Bracken County Matters
| Formed | 1796 |
| County Seat | Augusta |
| Terms of County Court | Fourth Monday every month |
| Justices of the Peace | John Aikens, Stanfield C. Pinchard, William Pepper, Joseph Schoolfield, Daniel Coleman, Henry Frouk, Hiram Gabraith, Franklin Metcalfe, John Stroube, Thomas H. Bradford, Andrew Wells, James Houston, Garrett Perrine, David Weaver, Vachel Welden, John Winters. |
| Sheriff | Solomon Taylor, Bracken's Creek, commissioned Jan. 9, 1846 |
| Deputy Sheriff | David Brooks, Turtle Creek; P. S. Blades, Augusta |
| Clerk | John Payne, Brookville. |
| County Attorney | none |
| Jailer | Caleb T. Tarlton, Brookville. |
| Coroner | James Fee |
| Constables | Isaac Dilse, Augusta; W.W. Best, Brookville; B.Black, Germantown; Nap. B. Nelson, (in county), James H. Munday, Locust Creek. |
| Notary Public | Joseph Schoolfield, Augusta. |
| Surveyor | Richard H. Hugheg. |
| Commissioner of Tax | Wm. M. Best and Levi Waters |
| Attorneys At Law | John N. Turbu, Brookville; Martin Marshal, Wm. C. Marshall, Thornton F. Marshall, John H. Bouse, Joseph Schoolfield, Augusta. |
| Physicians | George W. Mackie, J. J. Bradford, J. T. Bradford, Wm. H. Mackie, A. D. Keith, Augusta; John Corlis, Thomas Baltzel, Brookville; A. H. Pollock, Germantown. |
| Principal Merchants | Samuel Bonde, Bradford & Patterson, Thomas Myers, R. J. Preston, Isaac Baker, Ryan & Armstrong, John E. M'Cormack, Augusta; E. W. Linn, Wells & Ware, Lucas & Gill, M'Donald Ware, Caleb T. Tarlton, Brookville; Robert P. Dinnutt, Wm. Duff, John E. M. Cane, Germantown. |
Data is from The Kentucky State Register for the Year 1847, edited by Taliaferro P. Shaffner, Morton & Griswold, publishers, Louisville, 1847.