J. H. Battle

By: Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, Orig. Pub. 1888, Reprinted 2022, 388 pages, New Index, ISBN #0-89308-136-1This is probably one of the RAREST and MOST VALUABLE set of books on Kentucky families. This set was originally produced in 10 volumes, all of which have been reprinted by SHP, inc. at one point in time, The biographical sketches of individuals and their families in this book go back into the early to mid 1700's. Contains biographical sketches on individuals from the following counties: Adair, Boyle, Casey, Cumberland, Garrard, Green, Lincoln, Madison, Marion, Mercer, Nelson, Taylor, Trigg and Washington. The NEW FULL NAME INDEX that was produced for this volume mentions approximately 15,000 individuals.

By: J. H. Battle, Pub. 1887, reprinted 2020, 1086 pages, Index, hard cover, ISBN #0-89308-912-5. Bucks County was created in 1682 and was one of the first three counties created within the state. It is the parent county to Northampton and Lehigh counties. It sits in the Delaware Valley just north of Philadelphia in the Southeastern portion of the state boarding New Jersey. This book is broken up into two main sections. The first deals with the history of the county with such things as: early settlements on the Delaware, Dutch occupation, Indian hostilities and land claims, pioneer life, Dutch & English immigration, the Militia, the court system, slavery within the county, along with the discussion of the development & history of the various towns or boroughs found throught the county. The second section of this book is devoted to 1028 biographical sketches of these early settlers broken down via townships or boroughs and followed up with a new Full Names Index with approximately 27,000 entries.

By: W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Pub. 1885, Reprinted 2019, 692 pages, NEW FULL NAME Index, ISBN #0-89308-132-9. This is the general or historical portion of probably the Rarest and MOST VALUABLE set of books ever published on the state of Kentucky and its early families. Like most works of this kind, this edition contains a history of the state with its ties to early Virginia; these are followed by varying appendices one of which contains a listing of both Federal and Confederate troops in service from Kentucky. This is an extremely detailed and complete history of the state covering such things as: Origin and Development of the First Colony in Virginia, Virginia as a Dependency of the Crown, Beyond the Alleghenies - Virginia's conquest in the West, Exploration and First settlement of Kentucky, the Colonization of Kentucky, Kentucky's part in the Revolutionary War, the Pioneers and Pioneer Days, Indians, early Politics and and extension of Frontier lines, Kentucky's involvement with the Annexation of Texas and the War with Mexico, considerable amounts of information and data on Kentucky's involvement in the Civil War, Genealogy of the Boone Family, First Platt of Louisville, Names of First Settlers, Indian Grants to Whites, Boonesborough, the Girty Famiyl; Land Titles, and etc....... The NEW FULL NAME Index for this reprint has approximately 7,000 entries.

By: J. H. Battle, Pub. 1884, Reprinted 2017, 404 pages, NEW INDEX, ISBN #0-89308-162-0. Todd county was created in 1819 from Christian and Logan counties. It too is located in the Southwestern portion of the State along the Kentucky-Tennessee border. This volume contains not only the history and development of the county but also over 200 Biographical Sketches and the NEW FULL NAME INDEX that was produced for this volume mentions the names of over 4482 other individuals are found herein.