Hancock
County Named, 1829
Hawesville, KY
For John Hancock, 1737-93.
First Court Proceedings
KY 1389, KY
Site of Hancock's first county court, 300 yds. south, held in home of James Dupey, Mar. 1829.
Founding of Lewisport
Lewisport, KY
Formerly called Little Yellow Banks, town was renamed Lewisport in 1839 in honor of John Lewis, one of the first permanent settlers in area.
Hawesville
Main St., KY
Hancock County and Hawesville were created by Ky.
Hawesville Railroad Station
Hawesville, KY
Rails of Louisville, St. Louis, and Texas Railroad laid here June 9, 1888.
Home of Robert C. Beauchamp
Hawesville, KY
Robert Costain Beauchamp (1800-1884) was a farmer and businessman who served Hancock County in the state legislature from 1867-71.
Lincoln Acquitted
Hawesville, KY
Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of United States, won his first law case here, 1827.
Pellville
Pellville, KY
Settlement of Pellville, originally called Bucksnort, began on the Hardinsburg-Owensboro Trail.
Steamboat Disaster
Hawesville, KY
Hawesville Cemetery is burial place for thirty-eight passengers of steamboat Reindeer who were killed when a boiler exploded on the Ohio...
Town of Patesville
KY, KY
Crossroads was site of 19th-century town of Patesville.
Union Steamboat Captured
Lewisport, KY
Pro-southern guerrillas led by Hawesville native Bill Davison and Isaac Coulter captured Morning Star here, Dec. 23, 1864.