Annals of Floyd County, Kentucky, 1800-1826

East Kentucky Press,Inc. is pleased to announce that it has reprinted Charles C. Wells's Annals of Floyd County, Kentucky, 1800-1826. This book includes a wealth of information on Floyd County, which contained at the time all or part of fifteen Eastern Kentucky counties, in its first quarter century. Included are marriage bonds from 1808 to 1818, deeds founds in the first two deed books, and information found in the first four county court order books. The order books contain a wide variety of material, including guardianships, settlement of estates, road reports, tavern rates, ferry permits, appointment of revenue commissioners, constables, surveyors, and town trustees, issuance of summons for witnesses, recommendation for justices of the peace, admission to practice law, listing of taxable property, apprenticeships, and other matters. 365 pages; well indexed. John David Preston, President East Kentucky Press, Inc.