
a part of
Genealogy Trails
Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy
Hi,
my name is Nancy Boyd Hannah and I'm your host
for Johnson County, Kentucky. I plan to
add as much data as possible to this site to aid
all researchers in finding their Johnson County
ancestors. I hope that you will consider
adding your family's records and information to
share with others, too.
Email me.
Our goal is to help you track your ancestors
through time by transcribing genealogical and
historical data for the free use of all
researchers.
We're looking for folks who share our dedication
to putting data online and are interested in
helping this project be as successful as it can
be. If you are interested in joining Genealogy
Trails, view our Volunteer Page
for further information and then
contact Kim.
(Enough knowledge to make a basic webpage and a
desire to transcribe data is required)
We regret that we are unable to perform personal
research for folks.
All data we come across will be added to this
site. We thank you for visiting and hope you'll
come back again to view the updates we make to
this site.
Updated October 16, 2010
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COUNTY HISTORY
Johnson County was formed
in 1843.
Named for Richard Mentor Johnson, War of 1812
general,
United States Representative, Senator, and Vice
President of the United States.
The
County Seat is Paintsville. Other towns
are Asa, Barnetts Creek, Chandlerville,
Chestnut, Collista, Dawkins, Denver, Dobson,
East Point, Elna, Flatgap, Fuget, Hagerhill,
Hargis, Keaton, Kerz, Leander, Manilla, Meally,
Nero, Nippa, Odds, Oil Springs, Redbush,
Riceville, Sip, Sitka, Staffordsville, Swamp
Branch, Thealka, Thelma, Tutor Key, Van Lear,
Volga, West Van Lear, Whitehouse, Williamsport,
Winifred, and Wittensville.
Located
in the Eastern Coal Field region, Johnson County
was established from parts of Lawrence, Floyd &
Magoffin counties.
