Jessamine County, Kentucky

The Jessamine County Courthouse is located at 101 North Main Street, Nicholasville, KY 40356; phone: 859-885-4500.

Jessamine was taken from Fayette County in 1800. In 1782 the area had no settlers, yet in 1800 there were almost 5,500 inhabitants. A large number of Jessamine immigrants came from Virginia. [1]

1. Bennett H. Young, A History of Jessamine County, Kentucky, from its Earliest Settlement to 1898, Courier-Journal Printing Co., Louisville, 1898.