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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Bourbon County, Kentucky. History Bourbon County was established in 1785 from a portion of Fayette County, Virginia, and named after the French House of Bourbon, in gratitude for Louis XVI of France's assistance during the American Revolutionary War. Bourbon County, Virginia, originally comprised 34 of Kentucky's 120 current ones...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Fayette County, Kentucky. Overview Fayette County—originally Fayette County, Virginia—was established by the Virginia General Assembly in June 1780, when it abolished and subdivided Kentucky County into three counties: Fayette, Jefferson and Lincoln. Together, these counties and those set off from them later in that decade separa...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jackson County, Kentucky. Official Website The county was formed in 1858 and was named for Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States. Adjacent Counties Estill County Madison County Lee County Clay County Owsley County Laurel County Rockcastle County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in McCracken County, Kentucky.= Official Website =McCracken County was founded in 1825 from Hickman County; it was named for Captain Virgil McCracken of Woodford County, Kentucky, who was killed in the Battle of Frenchtown in southeastern Michigan during the War of 1812.The Battle of Paducah occurred during the American Civil War in McCr...
Land was donated to Spring Bayou Baptist Church for the establishment of the cemetery in 1895. Currently, there are 396 marked and legible gravesites,369 actual buried individuals, and one unmarked/unknown grave in the cemetery. The general area of the unmarked/unknown grave is known and a photo of the temporary metal marker was made, but is not legible. USGW Archives Find a Grave
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Monroe County, Kentucky.= Official Website = History The county was formed in 1820; and named for James Monroe the fifth President, author of the Monroe Doctrine.Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan's first Kentucky raid occurred here on July 9, 1862. Morgan's Raiders, coming from Tennessee, attacked Major Thomas J. Jordan's 9th Pennsylv...
The Chenoweth Massacre of July 17, 1789 was the last major Native American raid in present-day Jefferson County, Kentucky (Louisville Metro).Captain Richard Chenoweth, builder of Fort Nelson, was stationed with his family northeast of present-day Middletown when a large band of Native Americans (likely Shawnee) attacked from across the Ohio River. They killed three of Chenoweth's children, Levi...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Pulaski County, Kentucky. Official Website The county was founded in December 1798 from land given by Lincoln and Green Counties and named for Polish patriot Count Casimir Pulaski. Adjacent Counties Lincoln County Rockcastle County Casey County Russell County Laurel County McCreary County Wayne County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lincoln County, Kentucky. Official Website Lincoln County—originally Lincoln County, Virginia—was established by the Virginia General Assembly in June 1780, and named in honor of Revolutionary War general Benjamin Lincoln. Adjacent Counties Boyle County Garrard County Rockcastle County Casey County Pulaski County ...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Lawrence County, Kentucky. Official Website The county was established in 1821 and was named for James Lawrence, and co-founded by Isaac Bolt, who served as a Lawrence County Commissioner and Justice of the Peace. Adjacent Counties Carter County Boyd County Wayne County, West Virginia Elliott County Morgan County J...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Magoffin County, Kentucky. The county was formed in 1860 and was named for Beriah Magoffin who was Governor of Kentucky (1859–62). Adjacent Counties Johnson County Floyd County Knott County Breathitt County Wolfe County Morgan County Communities Elsie Falcon Foraker Fredville Gunlock Hendricks Iv...
Wikipedia =Centre College is a private liberal arts college located in Danville, Kentucky, a community of approximately 16,000 in Boyle County, about 35 miles south of Lexington, Kentucky. Centre is an undergraduate four-year institution with an enrollment of approximately 1,375 students. Centre was founded by Presbyterian leaders, with whom it maintains a loose affiliation, and officially char...
Please add profiles of people who were born, lived or died in Campbell County, Kentucky. Official Website History Campbell County was founded December 17, 1794, two years after the creation of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, becoming the state's 19th county. Campbell County was carved out of Scott, Harrison and Mason counties. The original county included all of present Boone, Kenton, Pendlet...
Wikipedia =Northern Kentucky University is a public, co-educational university in northern Kentucky located in Highland Heights, seven miles southeast of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. The university is primarily an undergraduate, liberal arts institution, but it also features graduate programs. Total enrollment at the university currently exceeds 15,000 students, with over 13,000 undergraduate stu...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Marion County, Kentucky. Official Website The county was founded in 1834 and named for Francis Marion, the American Revolutionary War hero known as the "Swamp Fox". Adjacent Counties Boyle County Casey County Taylor County Washington County LaRue County Nelson County Communities Bradfordsville Gravel Switch
This cemetery is located on 279 Landis Lane, Mount Washington, Bullitt County, Kentucky. Find a Grave
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The development of Highland Cemetery started to take shape in early December 1868. The inspiration for a new cemetery was due in part because the Old Sixth Street Graveyard in Covington was filled, and Covington’s Linden Grove Cemetery had very few plots available. There are many prominent and historical people buried at Highland, with Civil War veterans and dedicated citizens of our tri-state ...
This cemetery is located on 223 Central Avenue, Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky. Find a Grave
Wikipedia =Morehead State University (MSU) is a public, co-educational university located in Morehead, Kentucky, United States, in the foothills of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Rowan County, midway between Lexington, Kentucky, and Huntington, West Virginia. The 2016 edition of "America's Best Colleges" by U.S. News & World Report named MSU one of the top 25 public universities in the Sou...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Hickman County, Kentucky. Official Website Founded in 1821, Hickman County was named for Captain Paschal Hickman of the 1st Rifle Regiment, Kentucky Militia. A resident of Franklin County, Kentucky, Hickman was wounded and captured at the Battle of Frenchtown in January 1813 and was killed by Indians in the Massacre of the River Ra...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Henry County, Kentucky. Official Website The county was founded in 1798 and was named for the statesman and governor of Virginia Patrick Henry. Adjacent Counties Carroll County Owen County Trimble County Franklin County Shelby County Oldham County Communities Bethlehem Campbellsburg
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Henderson County, Kentucky. Official Website History The Transylvania Co., also known as Richard Henderson & Co., in 1775 purchased from the Cherokees a large swath of wilderness between the Kentucky River and Cumberland River, encompassing approximately half of what would become Kentucky as well as a portion of northern Tennessee...
This cemetery is located on Route 191 in Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Kentucky, across the street, on the hill, from the Hazel Green Christian Church. Find a Grave Roots Web
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hart County, Kentucky. Official Website Hart County was formed in 1819. The county is named for Captain Nathaniel G. S. Hart, a Kentucky militia officer in the War of 1812 who was wounded at the Battle of Frenchtown and died in the Massacre of the River Raisin. The Battle of Munfordville, a Confederate victory, was fought in the co...