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Historical Museum Hours
The Knox Historical Museum is closed for Christmas and New Year's.
During the coming holidays, the museum will be CLOSED on Dec. 21st and 28th during Christmas and New Year's.
The museum reopens Wed., January 4, 2023.
Vol. 28 No. 4 Winter 2016
The Fall issue of the Knox Historical Museum's quarterly magazine, the Knox Countian, edited by Charles Reed Mitchell, is now available for purchase at the Museum in Barbourville or via the online Museum Store.
The cost per magazine at the museum is $3 while the cost via the website is $3 plus 6 percent sales tax and a $1.25 shipping fee.
A summary follows below for Volume 28-3.
Information sought about the Barbourville Brickyard and its employees.
The Knox Historical Museum is in need of photos and information concerning the Barbourville Brickyard from its inception in 1905 until its closing in 1957. The photos and/or information needed include:
Vol. 28 No. 2 2016 Summer Edition
Vol. 28 No. 1 Spring 2016 [24 August 2021]
The Parker Mercantile Co. Building, by Charles Reed Mitchell and Michael C. Mills
The Home Front in Southeastern Kentucky during the Civil War: My Mother, Samantha Sharp Faulkner, Part 2, by Judge Henry Cook Faulkner
James Faulkner Thomas, Family Historian, by Emily Dawn Clark
Meet the Museum Staff: [6] Patricia Gambrel
Knox Central Wins Unprecedented Third Regional Basketball Title, by Michael C. Mills
KHM now open on Wednesdays
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
I would love to read the article by Charles Reed Mitchell titled The Killing of Levi Lee. Can you tell me how I can get this article?
My ancestors were William and Jesse Moore who m. Peggy Cathers and had many children. Wm and son Jesse Moore purchased land on Little Racoon Creek (now Laurel county) in 1810. William and Mary Moore lived in Woodford county and came from Culpepper, VA. May be related to owner of indentured servant merchant ship late 1600s through early 1700s.
Would love to connect to others related to Jesse Moore.
Have been to the museum several years ago. I had talked to a gentleman about family research of the records, have not returned. Would like to come back and continue research. When are you open ?
How do I get the information about the Bunch family from The Knox Countian? Bunch is a family name of mine and lived in Knox Co. a long time ago. Thank You. joanncasner@yahoo.com
My great grandfather was Tom Martin of Knox Co. Ky. His father was George W. Martin who married Mary Payne in 1866 and on Tom Martin's death certificate is a John Martin as informant who died in 1956' my grandfather died in 1951, I believe these two were brothers. I found Geo. W. Martin and John D. Martin buried in King Cemetery in Crab Orchard, Ky. and John on my grandfathers death certificate gave residence as Crab Orchard Ky. Could this very well be my great grandfathers family, just trying to verify this information. Thank you so much Larry E. Lawson