Breckinridge formed 9 Dec 1799 from Hardin; Meade 1823, Hancock 1829 formed from it.
Transcriptions available for 1810, 1820, 1850
Terrance C moved to Washington Co, Ky after the Rev.
1798 - moved to Breckinridge Co, Ky - this is just across the river from Perry Co, Ind
1800 - on tax list - Conner, Tarrence tx 8/19/1800
Appears in early court records Breckinridge County Records (see below)
1812 - moved to Perry Co, Ind (it was Warrick Co then, until 1814)
Some of his children moved back to Breckinridge
1840 Breckinridge
p. 450 Lewis 00001 // 20001
1850 Breckinridge 122
Samuel T Conner 22 laborer Ky (in hotel)
next door - George Claycomb 54 wharfmaster
---Dist 2 p. 64
John Comer 52 VA
Mary 53 Va
Richard 19 / Calvin 17 / Nancy H 16 all Ky
1860 Breckinridge Cloverport
134-134 Lidia Conner 25 Ind $1000
Lydia d/o Dade Conner
133-133 Jacob Miller 50 carpenter Ind
Sarah 45
Sarah d/o Dade Conner - b ~1814
1860 KY Breckinridge Union Star 409
111-108 Wm Cart 38 KY
Nancy 28 Ind
Robert 5 / Leonard 3 / Emma 1 / Catharine 47 - all KY
d/o Samuel & Margaret Groves s/o Samuel & Eliz Claycomb s/o T2
1860 Breckinridge Dist 1 p. 50
325-316 Marine Comer 34 wagon maker
Mary 21
Malvina 3 / George 2 / MW 1 - all b KY
s/o James Conner & Priscilla Walker - b 25 August 1823 - d 29 August 1910
m Mary Jane Wood/s 15 Dec 1852
children 1) Melvina Margaret abt 1857
2)George Adam abt 1858
3)James Pleasant abt 1861
4)Amy Bell abt 1866
5) William B. abt 1868
6)Virginious Walker abt 1876
1870 Breckinridge Bewleyville 16
Coomer (index) Marine W 45 works on farm
Mary J 32
MW 13 f / George A 12 / James P 9 / Anna B 4 / Wm B 2
1870 Breckinridge Cloverport (Hardinsburg) 98
Comer, Calvin 36 farmer
Isabel 38
Gideon 8 / Mary 6 / John 4 / Sidney 2 (male)
Comer, Mary 75 Va
Wheeler, Joseph P 45 Ky
Isabel Harned m Pleasant Conner 1861 s/o John & Mary of VA - see 1850
1870 Ky Breckinridge Hudsonville 123 (Constantine)
1-1 Comer WP 27 Ind works on farm
MA 24 KY keeping house
CA2f Ky
1880 KY Breckinridge Cloverport SD2 ED21 sheet 37a (48)
Miller, Sarah 65 keeping house widowed Ind Va Ky
Conner, Lydia 45 sister wd Ind Va Ky
daughters of Dade & Sidney Huff s/o Terrance 2
Lydia was married to Curran P Ramsey - she apparently went back to her maiden name.
1880 Ky Breckinridge Hudsonville SD2 ED23 Page 10b
92-92 Comer, Pleas. 47 farmer
Isabel 52
Gideon P 18 / Mary F 14 / John F 13 / William 10 / George 6 - all Ky Ky Ky
Isabel Harned m Pleasant Conner 1861 s/o John & Mary of VA - see 1850
1880 Ky Breckinridge Bewleyville SD2 ED24 p 4d
Conner, Marine 50 wagon maker Ky Ky Ky
Annie Bell 14 dau
William 12
Virginius A 4 son
1880 Ky Breckinridge Bewleyville SD2 ED24 p 8
Conner, George 21 farm laborer Ky Ky Ky
boarder with Mrs Gillingwaters
s/o Marine and Mary J
1880 Ky Breckinridge Union Star 125d
Nancy Cart 48 wid Ind
Robert F 24 / Leonard A 23 / Emma J 20 / Maggie D 18 all KY
d/o Samuel & Margaret Groves s/o Samuel & Eliz Claycomb s/o T2
1900 Ky Breckinridge Union Star
Eugene Conner b 1855 Ind
s/o Samuel & Louisa Porter Wheeler s/o John & Anna Main s/o John & Mary Brothers
1900 KY Breckinridge Union Star SD4 ED6 p. 6b
Cart, Nancy wf Mar 1832 68 wd Ind Ind Ind
Maggie dau Oct 1868 35 Ky Ky Ind postmaster
d/o Samuel & Margaret Groves s/o Samuel & Eliz Claycomb s/o T2
Marriages
Evans, Heather M. Breckenridge [sic] County, Kentucky, marriage bonds, 1801-1818 [Lexington, KY : Kentucky Tree-Search, [198-?]
