A Kentucky Court provides a history of the court system from the creation of the state, focusing on Boone County, which at one time or another shared a court system with fourteen other counties. It provides valuable information on the Circuit Court, District Court, Family Court, Court of Quarter Sessions, Court of Oyer and Terminer, County Court, Court of Appeals, Supreme Court, Commonwealth Attorneys, County Attorneys, Circuit Clerks, County Clerks, Master Commissioners, and Domestic Relation Commissioners. The book has the history and photographs of the courthouses as well as a history of the hanging tree and mob lynchings. The book is inclulsive from the formation of Boone County in 1798 to 2012 with biographies (including genealogical information) of its 157 court officials. The book includes 137 photographs. Winner of 2014 Kentucky Historical Society Publication Award.