For Col. Stephen Trigg, Virginian. Came to Ky. as member of Court of Land Commissioners, 1779. Settled Trigg's Station near Harrodsburg, 1780. In Va. Legislature was active in establishing town of Louisville, 1780. Justice of Peace, on first Lincoln . . . — — Map (db m123641) HM
Gen. Hylan B. Lyon with 800 men
invaded Ky., Dec. 1864, to enforce
CSA draft law and divert USA from
Nashville. In 23 days he burned
seven courthouses used by Union
forces. See map on reverse side.
Lyon came to Cadiz, December 13.
US . . . — — Map (db m123268) HM
On May 15, 1820, justices of the peace, commissioned for the newly formed Trigg County, met at the log home of Samuel Orr, in the vicinity of this well, in town of Warrington. Composing the court were: Samuel Orr, Abraham Boyd, Ferdinand . . . — — Map (db m123644) HM
Henry Cornelius Burnett, 1825-66, represented district, U.S. Congress, 1855-61. Presided at Russellville Convention in Nov., 1861, which formed Ky. provisional government. A member of Confederate Congress from Ky., 1861-65. After dispersal of CSA . . . — — Map (db m123642) HM
Stacker Furnace
Also called Olive Landing and Line Island, was built here by William Ewing and French Rayburn in 1845-46, and was afterward owned by Samuel Stacker. It had a steam-powered air blast. Using ore from deposits nearby and locally . . . — — Map (db m179496) HM
Honor Roll
In memory of those
Trigg Countians
who made the
supreme sacrifice
World War I
Joe F. Ahart • John J. Blakely • George Brison • Andrew J. Burnett • ★ Arthur Carpenter • West Harris Crump • Willie Cunningham • . . . — — Map (db m169103) WM
Born into slavery in 1842, Rev.
Dr. Wendell Holmes McRidley was
a leading social reformer in Ky.
until his death in 1932. With his
wife Annie McRidley, he est. the
Cadiz Normal & Theological College
in 1887, which educated hundreds
of African . . . — — Map (db m289933) HM
