Lewis County KY History - Kentucky Genealogy

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History Of
Lewis
County
, KY
By Rev. O. G. Ragan, 1912
505 pages, searchable
Includes 79 illustrations of historic structures
- BONUS BOOK -
Marriages Of
Lewis County, KY
1806-1851
123 pages, searchable
- BONUS BOOK -
1880 Census
Lewis County, KY
(Includes Leslie, Lincoln & Letcher Counties)
Scanned copies of original census records
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Lewis
County
, located in far northeastern
Kentucky
, was formed in 1806 and named for explorer
Meriwether Lewis. The county was once teeming with industry as a supplier of finished goods and
agricultural products. Historically, the county's proximity to the Ohio River allowed the export of
timber and salt, and in the 1800s, railroad transportation made
Lewis
County
an influential
source of railroad ties, boat-building materials, and barrels. In later years, the area was most popular
for its health resorts, spas, and sulfur waters, which attracted visitors from as far as
New York
and
Chicago
.
In the 1700s, the mouths of Cabin and Sycamore creeks were two of the Ohio River crossings used by
the Indian war parties to enter
Kentucky
from
Ohio
, where they traveled the Upper Blue Licks prongs
to the interior. Frequent Indian attacks during the Revolutionary War caused George Rogers Clark to
appeal to the
Virginia
legislature to send gunpowder to the settlers. Five hundred pounds of powder
was brought down the
Ohio
to the mouth of the Cabin Creek and hidden at
Three
Islands
until an
escort could be raised to convey it to
FORT
HARROD
.
The earliest settlers in
Lewis
County
entered the region in the 1770s. By 1840 the county's population
was 5,873. In 1870 the county's farmers produced 369,855 bushels of corn and 48,450 pounds of tobacco.
In 1987 farms occupied 54 percent of the land area, with 35 percent of farmland in production.
The county ranked sixty-sixth in agricultural income from livestock, tobacco, hay, corn, and vegetables in 1988.
BOOK CONTENTS
CHAPTER I Early Settlements: Salt Lick, Kinniconnick, Quick's Run, Cabin Creek, Sycamore, Poplar Flat,
Concord
, Tollesboro, Vanceburg,
Clarksburg
,
Quincy
, Valley, Petersville, Garrison, and Burtonville 15
CHAPTER II
County
Organization
: Act Relating To —
First
County
Seat — First Court — Removal of County Seat to
Clarksburg
— Rival Towns
— Removal to Vanceburg — Conveniences AND Inconveniences Arising Therefrom — Change of
County
Offices
— The Infirmary —
Growth of Vanceburg — Wise Heads Who Bought Property at the Right Time — Pres-
ent Condition of the City — Its Hopes for THE Fltture 87
CHAPTER III Legislative Acts In Favor of the County 137
CHAPTER IV Succession of Officers — List of Representatives — Politics — Issues in the Various Campaigns — Delegates to the Constitutional
Conventions 240
CHAPTER V Common School System — Commissioner — Superintendents — Boards of Education — Teachers — Growth of the School System in the
County — Districts and Schoolhouses 348
CHAPTER VI War Periods: Indians — Soldiers of 1812 and 1861 — Companies Organized — Officers — Number of Enlisted Men — Those Killed in
Action — G. A. R. Posts — Monuments 362
CHAPTER
VII Public Road
System: Macadamized Roads — Originators of in the County — The First Built — Number Now in the County,
and Location — Cost of Construction —
County
Subscription
— Present Road System 367
CHAPTER VIII Biography of Important Men: The Bar — The Pulpit — The Forum — Teacher — The Doctor 375
CHAPTER IX WEALTH OF THE
COUNTY
POPULATION
: CENSUS OF 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910— Area— Occupations:
Agriculture, Horticulture, Mining, Manufacturing — Soil — Climate — Society — Churches — Sunday Schools — Secret Societies —
Water Transportations — Railroads — Political Parties — Newspapers — Public
Debt — Capitation and Property Taxes- Division OF County Fund — Magisterial Districts AND Voting Places — Map 464
CHAPTER X Anecdotes and Traditions — Closing Remarks. . 490
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