By: Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, Orig. Pub. 1888, Reprinted 1978 & 2016, 311 pages, New Index, ISBN #0-89308-141-8By:

This is probably one of the RAREST and MOST VALUABLE set of books on Kentucky families. This set was originally produced in 10 volumes, all of which have been reprinted by SHP, inc. at one point in time, The biographical sketches of individuals and their families in this book go back into the early to mid 1700’s. Contains biographical sketches on individuals from the following counties: Bath, Bracken, Breathitt, Carter, Clark, Clay, Estill, Flemming, Floyd, Greenup, Johnson, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Letcher, Lewis, Mogoffin, Mason, Montgomery, Morgan, Owsley, Okie, Pulaski, Robertson, Rockcastle, Russell, Wayne and Whitley. The NEW FULL NAME INDEX that was produced for this volume mentions approximately 7,500 individuals.