I am working on my ancestry and have hit a roadblock regarding my great grandmother born in Letcher kentucky, Aug. 14, 1877. She was born Emma Jane Hall and her adopted name is Emma Jane Hampton. The earliest source where Emma Jane Hampton is shown is on the 1880 census. So she was adopted between her birth in August 1877 and when she appears on the 1880 census when she was 3 years old. Wondering if adoptions were recorded in court records during that period and if so where would I search?
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