World war ii are essential to understanding this seminal era in appalachian history. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Usgenweb kentucky archives harlan county court records directory source. Upon the founding of harlan county named for kentucky pioneer silas harlan in 1819, the howards donated 12 acres 49,000 m 2 of land to serve as the county seat. Harlan county, kentucky, 1860, mortality schedule 14.
Guide to harlan county, kentucky ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and. Visit harlan county kentucky mountainsits a feeling. Photo from the eastern kentucky african american migration project collection via their website. Harlan county was formed in 1819 from a portion of knox county.
Harlan county genealogy records are kept by a number of different government agencies and departments in harlan county, kentucky. The community there was already known as mount pleasant, apparently owing to a nearby indian mound. Harlan white pages phone books in kentucky ky whitepages. Judgment was used when something was particular hard to read. Online phone directory for harlan county, ky people finder. Harlan county may be the most famous and most studied county. Kentucky historical society adventure through the past. Harlan county, kentucky marriages, 17941870 family history library harlan county, kentucky marriages, book 1, 1818 to 1850 family history library harlan county, kentucky records.
Monument to franklin county s black civil war soldiers. With comprehensive contact information, including cell phone numbers, for over 275 million people nationwide, and whitepages smartcheck, the fast, comprehensive background check compiled from criminal and other records from all 50 states. Says he came in 1819 but that is when county was established, not when samuel came. One year before the civil war commenced, during which the families were. Most of the dower allotments are buried in the deed books, often escaping notice or recording until the land is sold many years later. Kitts is just over two miles from downtown harlan as you are traveling eastward toward evarts. In fact harlan s depressionera struggle turned out to be one of the most bitter and protracted labor disputes in american history. Landlords use whitepages tenantcheck, which is designed expressly for screening rental.
Court records free reference and directory livingstons law register, 1851 harlan county lawyers source. Harlan county, kentucky project gutenberg selfpublishing. Microfilmed records can be found online at kentucky, probate records, 17921977 for caldwell, henry, hickman, russell and trimble counties. A tax list was created of all men over the age of twenty one, to ensure they voted in the county of residence submit your files, photographs, stories, to harlan research, harlan county kentcky contact elva nolan morgan. In the 1980s the mine was run by great western resources. The scope of this book is much broader than labor struggles, ho.
Napier, there is a practical use for such a large anvil. So there must have been continuous coal mining here for nearly 100 years. Modern mountain magazine this book provides a tangible link between the past. The community was known as mount pleasant, for a local indian mound, when it became the seat of the new county in 1819, but it was renamed harlan in 1865.
The population was 1,745 at the 2010 census, 4 down from 2,081 at the 2000 census. Through the leadership of miss mabel green a project was started to locate and mark the graves of revolutionary soldiers who died and were buried in harlan county. Record of marriages, harlan county, kentucky book, 1930s. Federal nonpopulation census schedules for kentucky. Harlan county, kentucky was the last major antiunion bastion in the appalachian coalfield. An excellent resource for those interested in harlan county history during an extremely difficult time for many kentucky families. Kentucky department for public health office of vital statistics. History of harlan county kentucky ky for sale online ebay. An oral history oxford oral the ghosts of portal 31. Harlan county in the national register of historic places.
Harlan is a home ruleclass city in and the county seat of harlan county, kentucky, united states. Family bible records of people who lived in harlan county, kentucky. May 03, 2019 lynch was established in harlan county, kentucky, in 1917 by us steel, which owned and ran the lives of the 10,000 residents, whom the company employed in the coal camps at the peak of lynchs prosperity. Although these miners today have no union, the mines of harlan county have a storied history of grassroots labor militancy. Harlan county, kentucky genealogy february 12, 2020 as of right now, the first volume of early settlers of harlan is sold out until i order another batch of books. Forester 4 before we forget harlan county 19201930 kentucky history signed w. During the years when i was in charge of organizing for the umwa in. Senator turner r harlan represents the 29th district, which encompasses floyd, harlan, knott, and letcher counties. If you have transcribed files pertaining to harlan county that you would like to donate to this site. The black former miners of lynch, kentucky, are troubled that no one. In 1791 the previous kentucky county was incorporated into the new nation as a separate state, kentucky.
Register of the kentucky historical society, volume 108, no. I began this history while county superintendent of schools for bell county, in 1907. A post office was established on september 19, 1828, but called. Our mission is to promote attractions, restaurants, and lodging in beautiful mountainous harlan county as well as promote. Avon house, 1938 the following biographical information appears in fusons the history of bell county, vol. It lies between the communities of clovertown and golden ash right on the highway hwy 38. New south east tv channel promoting all of harlan county. Porteiii spent those twenty years collecting oral history interviews. This record became the cornerstone of the history of bell county and of the commonwealth of kentucky. Families of harlan county, ky the mcentyre family project includes blair, boggs, campbell, clark, clarkston, cornett, maggard, pennington, stamper, whitaker. Labor unions organizing kentucky harlan county history. After 1929, he was an attorney in harlan, kentucky.
