Ohio County Guardianships - Part VI

 46. Sept 5, 1919, pg 1, under Recent County Court Happenings: STEVENS

47. May 13, 1921, pg 1, under In County Court: FAUGHT, SMITH

48. Jan 16, 1920, pg 1: BENNETT

49. May 14, 1920, pg 1, under In County Court: KENNEDY

50. Apr 8, 1904, pg 1, under County Court Items: KITCHENS, WETHERFORD

51. Jul 27, 1917, pg 3: BULLOCK, HUNLEY

52.  Sept 28, 1917, pg 1, under In County Court: EVANS, LEACH

53. Dec 22, 1916, pg 5, under In County Court: GRADY, PARKS, RAFFERTY, DOCKERY

54.  Oct 14, 1921, pg 4: BENNETT

55.  Aug 15, 1919, pg 8: PIERCE, COOPER

Ohio County Guardianships - Part V

 36. Feb 8, 1907, pg 1, under County Court: BRYANT, ASHBY, BOLTON

37.  Jan 25, 1918, pg 5: COOKSEY, PEYTON, EVANS

38. Mar 21, 1919, pg 5: CROWE

39. Apr 30, 1920, pg 5: THOMPSON

40. June 1, 1917, pg 5: HILLARD

41. Sep 1, 1916, pg 1, under In County Court: GRANT, ROWAN

42. Dec 15, 1916, pg 1, under In County Court: TICHENOR

43. Mar 14, 1919, pg 5: GOFF

44. Sept 23, 1921, pg 5: HORSEMAN

45. May 21, 1920, pg 5: WHITE

Ohio County Guardianships - Part IV

26. May 25, 1887, pg 1, under County Court Notes: PEACH

27. Dec 12, 1877, pg 3: TINSLEY

28. May 8, 1878, pg 3: BENNETT

29. Mar 19, 1879, pg 4, under Court Proceedings: WALLACE

 The following were found in the Hartford Republican:

30. Apr 14, 1905, pg 8, under County Court Orders: SORGENT, GALLOWAY, DAY, ROCK, CANNON, CALVERT

31. Nov 11, 1904, pg 8, under Orders of Ohio County Court: DURBIN, WARD, WILKS, COX, BELLAMY

32. June 10, 1904, pg 4, under County Court: BROWN, MADDOX, GREER, ROCK

33. Oct 7, 1904, pg 1, under County Court Orders: SIMPSON, McKINNEY, WARD, WILKS

34. Sept 6, 1907, pg 4, under Orders of the Ohio County Court: OVERNULTS, SIMONS, DANIEL, DAUGHERTY, RENDER, ALGOOD

35. 

Ohio County Guardianships - Part III

 16. Mar 23, 1887, pg 3, under Ohio County Court Notes. HOCKER and MONTAGUE

17. Jan 11, 1888, pg 3, under Court Notes. MADDOX and LILES

18. Mar 4, 1887, Part 2,pg 2, under County Court Notes. BARNETT

19. Apr 25, 1888, pg 2, under County Court Notes. CAMPFIELD

20. May 30, 1888, pg 3,  under County Court Notes. RAINS

21. Nov 6, 1889, pg 3, under Ohio County Court. NEIGHBORS

22. May 23, 1888, pg 3. Public Guardian appointed

23. June 15, 1887, pg 3, under county Court Notes. ROWE

24. Feb 23, 1876, pg 3. KINSOLVING

25. July 10, 1889, pg 1, under County Court Notes. RIAL

Ohio County Guardianships - Part II

 6. Sept 20, 1905, pg 2.   MADDOX

7. Dec 24, 1919, pg 5.   SMITH

8.  Dec 8, 1886, pg 3, under County Court.   GENTRY

9. Dec 15, 1886, pg 3, under Court Notes.  WALKER

10. Nov 16, 1892, pg 3.  KELLY

11. Aug 7, 1912.  SMITH

12.  Sept 28, 1921, pg 5.  HORSEMAN

13.  April 18, 1917, pg 8.  BERRY

14.  Feb 23, 1887, pg 3, under Court Notes.  HOLBROOK, MONTAGUE

15. May 11, 1887, pg 3, under County Court Notes.  TAYLOR

Ohio County Guardianships

 Ohio County Guardianships

          Guardianship proceedings occurred when minor children were orphaned or when the father or "bread winner" died. The mother was allowed to retain guardianship if officials considered her circumstances sufficient to provide for the children. Another person appointed as guardian may have been a relative, a friend of the family, or one who could teach the minor(s) a trade. In some cases guardians or administrators were appointed to handle the affairs of adults who were deemed incompetent.

          County officials (County Court/County Judge) appointed guardians to provide minor children with education or training, making it more likely that the minors would become contributing members of the community rather than wards of the county or state.

          The guardian must file periodic reports with the Court detailing all actions taken by the Guardian, especially when the Guardian is handling money belonging to the child or the incompetent adult (sometimes referred to as the Ward).

          Guardianship records usually give the name of the deceased parent(s) and the names and ages of the minor children. The records have been kept by the clerks of either the county courts or the circuit courts in Kentucky. They are most often intermingled with probate or court records.

          I am unable to search the Ohio County courthouse records for guardianship data but I have searched the online records for the Hartford Herald (1875-1926) and the Hartford Republican (1891-1926) and found ninety-five mentions of guardianships, which (I assume) would be substantially less than the actual total.  It would be a good project for someone to search those records and write a book on this subject. 

          I will post all ninety-five items that I found.  I will highlight the surname of the Ward to help you search.  These are not in chronological order, but as I found them when searching the online site for the newspapers.  It will take several weeks to post all ninety-five items.

Here’s what I found in the Hartford Herald:

1. Jan 9, 1889, pg 4, under County Court Notes, Jan Term. BARNETT, HUFF, LACEY, DOUGLAS, and WRIGHT.

2. Mar 5, 1890, pg 3, under County Court Notes. POOL, HAMILTON, HOLBROOK, WHITELY, AUSTIN.

3. May 25, 1921, pg 8. MADDOX, MILLER

4. May 11, 1921, pg 1. KERKOF, FAUGHT, SMITH

5. Sept 7, 1904, pg 3. WRIGHT, HODGES, RHOADS

Abbieville (Abbeville?) 1889

   

Hartford Herald, 11 Sept 1889

 I am not sure but this community might be near Buford.