Welcome to Shelby County, KY History and Genealogy Presented by Kentucky Genealogy Trails a part of Genealogy Trails Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy Hello and Welcome to Shelby County, Kentucky!  My name is Linda Blue Dietz, and I am your host. I don't live in Shelby county, I live in Ohio, but a lot of my ancestors from Ohio came here, so Shelby County is very important to me and I hope to add data weekly and with your contributions, we can make this a great site for doing research! You can send your submissions to me here e-mail and I will get it posted as soon as possible. Cities and Communties Bagdad - Chesnut Grove - Christianburg - Clark Clay Village - Cropper - Finchville - Harrisonville -  Hemp Ridge - Hooper - Mt. Eden - Mulberry -  Olive Branch - Peytona - Pleasureville - Scotts Station - Shelbyville - Simpsonville - Southville - Todds Point - Waddy 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. If you would like to be kept informed of our state and county website updates, subscribe to any or all of our mailing lists Kentucky is covered under our "Southern" States mailing list. Founded in 1792 Its name is in honor of Isaac Shelby, the first Governor of Kentucky. Its county seat is Shelbyville Shelby County Courthouse 501 Main St. Shelbyville, Ky. 40065 Phone: 502-633-1287 (Source: Wikipedia) One of the first families to settle in Shelby County was the Daniel Ketcham family of Washington County, Maryland who settled in 1784. Daniel Ketcham was a soldier during the American Revolution. The Ketchams had 9 children. John Ketcham, Daniel's eldest son, would eventually move to Indiana and become involved in politics and in laying the groundwork for the founding of Indiana University. Another family was the Thomas Mitchell family who moved to Shelby County in 1784. Thomas Mitchell was born on December 16, 1777 a native of Augusta County, Virginia. He married Rebecca Ketcham, daughter of Daniel Ketcham. The couple then settled near the headwaters of South Fork Clear Creek (or Mulberry Creek). Mitchell was commissioned an ensign in the 18th Regiment of Militia and on January 4, 1801, Governor James Garrard commissioned him as captain in the 18th Regiment. Thomas Mitchell became a minister of the Methodist Church and served in the War of 1812 [Source: Wikipedia.org] Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Church Histories/Records County Records Court Records Deaths Family Bibles Extinct Towns Marriages Military Newspapers Obituaries Surnames Wills Grove Hill Cemetery   Submit an Obit Submit a Cemetery Transcription Queries 1883 List of Pensioners     Definitions of old time diseases Mortality Schedules     1850  Done 1860 (Done) 1870 Done 1880 Surrounding Counties * Henry County (north) * Franklin County (east) * Anderson County (southeast) * Spencer County (southwest) * Jefferson County (west) * Oldham County (northwest) Back to Kentucky Trails Visit Our National Genealogy Trails Site Copyright © 2009 Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.