The Bullitt County History Museum

Wilderness Road Issues

Order back issues from Bullitt County Genealogical Society, PO Box 960, Shepherdsville KY 40165

Each issue $5, or $15 per volume of 4 issues. N.B. Some record abstracts published serially in Wilderness Road have been collated and indexed and are available in book form (see book list).

Many issues are available for sale at the Bullitt County History Museum.

Each issue also contains miscellaneous records, queries, ancestor charts, museum news, book reviews, etc.

Vol.Num.Month/YearContents
11Sep 1988Marriages, deeds, cemeteries [in books
12Dec 1988Marriages, deeds, guardians [in books
13Mar 1989History 1912; Lewis and Margaret (Troutman) Brown history
14Mar 1989History 1912
21Sep 19891860 Mortality Census; Bullitt Co. Records at State Archives; Bullitt Co. Newspapers on Microfilm
22Dec 1989History 1912
23Mar 1990History 1912
24Jun 1990Wills 1804-1808
31Sep 1990Wills 1808-1815; Rogers-Collings Bible
32Dec 1990Wills 1815; Foster Cemetery; Quick Families; Quick Cemetery
33Mar 1991Wills 1815; Old Handwriting
34Jun 1991Old Shepherdsville Cemetery; Wills 1815
41Sep 1991Wills 1815-1816
42Dec 1991Wills 1816-1818
43Mar 1992Wills 1818-1819
44Jun 1992Ann Ray and William Brashear
51Sep 1992Ann Ray and William Brashear; 1852 Deaths; Lydia Elizabeth Wright O'Neal; Railroad Men of Lebanon Junction, 1900-1901
52Dec 1992Lydia Elizabeth Wright O'Neal; 1853 Deaths; Wills 1819
53Mar 1993Lydia Elizabeth Wright O'Neal
54Jun 19931854 Deaths; Foster Cemetery additions
61Sep 1993Thomas M. Crutcher Bible; Hall Cemetery corrections; Wills 1818-1819; Martin Gentry family
62Dec 19931855 Deaths; 1835 Pensions; List of Deeds recorded in Court of Appeals prior to June 1799; William Cook Bible
63Mar 1994Wills 1819-1821; Martin Gentry family; List of Post Offices; Daniel Westfall Bible
64Jun 19941856 Deaths; Martin Gentry family; Daniel Westfall Bible; Johnson M. Roberts Bible
71Sep 1994Nathaniel Landers family; Wills 1821; Swearingen-James Cemetery; Simeon Harris Cemetery; Mount Washington Postmasters; William Hill Bible; Greenup Owen Diary; County Officials 1798-1800
72Dec 1994Historical Markers; Nathaniel Landers family; Charles P. Newton Bible; Tunis Newkirk Bible; Blaxton Gentry family; 1850 Manufacturers Census
73Mar 1995Wills 1821-1822; McAhron letters; 1857 Deaths; Blaxton Gentry family
74Jun 1995Blaxton Gentry family; Archibald Magruder graveyard
81Sep 1995Jonathan Barrickman family; 1858 Deaths; Blaxton Gentry family; Nathaniel Landers family
82Dec 1995John Michael Smith Jr. family; "Bullitt Booster" 1917; St. John Baptist Cemetery
83Mar 19961859 Deaths; Newkirk Cemetery additions; Wills 1821; John Michael Smith Jr. family; Phelps family research
84Jun 1996Some Marriage Bonds 1797-1865; Some Births and Deaths 1853-1856; Peter Smith family; John Michael Smith Jr. family additions; Culver Springs School Census 1917
91Sep 1996Magruder Slave Cemetery (no marked stones); Old Shepherdsville Cemetery; Peacock Cemetery; Mystery Cemetery on Hwy 25; 1894 Deaths; Salt Works Lease Agreement; George and Mary Givens family; 1936 Visit to Shepherdsville
92Dec 1996Leroy Daniel family; 1894 Marriages; 1904 Marriages, & Deaths; Drake-Newkirk-Brown families; Formation of Bullitt County; Peter Shepherd, founder of Shepherdsville; Brown families
93Mar 19971937 Flood; Texia Harris Journal, 1936-1937; 1907 Deaths; Peter Shepherd family; Wills 1821-1822; Little Flock Baptist Church, 1956; Dr. George Wigginton Threlkeld; Brown families; Lincoln Memorial Gardens cemetery
94Jun 1997Antich-Balchunas family; 1907 Marriages; Brown families
101Sep 19971909-1910 Deaths; Mt. Washington Academy, 1849; Joseph R. Murray Bible; First KY CSA (Orphan Brigade); Ramsey Piano Factory, Mt. Washington; List of Prisoners taken by Indians, 1794
102Dec 1997Post Office List; Circuit Court Record of Proceedings 1803-1825; James L. Patterson Cemetery; Frank Smith scrapbook 1897, 1904
