- [S11] Judge Edward Clay O'Rear, The Orear (O'Rear) Family (Versailles, Kentucky: Edward Clay O'Rear, circa 1945). Hereinafter cited as Orear Fam.
- [S21] Edward Clay Orear, A History of the Montgomery County (Ky.) Bar (Versailles, Kentucky: privately printed, 1945). Hereinafter cited as Hist. Montg. Co, KY BAR.
- [S33] "Diary (1938) of Thomas Grubbs Hoffman," (MS, 1938; Mt. Sterling, Kentucky); Library of Lee H. Hoffman; Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. Hereinafter cited as "T. G. Hoffman Diary (1938)."
- [S46] Hazel Mason Boyd, Some Marriages in Montgomery County Kentucky before 1864 (Mt. Sterling, Kentucky: Kentucky Society Daughters of the American Revolution, March 1961). Hereinafter cited as Montg. Co, KY Reconst. Marrs.
- [S51] Deed Book, Montgomery County Clerk, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky.
- [S94] Daniel O'Rear, File No. S7376; VA Revolutionary War Pension Files, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- [S98] Kathryn Owen, Old Graveyards of Clark County, Kentucky (New Orleans, Louisiana: Polyanthos, Inc., 1975). Hereinafter cited as Old Clark Co Graveyards.
- [S106] John P. Alcock, Fauquier Families, 1759 - 1799 (Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing Co, 1994). Hereinafter cited as Fauquier Families, 1759 - 1799.
- [S109] N. Schreiner-Yantis and F. S. Love, The Personal Property Tax Lists (Census) for the Year 1787 for ___ County, Virginia (Springfield, VA: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987). Hereinafter cited as The Personal Property Tax Lists.
- [S148] CD# : ROM Marriage Index., CD-ROM (Bountiful, Utah: Automated Archives, Inc., 1994). Hereinafter cited as Marriage Index.
- [S160] Rowena Lawson, Montgomery County Kentucky 1850 Census (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc., 1985/6). Hereinafter cited as Montg Co, KY 1850 Cens.
- [S173] Mrs. Paul (Gladys) Hubbard, editor, Montgomery County Kentucky Bicentennial 1774-1974 (Mt. Sterling, Kentucky: Montgomery County Bicentennial Committee, 1974). Hereinafter cited as Montg Co, KY Bicentennial.
- [S192] Marriage Register - Fayette County, Kentucky, Clerk, Fayette County, Lexington, Kentucky. Hereinafter cited as Marr. Reg. - Fayette Co. KY.
- [S193] Marriage Register - Clark County, Kentucky, Clark County Clerk, Winchester, Kentucky. Hereinafter cited as Marr. Reg. - Clark Co. KY.
- [S216] "Family Group Sheet"; Ancestral File (1995), Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as "FGS."
- [S230] Mabel Pitts, Clark County Kentucky 1860 Census (Indianapolis, Indiana: The Researchers, 1995). Hereinafter cited as Clark Co, KY 1860 Census.
- [S238] Joan Colbert Gioe and Mabel Pitt, Clark County, Kentucky Marriages 1852-53-55-56-58-59 1861-74-75 Plus Early Miscellaneous Birth & Death Dates (Indianapolis, Indiana: The Researchers, 1994). Hereinafter cited as Clark Co Marriages.
- [S241] Joan Robert Gioe, Biographical Sketches fromKentucky Genealogy and Biography by W. H. Perrin, 1887, Volume # 1, Bath and Montgomery Counties (Indianapolis, Indiana: The Researchers, 1994). Hereinafter cited as Perrin's Bio. Sketches from Ky Gen. & Bio.
- [S242] Joan Robert Gioe, Montgomery County Kentucky Records #1, Reconstructed Marriages thru 1850, Will 1797-1821 (Indianapolis, Indiana: The Researchers, 1994). Hereinafter cited as Montg. Co. Marrs. (Reconstructed).
- [S246] Letter from Dr. Ernest Day Everett (Lakeview, Oregon) to Kentucky) John O'Rear (Mt. Sterling, 29 Dec 1924; Library of Lee H. Hoffman (Mt. Sterling, Kentucky). enclosed a copy of the O'Rear family genealogy.
- [S257] Mt. Sterling High Senior Class, Purple and Gold (Mt. Sterling, Kentucky: Mt. Sterling High School, 1922), Library of Lee H. Hoffman. Hereinafter cited as MSHS Yearbook (1922).
- [S299] Carl B. Boyd Jr. and Hazel Mason Boyd, A History of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, 1792-1918 (Mt. Sterling, Kentucky: Carl B. Boyd, Jr., 1984). Hereinafter cited as Hist. Mt Sterling, KY.
- [S335] Thelma M. (Willoughby) Dunn, Mitchell-Douglas Funeral Home Burial Records, Montgomery County, Kentucky, Vol. I, Vol. II (Atoka, Tennessee: Thelma M. Dunn, 1997). Hereinafter cited as Mitchell Funeral Records.
