Harrodsburg
1774 ~ Laid off as Harrodstown by James Harrod and companions. First permanent English settlement west of the Alleghany Mountains.
1776 ~ Virginia Legislature formed Kentucky County, the area now Commonwealth of Kentucky, . . . — — Map (db m152644) HM
Benjamin Logan built Logan's Fort at St. Asaphs, mile to west, 1776. Kentucky County, Virginia, formed 1776. First land court, St. Asaphs 1779. Kentucky made into Lincoln, Jefferson, Fayette counties, 1780. In 1785 part of Lincoln taken for Madison . . . — — Map (db m105390) HM
Colonel George Morgan Chinn, USMC
This Mercer County native was one of nation's leading authorities on automatic weapons. He attended Millersburg Military Institute and Centre College. A Marine veteran of WW II and the Korean . . . — — Map (db m152648) HM
Welcome to Spring Hill Cemetery. This map and the cemetery print-out on the shelf below have been placed here to help you locate grave sites of interest. Sections are marked with letters and numbers. Lot numbers refer to the number of rows in a . . . — — Map (db m153164) HM
County Named - For Gen. Hugh Mercer, ca. 1725-77. A native of Scotland, he came to America about 1746. Officer in French and Indian War, 1755-59. Served with Washington. Was the commandant at Fort Pitt. Hero in Revolution. Instrumental in . . . — — Map (db m152645) HM
Greenwood was founded Sept. 30, 1823. The original land owners, who were descendants of Dutch immigrants, came from Mercer County, Kentucky. A log cabin was built on or near this site by John B. and Jane Brewer Smock. The first church (Presbyterian) . . . — — Map (db m69294) HM
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After Kentucky became a state, five commissioners were appointed on June 20, 1792, to choose a location for the state capital. They were John Allen and John Edwards (both from Bourbon Co.), Henry Lee (Mason Co.), Thomas Kennedy . . . — — Map (db m62249) HM
Built on land originally part of Greenville Springs, this imposing Greek Revival house was built in 1840 by Dr. James Shannon, President of Bacon College. Later the residence of John Bryan Bowman, Mercer County farmer and crusader for higher . . . — — Map (db m152934) HM
Moundsville. Named for Grave Creek Mound. This mound, 900 feet around, 70 feet high, is the largest conical mound in America. The inscribed stone found in it has never been deciphered. Near by was the Indian fort built by Joseph Tomlinson.
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Throughout the nineteenth century, Kentucky led the nation in hemp production. By the 1830s, Farmington was 550-acre working hemp plantation - a center of agriculture and industry. Hemp, the most labor-intensive crop grown in the state, perpetuated . . . — — Map (db m244654) HM
The story of the Sleet family in central Kentucky began in Mercer County, Kentucky, at the beginning of the 19th century. An 1836 will of Reubin Sleet, a Mercer County slaveholder, made the first reference to Warner-the patriarch of the . . . — — Map (db m289373) HM
Pioneer Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Mercer County, with burials from 1812 to 1873. Those buried here were some of the first Euro-Americans who settled the area. Many of these families helped lay out the town of Fort Recovery, established . . . — — Map (db m137521) HM
Revolutionary Soldier
Kentucky Pioneer
Christian Patriot
Born in Ireland, 1750 Died in Kentucky, 1848. First to be buried in Memorial Acre, 1930
When a lad he emigrated to America and fought in the battles of Paoli, Boundbrook, . . . — — Map (db m269106) HM
Buried here are the remains of several
American Revolution patriots who chose
to throw off the yoke of a king and
help give birth to a free nation
George Buchanan •
Paul Froman •
William Poague •
Thomas Prather •
Lewis Rose •
Garrett . . . — — Map (db m269114) WM
University of Louisville law degree; three time Congressman from Eighth District; first Comptroller of the Treasury; founding member of the Bank of Lexington; deputy clerk for Kentucky for the Internal Revenue Service. His grandfather, John Durham, . . . — — Map (db m283770) HM
Pioneers who were first buried in the
Presbyterian and Baptist Cemeteries were
reburied in this plot. Among those resting
here are: Carrett and Mary Verbryk Brewer,
original owners of this ground in 1825;
John S. and Jane Brewer Smock, who . . . — — Map (db m289109) HM
In 1780 communal colonists came
from Pennsylvania to Mercer County, Kentucky. In
1784 thirty of the families came
here, purchased 10,000 acres from
Squire Boone. Lived in log fort.
Managed by Abraham Banta, George
Bergen made trustee later. . . . — — Map (db m136247) HM
Neighbors-Governors?
<--- Former home, grave, of Gabriel Slaughter, governor 1816-20. Born in Virginia, 1767. Died here, 1830. While in office, advocated state support for the public schools.
---> Former home of John Adair, governor . . . — — Map (db m68245) HM
During the Battle of Perryville, the Dixville Crossroads, the intersection in front of you, was a crucial tactical point on the battlefield.
Here, the Benton Road (now called Whites Road), which runs to Dixville in Mercer County, intersects . . . — — Map (db m167664) HM
Edge fences are so named
because the rocks are placed on
their edges instead of being laid
horizontally.
They are primarily built using
field-collected rocks. The edge
fence in the park has a drain
covered by a flat rock called . . . — — Map (db m194227) HM
To honor and commemorate the men who fought in the American Revolution and sleep in Mercer County Kentucky
General James Ray •
General John P. Van Nuyce •
Col. John Bowman •
Col. Ben F. Logan •
Col. Thomas P. Moore •
Lt. Col. James . . . — — Map (db m269089) WM
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.
