Perry County, 1821
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Formed from parts of Clay and Floyd counties. Both Hazard, the county seat, and the county named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, 1785-1819, the commander and hero in battle of Lake Erie, 1813, which he reported in famous message: "We have met the enemy and they are ours." Victory gave United States control of the Lake and advanced its claims to the great Northwest.
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More markers in Perry
Uncle Ira
Jeff, KY
The Ira Combs Memorial Church-Little Zion Church, built in 1909 on land settled in 1790 by Mason Combs.
Founder of Hazard
Hazard, KY
Elijah Combs and seven brothers came with parents to Kentucky, 1790.
Mountain Missionary
Hazard, KY
The Rev. Asbel S. Petrey, born 1866, Whitley County, Ky.
Murdoch of Buckhorn
Buckhorn, KY
Harvey Short Murdoch, 1871-1935, came from Brooklyn, N. Y. and as Field Secretary of E. O. Guerrant's Society of Soul Winners founded...