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1801
1803
46. Casey
Lincoln
1806
47. Clay
Madison, Knox and Floyd. 1806
1806
50. Estill
Madison and Clark.
1808
51. Caldwell Livingston 1809
52. Rockcastle
Lincoln, Pulaski, Madison and Knox
1810
53. Butler
Logan and Ohio
1810
54. Grayson
Hardin and Ohio
1810
55. Union
Henderson
18II
56. Bath Montgomery 18II
57. Allen Warren and Barren 1815
1815
59. Whitley
Knox
1818
60. Harlan
Floyd and Knox.
1819
61. Hart
Hardin and Green.
18IC
62. Owen Scott, Franklin and Gallatin. 18IC
63. Simpson Logan, Warren and Allen 1819
64. Todd
Logan and Christian.
1819
65. Monroe
Barren and Cumberland
1820
66. Trigg
Christian and Caldwell
1820
67. Grant
Pendleton 1820
Clay and Floyd. 1820
69. Lawrence
Greenup and Floyd. 1821
70. Pike Floyd 1821
71. Hickman Caldwell and Livingston 1821
72. Calloway Hickman 1822
73. Morgan
Floyd and Bath.
1822
74. Oldham
Jefferson, Shelby and Henry.
1823
75. Graves Hickman
1823
76. Meade Nelson, Shelby and Bullitt. 1824
77. Spencer
78. McCracken
Hickman
1824
79. Edmondson Warren, Hart and Grayson. 1825
80. Laurel Rockcastle, Clay, Knox and Whitley 1825
81. Russell
Adair, Wayne and Cumberland.
1825
82. Anderson
Franklin, Mercer and Washington.
1827
83. Hancock Breckinridge, Daviess and Ohio 1829
84. Marion Washington 1834
85. Clinton Wayne and Cumberland. 1835
86. Trimble Gallatin, Henry and Oldham 1836
87. Carroll
Gallatin
1838
88. Carter
Greenup and Lawrence
1838
89. Breathitt
Clay, Perry and Estill.
1839
90. Kenton Campbell 1840
Pulaski and Cumberland
1800
44. Adair
45. Greenup
Mason
48. Lewis
Mason
49. Hopkins
Henderson
1806
58. Daviess
Ohio
68. Perry
Hardin and Breckinridge. 1823
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New Counties
Old Counties Out of Which Formed Year
91. Crittenden Livingston 1842
92. Marshall
Calloway 1842
93. Ballard
Hickman and McCracken. 1842
94. Boyle
Mercer and Lincoln 1842
95. Letcher Perry and Harlan. 1842
96. Owsley Clay, Estill and Breathitt. 1843
97. Johnson
Floyd, Lawrence and Morgan. 1843
98. Larue Hardin 1843
99. Fulton Hickman 1845
100. Taylor
Green
1848
IOI. Powell
Montgomery, Clark and Estill 1852
102. Lyon
Caldwell
1854
103. McLean
Daviess, Muhlenburg and Ohio 1854
104. Rowan
Fleming and Morgan. 1856
105. Jackson Estill, Owsley, Clay, Laurel, Rockcastle and Madison 1858
106. Metcalfe
Barren, Green, Adair, Cumberland and
Monroe 1860
107. Boyd
Greenup, Carter and Lawrence 1860
108. Magoffin
Morgan, Johnson and Floyd. 1860
109. Webster
Hopkins, Henderson and Union. 1860
IIO. Wolfe
Morgan, Breathitt, Owsley and Powell 1860
III. Robertson Nicholas, Harrison, Bracken and Mason 1867
II2. Bell Harlan and Knox .. 1867
113. Menifee Bath, Morgan, Powell, Montgomery and
Wolfe 1869
114. Elliott
Morgan, Carter and Lawrence. 1869
115. Lee
Owsley, Estill, Wolfe and Breathitt. 1870
116. Martin Pike, Johnson, Floyd and Lawrence. 1870
117. Leslie Clay, Perry and Harlan. 1878
118. Knott
Perry, Floyd, Letcher and Breathitt. 1884
119. Carlisle
Ballard
1886
120. McCreary Pulaski, Wayne and Whitley 1912
FOR WHOM THE COUNTIES WERE NAMED
I. Adair County was named for Gen. John Adair, who was born in South Carolina, in 1757. He came to Kentucky in 1786. He was a brave and efficient soldier in all the Indian wars, and commanded the Kentucky troops in the battle of New Orleans. He was elected governor of Ken- tucky in 1820.
