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2. The Filson Historical Society - Wikipedia

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   The organization was named in honor of John Filson, Kentucky's first Anglophone historian, and the centennial of his historical works, including a 1784 map of Kentucky and his book, The Discovery, Settlement, and Present State of Kentucke. Filson members met at founding president Reuben Durrett's home at 202 E. Chestnut at Brook Street in ...

3. Joshua Fry Speed - Wikipedia

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   Joshua Fry Speed was born at Farmington, Louisville, Kentucky, to Judge John Speed and Lucy Gilmer Speed (née Fry) on November 14, 1814. [2] On his father's side, Speed's ancestry can be traced back to 17th-century cartographer and historian John Speed. [3]

4. Talk:Battle of Blue Licks - Wikipedia

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   " Kentucky Ancestors: Genealogical Quarterly of the Kentucky Historical Society (2006): 58-73. This article was first added to Wikipedia in 2004, but with the revision of 5:04, 21 August 2006, the text of Trowbridge's article was more or less copied over the previous version. It concerning that nowhere is the dependence on Trowbridge ...

5. James Brenton (soldier) - Wikipedia

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   Kentucky Historical Society. Genealogical Committee. "Kentucky Ancestors: Volumes 27-28". Kentucky Historical Society. 1991; Reid, Darren R. "Daniel Boone and Others on the Kentucky Frontier: Autobiographies and Narratives, 1769-1795". McFarland, 2009. Page 148. Reuben Gold Thwaites & Louise Phelps Kellogg.

6. History of Kentucky - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

7. Bland Ballard - Wikipedia

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   Bland Ballard is the namesake of both Blandville, Kentucky [7] [8] and Ballard County, Kentucky. [9] When Ballard died in 1853, he was initially buried in Shelbyville, Kentucky. In 1854 the State of Kentucky moved his and his first wife's remains to the State Memorial section of the Frankfort Cemetery.