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The Inventory of the County Archives of Kentucky is one of a number
of guides to slsssssssriaessrisis prepared°Ehroughout the United States
by workers on the Historical Records Survey Bregram of the Work Projects
Administration. The publication herewith presented, an inventory of the
archives of Hopkins County, is number 54 of the Kentucky series.
The Historical Records Survey Program was undertaken in the winter
of 1955-36 for the purpose of providing useful employment to needy un-
employed historians, lawyers, teachers, and research and clerical workers.
In carrying out this objective, the project was organized to compile in-
ventories of historical materials, particularly the unpublished govern-
ment documents and records which are basic in the administration of local
government, and which provide invaluable data for students of political,
economic, and social history. The archival guide herewith presented is
intended to meet the requirements of day-to-day administration by the
officials of the county, and also the needs of lawyers, businessmen, and
- other citizens who require facts from the public records for the proper
conduct of their affairs. The volume is so designed that it can be used
by the historian in his research in unprinted sources in the same way he
uses the library card catalog for printed sources.
The inventories produced by the·Historical Records Survey Program
attempt to do more than give merely a list of records - they attmnpt R
further to sketch in the historical background of the county cr other l
unit of government, and to describe precisely and in detail the organi-
zation and functions of the government agencies whose records they list.
The county, town, and other local inventories for the entire country will, i
when completed, constitute an encyclopedia of local goverm ent as well as ;
a bibliography of local archives. b
The successful conclusion of the work of the Historical Records Sur- i
vey Program, even in a single county, would not be possible without the '
support of public officials, historical and legal specialists, and many ?
other groups in the community. Their cooperation is gratefully acknowl- i
edged. A
y· The Survey Program was organized by Luther H. Evans, who served as f
pil Director until March 1, 1940, when he was succeeded by Sargent B. Child, ’
‘“` who had been National Field Supervisor since the inauguration of the
`¥\ Survey. The Survey Program operates as a Nation-wide series of locally
"` sponsored projects in the Division of Professional and Service Projects,
of which Mrs. Florence Kerr, Assistant Co missioner, is in charge.
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Howard O. Hunter
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 . PREFACE
 
A The Historical Records Survey was begun in January 1956, under the national
directorship of Dr. Luther H. Evans, as a part of the Federal Writers' Project
x of the Works Progress Administration. On March 1, 1940, Mr. Sargent B. Child
succeeded Dr. Evans as National Director. Dr. T. D. Clark was appointed super-
visor of the Kentucky project, under the administrative direction of Dr. U. R.
Bell, State Director of the Federal Writers' Project. In July 1956 Dr. Clark
was succeeded by O. B. Wilder, and in December 1956, Walter M. Hoefelman was
made State Director. Mr. Hoefelman directed the project until July 51, 1959,
when he was succeeded by Earl D. Hale, who fro  August 1, l959,until January
26, 1940, was in charge of the project. On the latter date, Mr. Hale was
succeeded by the present director.
In December 1956, the National Survey was separated from the Federal
Writers' Project, and became an independent unit of Federal Project Nu ber l.
On September 1, 1959, the Historical Records Survey was changed from one Nation-
wide WPA-sponsored Federal project, to a series of State-wide projects sponsored
by legally constituted public agencies. At present, the Kentucky Historical
Records Survey Project, sponsored by the State Librarian and Archivist, Emma
I Guy Cromwell, is under the administrative control of the Professional and
Service Division of the Work.Projects Administration. _
This project is preparing a key volume designed as an introduction to the
county archives inventories and as a general reference book on county goverm ent v
in Kentucky. Since this work will represent an exhaustive study of the organi-
zation, structure, and evolution of the various courts and county offices, the
el abbreviated essays used in the Hopkins County Inventory give only information
regarding the creation of each office, its primary function, its composition,
the present method of selection, and the length of term. " _

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VPreface
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The Inventory 2£_the County Archives pf Kentucky will, when completed, cen-
sist of 120 volumes, each numbered to indicate its alphabetical position among
the counties of the State. _
The Hopkins County Inventory, No. 54, is divided into two parts. The first
part deals briefly with the history and government of the county, the housing and
care of the records, and abbreviations and explanatory notes. The second part
is devoted to the inventory proper.
The arrangement of agencies in the inventory classifies them according to
governmental function;_administration; registration of property titles; admin-
istration of justice; law enforcement; finance; elections; education; health;
and miscellaneous. Records are classified, in general, according to the agencies
which make them, unless other deposition of the records is directed by law.
Under agencies, records have been classified, as far as possible, according to
the subjects with which they deal.
