Scott County, 1792
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Formed out of a part of Woodford County, it was the second created after Kentucky became a state. Named for Gen. Charles Scott, 1739-1813, a Va. native. Officer in Revolution, saw service at Trenton, 1776, Germantown and Monmouth, 1777, Stony Point, 1779. Came to Kentucky in 1785. Represented Woodford Co. in the Va.
Assembly, 1789-90. Fourth governor of Ky., 1808-12.
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More markers in Scott
Scott County Jail/Scott County Jailer's House
Georgetown, KY
Scott County Jail - The Scott County Jail was built in 1892 and used until 1991.
Garth School
Georgetown, KY
First public school in Ky.
Miller's Run Historic District
Georgetown, KY
Miller’s Run, a tributary of North Elkhorn Creek, was named for John Andrew Miller, an explorer from Pennsylvania who came to Scott...
Robert Johnson and Jemima Suggett Johnson
Georgetown, KY
Robert Johnson (1745-1815)- Moved from Beargrass to Bryan’s Station in 1780.
Sadieville Rosenwald School
Sadieville, KY
One of 158 Rosenwald schools built in Kentucky, ca.