103Mar 1998Brooks-White family; 1919 Bank Robbery; Wills 1822; Lincoln Memorial Gardens cemetery
104Jun 1998Old Cedar Grove Cemetery; Hall Cemetery
111Sep 1998Marriages 1876-1879; School Census, District 16, 1901; Bibles: Rebecca Brooks, Mrs. John Shaw, Brooks-Osborn, William Cloud, Sophronia T. Woodward, David L. Brooks; Old Hall Cemetery
112Dec 19981871 Visit to Paroquet Springs; Marriages 1880-1882; Francis Shain
113Mar 1999Bullitt Weekly Pioneer 1885; The Kentucky Farmer 1891; Bullitt Pioneer 1892; Marriages 1883-1885; Davidson Memorial United Methodist Church; Francis Shain; Descendants of John Michael Troutman; Old Brooks Burial Ground
114Jun 1999Lone Hill Baptist Church, Jefferson County; Sanders Family; Marriage 1885-1887; Captain James Taylor's Company of Militia 1806; First Owners of Town Lots, Mt. Washington; Descendants of John Osburn; Descendants of Jacob (Adam) Shawler
121Sep 1999Sanders-Smithers Family Graveyard; Thrilling Experience of the Johnson Family; Peyton-Winlock; Harris Family records; Mt. Washington Schools; Notes on the Yewell and Shirley Families; Special Edition, Pioneer News, 1982; Descendants of Unknown Burks; Markwell family; Markwell Cemetery
122Dec 1999Belmont, from 1879 Gazetteer; Bowman Valley School Reunion; Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Shepherdsville; Recital, Mt. Washington, 1906; Gen. Henry Crist Remains Interred at Frankfort, 1869; Autobiography of Gen. Henry Crist; Wigginton family; Grigsby family; Ellaby family
123Mar 2000Special Edition, Pioneer News, 1982; History of Mt. Washington: Maccabee Hall; Peddlers Licenses 1870-1880; Naturalized Citizens 1871-1874; Vine Hill/Clermont Cemetery; Jacob Bowman vs. Thos. Brashears, Geo. Cullum, & others; Samuels family
124Jun 2000McDowell Chapel United Methodist Church; Historic Preservation in Shepherdsville; Ellaby-Wigginton Family Bibles; Simons-Swearingen Family Bible; Shanklin Family Bibles; "Bullitt Booster 1917
131Sep 2000John H. Christian, heir of William Christian deceased, vs. Jacob Froman; History of Bullitt Co., Braun
132Dec 2000History of Bullitt Co., Braun; "Bullitt Booster" 1917
133Mar 2001Harris Diary 1924; Wills 1821-1822; 1820 Census of Manufacturers; "Bullitt Booster" 1917; Smith Cemetery; Ann Bailey Cemetery
134Jun 2001Harris Diary 1924; Some Rev. War Pensioners (Bishop, Hornbeck, Miles, Rowland, Spencer, Wright); Zealy Williams research
141Sep 2001Harris Diary 1924; The Killing of Kate Browning; Flick-Graham-Reasoner research; Monroes of Bullitt Co
142Dec 2001The Killing of Kate Browning; Harris Diary 1924; Monroes of Bullitt Co.; Stapp Family Bible; Barger family
143Mar 2002The Killing of Kate Browning; Harris Diary 1924
144Jun 2002Murder on Main Street: Gyr, Clark; Trunnell Graveyard; Harris Diary 1924
151Sep 2002Courthouse Farewell; Bullitt Co. Confederate Soldiers; Dr. Phillip G. Trunnell obituary; Descendants of Henry Trunnell; Trunnell Graveyard additions; Aunt Lizzie Reminiscing (Elizabeth Trunnell Pottinger); John Budd; Bullitt Counties at Christ Church, Louisville; Belmont Furnace in 1871; Duncan Bible; Harris Dairy 1924-1925; William Grant research
152Dec 2002Aunt Lizzie Reminiscing; Robert Emmett McDowell letter, 1956; Shepherdsville Lions Club history; Harris Diary 1925; George and Nancy Ann Fraim Bible
153Mar 2003John Dunn (correspondence between Robert Emmett McDowell and C. H. Hudson, 1957); Barrall Cemetery; Samuels Cemetery; George Fraim; Harris Diary, 1925
154Jun 2003Marriage Bond, Wilmouth-Hilton, 1803; Levi Magruder letters to James Burch, 1849-1858; Harris Diary 1925; John Dunn (letters, 1957); Nelson Co. Court, Wilmouth vs. Greenwell, 1810
161Sep 2003John Dunn (letters 1957); Mary Ann Miller Harris Dairy 1925; Porterfield vs. Wilmouth, Nelson Co. Circuit Court 1808
