The Bullitt County History Museum

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About the Museum

Mission Statement
Directions
Newsletters
Available Books
Kentucky History Awards
New Bullitt County History Poster
2D Tags and Why We Provide Them

Bullitt Memories Articles

2012 is a year of anniversaries at Bullitt museum
Bob Zimmerman, a Renaissance Man
Brass plate marks 1937 Bullitt high-water mark
Courthouse Bell Mystery Explored
Did Hagan, Barbour feud lead to murder?
Dueling Was a Serious Matter in Kentucky
Father Bertello and St. Aloysius Church
Getting Rowed up Salt River
Glass House Restaurant Served People of Bullitt
How Bell's Mill Road Got Its Name
Huber's Station
Iron Manufacturing in Bullitt County
John Floyd and How Floyds Fork Got Its Name
Legislation to Stop 'Devil Wagons'
Old Stone Jail Still Stands
Paroquet Springs Remembered
Sugar Valley has a deep history
The Battle of the Kettles
The Last Great Tree of Shepherdsville
The Worst Train Wreck in Kentucky History
Train wreck of 1888 has lasting message
Tree Traditions Fades but Story Remains
World War I Memorial Plaque

A Developing History

The Land | The Forests | The Salt
The Indians | Projectile Points
Creation of County
A Time Line Project
1793 Petition to Governor Shelby for Protection

African American History

African American Cemeteries
African American Death Reports, 1859-1880
My Memories of Bowman's Valley School
African American Education in Bullitt County
African American History - report by Daniel Buxton
African American Marriage Book, 1874-1914
Eckstein Norton University
Lucinda Knight Biographical Sketch
Reece Northern - African American Soldier
Slavery in 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 |
Afro-American Charitable Institution Society

Civil War and Bullitt County:

Official Reports on Civil War Activity
A Civil War Adventure
Brig. Gen R. W. Johnson in Lebanon Junction
Orphan Brigade
Civil War Military Activity in Bullitt County
Company "B," Sixth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry
A Civil War Episode Told by John W. Ratliff
Henry B. Mattingly - Medal of Honor Recipient
Mattingly Memorial Ceremony

Early Historical Sketches

Bullitt County in | 1878 | 1901 | 1905 | 1918 |
Cahill's Escape
Trabue's Visit to Bullitt's Lick
Excerpt from William Fleming's Journal
Last Indian Fight in the County
Locating Lost Boundary Markers
"Rowed Up Salt River"
Salt River and Floyd's Fork Survey in 1837
Shepherdsville in 1936
Smallpox in Lebanon Junction, 1899

Early Surveys:

Early Land Tracts
Long Lick Creek Surveys
Jacob Bowman's 1000 Acre Survey
Brashear Land Tracts
Charles Broughton Tracts
Parmenus Briscoe, 60 Acres
Briscoe to Crist and Spears | 400 Acres | 340 Acres |
Henry Crist and Briscoe's 60 Acres
Charles Chinn's 1000 Acre Survey
Wm. Christian's 1000 Acres
Jacob Froman's 1670 Acres
William C. Herps' 1902 Plat Drawing
John Larue Heirs' 21,000 Acres
Thomas McGee's 450 Acres
Jacob Myer's 400 Acres
Peter Philips' Surveys
Jesse Reede's 400 Acre Survey
Spelman and Owings' 400 Acre Survey
Adam Shepherd | 200 Acres | 925 Acres |
Peter Shepherd | 600 | 900 | 100 Acres |
42 Early Bullitt County Land Grants

Religion and Education

1912 Eighth Grade Examination
1912 Eighth Grade Examination - Answers
Bullitt County Schools in 1895-1897
Bullitt County Schools in 1911
Catholic Missions in Bullitt County
Eckstein Norton University
St. John's Chapel
Bullitt County Schools - Past and Present
Bullitt County Teachers 1782-1953

Roadways

Bullitt County Map (no date)
Bullitt County Map - 1897
County 1920 Map
County 1958 Road Map
County Roads in 1915
County Road Maintenance (1849)
Floyd's Fork Bridge - 1813
Highway 44 in 1907 and 1997
Local Roadways in 1887
Mt. Washington and the Bardstown Road - 1907
Shepherdsville/Belmont Furnace Turnpike Road Co.
Shepherdsville/Elizabethtown Turnpike Road Co.
Shepherdsville/Louisville Plank Road Co. Merger
Shepherdsville/Louisville Turnpike Road Co.
Spencer, Bullitt, and Jefferson Turnpike Road Co.

Shepherdsville 1917 Train Wreck

The Story
Books Available
Memorial Service
Service Photos
Railroad Commission Inquiry
Train Wreck - Supplement #1
Eliza Craven Family - Train Wreck Victims
Victims' Death Certificates

Writings of Robert E. McDowell

Bullitt's Lick - The Related Saltworks
The Wilderness Road
The Wilderness Road's Louisville End
The Wilderness Road in Bullitt/Jefferson Counties

Paroquet Springs Articles

Paroquet Springs Newspaper Articles, 1871-1888
Scenes at Paroquet Springs - a 1909 Article
The Lone Grave at Paroquet Springs
Pursuit of Health and Happiness
at Paroquet Springs 1838 to 1888
Incorporation of Paroquet Springs Company

More Miscellaneous Things

Betty Darnell's Researching Tips
Bullitt County Agriculture - 2007
Bullitt County Flag
Bullitt County Historical Markers
Bullitt County Newspapers
Bullitt County Triangulation Points
Bullitt Memories: Articles in the C-J
Exploring a Bullitt County Cave
Free Online Genealogical Resources
General Tidbits of Information
Places in Bullitt County
T. C. Carroll Plats Index
Useful Links
WFPL Radio Interview - Topic: Bullitt County History