2. Allen County was named for Col. John Allen, who was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, December 30, 1772. Came to Kentucky in 1780. He was a brave and competent officer in the wars with the Indians, and was killed at the River Raisin.
3. Anderson County was named for Richard Clough Anderson, Jr., who was born August 4, 1788, at Louisville. He was prominent in pub- lic life and died July 24, 1826, on his way to attend a congress at Panama of South American states.
4. Ballard County was named for Capt. Bland W. Ballard, who was born near Fredericksburg, Virginia, October 16, 1761, and who came to Kentucky in 1779. He was a brave soldier and competent officer in all the struggles with the Indians in the pioneer days of Kentucky.
5. Barren County. When first seen by white men, Barren County was part of a prairie county of considerable extent. Not being familiar with the fertility of prairies, these explorers called them the Barrens. Barren County was named for this term, which had attached to all the prairie portion of Kentucky.
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6. Bath County, so called from the great number of its springs, the waters of which have medicinal qualities.
7. Bell County, named after Joshua Fry Bell, of Danville, Kentucky, and was first called Josh Bell County.
8. Boone County was named in honor of Col. Daniel Boone, the heroic explorer and pioneer of Kentucky.
9. Bourbon County was named for the House of Bourbon, of France. This house provided money and sent men to America to aid the colonies in the War of the Revolution.
10. Boyd County was named in honor of Hon. Linn Boyd, a native of Tennessee, but long a resident of Kentucky and prominent in public life.
II. Boyle County was named for Hon. John Boyle, who was chief justice of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky for nearly seventeen years.
12. Bracken County. For William Bracken, a pioneer, Big and Little Bracken creeks in this county were named. The county was so called because of the names of the creeks, so the county was indirectly named for William Bracken.
13. Breathitt County was named in honor of Governor John Breath- itt.
14. Breckinridge County was named in honor of John Breckinridge, a native of Virginia, but a pioneer in Kentucky. He was a man of great ability, a distinguished lawyer and a statesman. He was the founder of the Breckinridge family in Kentucky.
15. Bullitt County was named in honor of Alexander Scott Bullitt, who was lieutenant governor of Kentucky in the year 1800.
16. Butler County was named in honor of General Richard Butler, of Pennsylvania, who was an officer in the Revolutionary war. He was slain by an Indian in St. Clair's defeat.
17. Caldwell County was named for Gen. John Caldwell, a native of Virginia, who moved to Kentucky in 1781. He was in the expedition commanded by George Rogers Clark against the Indians in 1786. He was prominent in public life in his day. He was lieutenant governor of the state in 1804, and died in Frankfort, November 19th, of that year.
18. Calloway County was named in honor of Col. Richard Calloway, a pioneer who arrived in Kentucky with his family in 1776. He was prominent in the public affairs from the time he arrived until his death.
19. Campbell County was named in honor of Col. John Campbell, a native of Ireland. He was a pioneer, and had a grant of 4,000 acres of land from Virginia. This tract of land joined the City of Louisville on the South. Colonel Campbell was a member from Jefferson County of the convention which formed the first constitution of Kentucky.
20. Carlisle County was named in honor of Hon. John Griffin Carlisle, who was prominent not only in public affairs of Kentucky, but also of the nation. He was born in Kenton County, Kentucky, September 5, 1835. .
