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The HENRY COUNTY WEB
  • President, Jim Kleinert
  • Vice President, Debbie Feemster
  • Recording Secretary, Betty Ann Bowles
  • Treasurer, Connie Snowdon
  • Corresponding Secretary, Hammer Smith

 

 

Henry County Historical Society
P.O. Box 570
New Castle, KY. 40050
(502) 845-0999

We are located in the Caplinger House
219 South Main (a.k.a. Hwy. 421) in New Castle.

A volunteer will greet you M-F 10: a.m. to Noon.  Please call ahead for a group visit or alternate hours.

For more information email: 

Unless otherwise announced, all meetings are held on the third Monday of April, June, September and October in the 4H Building at the Henry County Fairgrounds at 6:30 p.m..  Board meetings are the second Monday of April, June, September and October in the Henry County History Center at 7 p.m.

Historical   Society   Schedule

2010 Events

Monday February 15 @ 6 p.m.
Members Meeting
@ Henry County Extension Office
Guest Speaker: Liz Williams, Educational coordinator for Churchill Downs; Roll of African Americans in Thoroughbred Racing.

Dinner catered by Our Best Restaurant; Price $15/person
Please RSVP to Connie @ 532-0318 to confirm reservation by Thursday Feb. 12th.

Monday April 12th @ 7 p.m.
@ Henry County Extension Office
Guest Speaker: Gail Brown from the US Census Bureau; Use of Census Records in Genealogy Research.

Saturday May 15th
Historical Society Gala @ Smith-Berry Winery

Monday July 12th @ 6 p.m.
Guest Speaker: Tori Kleinert; Herbs in Henry County.
This event includes and "herb swap" and a Pot Luck Dinner at the Kleinert's farm.  HCHS will provide hamburgers, brats and hot dogs with drinks. Bring your favorite side dish to share!

August
Six Counties Picnic

September
Catered Dinner and a history of the Gideon King family in Eminence.

Sunday October 31
Halloween @ the History Center
Bring a young one (or old) to Trick or Treat with an  historical Twist!

December
Light Up New Castle and visit the History Center Open House.
Attention Researchers:

The Henry County Historical Society has custodial care of marriage records in Henry County starting in 1800.  (The earliest birth records for the state are 1852 and then only sporadically until 1911 when it became mandatory to record all births.)

For a fee we can provide copies of all documents related to  marriages (if available) such as: the bond, the consent, and the minister's return.

Your request for information regarding marriages may be submitted to .

 

Past Events and Exhibits
Wendell Berry
(Mr. Berry is the author of The Memory of Old Jack, Jabber Crow, and The Unsettling of America among numerous other books of fiction, poetry and social criticism.)

Wendell Berry

Wendell Berry visited the Henry County History Center & Museum & gave a reading of his choice and signed books for this FREE open-to-the-public event, in 2002.

 Carla Gerding and husband John
Historical Society Past Vice President Carla Gerding and husband John
at the 2008 Henry County Historical Society Gala held at the Smith-Berry Winery.
More Photos submitted by Robert Winburn.

Flags of the Civil War Exhibit
Our April 2002 Exhibit was Flags of the Civil War

On loan to the History Center by Rhelda Moore is a Civil War era quilt made by Mary Ann Duvall Hackett Hardwick (1820-1890), the gr-grandmother of: Ruby Brown, Martha Johnson, and Rhelda Moore. Mary Ann Duvall, daughter of Lot Duvall, married first Cornelius K. Hackett in 1839. In 1862 she married Robert Hardwick. Mr. Hardwick served in the Civil War and was killed in 1864 and is buried in Tennessee.

Click here for 3 detail photos of the stitches and "ribbons" used in the construction of this quilt.

Civil War Era Crazy Quilt
Source: Henry County Historical Society Quarterly, June 2002

 

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