Vital Records, Census Records, and Land Grants

French Family Circuit Court Records for Mercer Co., KY

Bibliography

Websites

Early Mercer Co., KY Ancestors:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mercer&id=I15380

Some Female lines to this chart:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~duggan/66000-r.txt

Mercer County KY
http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymercer/archived/97queries1.html

Gravestone and Cemeteries

The stones in the following two cemeteries are disintegrated and the cemeteries are in ruins [27].

Nield Family Graveyard, rural area south of Harrodsburg, Kentucky

Link to http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyboyle/nieldcem.htm

The Nield Family Graveyard is located on Mrs. Will Robertson’s farm on the Quirk’s Run Road in Mercer Co. near the Boyle Co. line, KY. Of the 53 stones, 7 are French:

Henry French, 12 Mar 1755 - 11 Aug 1821

Elizabeth French, wife of Henry, 30 Nov 1755 - 22 Mar 1828, aged 72 years.

Edward French, 14 Mar 1821 - 26 Dec 1849 (who m. Jane Banta on 6 Oct 1842 [1]). This could be the same Jane French mentioned in the KY Census of 1850 as head of house, therefore a widow.

Eddie French, son of J.F. and F., 1904 - 1905.

Bettie C. French, wife of W. E., 5 Apr 1858 - 21 Aug 1881. (Shirley Scott has a photo [27]),

John French, 12 Nov 1788 - 18 Apr 1870.

Mary A. (French) Ludwick, wife of James M. Ludwick, 2 Jan 1831 - 9 Aug 1896.

Mary (Polly) (French) Schmick, 1 Dec 1776 - 12 Nov 1858.

Dorothy (Dolly) (French) Vermilion, 27 Aug 1791 - 21 May 1858.

Ludwick Cemetery, rural area south of Harrodsburg, Kentucky

Buried at the Ludwick Family Cemetery, Quirks Run Road, East of Nevada, Mercer Co. near the Boyle County line, KY:

John Ludwick, husband of Susannah French, 14 Oct 1778 - 4 Jun 1860.

Susannah French, 23 Mar 1785 - 13 Aug 1863.

Bennett Bull, husband of Christina French, 9 Jan 1768 - 25 Jan 1854. Marriage of Beneo and Christian Bull was 16 Aug 1788 by J. Bailey, Minister [12].

Christina (French) Bennett, 15 Aug 1771 - 8 Jul 1852.

Vital Records, Census Records, and Land Grants

Marriages

Armilda Clark French, m. Caleb Sims, 5 Mar 1845 in Mercer Co., KY [1]

Jane Banta m. Edward French on 6 Oct 1842 in Mercer Co., KY [1]

David Banta m. Elizabeth French on 18 Jan 1838 in Harrodsburg, Mercer Co., KY [1]

Charity Banta m. George French in 1837 in Mercer Co., KY [1]

Nancy Stone m. Isaac French on 3 Oct 1805 in Mercer Co., KY [1] [12, p. 112]

Rachel Banta, m. John French on 20 Mar 1844 in Mercer Co., KY [1]. Apparently this couple had a son named Thomas [36]. Not sure how this line ties in with Chart #031.

Mary Smock m. Simon French on 12 Aug 1828 in Mercer Co., KY [1] [12, p. 350]

Philip B. French, m. Ann Demott 5 Oct 1836 in Mercer Co., KY

Isaac French m. Nancy Stone, 13 Oct 1805 in Mercer Co., KY [12, p. 112].

William French m. Sally Barber 4 May 1809 in Mercer Co., KY [12, p. 144].

John French m. Alsey Barnet 12-21-1844 in Mercer Co., KY

John French m. Rachel Banta 3-20-1844 in Mercer Co., KY

Edward French m. Jane Banta 10-6-1842 in Mercer Co., KY

Philip B. French m. Ann Demott, b. Thos. Kyle 10-6-1836 in Mercer Co., KY

Isaac French m. Nancy Stone 10-13-1805 in Mercer Co., KY

George French m. Elizabeth Sturman 6-14-1804 in Mercer Co., KY

Simeon French m. Mary Smock 8-12-1828 [26] in Mercer Co., KY

John E. French m. Marena Ann Graham, 18 Sep 1832, Vermilion Co., IL, 1823-1840

Mary French m. William Peter, 24 Mar 1839, Vermilion Co., IL, 1823-1840

Richard French m. Elizabeth Rice, 17 Jun 1840, Vermilion Co., IL, 1823-1840

Births

Elizabeth French gave birth to Clifton French on 25 Jan 1874 in Mercer Co., KY [1].

Rachel Banta and John French gave birth to Kitty French, b. 8 Jul 1853 in Mercer Co., KY [1].

Kitty French, b. 8 Jul 1853, Boyle Co., Dau. of John and Rachel Bonta French, Perryville [25].

