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 |