Conner, Samuel - Claycomb, Elizabeth 1 Apr 1803
Ingmire, Frances Terry. Breckenridge County, Kentucky, marriages : 1853 thru 1859, 1861, 1875 thru 1878, 1893-1894, 1904 [[St. Louis, Mo.] : F.T. Ingmire, c1983.]
1852 Dec 15 - Marino Conner 27 b Nelson Co - Mary J Woods 15
1861 May 15 - Pleasant Conner res Breck 29 farmer b Washington Co, fm b VA - Isabel Harned res Breck 33 f b Hardin, m b Breck - 1st m for both
1878 Sep 26 - Thurman R Basham res Breck 22 farmer b Ky fm b Ky - Maggie Conner res Breck 21 b Ky, fm b Ky - 1st m for both
Cook, Michael L. Breckinridge County, Kentucky, records [Evansville, Ind. : Cook Publications, 1977- ]
Samuel Connor - Elizabeth Claycomb - bond John Walker, Torrance Connor 1 Apr 1803
Amanda Connor - John F Morris - by James Taylor 12 Nov 1845
Marin Connor (27) - Mary Jane Woods (15) 15 Dec 1852
Deaths
Ingmire, Frances Terry. Breckenridge County, Kentucky death records : 1852 thru1859, 1861, 1874 thru 1878, 1894, 1903 thru 1904 [St. Louis, Mo. : F.T. Ingmire, c1983. ]
Dade F Conner, 33, m single, farmer’s son, b Ind
s/o Dade & Liddy (sic) Conner - d 8/ /1853
Death certificates - from Ancestry
Dade F Conner 33 m farmer son res Breckinridge, b Ind, father Dade, mother Leddy - d Aug 53
Mrs Nancy C Cart, widow, b 29 Mar 1832 near Derby Ind - d 2 Nov 1913 - 81y7m4d - sarcoma right ovary - res Breckinridge, death Breckinridge - Father Samuel Connor b Perry Co, Ind , m Margaret Groves b Ind - informant Maggie Cart, Union Star, KY
Isabelle Connor b 14 Apr 1828 Ky, d 20 Nov 1913 - 86y7m6d - res Breckinridge, d Breckinridge -f John Harned b Ky, m Elizabeth Duncan b Ky - informant JH Connor - bur Connor Cem
Mary E Turpin = index - actual document =
Rachel A Connor, Bewleyville, b 19 Feb 1830 Breck, d 24 Feb 1914 - 84y5d - of La Grppe f Martin Turpin b Breckinridge - informant William Connor
Cook, Michael L. Breckinridge County, Kentucky, records [Evansville, Ind. : Cook Publications, 1977- ]
V I = County Court Records Book 1, Slave Records, some marriages -
Slave records - inventory of estate of William Singleton, Nelson Co - 3 July 1802 - Richard Connor one of the appraisers
Marriages
Samuel Connor - Elizabeth Claycomb - bond John Walker, Torrance Connor 1 Apr 1803
Amanda Connor - John F Morris - by James Taylor 12 Nov 1845
Marin Connor (27) - Mary Jane Woods (15) 15 Dec 1852
County Court Records, Bk 1
1803 Aug 15
p. 3-4 - Commonwealth of Kentucky v Torrance Connor - not keeping road in good order
fined 15 shillings & costs
1803 Aug 16
p. 10 - The Grand Jury returned into Court and made the following presentments:
- against Joseph Carnes, who on August 2, 1803, with force and arms, towit, with stocks, staves, hand and feet, did assault on John Conner and “there did beat, wound and ill treat and other wrongs.” Information given by John Conner, stone mason, living on the waters of Sinking Creek . . . . .
1803 Nov 21 (p. 45) - Defendant asks prosecution to show security; John Connor, prosecutor, ordered to appear tomorrow and enter security. Ordered same dismissed with costs.
1803 Nov 22 (p. 51) - John Connor the prosecutor failed to appear and give security, and case was dismissed.
Defendant to recover costs.
p. 12-14
- against John Smith, labourer, Ansel Hyde, farmer, Joseph Carnes, yeoman, and Abraham Hiley, miller, as being “riotous, rioters and disturbers of the peace” who on August 2, 1803, with force and arms, to-wit, sticks, staves, clubs, guns, pistols, knives and clubs and other offensive weapons, at Hardinsburg, unlawfully did assemble and gather together to disturb the peace of the Commonwealth . . . did make a great noise, riot and disturbance . . .for one hour or more . . .did thrust and draw knives into the windows of the mansion house of William Hardin, Jr. And family, and being withing the house, to their great disturbance and terror . . . and “to all other good citizens of the Commonwealth passing and repassing in and through the streets, allies and other public places . . . in contempt of the authority of the said Commonwealth. Information from William Hardin, Jr., tavernkeeper.