21. Carroll County was named in honor of Charles Carroll, of Car- rollton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence from Mary- land.
22. Carter County was named for Col. William G. Carter, who was state senator from the counties of Lewis, Greenup and Lawrence at the time of its formation.
23. Casey County was named in honor of Col. William Casey, who was born in Frederick County, Virginia. He moved to Kentucky in the winter of 1779-80, settling on the Hanging Fork of Dick's River, where he remained until 1791, when he moved to Russell's Creek, and estab- lished another station. It was fifty miles from a settlement.
24. Christian County was named for Col. William Christian, who was born in Augusta County, Virginia, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary
BIRTHPLACE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, NEAR HODGENVILLE
LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILT OVER LINCOLN'S ORIGINAL CABIN AT HIS BIRTHPLACE IN LINCOLN NATIONAL PARK
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war. He came to Kentucky in 1785 and settled on Bear Grass Creek. He was killed in a battle with the Indians north of the Ohio, in 1786.
25. Clark County was named in honor of Gen. George Rogers Clark, who was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, November 19, 1752, and whose brilliant military achievements were of the greatest benefit to his country.
26. Clay County was named in honor of Gen. Green Clay, who was born in Powhattan County, Virginia, August 14, 1757, and who came to Kentucky when a boy. He was prominent in the state for nearly half a century.
27. Clinton County was named in honor of Governor DeWitt Clinton, of New York.
28. Crittenden County was named in honor of John Jordan Critten- den, a native of Woodford County, Kentucky. Mr. Crittenden was a leader in political affairs in Kentucky to the end of his life. He held all the great positions in the gift of the people of the state.
29. Cumberland County was named for the Cumberland River, which passes through the county. The name Cumberland was fixed in Kentucky by Dr. Thomas Walker, who bestowed it on the great range of mountains now separating the state from Virginia.
30. Daviess County was named in honor of Joseph Hamilton Daviess, who was born in Bedford County, Virginia, March 4, 1774. He came to Kentucky in 1792 on a military expedition. He studied law in the office of George Nicholas. When admitted to practice he settled in Danville, but later removed to Frankfort. He was given a command of troops with the rank of major in the campaign of Gen. William Henry Harri- son against the Indians on the Wabash, and was killed in the battle of Tippecanoe, November 7, 18II.
31. Edmondson County was named for Capt. John Edmondson, who was born in Washington County, Virginia, and settled in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1790. He was in command of a company of volunteer troops in the expedition of Col. John Allen, in 1812. He was killed in the battle of the River Raisin, January 22, 1813.
32. Elliott County was named for Judge John M. Elliott, who was born in Scott County, Virginia, May 16, 1820. Judge Elliott was ad- mitted to the bar in 1843 and established an office in Prestonsburg in Floyd County. He was prominent in public affairs, especially in the Civil war period. He was a judge of the Court of Appeals at the time of his death. He was murdered by a man who was affected by an adverse deci- sion of the court.
33. Estill County was named for Capt. James Estill, who was born in Augusta County, Virginia. He came early to Kentucky and built Estill's Station. He was killed in 1782 in battle with Indians, in what is now Montgomery County, Kentucky.
34. Fayette County was named for Gen. Gilbert Mortier de La Fay- ette, of France. At Metz he resolved to aid the struggling patriots of America. He crossed the Atlantic and joined the Revolutionary forces. He aided much in securing American independence.
35. Fleming County was named for Col. John Fleming, who was born in Virginia and who came to Kentucky in 1787. He built Fleming's Station in what is now Fleming County, in 1790. He died in 1794.
36. Floyd County was named for Col. John Floyd, who was born in Virginia about 1750. He was one of the early surveyors of land in what is now the state of Kentucky. His first survey was made May 2, 1774, in what is now Lewis County, opposite the Scioto River. This survey included 200 acres and was made for Patrick Henry, a patriot and orator of Virginia. Colonel Floyd was one of the surveyors recalled by Gov- ernor Dunmore, who sent Daniel Boone and Michael Stoner to warn the
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surveyors on the Ohio to return to the settlements, because of impending war with the Indians on the Upper Ohio.
