This section primarily covers the life of Henry Putman and his children. Henry was a son of Zachariah Putman. After serving in the Virginia Militia during the Revolution, Henry and his brother John left Culpeper County, moved south to Botetourt County, Virginia. After a short stay, they moved on to Mason County, Kentucky near the Ohio Border. The children of these men migrated to Ohio, Illinois and all through the mid west.
This section also covers the Putman families of Hiram, Noah and Simeon who came from South Carolina via Tennessee and others.
Barnet Putman and his son Daniel and his children came into Kentucky in the very early 1800s, but their lives are covered in the SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, ILLINOIS and INDIANA sections of this history.
Kentucky opened up very rapidly after the Revolution in the 1790s and a great many settlers traveled through the state, generally pushing on into the Midwestern states where better farm lands opened up in the 1800 to 1810 time range. Most of the Putman families that went to Kentucky were out of the state by the 1830s and onwards pushing ever westward.
The Cumberland Gap opened Kentucky from the east, the rivers then opened up the Midwest to migration.
The first mention I have a Putman in Kentucky comes from the Kentucky Genealogist, Vol 14, No 1, 1972. It mentions a Thomas Putman on a 1784 Jury in a case Hall vs Owings in Lincoln County. At that time, Lincoln was one of three counties and it comprised the entire bottom of the state. Bill Putman of Houston questioned the author and found the author couldn't find that reference any more. Therefore, I do not know if it exists or not. If it did, then this Thomas might be the Thomas Putnam IV from Middlesex County that I lose track of after about 1750. I Just don't know.
The following files cover the Families that lived in Kentucky.
Henry Putman
John Putman
Zachariah Putman
Hiram & Simeon Putman
Jabel Putman
Joseph Washington Putnam
Early Kentucky Marriages