1803 Nov 23 (p. 61-2) Torrance Connor on jury -
John Smith & Ansel Hyde found guilty, fined 10 shillings;
Joseph Carnes & Abraham Hiley found not guilty; to recover costs from Hardin
p. 14 John Connor v Daniel Ferry .
1803 Aug 20 (p. 41) - ordered continued
1803 Nov 25 (p. 75-6)- Clerks office judgement set aside. Case was for slander. Defendant said words spoken were true and he could “so speak well and lawfully.” Jury trial set for next court.
1804 Apr 17 (p 93) - Jo Allen who was special bail for Daniel Ferry at the suit of John Connor is released from his recognizance at the request of the plaintiff’s attorney.
1804 Apr 17 (p. 94) - Ansel Hyde on jury. Defendant found guilty, fined “half a mill.”
1803 Aug 17 - Terrance Conner on jury
1803 Aug 18 - Torrance Connor on jury
1803 Aug 19 - Terrance Connor on jury
Dade & Samuel Connor on jury
- Terrance Connor on another jury
1803 Aug 20 - Dade Connor, Terrance Conner, on jury
p. 38 - Samuel Connor by Terrance Connor, his next friend, v Daniel Barnes, Michael Miller, John Miller and John Coffman. On Trespass, assault and battery. Case entered.
1803 Nov 24 (p. 64) - Judgement was set aside, defendants pleaded not guilty, saying that first assault was on them. Jury selected . . . Jury found defendants guilty, assessed damages of $20.00
p. 39 - Daniel Barnes v Terrance Connor and Samuel Connor, on trespass, assault and battery. Case continued.
1803 Nov 23 (p. 57) - on motion of plaintiff’s attorney, the clerk’s office dismission ordered to be set aside and new trial ordered.
1804 Apr 19 (p. 105) case continued
1804 July 18 (p. 132-4) - Samuel claims Barns was drunk & attacked first. Jury found defendants not guilty.
Assessed damages of 1¢ against plaintiff, & cost to be recovered
p. 40 - John Connor v. Barney Miller, on trespass, assault and battery. Case entered.
1803 Nov 25 (p. 69-70)- Defendant pleaded not guilty. Found guilty, fined $1.50 damages + costs
p. 41 - John Connor v Christian Miller, on trespass with arms, case entered.
1803 Nov 25 (p. 72) - Defendant found guilty, fined 1¢ damages + costs
1803 Nov 22 - Dade Connor on jury
1803 Nov 24 - Torrance Connor on jury
1803 Nov 25 - Torrance Connor on jury
1804 Apr 17 -
p. 92-3 - John Cofman v Thomas G Alvey, Samuel Connor, Henry Faith & John Brothers. Defendant found guilty, fined $4.26 + costs
1804 Apr 19 - Dade & Terrance Connor on jury
1804 July 16 - Dade Connor on jury
1804 July 17 - Terrance Connor on 2 juries
1804 Oct 15 - p. 153 - Grand Jury returned the following indictments:
-against Samuel Connor, late of said County, for “making a fence in and across the road leading from the mouth of Sinking (Creek) in said County to Elizabeth(town) in the County of Hardin, on the 13th day of October in the year 1804 . . . and obstructed road for a good 8 and 40 hours . . .to the great nuisance of the good citizens of this Commonwealth.” Information furnished by Daniel Hardin & Abraham Hiley.
1805 July 15 - fined 12 shillings and costs
1805 July 16 - Samuel Connor on jury
(p. 200) - Thomas Brown, Jr., Thomas Brown, Sr. and Torrance Connor came into Court to acknowledge bond of $600.00 on charge that Thomas Brown, Jr. was indicted for perjury, and that he appear “at the Courthouse in Hardinsburgh on the 3rd day of the next October term to answer the grand jury indictment.”
1805 Oct 23 - Commonwealth v Thomas brown Jr. Perjury. Terrance C. and the other two posted bond
1806 Apr 22 - case continued
same date p. 284 - it appears that John Brothers and John Connor were duly summoned as witnesses and failed to attend, and attachment was ordered issued against both.
1805 July 17
p. 208-9 - James Critcheloe v Samuel Connor. Judgment in clerk’s office was set aside and jury trial ordered.
