Bell County, Kentucky Court House Records

Sometime during the the Wilderness Road was constructed. Later, it became part of Bell County when it was formed in 1867 from portions of Harlan and Knox counties and was named for Joshua Fry Bell, an attorney and member of Congress. The courthouse has been thrice destroyed. In 1914 and 1918 it was destroyed by fire and in 1976 through flood. The documents stored there were destroyed as well. The Will Book recorded here consists of some old wills filed between 1869 and 1879.