Bullitt County Genealogical Society

About the Society | Officers
Calendar of Events | How to Join
Wilderness Road (Society Quarterly)
- Brief Summaries of Back Issues
Publications Available to Purchase
Wilderness Road Issues Online
BCGS Service Awards
History Museum Staff Photo

Cemeteries and Grave Sites

Cemetery Pages List
Report on Simmons/Henderson Cemetery
Lone Grave
Links to Bullitt County Cemeteries Online
Trunnel Cemetery Restoration Event Photos
Cemetery Committee
Cemetery Committee Trips to Fort Knox
Cemetery Preservation and Tombstone Repair
The Wayward Tombstone of Ethridge L. Stith

Bullitt County Census Data

1790 KY Census
Census Summaries:
| 1800-1840 | 1850-1860 | 1870-1880 | 1890 |
| 1900-1920 | 1930-1960 |
Slavery in | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 |
1810 Census Transcription
Bullitt County 1940 Census Districts
1940 Census Index for ED 15-1

Bullitt County Marriages, Births, and Deaths

Bullitt County Marriages in 1890
Delay Birth Certificates
Tenth Precinct Birth Records 1911-1922
Deaths by year:
1894 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 |
Deaths Summary 1911-1915
Assorted Obituaries in | 1911 | 1912 |
Bullitt Countians Who Died in Military Service

Biographical Sketches

Grover Cleveland Achors - His Own Words
Dr. David Milton Bates
Charles Preston Bradbury - A Tribute
Dr. Walter Brashear
David Franklin Brooks
Captain Thomas Bullitt
Alexander Scott Bullitt
Tarlton Combs Carroll
William B. Campbell and his 1936 Letter
Ben Chapeze
John H. Collings
James Fletcher Combs
Henry Crist
Casper and William Herps
Richard Morgan Hocker
Dr. Emmet F. Horine
Samuel A. Hornbeck
Jacob Hubbs
Hubers and Cassedays
Otto Earle Johnson, M. D.
Colonel Philip Lee
Robert Emmett McDowell
Gardner McKay
James B. Myers
William S. Napper, M.D.
Henry Pauley - Shepherdsville's Hermit
Burlyn Pike
George L. Pope, M.D.
Dr. Samuel Howard Ridgway
Ora Lee Roby
Sligar Family in Bullitt County
Edgar B. Stansbury
Frank Pierce Straus
Embry Lee Swearingen
Jarret Williams and His Descendants
James Robert Zimmerman

Elected Officials

Iron and Iron Products Production

Iron Manufacturing in Shepherdsville
The Firm of Quiry & Tyler
Iron Furnaces
Belmont Furnace Photos
Bullitt County Connections to Shaker Village

Pitts Point

Butler Lodge, No. 194, at Pitts Point
Pitts Point 1870 Census
Pitts Point - A History
Incorporation of Pitts Point

Miscellaneous Historical Things

Bicentennial Celebration by Tom Pack
Bardstown Jct. 1888 Train Wreck
Benjamin Frye v. John Essry
Bullitt County - Geographical Positions in 1904
Bullitt County Manufacturing Company
Bullitt Pioneer Newspaper
Charles Carroll Lawsuit
Corps of Engineers 1903 Salt River Report
County Geography Maps
County Historical Trivia
County Poor Farm
Doctors, 1896-97
Ed Croan and the Dog Tax Law
Federal Pensioners in 1883
Federal Taxes in 1866 Bullitt County
Great Flood of 1909
The Hagan-Barbour Feud - A New Book
Huber v. Armstrong's Widow and Heirs
  - Court of Appeals Case
Jim Beam 1969 Advertisement
Joseph Lloyd Letter
Knoll Park Company
Lucas Moore's Horses
Masonic Lodge #155
Mt. Washington News
Murder and Retribution - 1889
Murphy, Barber & Company Distillery
Post Offices in 1871
Prominent People in 1847
Residential Building Permits, 1990-2009
Shepherdsville 1886 Sanborn Map
Shepherdsville - Establishment
  and Early Expansion
Shortsville Post Office
Simmons vs. McKay - Court of Appeals Case
Stansberry's Heirs vs. Pope, &c.
  - Court of Appeals Case
State Auditor's Reports | 1854 | 1859 |
Thomas Phelps' 1797 Will
Valley of the Drums - EPA Report
Westerfield Massacre
Where was Paris?
Zoneton Community

Photos and Slideshows

Photo Albums:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
Photos of Unknown People
Belmont Furnace Slideshow
Bullitt Blast 2008
Shepherdsville Living History Time Line 2008
| Slideshow | Photos |
Flood of 1937 - A Page of Links
Identify This Flood
Staff at Elizabethtown Book Fair
Gospel Kingdom Campground Historic Video
World War I Display
Maraman-Masden-Crenshaw Family
Reunion Photo - 1917
Cave Trip Slideshow
Springtime at Bernheim Forest [offsite link]
Captain John L. Foster Family Photograph
Family Fair 2011 Pictures

The Bullitt County History Museum, a service of the Bullitt County Genealogical Society, is located in the county courthouse at 300 South Buckman Street (Highway 61) in Shepherdsville, Kentucky. The museum, along with its research room, is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday; and from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday. Admission is free. The museum, as part of the Bullitt County Genealogical Society, is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization and is classified as a 509(a)2 public charity. Contributions and bequests are deductible under section 2055, 2106, or 2522 of the Internal Revenue Code. This page was last modified on 18 May 2012 .

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