- [S352] Thompson Family, The Holy Bible (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Kember and Sharpless, 1824); Mrs. James Venable, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. Hereinafter cited as Thompson Bible.
- [S360] Josiah Anderson Orear and Thomas Calk, "Aged & Venerable People in Montgomery County", Sentinel Democrat 1889 (1889). Hereinafter cited as "Aged & Venerable People."
- [S361] Newspaper Notice; In possession of the Writer.
- [S389] G. Glenn Clift, Kentucky Obituaries, 1787 - 1854 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 1977). Hereinafter cited as Kentucky Obituaries.
- [S415] Mrs. Gladys Lee Aiken, 1870 U. S. Census Montgomery County, Kentucky (Springfield, Missouri: Mrs. Gladys Lee Aiken, ca 1996). Hereinafter cited as 1870 Census Montgomery Co, Ky.
- [S426] Newspaper Article.
- [S444] W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State (1888; reprint Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1979). Hereinafter cited as Kentucky History.
- [S471] Willard Rouse Jillson, The Kentucky Land Grants: a systematic index to all of the land grants recorded in the State Land Office at Frankfort, Kentucky, 1782-1924. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1971 (Reprint of 1925 edition)). Hereinafter cited as Kentucky Land Grants.
- [S498] Family History Department, 1880 United States Census and National Index., CD-ROM (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS), 2001). Hereinafter cited as 1880 Census & Index.
- [S552] Donna Sarchet (<e-mail address>), (deceased), O'Rears in American Wars in "O'Rears in American Wars", listserve message to <e-mail address>, 30 Mar 1998. Printout dated 30 Mar 1998. Hereinafter cited as O'Rears - Amer. Wars.
- [S582] Descendants of Louis Reynaud, online <http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/f/a/n/Steven-G-Fancy/> as of 27 Apr 2000. Hereinafter cited as Louis Reynaud Descendants (Steven G. Fancy).
- [S775] Kay Withers (<e-mail address>), Blackerby/Holton in "Blackerby/Holton", listserve message to <e-mail address>, 9 May 1999. Printout dated 9 May 1999. Hereinafter cited as Blackerby/Holton.
- [S785] Mrs. William Breckinridge Ardery, Kentucky Records, Early Wills and Marriages Old Bible Records and Tombstone Inscriptions, Vol. II (1926; reprint Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1986). Hereinafter cited as Ky Record, Will & Marrs. v2.
- [S1095] Kendel Culbertson, compiler, Montgomery County Burials (Stanton, Kentucky: privately published, 2001). Hereinafter cited as Montg Burials.
- [S1166] Machpelah Cemetery, online <http://www.interment.net/data/us/ky/montgomery/…> as of 9 Jun 2001. Hereinafter cited as Machpelah Cemetery.
- [S1465] Stephen Douglas Lynn, editor, Confederate Soldiers of Kentucky, A Roster of the Veterans 1861 - 1865 (Lexington, Kentucky: Stephen D. Lynn, 2002). Hereinafter cited as Confed Soldiers KY.
- [S1497] John K. Gott, "O'Rear Family Bible", The Virginia Genealogist Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jul-Sep 1976). Hereinafter cited as "O'Rear Fam. Bible."
- [S1525] Personal papers of Hazel M. Boyd (Library Family Files), 21 Jun 2004, Mt Sterling/Montgomery County Library, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky.
- [S1527] Wesley O'Rear Family, Holy Bible (n.p.: n.pub., unknown publish date); Dorothy Daniel Jones, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, Information extracted Mar 1960 by Julia T. Wyatt from the Bible was prepared into a typed transcript held in the Hazel M. Boyd papers in the Mt Sterling/Montgomery (KY) County Library. Hereinafter cited as Wesley O'Rear Holy Bible.
- [S1618] 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule, National Archives and Records Administration.
- [S1619] 1920 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives and Records Administration.
- [S1716] 1930 U. S. Census Population Schedule, National Archives and Records Administration.
- [S1756] Luther Clay Ogg, Draft Registration Card 513 (12 Sep 1918), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- [S1830] Thelma M. (Willoughby) Dunn, compiler, Montgomery County, Kentucky, Marriage Bonds, White, 1881-1896, Vo1. 2 (Atoka, Tennessee: p. published, 1998). Hereinafter cited as Montg Co, Ky, Marr Bonds, V2.
- [S1921] Charles Harrison Mann, Liberty Hill, The Story of a House and Its People (Washington, D.C.: A.S. Pratt & Sons, Inc., 1977). Hereinafter cited as Liberty Hill Story.
- [S2001] The First Presbyterian Church of Mount Sterling, Kentucky, 1795-1955, the 160th Anniversary of Local Organization (Mt. Sterling, Kentucky: n.pub., 1955). Hereinafter cited as 1st Presbyterian Church.
- [S2003] Genealogy of the Strode Family, MS by Jeremiah Strode et ux, 1846 and ca. 1954, Library of Lee H. Hoffman, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky.