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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «owsley county» AND «kentucky»

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By Don Morfe, July 21, 2013
Pleasant Retreat Marker
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1 ► Kentucky, Garrard County, Lancaster — 713 — Pleasant Retreat — Home of Governor William Owsley —
On Stanford Street (U.S. 27) north of Industry Road (Route 39), on the left when traveling north.
Home of William Owsley and his son-in-law Simeon Anderson. Built about 1815. Owsley, 1782-1862, State House of Representatives and Senate; Court of Appeals; Kentucky Secretary of State and Governor of Kentucky 1844-48. Owsley County named for him. . . . — — Map (db m67842) HM

2 ► Kentucky, Floyd County, Prestonsburg — Eastern Kentucky's Civil War Battles and Skirmishes, 1863-1864 —
Near Kentucky Route 114 0.1 miles east of Route 404, on the right when traveling east.
Marshall's Raid Through Eastern Kentucky, March-April 1863 - On March 15, 1863, Marshall comes through Pound Gap with 1,800 mounted men, including Col. Henry Giltner's 4th Kentucky, Col. Thomas Johnson's 2nd Kentucky, Col. Ezekiel F. . . . — — Map (db m69145) HM

3 ► Kentucky, Lee County, Beattyville — 2624 — Company A of the 7th Ky Infantry Regiment —
On Kentucky Route 11 at Silo Road, on the left when traveling south on Kentucky Route 11.
Company A of the 7th Ky Infantry Regiment was formed in 1861 at Congleton Springs in Owsley County, which is now part of Lee County. Owsley County led all Kentucky counties in the percentage of men enrolled in the Union Army and many from the county . . . — — Map (db m172627) HM

4 ► Kentucky, Boyle County, Danville — 1422 — Governor Owsley Home —
On Harrodsburg Road (U.S. 127) at Gentry Lane (County Road 1915), on the right when traveling north on Harrodsburg Road.
Mansion built by William Owsley at close of term as Governor of Kentucky, 1844-48. Tract on which house stands part of land claimed by James Harrod prior to 1785. Owsley (1782-1862) served as Judge on the Court of Appeals, State Senator, and . . . — — Map (db m153067) HM
 
 
  
 
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