Historical Markers in Burkesville, Kentucky
Burkesville is the county seat for Cumberland County
Burkesville is in Cumberland County
1► Kentucky (Cumberland County), Burkesville — Burkesville Ferry — Great Raid — July 1-2, 1863 —  |
| John Hunt Morgan’s Great Raid into Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio began in Cumberland County, Kentucky. The raid lasted 25 days and covered a thousand miles, making it the longest Confederate raid of the Civil War. Morgan commanded 2,460 cavalrymen . . . — — Map (db m98884) HM | |||
| 2► Kentucky (Cumberland County), Burkesville — Confederate Crossings at Neeley's Ferry — The Great Raid — July 1-2, 1863 — |
| During late June 1863 Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan's scouts and portions of his nine regiments moved into Cumberland County preparing for the Great Raid in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. The 1st Brigade, numbering 1,450 cavalrymen under Col. . . . — — Map (db m98882) HM | |||
| 3► Kentucky (Cumberland County), Burkesville — 959 — Cumberland County — |
| Established 1798, taken out of Green County. Later, between 1800 and 1860, parts of Wayne, Monroe, Russell, Clinton, Metcalfe were taken from its original territory. First known white men here, 1769. Daniel Boone explored area, 1771. Burkesville, . . . — — Map (db m98889) HM | |||
| 4► Kentucky (Cumberland County), Burkesville — 885 — Lincoln's Father Here — |
| Thomas Lincoln made claim for land in Cumberland County in May, 1801. In Jan., 1802 and again in 1804 he was appointed constable. On Sept. 5, 1802, he was commissioned ensign in Cornstalk Militia of Cumberland County. Returned to Washington County. . . . — — Map (db m98887) HM | |||
| 5► Kentucky (Cumberland County), Burkesville — 515 — Morgan On To Ohio — |
| July 2, 1863, CSA Gen. John Hunt Morgan crossed Cumberland River near here, brushing aside Union patrols on north bank. Morgan placed some troops in ambush one mile from here and drove Union forces back to camp at Marrowbone. Morgan crossed Kentucky . . . — — Map (db m98891) HM | |||
| 6► Kentucky (Cumberland County), Burkesville — 601 — Raiders Entered Here — |
| CSA Morgan's Raiders entered Kentucky here July 2, 1863. Union forces skirmished at Burkesville that day, followed by battles at Tebb's Bend July 4 and Lebanon on the 5th. At Brandenburg crossed Ohio River July 8 into Indiana. In northeastern Ohio, . . . — — Map (db m98886) HM | |||
| 7► Kentucky (Cumberland County), Burkesville — Skirmish at Norris Branch — The Great Raid — July 2, 1863 — |
| After the initial wave of Morgan's 1st Brigade crossed the Cumberland River, he sent about twenty men to reconnoiter west of Burkesville. The objective was to deflect the attention of the 3,000 Union soldiers camped at Marrowbone, seven miles west, . . . — — Map (db m98894) HM | |||
| 8► Kentucky (Cumberland County), Burkesville — Smith Pharmacy — Oldest Pharmacy in the State of Kentucky — |
| It all began in 1814 when three brothers, John, Philip, and Reuben Alexander opened a store called the "J.P.R. Store." Throughout the 19th century this store, not only sold drugs for man and animal, but sold everything from planks to cuff buttons. . . . — — Map (db m98885) HM | |||