1805 Oct 22 - case continued
1806 Apr 23 - Samuel guilty, assessed damages of $6.00
p. 210 - ordered that Dade Connor pay a fine to the Commonwealth of $2.00 for disturbing the Court by disorderly behavior, plus costs
1805 Oct 22 - Terrance Connor on jury
1805 Oct 23 - Torrance Connor ordered to be summoned to testify to the grand jury
Torrance & Samuel on another jury
1805 Oct 23 Grand Jury returned the following presentments:
- Dade Connor, for profane swearing (two counts)
21 Apr 1806 - (p. 265) - defendant did not appear, fined 5 shillings current money (for each count)
1805 Oct 24 - Dade Connor on jury
1806 Apr 21- Torrance Connor on jury
1806 Apr 21 - Samuel Connor on jury
1806 Apr 22 - Samuel Connor on jury
1806 Apr 23 - Dade Connor on jury
Samuel & Terrance Connor on anther jury
Terrance on another jury
1806 Apr 24 - Terrance Connor on jury
Dade Connor on another jury
1806 July 23- (p 329-330) Grand Jury appeared and returned the following presentments:
- Torrence Connor, for profane swearing
1806 Oct 20 (p. 347) fined 5 shillings
1807 Apr 20 - Torrance Connor on jury
1807 Apr 20 - (p. 382-3) Grand Jury returned into Court the following presentments:
- against Torrance Connor, for profane swearing
(p 383) Torrance Connor came into Court and paid 5 shillings for swearing one oath
1807 July 20 (p. 392) Grand Jury empaneled - incl. Torrance Connor
1807 July 22 - Samuel Connor on jury
(p. 410) Daniel Beedle v Samuel Connor - continued
1807 Oct 21 - trespass & assault & battery. Defendant found guilty, assessed damages of $3.50 and costs.
1807 Oct 19
(p. 426) Ordered that summons be issued for . . . Torrance Connor to appear and to show cause if any they can why they should not be fined in contempt of Court for not attending a Grand Jury at this time called.
1807 Oct 21 - Commonwealth v Torrance Connor for contempt in not attending a Grand Jury - fined 1¢
1807 Oct 21
(p. 427) Dade Connor with William Walker, Peter Cummings, Robert Wilson, Aaron Rawlings, Ansel Hyde and Benjamin Huff came into Court and posted bond fo $800.00, conditioned that if said Dade Connor did appear in Court tomorrow to answer an indictment for feloniously biting off a part of the left ear of James Crucheloe, then bond will be void.
(p. 442) Grand Jury returned to Court the following indictments and presentments:
Indictments: - against Dade Connor, for felony
(p. 444) Dade Connor, with William Walker, Aaron Rawlings, Peter Cummings, Torrance Connor, Thomas G. Alvey, and James Thompson, his security, came into Court and acknowledged bond, Dade Connor presenting himself
1808 Apr 18 (p. 479-480) Commonwealth v Dade Connor, on indictment. Defendent appeared as bound by recognizance, and on his motions, cause was continued to next term of Court, at costs of Defendant. Defendant appeared with securities William Walker, Peter Cummings, Timothy Cummings, John Thrasher and Thomas G Alvey, binding themselves, $400.00 for Connor and $400.00 on securities, to appear 1st day of next July term of court. p.
1808 Apr 21 (p. 507) Joel Tullis, jailer, is allowed the following . . .
- for putting in jail and release of Dade Connor, a Criminal .41 ½
- for keeping and providing for same in jail 1 day .18
1808 July 18 (p. 516-7) Commonwealth v Dade Connor, on indictment for felony. Said Dade Connor, being bound to appear here in this Court this day, appeared and was set to the bar by the jailor. Pleaded not guilty, asked for jury trial. Jury was called to include Ralph Crume, Sr., Thomas Polk, James Lanman, Ephraim Cummings, William Beard, James Moredock, Micajah Dowel, Leonard Wheatley, Benjamin Pate, Joseph Stith, Robert Owens and Isaac Thomas. Found not guilty and acquitted.
.
