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| Kentucky (Scott County), Georgetown — 135 — Choctaw Indian Academy — 1825 - 1843 | | | The U.S. government established at Blue Springs Farm. Home of Vice President R.M. Johnson. Its first Indian school for sons of Indian chiefs. Future leaders of many tribes were educated here. — Map (db m60025) HM | | Kentucky (Scott County), Georgetown — 610 — Confederate Governor | | | Home of George W. Johnson, born 1811 in Scott Co. Named first Confederate Governor of Ky. in Nov. 1861, he followed CSA army's withdrawal to Tenn. from Bowling Green in Feb., 1862. He became aide to Gen. John C. Breckinridge but fought as private in Battle of Shiloh and mortally wounded, Apr. 7, 1862 - - still as CSA Gov. Burial was in cemetery here. — Map (db m9822) HM | | Kentucky (Scott County), Georgetown — 1938 — New Zion | | | On Nov. 23, 1872, former slaves Calvin Hamilton and Primus Keene purchased 23 acres. They sold plots to other freedmen and formed black community of Briar Hill; it was later named New Zion. Keene sold land for community well, school, and church. Calvin Hamilton's home survives. Descendants of founders still live in New Zion. Presented by Scott County Fiscal Court. — Map (db m35851) HM |
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