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Kentucky County was abolished effective November 1, 1780, when it was divided into Fayette, Jefferson, and Lincoln counties. [2] Afterward, these counties and those set off from them later in that decade were designated collectively as the District of Kentucky by the Virginia House of Delegates. On March 7, 1789, the Virginia General Assembly ...
Daniel Boone (November 2 [O.S. October 22], 1734 – September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer and frontiersman whose exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. He became famous for his exploration and settlement of Kentucky, which was then beyond the western borders of the Thirteen Colonies.
The etymology of "Kentucky" or "Kentucke" is uncertain. One suggestion is that it is derived from an Iroquois name meaning "land of tomorrow". [1] According to Native America: A State-by-State Historical Encyclopedia, "Various authors have offered a number of opinions concerning the word's meaning: the Iroquois word kentake meaning 'meadow land', the Wyandotte (or perhaps Cherokee or Iroquois ...
Richard Henderson (jurist) Richard Henderson (April 20, 1735 – January 30, 1785) was an American jurist, land speculator and politician who was best known for attempting to create the Transylvania Colony in frontier Kentucky. Henderson County and its seat Henderson, Kentucky are named for him.
40+. The western theater of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) was the area of conflict west of the Appalachian Mountains, the region which became the Northwest Territory of the United States as well as what would become the states of Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, and Tennessee. The western war was fought between American ...
Clayton County, Arkansas [4] (1873–1875, renamed Clay County) Dorsey County, Arkansas [5] (1873–1885, renamed Cleveland County) Lovely County, Arkansas Territory (1827–1828) most of the county was lost to Oklahoma due to the Cherokee Treaty of 1828, the remainder became Washington County.
Westervelt massacre. A map of Kentucke County, Virginia made in 1784 by John Filson. The Westervelt massacre occurred approximately 12 miles southeast of Low Dutch Station. The Westervelt massacre, also known as the Westerfield massacre, was an attack by Native Americans on a caravan of Dutch American settlers on June 27, 1780, near the frontier.
Kentucky County, Virginia, 1777–1780; District of Kentucky (Fayette, Jefferson, Lincoln, and successor counties), 1780–1792; Commonwealth of Kentucky becomes 15th State admitted to the United States of America on June 1, 1792 Abraham Lincoln born in 1809 in Kentucky; Henry Clay, politician 1800–1850; War of 1812, June 18, 1812 – March ...