FLOYD COUNTY

LINKS

HISTORY	GENEALOGY	CIVIL WAR	FLOYD COUNTY TODAY
Floyd County and Eastern Kentucky Family Web Pages	BIG SANDY AREA GENEALOGICAL & HISTORICAL LINKS	KENTUCKY GENEALOGICAL & HISTORICAL LINKS

• Eastern Kentucky Genealogy and History Connections.

  "Resources for those researching Eastern Kentuck's past." Covers Eastern Kentucky including several of the counties that were part of the original Floyd County.

• Floyd County Kentucky Genealogy:Kathy's Home Page.

  Floyd Co. Marriages 1803-1859; Floyd County Obits 1997-1998, families: Hamilton, Howell, Hall and Branham. Also has links to other sites.

  
  
  
• Floyd County, Ky, GenWeb Page.

  Part of the US GenWeb and KY GenWeb projects. Site contains census, biographies, cemetaries, and other genealogical information and links.

Site of the largest civil war battle in East Kentucky. Efforts are currently under way to Preserve and develop the battlefield into a historic site.

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• Civil War Information
  
  

  This site includes a link to the Roster of the 10th Kentucky Cavalry - "The Yankee Chasers". The 10th Kentucky was organized in Prestonsburg.

  
  
  
• The Samuel May House Homepage.
  
  

  The Samuel May House was the home of Col. Andrew Jackson May one of the organizers of the 10th Kentucky Cavalry. The house may have serves as a recruiting station for CSA forces in the Big Sandy Valley.

  
  
  

UNION

• 14th Infantry Regiment (USA)
  
  

  Organized in October 1861 at Louisa, Lawrence County, KY. The men were mainly fron Lawrence, Johnson, Floyd and Pike Counties. Site contains History, Service record, Photos, 1890 Veterans Census and burials.

• 39th Kentucky Mounted Infantry
  
  

  Raised by Colonel John Dils at Peach Orchard, Lawrence County, KY. Mustered into Service February 16, 1863. Comprised of men from the Big Sandy Region.

• Floyd County Biographies
  
  

  Part of the Kentucky Biographies Project.

• 1895 Floyd County Map
• Friends of the Samuel May House.
  
  

  Homepage of the Friends of the Samuel May House, Inc. The Samuel May House is the oldest brick house existant in the Big Sandy Valley. Site contains information on its history efforts to restore and operate it as a living history musuem. Site also contains genealogical information.

  
  
  
• Friends of the Samuel May House Archives.
  
  

  Project of the Friends of the Samuel May House, Inc. Archives contains photo archives of Floyd County and/or Prestonsburg history. Also contains excerts from the books "The Oldest House in the Valley" and "Jack May's War", both books by Robert Perry. In addition there is information concerning the activities at the Samuel May House in Prestonsburg, KY.

  
  
  

• A Guide to the Local History and Genealogy Holdings in the Special Collections Department, James E. Morrow Library, Marshall University.
  

  Section IV- Kentucky

• Kentucky Biographies Project.
  
  

  Collection of Kentucky biographies sorted by surname and county. Presently contains 7,565 biographies.

• 1895 Kentucky Map
  

  This is a large file and will take a while to load.

• Kentucky GenWeb Project
• Index to Floyd County Times and other newspapers.

  Contains indexes to Floyd County Times and other Newspapers. Copies of articles may be ordered.

  
  
  

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  FLOYD COUNTY TODAY

  
  
  
  • Floyd County Geographical Locations
    
    USGS Geographic Names Information System. Shows location of 655 geographic sites in Floyd County.
  
  
  

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  BIG SANDY VALLEY
  HISTORICAL
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  GENEALOGICAL LINKS

  
  
  
  • Johnson County, Kentucky US GEN Web Page.
    
    
  • Magoffin County Historical Society.
    
    
  • Magoffin County Genealogy - KY GenWeb
    
    
  • Pike County, Kentucky Gen Web Page.
    
    

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  FLOYD COUNTY
  
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  EASTERN KENTUCKY
  FAMILY WEB PAGES

  
  
  
  • AUXIER FAMILY - Genealogical and historical information concerning the Auxier Family and their ties with Floyd, County, Kentucky. Includes a history of Auxier, Kentucky.
    
  • JOHNS FAMILYWeb pages of the Johns Family Genealogy Research Group. Contains information about the Johns Family who were amoung the early settlers of Floyd County.
    
  • TACKETT/TACKITT FAMILY Web site of the Tackett Family Association. Includes many of the old settlers of the Beaver/Mud Creek sections of Floyd Co., KY, and the Shelby Valley in Pike Co., KY.

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