County Named, 1829
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For John Hancock, 1737-93. Patriot, statesman and soldier. President of Continental Congress, 1775-77, and bold first signer of the Declaration of Independence. Mayor-general of Mass. militia in Revolutionary War, member of the Mass. Constitutional Convention, 1780, governor 1780-85, 1787-93. He presided over Mass. convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788.
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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...
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.
Town of Patesville
KY, KY
Crossroads was site of 19th-century town of Patesville.
Pellville
Pellville, KY
Settlement of Pellville, originally called Bucksnort, began on the Hardinsburg-Owensboro Trail.
Union Steamboat Captured
Lewisport, KY
Pro-southern guerrillas led by Hawesville native Bill Davison and Isaac Coulter captured Morning Star here, Dec. 23, 1864.