This is a site that you can list anything you want about your family, who came from harlan county, ky. This is oral history at its best, told by a plurality of diverse voices. In 1842 it lost a small portion at the northeast end to the formation of letcher county. Aug 14, 2019 miners in harlan county, kentucky, have drawn national attention with their direct actionoccupying a railroad track to halt a coal train until the miners get paid the wages they are owed for digging it up. Public records and phone records in harlan county, ky browse the cell phone numbers and address history listings of individuals in harlan county, ky today on our free phone directory.
Alphabetical listing by name of groom alphabetical listing by name of bride. They say in harlan county is not a book about coal miners so much as a dialogue in. The early part of the story is very unique and held my interest. Harlan kentucky population 2,081 county,is located at the forks of the cumberland river and was first settled 1796. Made famous in the 1976 documentary harlan county usa, th. Harlan county kentucky, usgenweb project genealogy. This new book is more than a history of this fabled area of kentucky. If there are questions regarding the handwriting, a question mark. The protesting blackjewel coal miners follow a long history of worker protest in harlan county, kentucky. Alessandro portelli, an italian, stayed in harlan county, kentucky, and conducted more. It also erases the truth of the historical black presence in appalachia. Bibliography harlan county, kentucky pine mountain. Deed book d, harlan county, kentucky, 18531858 family history library deeds, 18201901.
Other municipal and kentucky state offices also maintain records that are useful for tracing lineage. It remained the same size until 1867, shortly after the civil war, when a western portion of the county was taken off to become the eastern half of bell county. He spoke often and fondly of harlan, cumberland, and the. Harlan, kentucky more from the harlan history on the howard family. Harlan county, kentucky marriage book a groom surnames b these marriage record indexes were obtained from the harlan co.
Harlan county ky, harlan kentucky research pages for birth,marriage,death records,coal miners, research your family history. Pitsol battle, riley ball dead 1922 harlan co news artilcles 1924 articles, harlan enterprise. If you have a book related to harlan county and its people. Books about harlan county kentucky books i purchased and own. Walkers journal, which will be found in more detail in the chapter on cumberland gap in the history of the state, details his route through bell county along the.
Nancy farmer was born on 22 may 1854 in harlan county, kentucky. Title no 107842 creator condon, mabel green language english eng en subject kentucky, harlan history extent 216 p. The page is shown as entered on the original document. In 1799, part of lincoln county was divided to create knox county. Harlan county, kentucky, has long inspired historians and documentarians, who. Sadly, harlan county s troubles persisted through most of the 1930s, still known throughout the region as the bloody harlan years. Whitepages is the authority in people search, established in 1997. Kentucky transactions in hanover county, virginia, deed book, 178392.
This book details the classic saga of conflict between labor and management occasioned by the many attempts of the united mine workers of america to organize harlan s miners during the new deal era. My grandfather, bill randolph, was shot and killed during the summer of 1931 while serving as a sworn deputy sheriff under harlan county sheriff blair. The novel is a good story about the life and times in harlan county kentucky during the early to middle 1900s. If you are a fan of labor history and like oral history this book will most likely be much.
Harlan was first settled by samuel and chloe howard in 1796. An oral history oxford oral history series 9780199934850. Search books, manuscripts, photographs, oral histories, microfilm, and other genealogical resources. These marriage record indexes were obtained from the harlan co. Kentucky, kentucky history, harlan county, coal miners, labor unions, coal. During a brief period around the turn of the century, twentytwo of these land divisions were recorded in the division of land and allotment of dower book in the harlan county court clerks office. Family bible records of harlan county kentucky people as taken from the 1830 united states census, which shows names of head of families and a listing of tital number of males and females with their approximate age. Harlan is one of three kentucky county seats to share its name with its county, the others being greenup and henderson. It was named after mary jane buttermore and ruth alice buttermore, the daughters of the founder of the coal company harry buttermore. Bibliography bibliography harlan county, kentucky by author unless author not given.
The story of the organization of the county s coal mines by the united mine workers of america is largely. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available. Narrative of the 1873 cholera epidemic in kentucky. Other municipal and kentucky state offices also maintain records that are useful for. See more ideas about harlan county, harlan, harlan kentucky. This book is the story of four of the most important years of my life, years when organized labor was tested on a blood battleground in the hills of kentucky. Senator turner is vicechairman of the senate standing committee on natural resources and energy. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus.
Our website can help you investigate everything from demographic data to criminal records with our harlan county people search. Harlan county, kentucky marriages, book 1, 1818 to 1850 family history library harlan county, kentucky records. Harlan county, ky marriages 18181825 us gen web archives. War ii are essential to understanding this seminal era in appalachian history. According to kentucky coal educations website, mary alice mine was opened in 1945, which is pretty late date for a coal company town. Whitfield packed up his family and moved from walker county, alabama, to southeastern kentucky. Biography of william cowan clemens the presbyterian ministerial directory, 1898 source. She married on 31 march 1871 at bell county, kentucky, joseph wilson. See more ideas about harlan county, harlan kentucky, my books. Red joness classic memoir of growing up in rural eastern kentucky. These books are listed as history and genealogy reference only. By allowing the people of harlan county to tell their own. Where can find harlan county birth, marriage, divorce and death records. Harlan county was formed in 1819 from a part of knox county.
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