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/Year | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sep 1988 | Marriages, deeds, cemeteries [in books |
| 1 | 2 | Dec 1988 | Marriages, deeds, guardians [in books |
| 1 | 3 | Mar 1989 | History 1912; Lewis and Margaret (Troutman) Brown history |
| 1 | 4 | Mar 1989 | History 1912 |
| 2 | 1 | Sep 1989 | 1860 Mortality Census; Bullitt Co. Records at State Archives; Bullitt Co. Newspapers on Microfilm |
| 2 | 2 | Dec 1989 | History 1912 |
| 2 | 3 | Mar 1990 | History 1912 |
| 2 | 4 | Jun 1990 | Wills 1804-1808 |
| 3 | 1 | Sep 1990 | Wills 1808-1815; Rogers-Collings Bible |
| 3 | 2 | Dec 1990 | Wills 1815; Foster Cemetery; Quick Families; Quick Cemetery |
| 3 | 3 | Mar 1991 | Wills 1815; Old Handwriting |
| 3 | 4 | Jun 1991 | Old Shepherdsville Cemetery; Wills 1815 |
| 4 | 1 | Sep 1991 | Wills 1815-1816 |
| 4 | 2 | Dec 1991 | Wills 1816-1818 |
| 4 | 3 | Mar 1992 | Wills 1818-1819 |
| 4 | 4 | Jun 1992 | Ann Ray and William Brashear |
| 5 | 1 | Sep 1992 | Ann Ray and William Brashear; 1852 Deaths; Lydia Elizabeth Wright O'Neal; Railroad Men of Lebanon Junction, 1900-1901 |
| 5 | 2 | Dec 1992 | Lydia Elizabeth Wright O'Neal; 1853 Deaths; Wills 1819 |
| 5 | 3 | Mar 1993 | Lydia Elizabeth Wright O'Neal |
| 5 | 4 | Jun 1993 | 1854 Deaths; Foster Cemetery additions |
| 6 | 1 | Sep 1993 | Thomas M. Crutcher Bible; Hall Cemetery corrections; Wills 1818-1819; Martin Gentry family |
| 6 | 2 | Dec 1993 | 1855 Deaths; 1835 Pensions; List of Deeds recorded in Court of Appeals prior to June 1799; William Cook Bible |
| 6 | 3 | Mar 1994 | Wills 1819-1821; Martin Gentry family; List of Post Offices; Daniel Westfall Bible |
| 6 | 4 | Jun 1994 | 1856 Deaths; Martin Gentry family; Daniel Westfall Bible; Johnson M. Roberts Bible |
| 7 | 1 | Sep 1994 | Nathaniel Landers family; Wills 1821; Swearingen-James Cemetery; Simeon Harris Cemetery; Mount Washington Postmasters; William Hill Bible; Greenup Owen Diary; County Officials 1798-1800 |
| 7 | 2 | Dec 1994 | Historical Markers; Nathaniel Landers family; Charles P. Newton Bible; Tunis Newkirk Bible; Blaxton Gentry family; 1850 Manufacturers Census |
| 7 | 3 | Mar 1995 | Wills 1821-1822; McAhron letters; 1857 Deaths; Blaxton Gentry family |
| 7 | 4 | Jun 1995 | Blaxton Gentry family; Archibald Magruder graveyard |
| 8 | 1 | Sep 1995 | Jonathan Barrickman family; 1858 Deaths; Blaxton Gentry family; Nathaniel Landers family |
| 8 | 2 | Dec 1995 | John Michael Smith Jr. family; "Bullitt Booster" 1917; St. John Baptist Cemetery |
| 8 | 3 | Mar 1996 | 1859 Deaths; Newkirk Cemetery additions; Wills 1821; John Michael Smith Jr. family; Phelps family research |
| 8 | 4 | Jun 1996 | Some Marriage Bonds 1797-1865; Some Births and Deaths 1853-1856; Peter Smith family; John Michael Smith Jr. family additions; Culver Springs School Census 1917 |
| 9 | 1 | Sep 1996 | Magruder 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 |
| 9 | 2 | Dec 1996 | Leroy Daniel family; 1894 Marriages; 1904 Marriages, & Deaths; Drake-Newkirk-Brown families; Formation of Bullitt County; Peter Shepherd, founder of Shepherdsville; Brown families |
| 9 | 3 | Mar 1997 | 1937 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 |
| 9 | 4 | Jun 1997 | Antich-Balchunas family; 1907 Marriages; Brown families |
| 10 | 1 | Sep 1997 | 1909-1910 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 |
| 10 | 2 | Dec 1997 | Post Office List; Circuit Court Record of Proceedings 1803-1825; James L. Patterson Cemetery; Frank Smith scrapbook 1897, 1904 |
| 10 | 3 | Mar 1998 | Brooks-White family; 1919 Bank Robbery; Wills 1822; Lincoln Memorial Gardens cemetery |
| 10 | 4 | Jun 1998 | Old Cedar Grove Cemetery; Hall Cemetery |
| 11 | 1 | Sep 1998 | Marriages 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 |
| 11 | 2 | Dec 1998 | 1871 Visit to Paroquet Springs; Marriages 1880-1882; Francis Shain |
| 11 | 3 | Mar 1999 | Bullitt 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 |
| 11 | 4 | Jun 1999 | Lone 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 |
| 12 | 1 | Sep 1999 | Sanders-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 |
