| Welcome to Jessamine County, Kentucky Genealogy
Jessamine County was established
in 1798 from land given by Fayette County. Jessamine was the 36th Kentucky
county in order of formation. The county was named for Jessamine Douglass, the
daughter of a pioneer settler. Most of the early pioneers were from Virginia,
who came through the mountains after the American Revolutionary War.
Nicholasville is the county seat of Jessamine. Nicholasville was founded by
Reverend John Metcalf in 1798. The town was named by Metcalf in honor of Colonel
George Nicholas, a framer of the Kentucky constitution in 1792.
Wilmore, first settled in 1779, is the second largest town in Jessamine County.
It is the home of Asbury University and Asbury Theological Seminary. Wilmore’s
Main Street is a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places. |
Jessamine County Courthouse |
