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Add pioneer settlers of Fort Boonesborough, Kentucky.to this project. You can visit HistoryLink to find out which projects include your ancestors. Historical Summary Boonesborough was founded by legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone when he worked for Richard Henderson of the Transylvania Company. Boone led a group of settlers through the mountains from Fort Watauga (at present day Elizabethto...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Official Website Jefferson County—originally Jefferson County, Virginia—was established by the Virginia General Assembly in June 1780, when it abolished and partitioned Kentucky County into three counties. In 1778, during the American Revolutionary War, George Rogers Clark's militia and 60 civilian settl...
The Battle of Munfordville, also known as the Battle of Green River , was an engagement in Kentucky during the American Civil War . Victory there allowed the Confederates to temporarily strengthen their hold on the region and impair Union supply lines. Wikipedia
From The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820 The opening of the trans-Appalachian West launched one of the greatest land rushes in American history. Contrary to legend, however, most of the land was won not by hardy pioneers seeking a family farmstead but by wealthy individuals and powerful companies who quickly claimed possession of all the prime areas. By the beginning of th...
Leeper Cemetery Tiline, Livingston County, Kentucky, USA
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Livingston County, Kentucky.= Official Website =The county was established in 1798 and was named for Robert R. Livingston, a member of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence. The county was strongly pro-Confederate during the American Civil War and many men volunteered for the Confederate Army. Adjacent Cou...
This project is part of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Portal. About the Project Please use this project to add, research, document, and discuss your ancestors from Kentucky. You can add profiles for: People born in Kentucky People who lived in Kentucky People who died in Kentucky When you find helpful resources for research, please share them here so that others can benefit....
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Official Website History Louisville is the historical and nominal county seat of Jefferson County. It was named after King Louis XVI of France, and was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark, making it one of the oldest cities west of the Appalachians. The city's early growth was influenced b...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hardin County, Kentucky. Official Website Hardin County was established in 1792 and was named for Col. John Hardin, a Continental Army officer during the American Revolution and a brother of the Capt. William Hardin who founded Hardinsburg. The county is known for being the birthplace of former U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, thoug...
Please add profiles of people who perished or were injured due to the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire or were present the night of the fire or involved in the rescue, recovery, investigation, reporting and/or litigation that followed. The Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Southgate, Kentucky, is the seventh deadliest nightclub fire in history. It occurred on the night of May 28, 1977, during t...
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...
The lieutenant governor of Kentucky was created under the state's second constitution, which was ratified in 1799. The inaugural officeholder was Alexander Scott Bullitt, who took office in 1800 following his election to serve under James Garrard in 1799. The lieutenant governor becomes governor of Kentucky under circumstances similar to those under which the vice president of the United States...
Please add profiles of current and past members of the Kentucky General Assembly to this project. The Kentucky General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Also called the Kentucky Legislature, the Kentucky General Assembly is made up of the Kentucky Senate and the Kentucky House of Representatives. The legislature first convened in 1792, shortly after Kentucky achi...
The September 7–9, 1863 fall of the Cumberland Gap was a victory for Union forces under the command of Ambrose Burnside during his campaign for Knoxville. The bloodless engagement cost the Confederates 2,300 men captured and control of the Cumberland Gap. Wikipedia
The Battle of Richmond, Kentucky , fought August 29–30, 1862, was one of the most complete Confederate victories in the war by Maj. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith against Union Maj. Gen. William "Bull" Nelson 's forces, which were defending the town. It was the first major battle in the Kentucky Campaign. The battle took place on and around what is now the grounds of the Blue Grass Army Depot, outside...
Wikipedia Transylvania University is a private university in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. It was founded in 1780, making it the first university in Kentucky and among the oldest in the United States. It offers 36 major programs, as well as dual-degree engineering programs, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Transylvania's name, meaning "across the wood...
Central University was founded in 1874 on the present site of Eastern Kentucky University. In 1901, beset with financial difficulties and small enrollment, Central University agreed to consolidation with Centre College. The Kentucky General Assembly of 1906 enacted legislation establishing the Eastern Kentucky State Normal School No. 1. The legislation was signed into law by the governor on Mar...
Wikipedia The University of Kentucky (abbrev. UK) is a public co-educational university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by Isaiah Giles as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the university is one of the state's two land-grant universities (the other being Kentucky State University), the largest college or university in the state, with 29,385 students as of Fall 2013,...
Wikipedia The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public university in Louisville, Kentucky, a member of the Kentucky state university system. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of the first universities chartered west of the Allegheny Mountains. The university is mandated by the Kentucky General Assembly to be a "Preeminent Metro...
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...
This subportal is part of the USA Portal . = Kentucky , officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth (the others being Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts). Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky became the 15th state to join the Union. ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Todd County, Kentucky. Official Website The county was created on April 01, 1820 and is named for Colonel John Todd, who was killed at the Battle of Blue Licks in 1782 during the American Revolution. Adjacent Counties Muhlenberg County Logan County Robertson County, Tenn. Montgomery County, Tenn. Christian County ...
Odd Fellows Cemetery Also known as IOOF Cemetery Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA:
This project is part of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Portal. ==About the Project=Please use this project to add, research, document, and discuss your ancestors from Hopkins County, Kentucky. You can add profiles for:* People born in Hopkins County, Kentucky* People who lived in Hopkins County, Kentucky* People who died in Hopkins County, KentuckyWhen you find helpful resources for research, ple...
Wikipedia =Lebanon National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located just outside the city of Lebanon in Marion County, Kentucky. Find a Grave