Records are described in entries whose style is fomualized to give infor-
mation concerning the title of record, dates for which available, quantity,
labeling of volumes or containers, variant titles, description of record con-
tents, manner of arrangement, indexing, nature of recording, size of volumes
or containers, and location. V
Under the supervision of John C. Simmons, Assistant Project Technician,
the original survey of Hopkins County was begun in July 1959 by Alfred M. E
Harrington, and was completed by Norma P. Allen in December 1940. Mr. Shmmons,
who supervised the editing of the entries by Eugene Nicholson and N. L. Hilson,
h also classified and arranged the entries, and supervised the writing of the
indexes. The historical and legal sections were written by Joseph Gurganus,
Richard Spriggs,and Arthur Best, under the direction of Elizabeth Johnston,
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‘ Assistant Project Technician, who also supervised the final editorial work
necessary for the publication of this inventory. The Governmental essay was
written by the present State supervisor. Lucille Vairin and Alice Pulford
were responsible for the typing. _
The Kentucky Historical Records Survey wishes to express its deep
_ appreciation to Mabel S. Brodie, Assistant Archivist in charge of public
records inventories, of the Washington,D. C., office, for her helpful ed-
itorial criticism of this inventory in manuscript form, and to Dan Lacy,
Assistant Director, Historical Records Survey Projects, for his valuable
suggestions. Grateful acknowledgment is made to the Filson Club and the
Louisville Free Public Library, Louisville, for their generous cooperation,
and to the officials of Hopkins County for their helpful assistance.
Forthcoming volumes of the Inventory o£_the County Archives of Kentucky
will be issued in memeographed form for free distribution to government offices,
libraries, and historical societies in Kentucky, as well as to selected li-
braries, and depositories in other States. For a list of publications of the
Historical Records Survey in Kentucky, see p. g_. Requests for information
concerning particular volumes should be addressed to the State Supervisor,
550 South Fifth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. t
4_p _ Clifford R. Rader, State Supervisor W
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January 20, 1941 `
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 1. HISTORICAL SKETCH
Creation
Hopkins, the forty-ninth county established in Kentucky, was created by
an act of the General Assembly approved December 9, 1806. The act read in part
as follows: "Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that from and after the
first day of May next, all that part of the County of Henderson, included in
the following bounds: . . . shall be one distinct county, and called and known _
by the name of Hopkins." (1) Its name was selected to honor General Samuel
Hopkins of Virginia, a distinguished officer of the American Revolution who
had moved to Kentucky in 1797 and settled on the Green River, but who was
never a resident of Hopkins County. (2)
Original Boundaries
The statute creating the county described its boundaries as "Beginning at
the mouth of Deer Creek; thence up Green River to the mouth of Pond River;
thence up Pond River by the county line to Tradewater; thence a due course down
Tradewater to the mouth of Owen's Creek; thence a due north course to the main {
branch at the Crab Orchard fork; thence up the main branch of said Crab Orchard E
fork until a line at right angles will strike the head of Black's and Newman's I
sugar camp branch; thence down the same and Deer Creek to the beginning." (5) A
Boundary Changes ( A
» Several changes of the original boundaries have been made. On January 22, -_
1822, the legislature approved an act by which "all that part of Christian
County lying to the north of a line beginning where the road leading from
· l. William Littell, Ehe Statute &aw_of Kentucky, with_§otes, Praelections,
and Observations 2n_the Public ASEE, 1806, III, 546, hereinafter cited as
Littell. .
2. Richard H. Collins, History of §EntugEy, II, 545. Z tl, ·_
3. Littell, 1806, III, 546. ;'_;.·; y
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Russellville to the Highland Lick crosses Drake's Creek near Samuel Williams';
thence a straight line to the mouth of M'Far1in's fork; thence down the west
fork to Pond River to the mouth thereof, thence down said river to the Hopkins'
County line, shall be . . . added to the county of Hopkins." (1) The legis-
lature approved an act sr January 51, 1844, providing for a resurvey of the
Hopkins-Christian County lines. Daniel H. Harrison, of Christian County, and
C Ambrose Gordon, of Hopkins County, were named commissioners to make this survey,
but no changes were noted. (2) In 1847 all that part of Caldwell County lying
‘ north and east of Tradewater River was added to Hopkins County under provisions `
of an act approved January 50, 1847. (5) In l860€%its boundaries again were
altered when a portion of its territory was taken to create`Webster County. (4)
On February 20, 1884, still another and final act affecting the county's boundary
line was approved, authorizing a change in the Hopkins-Webster County line to
include Slaughtersville in the county of Webster. (5) {
At present Hopkins is bounded by the following counties: Webster on the i
north; McLean and Muhlenberg on the east; Christian on the south; and_Webster %
·and Caldwell on the West. (6) Q
Early Settlers é
_ In 1780, when Kentucky County, Virginia, was divided into three counties, 1
Jefferson, Lincoln, and Fayette, the tangled wilderness which later became known '
1. é£ts_o£_the General AssemblK_cf_the Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1819, p. 859,
hereinafter cited as égts.
M· 2. égts, 1845-44, p. 19.
_ L é§E,1M£47,p.1L
- V4. gets, 1859-60, I, 76.
