1st Cavalry Beginning
Inscription
1ST KY CAVALRY BEGINNING
Union Col. Frank Wolford started
recruiting for the 1st Ky Cavalry
here in July 1861. Unit fought in
over 300 engagements, including
Perryville & Mill Springs. Local
recruits included: Col. Silas Adams,
eventual commander of the unit,
Eastham Tarrant, author of Wild
Riders of 1st Ky Cavalry, Jarrard
Jenkins, killed at Perryville and
James Humphrey, killed at Atlanta.
Dedicated October 14, 2018.
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Casey County Courthouse
Liberty, KY
Present seat of justice, built 1888, was preceded by log building, 1809, and brick structure, 1837.
John Fry
N. of Liberty, KY
Entered land on Carpenter's Creek 8 miles north, 1780, on a Treasury Warrant for service in Revolution.
Colonel Silas Adams
LIberty, KY
A spirited USA Civil War leader.
First Kentucky Calvalry
Liberty, KY
Casey County, home of one-third of this Union regiment and of its commanders Col. Frank L. Wolford and Col. Silas Adams.