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The Formation of Kentucky
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Formation of Kentucky County, Va
In 1777 Fincastle County, Virginia's General Assembly divided
Fincastle County into three parts and created Washington,
Montgomery, and Kentucky Counties. The act creating these counties
described Kentucky County as being "to the south and westward of a
line beginning on the Ohio at the mouth of Great Sandy creek and
running up the same and the main, or northeasterly, branch thereof
to the Great Laurel Ridge of Cumberland Mountain, then south
westerly along the said mountain to the line of North Carolina."
In 1780, Kentucky County was divided into three counties --
Jefferson, Fayette, and Lincoln. Within just a few years, six more
counties had been carved out of those three. Between 1784 and
1792, people living in those counties held ten conventions on the
question of statehood; on 18 December 1789 Virginia's General
Assembly passed an act allowing Kentucky to apply for statehood and
on 1 June 1792, those nine counties became a state, with the full
consent of Virginia.
The Library of Virginia has the following records pertaining
to counties that are part of Kentucky.
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- Personal Property Tax Lists
- Bourbon county: 1787-1791
- Fayette County: 1787-1793
- Jefferson County: 1789-1793
- Lincoln County: 1787-1791
- Madison County: 1787-1792
- Mason County: 1790-1791, 1793
- Mercer County: 1787, 1789
- Shelby County: 1792
- Washington County: 1792
- Woodford County: 1790, 1792-1793
- Militia Commissions, 1776 to 1792
- Land Grants, to 1792
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- Legislative Petitions
- Bourbon County: no date shown
- Fayette County: 1781-1791, 1824
- Harlan County: 1831
- Jefferson County: 1783-1791, 1826
- Kentucky County: 1776-1780
- Lincoln County: 1783-1790
- Madison County: 1788-1789
- Mercer County: 1786-1789
- Nelson County: 1787-1789
- Pike County: 1849
- Shelby County: 1825
- Woodford County: 1789-1791
- Land Tax Lists
- Bourbon County: 1789
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The Library of Virginia has no original court records
of the
counties that are now part of Kentucky.
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Daphne Gentry
Publications and Educational Services Division
The Library of Virginia
[email protected]
804-692-3725
#6-97 in an on-line series of Research in Virginia Documents
http://leo.vsla.edu:80/vanotes/
Copyright by The Library of Virginia; re-publication of any part of
this essay without written permission is strictly prohibited.
My Thanks to Daphne Gentry for permission to place this on the KyGenWeb page.
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Formation of Kentucky Counties
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County | Date
Formed | Parent County | County Seat |
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Adair
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1801
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Green
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Columbia
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Allen
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1815
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Barren, Warren
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Scottsville
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Anderson
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1827
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Franklin, Mercer, Washington
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Lawrenceburg
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Ballard
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1842
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Hickman, McCracken
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Wickliffe
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Barren
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1798
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Green, Warren
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Glasgow
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Bath
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1811
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Montgomery
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Owingsville
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Bell
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1867
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Knox, Harlan
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Pineville
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Boone
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1798
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Campbell
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Burlington
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Bourbon
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1785
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Fayette
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Paris
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Boyd
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1860
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Carter, Lawrence, Greenup
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Catlettsburg
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Boyle
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1842
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Mercer, Lincoln
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Danville
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Bracken
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1796
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Campbell, Mason
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Brooksville
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Breathitt
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1839
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Clay, Estill, Perry
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Jackson
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Breckinridge
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1799
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Hardin
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Hardinsburg
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Bullitt
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1796
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Jefferson, Nelson
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Shepherdsville
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Butler
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1810
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Logan, Ohio
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Morgantown
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Caldwell
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1809
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Livingston
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Princeton
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Calloway
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1822
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Hickman
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Murray
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Campbell
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1795
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Harrison, Mason, Scott
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Alexandria
& Newport
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Carlisle
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1886
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Graves, Ballard
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Bardwell
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Carroll
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1838
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Gallatin, Henry, Trimble
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Carrollton
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Carter
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1838
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Greenup, Lawrence
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Grayson
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Casey
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1806
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Lincoln
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Liberty
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Christian
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1797
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Logan
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Hopkinsville
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Clark
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1792
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Bourbon, Fayette
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Winchester
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Clay
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1806
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Madison, Floyd, Knox
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Manchester
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Clinton
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1835
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Wayne, Cumberland
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Albany
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Crittenden
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1842
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Livingston
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Marion
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Cumberland
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1796
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Green
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Burkesville
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Daviess
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1815
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Ohio
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Owensboro
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Edmonson
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1825
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Grayson, Hart, Warren
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Brownsville
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Elliott
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1869
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Carter, Lawrence, Morgan
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Sandy Hook
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Estill
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1808
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Clark, Madison
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Irvine
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Fayette
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1780
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Kentucky Co., VA
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Lexington
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Fleming
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1798
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Mason
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Flemingsburg
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Floyd
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1799
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Fleming, Mason, Montgomery
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Prestonsburg
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Franklin
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1794
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Woodford, Mercer, Shelby
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Frankfort
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Fulton
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1845
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Hickman
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Hickman
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Gallatin
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1798
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Franklin, Shelby
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Warsaw
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Garrard
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1796
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Madison, Lincoln, Mercer
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Lancaster
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Grant
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1820
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Pendleton
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Williamstown
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Graves
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1823
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Hickman
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Mayfield
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Grayson
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1810
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Hardin, Ohio
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Leitchfield
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Green
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1792
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Lincoln, Nelson
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Greensburg
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Greenup
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1803
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Mason
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Greenup
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Hancock
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1828
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Daviess, Ohio, Breckinridge
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Hawesville
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Hardin
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1792
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Nelson
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Elizabethtown
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Harlan
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1819
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Knox
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Harlan
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Harrison
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1793
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Bourbon, Scott
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Cynthiana
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Hart
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1819
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Hardin, Barren, poss. Green
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Munfordville
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Henderson
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1798
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Christian
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Henderson
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Henry
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1798
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Shelby
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New Castle
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Hickman
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1821
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Caldwell, Livingston
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Clinton
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Hopkins
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1808
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Henderson
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Madisonville
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Jackson
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1858