37. Franklin County was named for Benjamin Franklin, a native of Massachusetts, but who spent most of his life as a citizen of Pennsylvania. He was connected with many of the movements which gained the Inde- pendence of America.
38. Fulton County was named in honor of Robert Fulton, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1765, and who invented the first practical steam- boat.
39. Gallatin County was named for Albert Gallatin, who was born in Geneva, Switzerland, January 29, 1761. He came to America when a young man and made his home in Pennsylvania, in which state he took a part in public affairs. He was Secretary of the Treasury under Presi- dent Jefferson. He was a man of fine mind and was educated at the University of Geneva. His writings on many subjects are authority to this day, especially those on the North American Indians. Once, in a debate in the United States Senate, Ingalls of Kansas said: "Pennsyl- vania has had but two great men-Benjamin Franklin, of Massachusetts, and Albert Gallatin, of Switzerland."
40. Garrard County was named for James Garrard, who was born in Stafford County, Virginia, January 14, 1749. He was a pioneer in Ken- tucky and was elected governor of the state.
41. Grant County was named after Samuel Grant, who was killed by the Indians on the north bank of the Ohio River, opposite this county, in the year 1794.
42. Graves County was named for Capt. Benjamin Graves, who was born in Virginia, but who came to Kentucky when quite young. He was a major in the regiment of Colonel Lewis in the War of 1812, and was killed in the battle of the River Raisin.
43. Grayson County was named for Col. William Grayson, who was a native of Virginia and who bore an active part in the early history of that state. He voted against the ratification of the constitution of the United States in the Virginia convention, but was afterwards elected to the United States Senate from Virginia.
44. Green County was named after Gen. Nathaniel Greene. General Greene was born in Warwick, Rhode Island, May 22, 1742, and was one of the most distinguished officers in the American Revolution.
45. Greenup County was named for Gov. Christopher Greenup, who was born about 1750 in the State of Virginia. He was a Revolutionary soldier. After the Revolution he settled in Kentucky. In 1804 he was elected governor of the state. He died April 27, 1818.
46. Hancock County was named in honor of John Hancock, the first to sign the Declaration of Independence and whose signature has become famous.
47. Hardin County was named for Col. John Hardin, who was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, October 1, 1763. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He came to Kentucky in 1786 and settled in what is now Washington County. He was a soldier in the expeditions into the country north of the Ohio River against the Indians. In one of these ex- peditions he lost his life, being murdered by the savages.
48. Harlan County was named for Maj. Silas Harlan, a native of Berkeley County, Virginia. He came to Kentucky in 1774, and was active in all the movements against the Indians. He was in the Illinois campaign of George Rogers Clark. He was killed in the battle of Blue Licks.
49. Harrison County was named for Col. Benjamin Harrison, who was at the time a representative in the Kentucky Legislature from Bour- bon County. Colonel Harrison was a native of Pennsylvania. He was
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active in public affairs. He was a member of the convention which formed the first constitution of the state, and held various public affairs.
50. Hart County was named for Capt. Nathaniel G. T. Hart, who was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, and who moved with his father to Lex- ington when but a child. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and was murdered by Indians shortly after the battle of the River Raisin.
51. Henderson County was named in honor of Col. Richard Hen- derson, who was born in Hanover County, Virginia, April 27, 1735. Colonel Henderson made a treaty with the Cherokee Indians, who sold him a large part of the State of Kentucky. This sale was never approved by the State of Virginia, although Colonel Henderson established the town of Boonesborough and attempted to organized a government for the lands which he had purchased. He assembled a legislature and it formulated laws for a colony. Although his plans collapsed he made a place for himself in Kentucky history.