Beadle County, SD, Birth Index 1880-1903

Updated 1 May 2003
Home Page -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~sdbeadle/
South Dakota Department of Health Birth Search website
http://www.state.sd.us/doh/vitalrec/

Surname	Given Name	Year Father-Mother-Other Information
F652 FRENCH	Aaron J	1884 f; Archer F FRENCH
F652 FRENCH	Aaron J	1886 f; Agnes A FRENCH
F652 FRENCH	Aaron J	1891 f; Olive Naomi FRENCH
F652 FRENCH	Agnes A	1886 f; Aaron J FRENCH, m Mary B ALLISON
F652 FRENCH	Alice May	1885 f; Silas Augustus FRENCH, m Charlotte Minerva LUTHER
F652 FRENCH	Archer F	1884 f; Aaron J FRENCH, m Mary B ALLISON
F652 FRENCH	Bulah Eva	1898 f; William I FRENCH, m Millisa Jane KELLER
F652 FRENCH	Calvin Hervey	1902 f; Ralph Voorhees FRENCH
F652 FRENCH	Calvin Hervey	1899 f; Robert Calvin FRENCH
F652 FRENCH	Carl Ira	1900 f; William I FRENCH, m Mellisa Jane KELLER
F652 FRENCH	Carrie Olive	1895 f; William I FRENCH, m Mellisa Jane FRENCH
F652 FRENCH	Dora Dean	1889 f; Samuel Sturman FRENCH, m Sarah Isabella DICKSON
F652 FRENCH	Earl Everett	1897 f; William I FRENCH, m Millisa Jane KELLER
F652 FRENCH	Effie Violet	1893 f; William I FRENCH, m Mellisa Jane KELLER
F652 FRENCH	Guy H	1889 f; Thomas Frankli FRENCH, m Jennie Maud HARGROVE
F652 FRENCH	Ivan Ernest	1902 f; William I FRENCH, m Millisa Jane KELLER
F652 FRENCH	Mary	1887 m; Roy Chester DICKSON
F652 FRENCH	Mary Ellen	1883 m; James Wiley DICKSON
F652 FRENCH	Mary Ellen	1893 m; Eva Belle DICKSON
F652 FRENCH	Mellisa Jane	1895 m; Carrie Olive FRENCH
F652 FRENCH	Nancy E	1887 m; Minie Blanche WRIGHT
F652 FRENCH	Nancy Elizabeth	1893 m; Ernest Silas WRIGHT
F652 FRENCH	Olive Naomi	1891 f; Aaron J FRENCH, m Mary B ALLISON
F652 FRENCH	Ralph Voorhees	1902 f; Calvin Hervey FRENCH, m Anna Elizabeth LONG
F652 FRENCH	Robert Calvin	1899 f; Calvin Hervey FRENCH, m Anna Elizabeth LONG
F652 FRENCH	Samuel Sturman	1889 f; Dora Dean FRENCH
F652 FRENCH	Silas Augustus	1885 f; Alice May FRENCH
F652 FRENCH	Thomas Franklin	1889 f; Guy H FRENCH
F652 FRENCH	William I	1893 f; Effie Violet FRENCH
F652 FRENCH	William I	1895 f; Carrie Olive FRENCH
F652 FRENCH	William I	1897 f; Earl Everett FRENCH
F652 FRENCH	William I	1898 f; Bulah Eva FRENCH
F652 FRENCH	William I	1900 f; Carl Ira FRENCH
F652 FRENCH	William I	1902 f; Ivan Ernest FRENCH
H626 HARGROVE	Jennie Maud	1889 m; Guy H FRENCH

Deaths

Charity French, d. 10 Apr 1834, female trouble, 36 years old, married, b. Mercer Co., dau. of Charity French [25].

Margaret French, d. 7 Oct 1858, consumption, 35 years, single, b. Delaware, buried Pleasant Hill or Pleasant Run Methodist Church Graveyard, Mercer Co. [25].

Census

The KY Census shows a Jane French, female, in Mercer Co., KY in 1850, age 28, therefore born in 1822. This could be the former Jane Banta.

Deeds

Recorded in Mercer Co., KY, 1786-1840, received from Kaye S., 1990 by [40].

Grantee	Date	Book	Page
Henry French from James Thompson	1804	5	250
John French from Henry French	1813	8	359
Henry French from John Grant	1822	8	220
John French from Henry French	1822	12	326
John S. French from Charles Riker

Contents

Websites

Gravestone and Cemeteries

Nield Family Graveyard, rural area south of Harrodsburg, Kentucky

Ludwick Cemetery, rural area south of Harrodsburg, Kentucky

Vital Records, Census Records, and Land Grants

Marriages

Births

Beadle County, SD, Birth Index 1880-1903

Deaths

Census

Deeds