County Named, 1809
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For General John Caldwell. Born Va.; came Ky., 1781. Maj. Gen. in militia; Indian campaigns. With George Rogers Clark, 1786. Member Danville Conventions, 1787, 1788, which adopted petition "demanding admission into the Union." State Senator, 1792-96. Elected Lt. Gov. with Governor Greenup, 1804; served Sept. 4 to death, Nov. 19, 1804.
Caldwell formed out of Livingston County.
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Cedar Hill Cemetery
Princeton, KY
CEDAR HILL CEMETERY - Cedar Hill Cemetery, known as City Cemetery until 1918, was founded in 1809.
William Prince, 1752-1810
Princeton, KY
Born in Virginia, his family moved to Spartanburg Co., S.C. in 1768.
Princeton First Baptist Church
Princeton, KY
First Baptist Church, organized on March 30, 1850, under the leadership of the Rev. James Mansfield and a presbytery from Donaldson,...
U.S. Research and Education Center
Princeton, KY
Established by Ky. legislature in 1924 as Western Ky.
Farmersville School
First school in Farmersville began here in 1844, when Floyd Nash, age 24, commenced teaching "sixteen schollars" in a log structure at...