The county seat of Bourbon County is Paris. It is one of Kentucky’s nine original counties and of course has an historical association with bourbon whiskey.
Government
Bourbon County Courthouse
Address:
301 Main Street, Room 203
Paris, KY 40361-2005
Phone:
(859) 987-2135 (office)
Fax: (859) 987-2136
Land and probate records are housed here.
Bourbon County Clerk
P.O. Box 312
301 Main Street, Suite 106
Paris, KY
40361-0312
Telephone: (859) 987-2142
Fax: (859) 987-5660
Recording of land records. Their recorded instruments go back to 1824.
Religious Organizations
The yellow pages lists 23 churches in Bourbon County, while the Kentucky Hometown locator only lists 6. Chief among these churches is the Hopewell Presbyterian Church. According to the Hopewell Museum website:
“…a group of people from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania settled and founded the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church at the south end of Bourbon County near the Fayette County line. This group sent George Pomeroy and John Veech to a conference of ministers and representatives of various churches held July 12, 1785 at Cane Run Meeting House in Mercer County to ask for membership. By April, 1787 Hopewell Church was a member of the Transylvania Presbytery.”
https://www.hopewellmuseum.org/learn/historic-preservation/bourbon-county-historical-markers/hopewell-church/
Another church of historical importance is the Centerville Baptist Church, a historic African American congregation established in 1867. The church is still active today. Hopewell Museum, “Centerville Baptist Church,” ExploreKYHistory, accessed March 29, 2019, https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/429.
The Cane Ridge Meeting House is of historical importance to religion for America’s Western Frontier. It is still an active church today, and has many historical artifacts of interest, including a graveyard and burial site of many early settlers.
Mailing Address: Cane Ridge Shrine, Inc., P.O. Box 26, Paris, KY 40362-0026
Physical Address: (Please do not send mail to this address) 1655 Cane Ridge Rd. (Hwy. 537) Paris, KY 40361
Phone: 859/987-5350
Website: www.caneridge.org
Email: curator@caneridge.org
See this list for information on Bourbon County Church Record locations.
Institutions
PARIS-BOURBON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
701 High Street
Paris, Kentucky 40361
Phone: 859-987-4419
Fax: 859-987-2421
This library has an experienced researcher who will offer assistance by appointment.
John Fox, Jr. Genealogical Library
323 High Street, Paris, KY 40361
This library is focused on Revolutionary War ancestors.
Societies
Bourbon County KY Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 951,
Paris, KY 40362
Sharon Ray – President
Mary Hatton – Events Director/Research
Ada Soberg – Newsletter Editor
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