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RyeCove Cemetery

Henry Day Cemetery

Jack Williams Cemetery

Leslie County was formed in 1878. The lower portion being taken from Harlan County, the northwestern part from Clay County and the northeastern section from Perry County.

The county seat of Leslie County is Hyden.
Hyden is located on US 421 and at the mouth of Rockhouse Creek, a branch of the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River. It was founded on John Lewis's farm in 1878 as the seat of the newly established county. Named for John Hyden (1814 - 1883), then state senator from Clay County and one of the commissioners appointed to establish Leslie County. The post office began operation in March 1879 with Leander Crawford as Postmaster. The town of Hyden was incorporated in 1882.

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Willian (Bill) Hall) and group of men, Photo-Need help to identify
Early 1900s

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Elva Nolan Morgan

Mosley Bend Cemetery

Indexed and Headstones Images
Submitted by: Wanda Langdon

***Family Descendants***
*Descendants of William Francis*	*Descendants Hans Maggard*

Leslie County Kentucky Marriage Files

*1878 Leslie Co Marriages*	*Burkhart Marriages*
*1903-1904 Leslie Co Marriages*	Gross Marriage
*Miscellaneous Marriage Records*

Leslie County Kentucky Birth Files

*1878 Leslie Births*	*1921-1930 Birth Records*
*1911-1920 Birth Records*	*1931-1940 Birth Records*

Leslie County Photographs
*Levi Whitehead*
*James (Jim) Whitehead*
*Barbara Brock*
*Chief Red Birds Gravesite* *And a statement by submitter of photo*
*Tready 1806 Chief Red Bird---Cherokee Tribe*
*Nathaniel Joseph and Family*
*Leslie County Cowboys*
*Johnathan Hart Children*
*John Wiley Bedwell and his wife Nancy Jane (Cornett) Adams*

Leslie County Court Orders 1893 to 1889

Leslie County Kentucky Death Files

*1878 Leslie Deaths*	*WWII Army & Air Force Deaths*
*1901 Leslie Deaths*	*Kentucky Deaths 1911-2000*
*1903-04 Leslie Deaths*	*Social Security Death Index*

Leslie County Ky
***Revolutionary War Pension Applications***
John Fields Rev Pension Application

***Leslie County Ky Civil War Pension Files***
***Transcribed and Submitted by Terry Griffith***
*Eli Griffitts*	*James Griffitts*	*John Griffitts*
*Nathaniel Lewis*	*Irvin Jones*	*Wade Valentine*
*James Eversole*	*Abraham Eversole*	*Daniel Sizemore*
*Ezekial Napier*	*John R. Begely*	*Joseph Eversole`*
*JohnA. Maggard*	*William Turner*	*Stokley Bowlin*
*William Pennington*	*Judah Lewis*	*William Griffith*
*Slyvester Coots*	*John Muncy*	*James Whitehead*
*James Osborn*	*Jesse Mattingly*

Leslie County Kentucky Cemeteries

*Couch Cemetery*	*Eli Couch Cemetery*
*Taylor Sizemore Cemetery*	*Solomon Burkhart Cemetery*
*Gibson & Begley Cemetery*	*Estep Cemetery*
*Huff-Johnson Cemetery*	*Woods-Allen & Ohmit Cemetery*
*John North-Sizemore Cemetery*	*Napier - Sizemore - Begley Cemetery*
*Woods Cemetery*	*John & Susan Griffith Cemetery*
*Sandlin Cemetery*	*John & Mollie Jones Cemetery*
*Lewis-Chappell Cemetery*	*Josira Boggs Obit*
*William Jones Family Cemetery*

Leslie County Kentucky Land Records

Leslie County Land Grants

Leslie County Kentucky Wills

*Will of Henry Boggs*	*Will of H L Napier*
*Will of John Lewis Sr*	*Will of James Napier*
*Will of Edman Gross*	*Will of Daniel Lewis*

African Americans in Ky Links

*Kentucky law & African American* *a historical overview*	*African American Odyesey*
*African Americans in the World War*	*Civil War Colored Troops, Union*
*The Fight for Equal Rights*	*History of Berea College*
*African American Sailors in the Union Navy from Liberia*	*African-American History*
*African American Ancestry in Ky*	*African American Warriors*

Off Site Links

*Leslie County Public Library*	*1895 Map of Leslie County*
*Leslie County Atlas & Gazetteer*	*Leslie County Schools*
*Daniel Boone National Forest*	*1928 Leslie County Photo*
*Leslie County Heritage Society*	*Daniel Boone Country*
*Leslie County Profile*	*Leslie County on the Net*
*The Political Graveyard*	*Frontier School of Midwifery*
*Buckhorn Lake*	*Coal Production History*
*Leslie County.Net*	Kentucky Association of Counties

Leslie County Kentucky Family Pages

*Decendents of Edmond Jones*	*Pollitte-Pollit Family Pages*
*Adams & Maggard Familes*	*The Jack A Couch Family*
*The Robert E Allen Home Page* *Sizemore, Allen, Frazier, May.*	*Cindy's Family History* *Sheldon, Gray, Crass, Begley.*
*Kevin Anderson's Family Pages* *Mosley, Turner, Cornett, Maggard*	*Barbara Farnhams Genealogy Search*
*The Huff Family Page*	*Woods Family History*
*The Wells Family*	*The Bush & Melton Familes*

Kentucky Coal Miners

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Joyce Collins and Janette Nolan

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Leslie County Query Forum

Leslie County Vital Records Office
Leslie County Clerk
P.O. Box 916
Hyden, KY 41749
(606) 672-2193

Leslie County Kentucky Neighbors

*Harlan County*	*Perry County*
*Bell County*	*Letcher County*

County Coordinator: Elva Nolan Morgan
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