Hemp in Scott County Reverend Elijah Craig established at Georgetown, in 1789, one of the earliest ropewalks, which were long sheds for spiral winding of hemp fibers. Also started fulling mill in 1793. Both factories made cordage and rigging . . . — — Map (db m84825) HM
★ Tennessee ★ Scott County Established 1849: named in honor of General Winfield Scott Veteran of War of 1812; successful commander of southern thrust into Mexico City during the Mexican War; served as Chief of Staff of the . . . — — Map (db m30425) HM
Born in Scott County, Kentucky, September 11, 1833 Died at his home, Strawberry Hill Farm, near Hannibal December 23, 1896. Representative First District of Missouri in the Congress of the United States 1879 - 1895The impress of his public service . . . — — Map (db m58833) HM
Col. Robert Johnson (1745-1815) of Orange County,
Virginia established Johnson's Station at Great Crossing on
North Elkhorn Creek in 1783 as the first permanent
pioneer settlement in what is now Scott County, Kentucky.
In 1785, he and his wife, . . . — — Map (db m202953) HM
Located off Paynes Depot Road in Scott County, Zion Hill is one
of several remaining hamlets in central Kentucky. Hamlets were
established by formerly enslaved persons in Scott County and other
surrounding counties after the Civil War. Residents . . . — — Map (db m170103) HM
Tennessee’s mountain residents were bitterly divided about secession in 1861, although most were Unionist. In Huntsville (Exit 141), Scott County residents voted to secede and join Kentucky if Tennessee joined the Confederacy.
Confederate . . . — — Map (db m255977) HM
Toll Roads, toll houses, stage stations and taverns. Railroad Stations with shipping docks, post offices and dry-goods stores.
Towns invented by the railroad and small communities congregated at crossroads and mills.
Since 1800, . . . — — Map (db m194569) HM
Southeast Missouri was where Ulysses S. Grant, the nation's eighteenth president, began his rise to prominence as a soldier. This story began in mid-August, 1861, at Ironton, Missouri, 70 miles west of Cape Girardeau via Missouri Highway 72. Grant . . . — — Map (db m261479) HM
The origins of this home and boarding house and just who built it are not yet certain. An 1892 historic picture shows it nearly completed and lived in but lacking its front verandah and exterior lap siding.
Research does provide some background . . . — — Map (db m219903) HM
On the afternoon of July 10, 1863, General Morgan’s men looted Canton stores and confiscated fresh horses. The raiders continued east from there toward New Philadelphia, crossed the middle fork of the Blue River, and proceeded into Scott County. . . . — — Map (db m126321) HM
Miller’s Run, a tributary of North Elkhorn Creek, was named for John Andrew Miller, an explorer from Pennsylvania who came to Scott County in 1775. The 870-acre district travels along Miller’s Run and contains eight early Kentucky houses. The John . . . — — Map (db m162996) HM
(South Face) In memory of McClelland and his men who defended the fort on this hill - 1776 - This monument is erected - by - the Big Spring Chapter D. A. R. - 1920 - Georgetown, Kentucky. (North Face) John McClelland and his men John . . . — — Map (db m88908) HM WM
Lee County. Lee County, the western-most county in Virginia, was formed from Russell County in 1792; a part of Scott County was added later. The county is named for Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, governor of Virginia from 1791 to 1794 and . . . — — Map (db m80237) HM
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Kimberlin, a Revolutionary War veteran, was first person to purchase land in what is now Scott County In 1804, he bought Tract 264 of land grant to soldiers of George Rogers Clark. His family settled 1805 in well-built cabin . . . — — Map (db m99663) HM
Lee County. Lee County, the western-most county in Virginia, was formed from Russell County in 1792; a part of Scott County was added later. The county is named for Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee, governor of Virginia from 1791 to 1794 and . . . — — Map (db m228717) HM
(Right Side):Speers Ferry Historically the Clinch River served as a major avenue for settlement and opened up the area of southwestern Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Among other settlers, Daniel Boone lived along the banks of this . . . — — Map (db m36087) HM
As the prospect of war increased in 1861, the residents of remote Scott County wished to be left alone rather than be forced to take sides. But after U.S. Senator Andrew Johnson denounced secession in a fiery speech at the courthouse in June, the . . . — — Map (db m279103) HM
Near this site is the grave of Frances Dickenson
Scott Johnson (died 1796), sister of Henry
Dickenson who was the first clerk of Russell
County. In 1785, while living in Powell’s Valley
in Scott County, her first husband, Archibald
Scott, and . . . — — Map (db m91048) HM
Patrick Porter was among the early pioneer
settlers in present Scott County. Nearby on
Fall Creek is the site of Porter’s Mill, built
by Porter in 1774, the earliest licensed mill
on waters of the Clinch River. Porter is also
credited with the . . . — — Map (db m91004) HM
Lee County, the western-most county in
Virginia, was formed from Russell County in
1792; a part of Scott County was added
later. The county is named for Henry “Light-
Horse Harry” Lee, governor of Virginia
from 1791 to 1794 and former . . . — — Map (db m228710) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
