Lincoln County
Courthouse
Main Street - Stanford, Kentucky
Stanford, Ky
I recall as a kid, the old Hotel on Main
Street (north side) at
which an old family friend named Nell Gooch Spoonmoore ran the
dining room, maybe the whole hotel, I dunno.
I can still smell the ice tea, and hear her caged canary sing...Edward Shaw
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Welcome to Lincoln County, Kentucky Genealogy
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As a brief background of Lincoln County, it was originally part of Virginia, and was formed in 1780. The county seat is located in Stanford, Kentucky. Most of Kentucky was part of Virginia in the 1700s.Lincoln County was one of the three original counties in Kentucky. In 1776, a part of Fincastle County was taken to form Kentucky County, Virginia. Kentucky County was then divided by the Virginia legislature in 1780 to form the counties of Fayette, Jefferson, and Lincoln. When Kentucky became a commonwealth in 1792 , nine counties had already been created. They were Nelson, Bourbon, Madison, Mercer, Mason and Woodford. Therefore, when searching your families, you may wish to look in Fincastle Co, Virginia, Kentucky Co., Virginia as well as those counties previously mentioned.
The information on Discontinued Virginia Counties in Virginia can be
found at GenealogyInc.
Discontinued Virginia Counties
| Fincastle: | (Formed in 1772 from Botetourt County, abolished in 1777. Some Fincastle records may be found in the Montgomery Co. Courthouse in Christiansburg) |
| Kentucky: | (Formed in 1777 from Fincastle, abolished in 1780) |
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Weather Forecast for Lincoln Co, Kentucky
State Bird: Cardinal
State Motto: United We Stand Divided We Fall
State Flower: Goldenrod
State Song: My Old Kentucky Home
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