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Rockcastle, Owsley, Madison, Clay, Estill, Laurel
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McKee
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Jefferson
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1780
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Kentucky Co., VA
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Louisville
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Jessamine
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1798
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Fayette
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Nicholasville
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Johnson
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1843
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Floyd, Morgan, Lawrence
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Paintsville
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Kenton
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1840
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Campbell
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Independence
Covington
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Knott
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1884
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Perry, Breathitt, Floyd, Letcher
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Hindman
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Knox
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1799
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Lincoln
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Barbourville
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LaRue
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1843
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Hardin
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Hodgenville
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Laurel
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1825
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Whitley, Clay, Knox, Rockcastle
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London
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Lawrence
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1821
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Floyd, Greenup
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Louisa
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Lee
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1870
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Owsley, Breathitt, Wolfe, Estill
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Beattyville
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Leslie
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1878
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Clay, Harlan, Perry
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Hyden
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Letcher
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1842
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Perry, Harlan
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Whitesburg
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Lewis
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1806
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Mason
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Vanceburg
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Lincoln
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1780
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Kentucky Co., VA
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Stanford
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Livingston
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1798
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Christian
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Smithland
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Logan
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1792
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Lincoln
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Russellville
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Lyon
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1854
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Caldwell
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Eddyville
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Madison
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1785
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Lincoln
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Richmond
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Magoffin
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1860
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Floyd, Johnson, Morgan
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Salyersville
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Marion
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1834
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Washington
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Lebanon
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Marshall
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1842
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Calloway
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Benton
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Martin
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1870
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Lawrence, Floyd, Pike, Johnson
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Inez
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Mason
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1788
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Bourbon
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Maysville
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McCracken
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1824
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Hickman
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Paducah
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McCreary
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1912
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Wayne, Pulaski, Whitley
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Whitley City
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McLean
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1854
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Muhlenberg, Daviess, Ohio
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Calhoun
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Meade
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1824
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Hardin, Breckinridge
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Brandenburg
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Menifee
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1869
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Powell, Wolfe, Bath, Morgan, Montgomery
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Frenchburg
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Mercer
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1785
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Lincoln
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Harrodsburg
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Metcalfe
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1860
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Monroe, Adair, Barren, Cumberland, Green
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Edmonton
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Monroe
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1820
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Barren, Cumberland
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Tompkinsville
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Montgomery
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1796
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Clark
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Mount Sterling
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Morgan
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1822
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Floyd, Bath
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West Liberty
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Muhlenberg
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1798
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Christian, Logan
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Greenville
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Nelson
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1784
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Jefferson
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Bardstown
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Nicholas
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1799
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Bourbon, Mason
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Carlisle
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Ohio
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1799
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Hardin
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Hartford
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Oldham
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1823
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Henry, Shelby, Jefferson
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LaGrange
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Owen
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1819
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Scott, Franklin, Gallatin, Pendleton
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Owenton
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Owsley
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1843
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Clay, Estill, Breathitt
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Booneville
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Pendleton
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1798
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Bracken, Campbell
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Falmouth
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Perry
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1820
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Clay, Floyd
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Hazard
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Pike
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1821
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Floyd
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Pikeville
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Powell
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1852
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Clark, Estill, Montgomery
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Stanton
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Pulaski
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1798
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Green, Lincoln
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Somerset
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Robertson
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1867
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Nicholas, Bracken, Mason, Fleming, Harrison
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Mt. Olivet
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Rockcastle
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1810
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Pulaski, Lincoln, Madison
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Mount Vernon
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Rowan
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1856
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Fleming, Morgan
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Morehead
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Russell
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1825
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Cumberland, Adair, Wayne
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Jamestown
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Scott
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1792
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Woodford
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Georgetown
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Shelby
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1792
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Jefferson
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Shelbyville
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Simpson
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1819
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Allen, Logan, Warren
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Franklin
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Spencer
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1824
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Shelby, Bullitt, Nelson
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Taylorsville
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Taylor
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1848
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Green
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Campbellsville
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Todd
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1819
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Christian, Logan
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Elkton
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Trigg
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1820
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Christian, Caldwell
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Cadiz
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Trimble
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1836
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Henry, Oldham, Gallatin
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Bedford
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Union
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1811
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Henderson
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Morganfield
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Warren
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1796
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Logan
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Bowling Green
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Washington
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1792
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Nelson
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Springfield
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Wayne
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1800
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Pulaski, Cumberland
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Monticello
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Webster
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1860
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Hopkins, Union, Henderson
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Dixon
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Whitley
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1818
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Knox
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Williamsburg
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Wolfe
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1860
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Owsley, Breathitt, Powell, Morgan
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Campton
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Woodford
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1788
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Fayette
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Versailles
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