Membership Information
The
Magoffin County Historical Society invites you to become a member of our group.
Members receive our printed journals that are mailed out quarterly (usually February,
June, September, and December). Each Journal contains at least 40 pages of
material on eastern Kentucky genealogy and history. We print family articles and
queries, also stories about our people and area. We collect and print church,
school, newspaper, and court records from the past.
We
invite contributions of material on eastern Kentucky families to include in our Journal.
If you would like to become a member, the fee is $15 per year. If you would like
to see if our material would be of benefit to you we will send you an issue from
a previous year of our Journal for $4.
Please send your request with your name and
address to:
The Magoffin County Historical Society
P.O. Box 222
Salyersville, KY 41465
(606-349-1607)
Our Purpose
Our
goal is to collect, preserve, and disseminate the history and genealogy of our
eastern Kentucky region. Our forefathers, many of whom were veterans of the
Revolutionary War, settled the area and carved a home for their families from
the wilderness. These hardy pioneers loved these mountains, as do their
descendants. We believe we should keep alive the spirit and memory of those who
came before us. We believe knowledge of our history and ancestry gives us the
impetus to build a better future for those who come after us.
Our Genealogy Library
The
Genealogy Library of the Magoffin County
Historical Society is located next door to the Lloyd M. Hall Community
Center in Salyersville, KY. We occupy the building formerly used by the
Salyersville Post Office. Our address is 191 South Church Street,
Salyersville, KY 41465. Our telephone number is 606-349-1607,
Fax number is
606-349-1353.
Our Cabin Complex
The new
Magoffin County Pioneer Village and Museum
is located at 191 South Church Street in Salyersville, Kentucky between WRLV
Salyersville Radio station and the Lloyd M. Hall Community Center. Presently
we have a collection of 19 authentic log buildings that have been
reconstructed on our grounds.
Our log cabin
structures serve as living history centers with displays and demonstrations
of early crafts. We are presently accepting furnishings and artifacts of
early pioneer settlers for display in our Log Cabin Complex. We request
donations of items from anyone along with a written history of each item. We
are continuing to catalog and work on displays of these materials for our
museum.
Honored
Pioneer Families and Events
These are
Magoffin County pioneer families and events we have honored over the years:
|
ADAMS
|
1979 |
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PRATER
|
1980 |
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SALYER
|
1981 |
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PATRICK |
1982 |
|
ARNETT |
1983 |
|
CONLEY |
1984 |
|
HOWARD |
1985 |
|
BAILEY |
1986 |
|
WIREMAN |
1987 |
|
MONTGOMERY |
1988 |
|
ALLEN
|
1989 |
|
REED
|
1990 |
|
MINIX
|
1991 |
|
MAY
|
1992 |
|
RISNER |
1993 |
|
LYKINS
|
1994
|
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WILLIAMS
|
1995 |
|
HELTON
|
1996
|
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JENKINS
|
1997
|
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CIVIL
WAR
|
1998
|
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SHEPHERD |
1999 |
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HOMECOMING
|
2000 |
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VANDERPOOL
|
2001
|
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MILLER
|
2002 |
|
GULLETT
|
2003 |
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WHITAKER
|
2004 |
|
HAMMOND
|
2005 |
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VETERANS |
2006 |
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CARPENTER
|
2007 |
|
FLETCHER
|
2008 |
|
MANN / MANNS
|
2009 |
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SESQUICENTENNIAL |
2010 |
|
JOSEPH |
2011 |
|
MARSHALL |
2012 |
|
RUDD |
2013 |
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Magoffin County Historical
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