| 12 | 2 | Dec 1999 | Belmont, 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 |
| 12 | 3 | Mar 2000 | Special 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 |
| 12 | 4 | Jun 2000 | McDowell Chapel United Methodist Church; Historic Preservation in Shepherdsville; Ellaby-Wigginton Family Bibles; Simons-Swearingen Family Bible; Shanklin Family Bibles; "Bullitt Booster 1917 |
| 13 | 1 | Sep 2000 | John H. Christian, heir of William Christian deceased, vs. Jacob Froman; History of Bullitt Co., Braun |
| 13 | 2 | Dec 2000 | History of Bullitt Co., Braun; "Bullitt Booster" 1917 |
| 13 | 3 | Mar 2001 | Harris Diary 1924; Wills 1821-1822; 1820 Census of Manufacturers; "Bullitt Booster" 1917; Smith Cemetery; Ann Bailey Cemetery |
| 13 | 4 | Jun 2001 | Harris Diary 1924; Some Rev. War Pensioners (Bishop, Hornbeck, Miles, Rowland, Spencer, Wright); Zealy Williams research |
| 14 | 1 | Sep 2001 | Harris Diary 1924; The Killing of Kate Browning; Flick-Graham-Reasoner research; Monroes of Bullitt Co |
| 14 | 2 | Dec 2001 | The Killing of Kate Browning; Harris Diary 1924; Monroes of Bullitt Co.; Stapp Family Bible; Barger family |
| 14 | 3 | Mar 2002 | The Killing of Kate Browning; Harris Diary 1924 |
| 14 | 4 | Jun 2002 | Murder on Main Street: Gyr, Clark; Trunnell Graveyard; Harris Diary 1924 |
| 15 | 1 | Sep 2002 | Courthouse 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 |
| 15 | 2 | Dec 2002 | Aunt Lizzie Reminiscing; Robert Emmett McDowell letter, 1956; Shepherdsville Lions Club history; Harris Diary 1925; George and Nancy Ann Fraim Bible |
| 15 | 3 | Mar 2003 | John Dunn (correspondence between Robert Emmett McDowell and C. H. Hudson, 1957); Barrall Cemetery; Samuels Cemetery; George Fraim; Harris Diary, 1925 |
| 15 | 4 | Jun 2003 | Marriage 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 |
| 16 | 1 | Sep 2003 | John Dunn (letters 1957); Mary Ann Miller Harris Dairy 1925; Porterfield vs. Wilmouth, Nelson Co. Circuit Court 1808 |
| 16 | 2 | Dec 2003 | John 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 |
| 16 | 3 | Mar 2004 | Family Letters: Tewel, Wilmouth, Rightmire, Parrish, Porter, Shoptaugh; Descendants of George Fraim; Capt. Luke Gardiner |
| 16 | 4 | Jun 2004 | Tavern 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 |
| 17 | 1 | Sep 2004 | Nelson 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 |
| 17 | 2 | Dec 2004 | Joel 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 |
| 17 | 3 | Mar 2005 | Womanless 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 |
| 17 | 4 | Jun 2005 | Research Guide, Bullitt Co.; Cemeteries in Bullitt Co. (list); Womanless Wedding, 1927; Slave Sale in Shepherdsville; Old Stone Jail |
| 18 | 1 | Sep 2005 | Families 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 |
| 18 | 2 | Dec 2005 | Families on Crooked Creek; Cundiff Tax History; Descendants of Isaac W. Moore; Nichols family; Descendants of James Quary Shepherd |
| 18 | 3 | Mar 2006 | David 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 |
| 18 | 4 | June 2006 | Trail of the Little Flock; Statira Mathis letter; David Shain Revisited; Descendants of John Thixton |
| 19 | 1 | Sep 2006 | Trail 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 |
| 19 | 2 | Dec 2006 | Trail of the Little Flock; Shepherdsville Pioneer Cemetery Re-Dedication; John J. Samuels Civil War Pension; Lavely Research; Ahnentafel (Cook-Martin); KY Death Certificates |
| 19 | 3 | Mar 2007 | Some Bullitt County Officials; Old Purcell Cemetery, Belmont; Soldiers of the War of 1812; William Jones Research; Sparks Research |
| 19 | 4 | June 2007 | Statira Mathis Collection; Surveyor's Plat Book; KY Death Certificates; Pleasant Scott Research; Wayne Harris Diary, 1902-1904; Ahnentafel: Newkirk-Bell |
| 20 | 1 | Sep 2007 | Postmasters, 1832-1971; Mt. Washington Star clippings; Deed Book B, 1812; Some Bullitt County Death Certificates; Cleaning Old Gravestones; Dorothy Marie DesLauriers Ancestors |
| 20 | 2 | Dec 2007 | Notes 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 |
| 20 | 3 | Mar 2008 | Shepherdsville 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 |
| 20 | 4 | Jun 2008 | 1917 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 .