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

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By Darren Jefferson Clay, April 6, 2024
Dedicated to the Memory of General Christopher Riffe Marker (marker can be seen to right of tree)
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1 ► Kentucky, Casey County, Middleburg — Dedicated to the Memory of General Christopher Riffe — 1764 - 1850 — Site of his cabin and grave —
Christopher Riffe accompanied Col. Wm. Casey, (Great-Grandfather of Mark Twain); to Kentucky in 1784. He lived at Bryan's Station, Boonesborough, Logan's Station and Carpenter's Station. He bought 800 acres of land from the Grandfather of Abraham . . . — — Map (db m244660) HM

2 ► Kentucky, Casey County, Liberty — Casey County War Memorial —
Dedicated To The Memory Of Our Comrades Who Entered The Service Of Their Country From Casey County, Kentucky And Who Gave Their Lives In The World War Erected by the Citizens of Casey Co. and elsewhere under auspices of . . . — — Map (db m84102) WM

3 ► Kentucky, Adair County, Columbia — 806 — Site of Casey Home —
Home of Col. William Casey, early Ky. pioneer and great-grandfather of Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain). Born in Va., came to Ky. in 1779. Built Casey Station on Dix River. In 1791 moved to Russell Creek near here. Member second Kentucky Const. Conv., . . . — — Map (db m244689) HM

4 ► Kentucky, Casey County, Liberty — 684 — First Kentucky Cavalry —
First Kentucky Cavalry Casey County, home of one-third of this Union regiment and of its commanders Col. Frank L. Wolford and Col. Silas Adams. Others came from eight nearby Ky. counties. Recruited July 1861, trained at Camp Dick . . . — — Map (db m83439) HM
5 ► Kentucky, Washington County, Springfield — The Lincolns Move West —
President Abraham Lincoln’s great, great, great, great grandfather, Samuel Lincoln, left England in 1637, settling in Hingham, Massachusetts. The next four generations of Lincolns continued to move south and west — to New Jersey, then . . . — — Map (db m46301) 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.
 
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