(Side One)
Iron in Green County
Three iron furnaces built along Brush Creek after iron ore was found, 1815. Jacob Holderman and Charles Wilkins built furnace and forge, 1816, 10 miles downstream. Joseph Harrison erected furnace, . . . — — Map (db m96939) HM
Benj. Logan~~Pioneer
In French and Indian, Dunmore's, Revolutionary Wars. In 1775 came to Kentucky with Boone, Henderson. Separated at Hazel Patch. Built Logan's Fort (St. Asaph's), 1776. In Virginia Assembly, 1781-87; Ky. conventions to . . . — — Map (db m136853) HM
Both Union and Confederate troops used Marrowbone as a camp several times during the Civil War. In mid-February 1863, Federal 1st Kentucky Cavalrymen under Col. Frank Wolford encamped at Marrowbone. During the spring of 1863, detachments of at least . . . — — Map (db m98895) HM
Kentucky's 27th formed, its territory taken from Lincoln and Green Counties, was named for Count Casimir Pulaski, Polish patriot and soldier of liberty. He came to US when he learned of the Colonies' fight for freedom. A brigadier general in . . . — — Map (db m67854) HM WM
Campbellsville
First settled about 1800. Town, established by Legislature, 1817, was made seat of government when county was formed. It was named for Adam and Andrew Campbell who with three brothers came from Va., settling on father's land . . . — — Map (db m99229) HM
November 21, 1864
In the fall of 1864, Col. James W. Weatherford’s 13th Kentucky Cavalry force, USA, which guarded Campbellsville’s citizens from rebel activity, was reduced from 60 to 20 men.
Just before a heavy November snowfall, . . . — — Map (db m99300) HM
Ezekiel (Zeke) Williams, “Grandfather of the Santa Fe Trail,” was born in Hampshire County
West Virginia, to David and Sarah Denton Williams. The family soon moved to Kentucky. He was
married in 1795 and had a son. His wife's name is unknown. Zeke . . . — — Map (db m252446) HM
James Chism, married Mary Howard, the daughter of Obadiah Howard. Born in Virginia, James enlisted as a Private in the 2nd Virginia Regiment and served until the end of the Revolutionary War. Shortly thereafter, he moved his family to Kentucky where . . . — — Map (db m154976) HM
Incorporated in 1794, Greensburg, the county seat of Green County, began as Glover’s Station, a wilderness settlement in the Kentucky Territory on the Cumberland Trace, an offshoot of the Wilderness Road. From 1800 to 1840, Greensburg flourished as . . . — — Map (db m96924) HM
By 1809, Andrew Campbell, a native of Augusta County, Virginia, located where present-day Campbellsville is situated, acquired a portion of Joseph Richerson's 10,000 acres survey. Campbell operated a grist and saw mill on Buckhorn Creek. He opened a . . . — — Map (db m169680) HM
The first courthouse was a brick building constructed in 1848, the year the county separated from Green County. It was larger than the second courthouse and was located in the center of the square.
During the Civil War, Federal troops slept . . . — — Map (db m208482) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
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