KENTUCKY: Click this link to see all slave labor sites in the state.
- Statehood: 1792; some counties were established before Kentucky became a state
- COUNTIES: Click one of the counties below to see all plantations/ workplaces in that county.
| County | Year Est. | Details |
| Adair | 1802 | from Green County |
| Allen | 1815 | from Barren and Warren counties |
| Anderson | 1827 | from Franklin, Washington, and Mercer counties |
| Ballard | 1842 | from Hickman and McCracken counties |
| Barren | 1798 | from Green and Warren counties |
| Bath | 1811 | from Montgomery County |
| Bell | 1867 | from Harlan and Knox counties |
| Boone | 1798 | from Campbell County |
| Bourbon | 1785 | from Fayette County |
| Boyd | 1860 | from Greenup, Carter, and Lawrence counties |
| Boyle | 1842 | from Lincoln and Mercer counties |
| Bracken | 1796 | from Mason and Campbell counties |
| Breathitt | 1839 | from Clay, Perry, and Estill counties |
| Breckinridge | 1799 | from Hardin County |
| Bullitt | 1796 | from Jefferson and Nelson counties |
| Butler | 1810 | from Logan and Ohio counties |
| Caldwell | 1809 | from Livingston County |
| Calloway | 1822 | from Hickman County |
| Campbell | 1794 | from Alexandria and Newport counties |
| Carlisle | 1886 | from Hickman County |
| Carroll | 1838 | from Gallatin, Trimble, and Henry counties |
| Carter | 1838 | from Greenup and Lawrence counties |
| Casey | 1806 | from Lincoln County |
| Christian | 1796 | from Logan County |
| Clark | 1792 | from Bourbon and Fayette counties |
| Clay | 1807 | from Madison, Floyd, and Knox counties |
| Clinton | 1835 | from Cumberland and Wayne counties |
| Crittenden | 1842 | from Livingston County |
| Cumberland | 1798 | from Green County |
| Daviess | 1815 | from Ohio County |
| Edmonson | 1825 | from Hart, Grayson, and Warren counties |
| Elliott | 1869 | from Morgan, Lawrence, and Carter counties |
| Estill | 1808 | from Clark and Madison counties |
| Fayette | 1780 | from Kentucky County |
| Fleming | 1798 | from Mason County |
| Floyd | 1800 | from Fleming, Montgomery, and Mason counties |
| Franklin | 1794 | from Mercer, Shelby, and Woodford counties |
| Fulton | 1845 | from Hickman County |
| Gallatin | 1798 | from Franklin and Shelby counties |
| Garrard | 1796 | from Madison, Lincoln, and Mercer counties |
| Grant | 1820 | from Pendleton County |
| Graves | 1824 | from Hickman County |
| Grayson | 1810 | from Hardin and Ohio counties |
| Green | 1792 | from Lincoln and Nelson counties |
| Greenup | 1803 | from Mason County |
| Hancock | 1829 | from Ohio, Breckinridge, and Daviess counties |
| Hardin | 1792 | from Nelson County |
| Harlan | 1819 | from Knox County |
| Harrison | 1793 | from Bourbon and Scott counties |
| Hart | 1819 | from Hardin and Barren counties |
| Henderson | 1798 | from Christian County |
| Henry | 1798 | from Shelby County |
| Hickman | 1821 | from Christian County |
| Hopkins | 1806 | from Henderson County |
| Jackson | 1858 | from Madison, Estill, Owsley, Clay, Laurel, and Rockcastle counties |
| Jefferson | 1780 | from Kentucky County |
| Jessamine | 1798 | from Fayette County |
| Johnson | 1843 | from Floyd, Lawrence, and Morgan counties |
| Kenton | 1840 | from Campbell County |
| Knott | 1884 | from Perry, Letcher, Floyd, and Breathitt counties |
| Knox | 1799 | from Lincoln County |
| LaRue | 1843 | from Hardin County |
| Laurel | 1825 | from Rockcastle, Clay, Knox, and Whitley counties |
| Lawrence | 1821 | from Greenup and Floyd counties |
| Lee | 1870 | from Breathitt, Estill, Owsley, and Wolfe counties |
| Leslie | 1878 | from Clay, Harlan, and Perry counties |
| Letcher | 1842 | from Perry and Harlan counties |
| Lewis | 1806 | from Mason County |
| Lincoln | 1780 | from Kentucky County |
| Livingston | 1799 | from Christian County |
| Logan | 1792 | from Lincoln County |
| Lyon | 1854 | from Caldwell County |
| Madison | 1785 | from Lincoln County |
| Magoffin | 1860 | from Floyd, Johnson, and Morgan counties |
| Marion | 1834 | from Washington County |
| Marshall | 1842 | from Calloway County |
| Martin | 1870 | from Floyd, Johnson, Pike, and Lawrence counties |
| Mason | 1788 | from Bourbon County |
| McCracken | 1825 | from Hickman County |
| McCreary | 1912 | from Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley counties |
| McLean | 1854 | from Daviess, Muhlenberg, and Ohio counties |
| Meade | 1823 | from Breckinridge and Hardin counties |
| Menifee | 1869 | from Bath, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, and Wolfe counties |
| Mercer | 1785 | from Lincoln County |
| Metcalfe | 1860 | from Barren, Hart, Green, Adair, Cumberland, and Monroe counties |
| Monroe | 1820 | from Barren and Cumberland counties |
| Montgomery | 1796 | from Clark County |
| Morgan | 1822 | from Bath and Floyd counties |
| Muhlenberg | 1798 | from Christian and Logan counties |
| Nelson | 1784 | from Jefferson County |
| Nicholas | 1799 | from Mason and Bourbon counties |
| Ohio | 1798 | from Hardin County |
| Oldham | 1823 | from Henry, Jefferson, and Shelby counties |
| Owen | 1819 | from Franklin, Gallatin, and Scott counties |
| Owsley | 1843 | from Breathitt, Clay, and Estill counties |
| Pendleton | 1798 | from Campbell and Bracken counties |
| Perry | 1820 | from Floyd and Clay counties |
| Pike | 1821 | from Floyd County |
| Powell | 1852 | from Clark, Estill, and Montgomery counties |
| Pulaski | 1798 | from Green and Lincoln counties |
| Robertson | 1867 | from Bracken, Harrison, Mason, and Nicholas counties |
| Rockcastle | 1810 | from Lincoln, Madison, Knox, and Pulaski counties |
| Rowan | 1856 | from Fleming and Morgan counties |
| Russell | 1825 | from Adair, Wayne, and Cumberland counties |
| Scott | 1792 | from Woodford County |
| Shelby | 1792 | from Jefferson County |
| Simpson | 1819 | from Allen, Logan, and Warren counties |
| Spencer | 1824 | from Nelson, Shelby, and Bullitt counties |
| Taylor | 1848 | from Green County |
| Todd | 1819 | from Logan and Christian counties |
| Trigg | 1820 | from Christian and Caldwell counties |
| Trimble | 1837 | from Gallatin, Henry, and Oldham counties |
| Union | 1811 | from Henderson County |
| Warren | 1796 | from Logan County |
| Washington | 1792 | from Jefferson County |
| Wayne | 1800 | from Pulaski and Cumberland counties |
| Webster | 1860 | from Henderson, Hopkins, and Union counties |
| Whitley | 1818 | from Knox County |
| Wolfe | 1860 | from Breathitt, Owsley, and Powell counties |
| Woodford | 1788 | from Fayette County |