Cumberland County, Kentucky was the thirty-second county formed from Green County in 1798 and named after the Cumberland River which runs through it.
The material in this volume was gleaned from two sources. The first is History of Kentucky by Lewis Collins, published in 1882 and the second source is Kentucky: A History of the State by W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle and G. C. Kniffin published in 1885. These two books set the standard for Kentucky history and pioneer biographies. Most of the biographical material was submitted by the individuals or their families and therefore, should be more accurate than other sources.
Example:
GRANVILLE B. McGEE was born November 25, 1829. His father, Jacob McGee, born in Wayne County, KY in 1806 was a farmer and was married in 1824 to Miss Sarah Jones, a daughter of Landy and Lucy (Farrow) Jones, both born near Richmond, Virginia....
Lewis Collins or W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle and G. C. Kniffin
2002, paper, 16 pp.
ISBN: 9780788495229
101E-KY0215