1808 Oct 16 (p. 535) The Grand Jury returned to Court the following indictments and presentments:
Presentments: - against Samuel Connor, for profane swearing
1808 Oct 17
p. 540 - Commonwealth v Samuel Connor - ordered that capias issue and that security be taken for $100.00
1808 Oct 19
p. 544 - Samuel Connor (assignee of John Riley) v Thomas G Alvey, on debt.
trial deferred to next court
1808 Oct 19 p. 556-7 - Defendant claimed he already paid debt, but then relinquished his plea. Court ordered plaintiff to recover against defendant $135. with interest of 6% since June 13, 1808.
p. 544-6 - to John Sterrett, D.S. of Breckinridge County for his following services, to-wit:
- to taking Dade Connor with a state warrant and summoning three witnesses 2.53
Volume 2
Bond Book 1 (bondsmen in parenth)
1853 Dec 11 - Marion Walker Conner - Mary Jane Wood (Pleasant Wood)
1859 Nov 26 - James Royalty - Nancy F Conner (George T Holmes)
1861 May 15 - Pleasant C Conner, 29, farmer, b Washington Co, Ky (f b VA, m b Va) - Isabel Harned 33 (f b Hardin, m b Breckinridge) (John Harned) - to be married in res of John Harned
1866 July 19 - Curran P Ramsey 26 farmer b TN (f b —, m b TN) - LB Conner 30 b Ind, res Cloverport (f,m both —) (Columbus C Pate) - to be married in res of Sallie A Miller, Cloverport
1866 Sep 5 - William P Conner 23 farmer b Ind res Stephensport (f, m b Ind) - Mary A Butler 20 res Stephensport (f b Breckinridge, m b Meade) (FP Butler) - to be married in res of William Butler
1868 Feb no date - Ben F Bassett 26 farmer (f b Pa, m —) - America Conner 24 b Ind (f— m—) bonds Samuel H Bassett - to be married Webster Ky
1874 Oct 5 - Willis Hanks 24 - Mary Howell 26 - 2nd marriage for both (William R Conner bondsman)
1878 Feb 17 - Theodore F Conner 23 farmer b Perry Co, Ind res Ind (fm b Perry) - Rebecca E Barnes 25 (f b Breckinridge, m b VA) (W K Barnes) - to be married in res of bride’s mother
s/o Albert D & Eliza Ann
Albert D s/o Samuel & Nancy Carr Hyde, Eliza Ann d/o John & Anna
1878 Mar 10 - Jacob Paulman 50 - Isabell Barnes 33 2nd marriage (Theodore F Conner bondsman)
Volume 3 - C Court Record Books 2-3 1813-23 - only 1 Conner
1814 Nov 22 - Amount of money in the clerks hand received ot the Sheriffs of Ohio and Grayson (counties) and the following fines, to wit . . . Commonwealth against John Connor 5/
Not sure which volume - Commissioners Deed Book 1 (1800-1816)
1801 Nov 23 - p. 30 - Torrance Connor, in consideration of 5 shillings, to Andrew Avit, Nancy Avit, Polly Avit, and Richard Avit, Jr,
one small bay mare, one brown filly , seven head of sheep, four cows, one small yearling calf, five kettles and pots and one oven, two small beds, one linen wheel, six tin cups, 5 pieces of copper ware, one bedstead, five chairs, two barrels, set of plough irons, three axes, two hoes, one pot rack, also 160 bushels of corn, one steer at Thomas Browns, seven head of hogs, one rifle gun, and some flax and cotton, which property I purchased of Richard Avit, Sr. Nov 23, 1801
Recorded November 23, 1801, Court of Quarter Sessions.
Volume 4 - Will Book 1 (1799-1893)
p. 238. Dade Conner. Wife, Sidney Conner and daughter Lidia Conner; daughter Mary Lang; son Lewis Conner; daughter Sarah Miller; granddaughter Sarah Margaret Laswell (daughter of my daughter Seneath Laswell, deceased) and her two brothers William Jasper Laswell and Francis Marion Laswell; to son Washington Conner’s children and my grandchildren Isabel Conner, Dade Franklin Conner and Hambleton Conner; son Benjamin Conner; son Charles Conner. Executors James Cunningham, my wife Sidney Conner, and daughter Lydia Conner. Witnessed by M. Cunningham and Samuel T Elder. Written Sept 23, 1856, probated Nov 17, 1856
— PC Conner wit to will of Emaline Craig - 11 May - 15 Juen 1877
p. 458, John Harned. Sons Ben Harned and Henry Harned; mentions “all my children”; mentions the “two twins”; appoints Henry Harned guardian of Margaret’s children; appoints Ben Harned guardian of Eliza’s children; Ezra to be guardian of the two twins until they are 12 years old, then Isabell Conner to take them; son William Harned; my oldest sons Ezra Harned and George Harned. No executor named. Witnessed by David L Horn and Ben Harned. Written Nov 27, 1876, probated Nov term 1881 County Court.
KY Pension Roll, 1883
178,893 Conner, Marion W - res Grayfield - disease of eyes - $8/mo
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