Surviving Records of Wolfe County, Kentucky
and Where to Find Them

Records at the Wolfe County courthouse:

• Deed Books
  • 1913 to present
  • Deeds rerecorded after the 1886 fire

• Will Books (Books 1 - 4)
  • Will Book 1 - February 1887 to July 1970
  • Will Book 2 - October 1970 to June 1980
  • Will Book 3 - 1980 to 1988
  • Will Book 4 - 1988 to 1995

• Encumbrances on Real Estate (Books 1 - 6)
  • 1916 to Present

• Real Estate Mortgages (Books 2 - 43)
  • July 1887 to Present
  • Could not find Book 1 on 11 Oct 1997

• Lease Books (Books 1 - 33)
  • May 1912 to Present

• Promiscuos Book (Book 1)
  • Dec 1881 to July 1920

• Miscellaneous Books (Books 2- 13)
  • 1933 to Present
  • Could not find Book 1 on 11 Oct 1997

• Marriage Register (Book not numbered)
  • 1913 to 1938

• Marriage Books (Books 2 - 36)
  • September 1914 to Present
  • Could not find Book 1 on 11 Oct 1997

• Marriage Bond Book (Book 1)
  • June 1913 to September 1914

• Juvenile Order Book (Book not numbered)
  • January 1914 to August 1961

• Wolfe Quarterly Court Book (Book not numbered)
  • September 1909 to August 1935

• Wolfe Justice Court Book (Book not numbered)
  • June 1913 to Jan 1926

• Record of Commissioner's Report of Allotment of Dower & Division of Land Book (Book not numbered)
  • April 1887 to May 1934

• Sheriff's Settlements Book (Book 1)
  • February 1948 to July 1981

• Guardian Report Book (Book not numbered)
  • August 1906 to October 1927

• Settlements of Guardians Books (Books 1 - 2)
  • June 1889 to September 1971

• Guardian's Bond Book (Book 2)
  • March 1922 to April 1963
  • Book 1 not found on 11 October 1997

• Settlements of Executors & Administrators Book (Book 2)
  • April 1942 to September 1971
  • Search for Book 1 not concluded

• Inventory, Appraisal & Sales Books (Books 1-2)
  • Book 1 - May 1885 to October 1938
  • Book 2 - August 1945 to April 1954

• Record of Board of Elections Commissioners Books (Books 1 - 4)
  • September 1912 to Present

• Register of Candidates for Nomination in Primary Elections Book (Book not numbered)
  • 1913 to Present

• Lunatic Book (Book not numbered)
  • August 1913 to May 1934

• Road Orders Books (Books 1 - 2)
  • February 1887 to August 1935

• Misc. Bonds Books (Books 1 - 5)
  • March 1918 to Present

• Fiscal Court Order Books (Books 1 - 10)
  • Inventory not concluded

• Veterans Discharge Books (Books 1 - 3)
  • Circa 1918 to Present

• County Court Orders Books
  • Inventory not concluded

• Sheriff's Bond Book (Book not numbered)
  • 1914 to 1981

• General Official Bonds Book (Book 2)
  • November 1912 to December 1926
  • Book 1 not found on 11 October 1997

• Constables Bond Book (Book 1)
  • June 1887 to January 1974

• Justices of the Peace Bond Book (Book 1)
  • June 1887 to January 1974

• Superintendant of Schools Bond Book (Book not numbered)
  • January 1918 to June 1926

• Apprentice's Bond Book (Book not numbered)
  • November 1887 to May 1934

• Executor's Bond Book (Book 1)
  • June 1888 to October 1947

• Order Book Substituted Cases Book (Book 1)
  • April 1908 to April 1922

• Record of Real Estate Transfers Book (Book 1)
  • January 1887 to June 1938

• Miscellaneous Bonds Book (Book not numbered)
  • 1918 to 1941

• Guardian Bonds Book (Book not numbered)
  • March 1914 to April 1937

• Medical Register Book (Book not numbered)
  • November 1896 to October 1970

• Land Sold for Taxes Book (Book not numbered)
  • April 1948 to 1955

• Sheriff's Report of Land Sales Book (Book not numbered)
  • 1915 to 1938

Inventory started on 11 October 1997 but not completed. More information on the Wolfe County courthouse records will be added.

Records at the Wolfe County Public Library:

• Census Books
  • 1850 Owsley County Census
  • 1870 Wolfe County Census
  • 1880 Wolfe County Census
  • 1900 Wolfe County Census
  • 1910 Wolfe County Census
  • 1920 Wolfe County Census

• Wolfe County Vital Records
  • Inventory to be added soon

• Hazel Green Herald Newspaper
  • Index to newspapers in book form
  • Newspapers on microfilm - dates to be added soon

• Wolfe County News Newspaper
  • Newspapers on microfilm - dates to be added soon

• Various Surname Books
  • Inventory to be added soon

• Surrounding County Books
  • Inventory to be added soon

Records at the Kentucky Department of Libraries & Archives:

• Deed Books
  • 1887 - 1978
  • 1982 - 1984

• Deed Index
  • 1963 - 1982

• Commissioner's Deeds
  • 1887 - 1934

• Marriage Books (Indexed)
  • 1913 - 1984

• Minute Books - Campton
  • 1958 - 1984

• Mortgage Index
  • 1966 - 1984

• Hazel Green Herald Newspaper
  • 1885 - 1917

• Tax Books
  • 1861 - 62, 1865 - 1875, 1879 - 1892

Listing from Kentucky Ancestry by Roseann Reinemuth Hogan, Ancestry, Salt Lake City, UT, 1992.

Records at the Kentucky Historical Society:

• Tax Book
  • 1890 - 1890

• Tax Book
  • 1861 - 1862, 1865 - 1875

• Vital Statistics
  • 1861 - 1903 (Some years available.)

Listing from Kentucky Ancestry by Roseann Reinemuth Hogan, Ancestry, Salt Lake City, UT, 1992.