The first four original KY counties were

HICKMAN WAS FORMED 1821 County Seat-Clinton 42031

CALLOWAY WAS ORGANIZED 1822 County Seat-Murray 42071

GRAVES =Web Site-formed 1823- County Seat-Mayfield 42066

MCCRACKEN =Web Site -formed 1824- County Seat -Paducah 42001

MARSHALL=Archives email FROM CALLOWAY 1842 County Seat -Benton 42025

BALLARD -Web page formed FROM HICKMAN & MCCRACKEN 1842 County Seat-Wickliffe 42087

FULTON = formed FROM HICKMAN 1845 County Seat-Hickman (town) 42050

CARLISLE FROM BALLARD 1886 County Seat-Bardwell 42023

County Clerks Office has Marriages, Probate, Deeds, Wills, Div, Indian & others.

Few vitals are on Micro Film 1852-1910

Births and Deaths are kept at Frankfort, Kentucky

Births & Deaths Indexes are available on Micro Fiche from the Ky Archives 1911-

Ky Archives, 300 Coffee Tree Rd, Frankfort, KY

Some Deaths are available on Micro Fiche.

HISTORY:

Jackson Purchase was named after Andrew JACKSON an American Statesman & Soldier, 7th President of the US born in Waxhaw Settlement, NC, 15 th Mar 1767 died 8 June 1845 near Nashville, TN. He married Mrs. Rachel Robards nee Donelson - first) 1 Aug 1791 in Natchez; only to find out that Rachel was not divorced from Captain Lewis Robards, an army officer Jackson & Rachel were remarried 17 Jan 1794 in Nashville.

When the War of 1812 broke out in 1814 Jackson was made a Major General and put in command of the Department of the South. He soon repulsed the enemy at Mobile, took Pensacola by storm and then marched to New Orleans, where he fortified the city. The British were repulsed in half an hour.

Jackson's Victory was complete which made him the hero of the nation.

When Fla was purchased from Spain- Jackson was appointed its governor.

Sometime during this period General Jackson and former KY Governor Isaac Shelby handled the treaty that landed-from the Chickasaw Indians -what we now know as the Jackson Purchase Area which included more then just the eight counties of KY.