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Maysville is a home rule-class city [5] in Mason County, Kentucky, United States, and is the county seat of Mason County. [6] The population was 8,873 as of the 2020 census. [3]
Blackburn was born in Mason County, Kentucky, and grew up in Washington, Kentucky, now part of Maysville, Kentucky. He was first sold at age three. At 14, he was taken to Hardinsburg, Kentucky. [1] Three years later, Thornton was sent to Louisville, Kentucky, where he was hired out to work as a porter for a dry goods company. [1]
Ward married Margaret Machir on June 11, 1795, in Mason County, Kentucky. They had seven children. Ward and his wife resided in Mason County near Maysville and kept up to 12 slaves. [16] Ward was a Presbyterian elder in the Washington Presbyterian Church, under Rev. Robert Wilson. [6] [17] Margaret died in 1831 while James died on 27 February 1846.
The home's backyard is directly adjacent to one of the oldest known cemeteries in Kentucky (circa 1800–1850) referred to locally as the Maysville Pioneer Graveyard, which was established on land acquired by city trustee Jacob Boone, close friend, business partner, and cousin to Daniel Boone.
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.
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61st Governor of Kentucky; 49th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky and Attorney General of Kentucky Born in Dawson Springs: Louis Brandeis (1856–1941) US Supreme Court Justice [40] Born and reared in Louisville [40] John C. Breckinridge (1821–1875) Vice President of the United States [41] Born just outside Lexington [41] John Y. Brown Jr ...