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Blockhouse built here, 1789, by General Charles Scott for protection of settlers against Indians who had massacred and driven off earlier families. Scott came from Virginia, 1785. He was in the French and Indian Wars. Organized first company south of James River in the Revolution. Indian fighter, in Battle of Fallen Timbers, 1794.
Gov. of Kentucky, 1808-12.
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Old Kentucky River Toll Bridge
Carroll County, KY
OLD KENTUCKY RIVER TOLL BRIDGE - The Old Kentucky River Toll Bridge first surveyed November 1897 and incorporated Nov. 1898.
Col. Percival Pierce Butler
Carrollton, KY
1761-1821. Col. Percival Butler was appointed Ky.
The Masterson House
Carrollton, KY
Oldest brick house still standing in county, this was home of Richard and Sarah Masterson.
Sanders
Sanders, KY
Gen. George Rogers Clark used route through here, ca.
James Tandy Ellis
Ghent, KY
Birthplace of poet, humorist, columnist, raconteur, soldier.
