History of Kentucky

By: Battle, Kniffin, & Perrin, Orig. Pub. 1885, Reprinted 2017, 342 pages, soft cover, NEW INDEX, ISBN #0-89308-133-7.

This book contains the Precinct histories of the seven counties in the Jackson Purchase, (which originally were indian lands located in the extreme southwestern corner of the state bordering Missouri, Tennessee and Illinois) and 740 biographical sketches of individuals in the following counties: Ballard, Calloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken and Marshall. The index mention approximately 14,500 persons