5. Apts, 1883-84, I, 504. _
6. Hand-McNa11v Commercial £t1as_and Narketing Guide, 70th ed., p. 156.

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Historical Sketch
I as Hopkins County was a part of Lincoln. This territory was included in
Logan when that cou ty was created out of Lincoln and formed a part of
Christian when Logan was divided to form that county. Later Christian was
divided to form Henderson and the territory mentioned above was included with-
in the boundaries of the latter county and remained there until 1806, when
it was set apart as a separate entity and named Hopkins. It is quite evident,
therefore, that the story of the early settlers of this county necessarily
concerns the early histories of the counties of which Hopkins once was a part.
Before the white man moved into the territory now known as Hopkins County,
its hillsides and valleys were thickly populated with wild animals and fowl.
Wolves, panthers, deer, bears, turkeys, geese, ducks, and other smaller game
were here in seemingly inexhaustible numbers. (I) Although it was apasrv¤Hy·
an ideal hunting ground for the Indian, there is no record that any savage 4
tribe ever inhabited this region. Frequent hunting trips to the territory; i
howeveg were made by members of tribes located north of the Ohio River. (2) S
_ ‘Prior to such visits by these Indians, there is positive evidence that l Q
4 the valleys and rolling hills of the county were at one time occupied by the i
"Mound Builders" · a race without a history. The local center of the tribe '
appears to have been at Fork Ridge, where the remains of a rough stone fort *
stand. high above Clear Creek encircling the edge of a steep hill and en-
closing burial and temple mounds. The mounds, graves, ornaments, and the l
numerous tools and weapons of hard stones found scattered all over the county
‘ indicate that an industrious, religious, and warlike tribe once inhabited this
· ‘ territory. From what place they came, how·long they remained, and when and
I · 1. Edmund L. Starling, History_o; Henderson Countv, Kentucky, p. 28. T
2. Ibid., p. 27.

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how they left are subjects still debatable by ethnologists. (1)
Although, as a result of an act of the Virginia Legislature in 1779
V setting aside most of Kentucky’s land for officers and soldiers of the Revo-
C lution, the richest sections of land in this territory were entered, survey-
o ed, and patented, few claims were made to the rolling wooded lands of Hopkins
I County. A nu ber of grants covering land in this section were made, however,
many of which were later surveyed, but there is no record that any of the
grantees settledthere permanently. Two such grants are mentioned here be-
cause of the prominence of the grantees · Baron Steuben and General Daniel
Morgan, both of whom are entitled to fame for services rendered during the
Revolution. These grantees never became residents of Hopkins County, however, 1
nor improved their grants. (2)
’ Concerning the pioneers who settled the county but little is known.
l Possibly a reason may be drawn from Mr. Maurice K. Gordon's History gf Hopkins {
County in which he stated: "The settlers were chiefly those who took up the i
waste and outlying lands upon land office warrants or bought from military g
grantees. All who were financially able to regard the comfort or convenience j
of their families acquired lands from Henderson & Company, or others, as i
_ close to the river as they could, leaving the hinterland chiefly to the more
daring and adventurous, and the restless, to desperately poor immigrants, to V
fugitives from debt, victims of suretyship . . . and to a small class of U
r fugitives from justice." (5)
1. W} H. Perrin et al, Kentucky: A History of the State, p. GOO; Maurice K.
' Gordon," History of lk§§ZEE§—CouEty§Tr7}hich—y£E;}£H;FiEhed serially in ( E
Madisonville Bally Messenger, May 1951, hereinafter cited as Gordon,V"V l '
2. Starling, gp. git., p. 40i \ y » _ _ ,
3. Gordon, hay 22, 195lp p\, —
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Among the first comers of whom there is a record was John Gordon. He arrived
in 1872, or shortly thereafter, and was prominent in the affairs of the new
t » county for years. (1)
With the beginning of the new century, substantial citizens from other
sections of the State began to make homes in the new county, and by the end
of the first decade Hopkins counted as its owné”such well known residents
» as William Wood, Benjamin Johnson, Leonard Brown, Samuel Compton, Thomas
Metcalfe, William Holloman, Moses Carter, David Herron, Thomas Givens, and
many others regarded equally as highly. (2)
Topography
_ Hopkins county, located in the central western part of the State between
the Pond and Trpadwater Rivers, includes approximately 550 square miles of
generally level to gently rolling land, studded with low rounded hills. Situ- i
ated in the southwestern section of the Western Kentucky coal basin and pene- E
trated by numerous tributaties of the Pond and Tradewater Rivers, its depressed i
valleys have gradually accumulated deposits, until today the county has a vast i
expanse of extremely fertile lowlands. Its elevation is approximately 5OO ”
feet, and its soil is drained and well watered by small tributaries of both 2
the rivers mentioned above. (5)
First Courts and Officers
The act creating Hopkins County designated that the county court should
‘ meet “on the first court day after the said division shall take place." The
. . - , act further provided that the court's first session was to be held at
l