History of Henderson County, Kentucky by Edmund L. Starling
published in 1887
pps. 840
public domain materialPOSTED BEGINNING 3-10-2004
Colonel Richard Henderson's land purchase Formation of Henderson County Early Outlaws First Settlers Wild Game, Birds and Animals Second Colony Great Revival of 1797 Establishment and Organization First Road First Tavern Rates First Emancipation First School First Grist Mill Hannah Dunn, wife of Captain Dunn EEarly Marriages
Slavery Trial of the Harpe Women Tobacco First Felony "Cold Friday" Audubon Cordelling Mistake in the Census Contempt of Court A Primitive Tramp Killed by Wolves The Cold Plague
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First Convict to Penitentiary"THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS" First Counterfeiter A Boom some good reading on the history of the Commonwealth Bank
MISC.
MurdersCITY OFFICIALS Henderson Newspapers A Bloody Legend. Sketch of Big and Little Harpe.
Murder of Lemuel Cheaney by Charles C. Carr.
Outlawry. The whipping of Cora Walker
COUNTY OFFICIALS COUNTY JUSTICES FROM 1799 TO 1887