County Named
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Mercer County
County Named
- For Gen. Hugh Mercer, ca. 1725-77. A native of Scotland, he came to America about 1746. Officer in French and Indian War, 1755-59. Served with Washington. Was the commandant at Fort Pitt. Hero in Revolution. Instrumental in success at Trenton, 1776, and Princeton, 1777, where he was bayonetted to death by Hessians. He owned 13,000 acres in Ky. District.
Mercer County
- Formed by Virginia Act in 1785, before Kentucky became a state. Included most of present Anderson and Boyle, part of Franklin, Casey, Garrard counties. First permanent English settlement west of the Alleghenies, founded as Harrodstown by James Harrod, 1774. Harrodsburg seat of government of Kentucky County, 1776; Lincoln County, 1780; Mercer County, 1785. Over.
Erected 1969 by Kentucky Historical Society & Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 1258.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Settlements & Settlers • War, French and Indian • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1746.
Location. 37° 45.62′ N,
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Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Bluegrass Region. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Colonel George Morgan Chinn, USMC / Weapons Expert (here, next to this marker); Court House Square (a few steps from this marker); Mercer County Before Kentucky Became a State (within shouting distance of this marker); Harrodsburg Baptist Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Lawyers Row (within shouting distance of this marker); Harrodsburg Christian Church (within shouting
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