County & City Histories
Online Resources related to the history of the Jackson Purchase Area of Southwest Kentucky and Northwest Tennessee.
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- Kentucky: A History of the State (See Part 2) by J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin as published in Kentucky: A History of the State in 1885
- Sesquicentennial History of the Jackson Purchase by the Jackson Purchase Historical Society as published in the Mayfield Messenger in 1969
- The Geography of the Jackson Purchase by Derell Haug Davis in 1923
- History of Calloway County: Together with Its Prominent Citizens Past and Present as published by the Murray Ledger & Times in 1931
- History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present : together with an Historical and Biographical Sketch of Carroll, Henry and Benton Counties by the Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887
- Tennessee County History Series: Weakley County by Virginia C. Vaughan in 1983
- Tennessee County History Series: Benton County by Jonathan K. T. Smith in 1979
- The Story of Paducah by Fred D. Neuman in 1920
- Paducahans in History by Fred D. Neuman in 1922
Place Names of the Jackson Purchase
Ballard County
- Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection at Morehead State University – research notes on Ballard County
Calloway County
- Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection at Morehead State University – research notes on Calloway County
- Robert M. Rennick Oral History Collection at Morehead State University – Brown Tucker Interview – Part 1
- Robert M. Rennick Oral History Collection at Morehead State University – Brown Tucker Interview – Part 2
- Robert M. Rennick Oral History Collection at Morehead State University – Brown Tucker Interview – Part 3
- Robert M. Rennick Oral History Collection at Morehead State University – Brown Tucker Interview – Part 4
- Robert M. Rennick Oral History Collection at Morehead State University – Brown Tucker Interview – Part 5
- Robert M. Rennick Oral History Collection at Morehead State University – Brown Tucker Interview – Part 6
Carlisle County
- Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection at Morehead State University – research notes on Carlisle County
Fulton County
- Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection at Morehead State University – research notes on Fulton County
Graves County
- Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection at Morehead State University – research notes on Graves County
- Robert M. Rennick Oral History Collection at Morehead State University – Lon Carter Barton Interview – Part 1
- Robert M. Rennick Oral History Collection at Morehead State University – Lon Carter Barton Interview – Part 2
- Robert M. Rennick Oral History Collection at Morehead State University – Lon Carter Barton Interview – Part 3
- Robert M. Rennick Oral History Collection at Morehead State University – Lon Carter Barton Interview – Part 4
- Robert M. Rennick Oral History Collection at Morehead State University – Lon Carter Barton Interview – Part 5
- Robert M. Rennick Oral History Collection at Morehead State University – Lon Carter Barton Interview – Part 6
Hickman County
- Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection at Morehead State University – research notes on Hickman County
Marshall County
- Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection at Morehead State University – research notes on Marshall County
- Robert M. Rennick Oral History Collection at Morehead State University – Ray Mofield and Bill Wilson Interview – Part 1
- Robert M. Rennick Oral History Collection at Morehead State University – Ray Mofield and Bill Wilson Interview – Part 2
McCracken County
- Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection at Morehead State University – research notes on McCracken County