162Dec 2003John Curry of Curry Creek, Bullitt Co.; William Luther Weller family; Rogers Family Cemetery; The Rogers Family; Remembering World War Two; John Dunn (letters 1957-1962); Hudson Family; The Draper Manuscript Collection
163Mar 2004Family Letters: Tewel, Wilmouth, Rightmire, Parrish, Porter, Shoptaugh; Descendants of George Fraim; Capt. Luke Gardiner
164Jun 2004Tavern Keepers, 1841; Moses Moore; Moses Moore vs. Johnson Rawlings, Circuit Court, 1800; Family Letters: Parrish, Porter, Hall; Clement and Henrietta Boone Gardiner; The Draper Manuscript Collection; Kentucky History Day
171Sep 2004Nelson Goldsmith Sr. Bible; 1880 Supplemental Census for the Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes (DDD Census); Military Pensions; Shepherdsville Colored Cemetery; McDowell United Methodist Church Register
172Dec 2004Joel Crenshaw letter 1836; Bullitt County History Museum; family letters: Hilton-Wilmouth, Parrish-Porter, Rairdon, Horine; Weller Family information; Foster Cemetery; Lewis & Louisa Snapp wills; Mary Jane Snapp vs L. H. & Louisa Snapp; Trustees, Town of Shepherdsville, 1848
173Mar 2005Womanless Wedding, 1927; Gen. Henry Crist Chapter DAR, 1955-56; Jones DNA Project; Smith Family Tree; William Smith vs Lewis Snapp; Nichols Family; Old Stone Jail
174Jun 2005Research Guide, Bullitt Co.; Cemeteries in Bullitt Co. (list); Womanless Wedding, 1927; Slave Sale in Shepherdsville; Old Stone Jail
181Sep 2005Families of Pine Tavern District: Land on Cain Run and Rolling Fork; Cundiff Cemetery; Cundiff Family; Statira Mathis letters; Crawford-Grable Research; Descendants of Rebecca Weller; Descendants of Susan A. Welch
182Dec 2005Families on Crooked Creek; Cundiff Tax History; Descendants of Isaac W. Moore; Nichols family; Descendants of James Quary Shepherd
183Mar 2006David Shain Revisited; John Humphreys; Mt. Eden Church history; Thomas Rowland vs. David Mitchell, George Wilson, & Gerrard Briscoe; Davison-Nichols family; Stallings in Bullitt Co. Wills
184June 2006Trail of the Little Flock; Statira Mathis letter; David Shain Revisited; Descendants of John Thixton
191Sep 2006Trail of the Little Flock; Dowdall's Garrison; David Shain Revisited; Crist-Raymond Bible; Rena and Russell Crenshaw Bible; Shepherd Family Cemetery; The Shepherdsville Tragedy (Crist-West); The Civil War in Central Kentucky; KY Death Certificates (Bullitt Co. connections
192Dec 2006Trail of the Little Flock; Shepherdsville Pioneer Cemetery Re-Dedication; John J. Samuels Civil War Pension; Lavely Research; Ahnentafel (Cook-Martin); KY Death Certificates
193Mar 2007Some Bullitt County Officials; Old Purcell Cemetery, Belmont; Soldiers of the War of 1812; William Jones Research; Sparks Research
194June 2007Statira Mathis Collection; Surveyor's Plat Book; KY Death Certificates; Pleasant Scott Research; Wayne Harris Diary, 1902-1904; Ahnentafel: Newkirk-Bell
201Sep 2007Postmasters, 1832-1971; Mt. Washington Star clippings; Deed Book B, 1812; Some Bullitt County Death Certificates; Cleaning Old Gravestones; Dorothy Marie DesLauriers Ancestors
202Dec 2007Notes from Statira Mathis Collection; Bullitt's Lick note; Deed Book B, 1812; Charles Lee family; William Kidd Marquess & Eleanor Magruder; KY Death Certificates: Jefferson Co with Bullitt Co Connections; Pryor Thurman
203Mar 2008Shepherdsville Colored Cemetery/Hall Cemetery; Bullitt County Deed Book B, continued; Barrall Cemetery; Charles Wesley Ridgway, 1908 letter; Last Indian Fight in Bullitt; KY Death Certificates: Jefferson Co with Bullitt Co Connections; Lots of Lees; Gericke 5-generation family tree with Drago connection
204Jun 20081917 Shepherdsville Train Wreck - Placing Blame; Benjamin Pope Cemetery; Woodlawn/Lincoln Memorial Gardens; Surveyor’s Plat Book, 1783-1784; 1970 Census form; Brashear; Harrison Hough; Cundiff-Lee-Howlett; Richard Waters; Census records

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 through Friday. 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 01 Jul 2008 .