52. Henry County was named for the patriot and orator, Patrick Henry, who was governor of Virginia when Kentucky was made a part of Fincastle County, Virginia, and later Kentucky County, Virginia. Patrick Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia, May 29, 1736. He lent his great powers to the establishment of American Independence.
53. Hickman County was named for Capt. Paschal Hickman, a native of Virginia, but who came as a child to Kentucky with his father, the Rev. William Hickman, who settled in Franklin County. He served in the War of 1812 and was murdered in the massacre following the battle of the River Raisin.
54. Hopkins County was named for Gen. Samuel Hopkins, who was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, and was an officer in the Revolu- tionary war. He moved to Kentucky in 1797 and settled on the Green River.
55. Jackson County was named after Gen. Andrew Jackson, who was born in the Waxhaw settlement, North Carolina, March 15, 1767, died near Nashville, Tennessee, June 8, 1845. General Jackson was the hero of the battle of New Orleans, and was President of the United States. He was one of the great Americans.
56. Jefferson County was named for Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and President of the United States.
57. Jessamine County was named for Jessamine Creek, which flows through the county. The creek was named for a beautiful girl, Jessa- mine Douglas. Her father settled at the head of this creek, at a very early day. The daughter was sitting upon a rock at a spring at one of the heads of the creek, when an Indian stole upon her and killed her with a tomahawk.
58. Johnson County was named in honor of Col. Richard M. John- son, who was born at Bryant's Station, Fayette County. He was in the battle of the Thames, and by some was believed to have killed the great Indian chief, Tecumseh. He served Kentucky in Congress. In 1836 was elected Vice President of the United States.
59. Kenton County was named for Gen. Simon Kenton, who was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, April 13, 1755. He came to Ken- tucky when he was little more than sixteen years of age as the result of injuries he inflicted upon his rival in a love affair. He become one of the most noted of the Kentucky pioneers. A biography of him will en- brace the entire pioneer period of Kentucky. He died in Ohio, April 29, 1836, within a short distance of where the Indians had made preparations to burn him at the stake, fifty-eight years before.
60. Knott County was named in honor of J. Proctor Knott, who was governor of Kentucky when the county was formed.
61. Knox County was named for Gen. Henry Knox, a native of Bos-
GEN. SIMON KENTON, 1755-1836 (Courtesy of The Filson Club)
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ton, Massachusetts, where he was born July 25, 1750. He was a soldier in the battle of Bunker Hill, as well as many other battles of that strug- gle.
62. Larue County was named for John Larue, a native of Virginia, who came with a company and settled at Phillips' Fort.
63. Laurel County was named for the Laurel River which runs through the county.
64. Lawrence County was named for Capt. James Lawrence of the United States Navy, who was born in New Jersey in 1781. He was a famous naval commander. On the first of June, 1813, he engaged the British frigate Shannon outside Boston Harbor. After he had received a wound, which later proved fatal, he was carried below. As they were taking him down he uttered the command which has become immortal : "Don't give up the ship." He died the fifth day of June, 1813, and is buried at Halifax.
65. Lee County was named in honor of Gen. Robert E. Lee, who was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, January 19, 1807; died in Lex- ington, Virginia, October 12, 1870. General Lee was of the famous Lee family and was commander of the Confederate armies of the Civil war.
66. Leslie County was named in honor of Preston H. Leslie, who was governor of Kentucky from September 13, 1871 to September, 1875.
67. Letcher County was named for Gov. Robert P. Letcher, who was governor of the state when the county was formed. Governor Letcher was born in Garrard County. He died in Frankfort, January 4, 1861.
68. Lewis County was named for Capt. Meriweather Lewis, who com- manded the great exploring expedition up the Missouri River, across the Rocky Mountains, and down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean.
69. Lincoln County was named for Gen. Benjamin Lincoln, a Virginia officer, who rendered distinguished services in the patriot army of the Revolution.
70. Livingston County was named for Robert R. Livingston, of New York, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
71. Logan County was named for Gen. Benjamin Logan, who was born in Augusta County, Virginia. He came to Kentucky in 1775, and built Logan's Fort or Logan's Station. He removed his family to Ken- tucky in 1776. General Logan was one of those pioneers who made him- self immortal in the struggle with the Indians and establishment of the State of Kentucky. He was a member of the convention which formed the first constitution of Kentucky, and also of the 1799 constitutional convention.
72. Lyon County was named for Col. Matthew Lyon, who was born in County Wicklow, Ireland, in 1746, and who died at Spadra Bluff. Arkansas, August 1, 1822. To cross the ocean he bonded himself to the captain, who sold him to a Connecticut farmer for two bulls. After serv- ing the time for which he was sold, he went to Vermont. He was a sol- dier in the Army of the Revolution. After American Independence had been secured he was elected to Congress. He was a bitter opponent of President John Adams, and was fined $1,000 for his remarks on the Alien and Sedition Laws and imprisoned for four months. He was re- elected to Congress while imprisoned. In the contest for the presidency between Jefferson and Burr, Colonel Lyon cast the vote from Vermont for Jefferson on the thirty-sixth ballot, making him President of the United States.
73. McCracken County was named for Capt. Virgil McCracken, a native of Woodford County, Kentucky. He was killed at the head of his company in the battle of the River Raisin, January 22, 1813.
74. McCreary County was named for James B. McCreary, who was governor of Kentucky when the county was formed.
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75. McLean County was named for Judge Alney McLean, who was a native of Burke County, North Carolina. He settled in Greenville, Muhlenburg County, April, 1805, and engaged in the practice of law. He was a staunch friend of Henry Clay and cast the electoral vote of Ken- tucky twice for Clay for President of the United States. For many years he was judge of the Circuit Court, and was said to be one of the ablest judges of the state.
76. Madison County was named for James Madison, who later be- came President of the United States.
77. Magoffin County was named in honor of Beriah Magoffin, who was governor of the state when the county was formed.
78. Marion County was named in honor of Gen. Francis Marion of South Carolina, who was one of the most noted officers in the War of the Revolution.
79. Marshall County was named in honor of John Marshall, the great chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
80. Martin County was named for Col. John P. Martin, who was born in Lee County, Virginia, October 11, 1811, and died in Prestonsburg, Ken- tucky, December 23, 1862. He was much in public life, representing his district in the Kentucky Legislature and his congressional district in Con- gress. He came to Floyd County, Kentucky, in 1835.
81. Mason County was named for George Mason, who was born in Fairfax County, Virginia, 1726; died there in 1792. He bore an im- portant part in the history of Virginia and the United States.
82. Meade County was named for Capt. James Meade, who was born in Woodford County, Kentucky. He was a volunteer under Col. Joseph H. Daviess, in the battle of Tippecanoe. He was promoted to the rank of captain and commanded a company at the River Raisin, where he was killed early in the action.
83. Menifee County was named for Richard H. Menefee, who was born in Bath County, in 1810. He was elected to Congress as a whig at the age of 27. He served but one term, at the close of which he moved to Lexington and engaged in the practice of law. He died February 20, 1841, age 31.
84. Mercer County was named for Gen. Hugh Mercer, of Virginia. He was a native of Scotland and at the battle of Culloden, after which, being one of the vanquished, he came to America. He served under Washington in the Braddock campaign. He was in the Revolutionary Army, and was mortally wounded in the battle of Princeton, dying nine days later.
85. Metcalfe County was named for Thomas Metcalfe, who was gov- ernor of Kentucky from June 1, 1828, to June 1, 1832. His term having been long previous to the establishment of the county, which was formed in 1860. He was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, March 20, 1780. He was frequently a member of the Kentucky Legislature from Nicholas County. He was elected to Congress in 1818. He was appointed by Gov- ernor Helm to fill out the unexpired term of John J. Crittenden in the United States Senate.
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