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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Redirect|District of Kentucky|the former U.S. district court with this name|United States District Court for the District of Kentucky}}<br />
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[[File:Kentucky County, Virginia 1776.png|thumb|upright=1.15|Kentucky County, 1776–1780, as established by the [[Virginia General Assembly]]]]<br />
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'''Kentucky County''' (then alternately spelled '''Kentucke County''') was formed by the [[Commonwealth (U.S. state)|Commonwealth]] of [[Virginia]] from the western portion (beyond the [[Cumberland Mountains]]) of [[Fincastle County, Virginia|Fincastle County]] effective December 31, 1776.<ref name="apps.sos.ky.gov">{{cite web|url=http://apps.sos.ky.gov/land/nonmilitary/coformations/countysearch1.asp?searchby=NEW%20COUNTY&searchstrg=Kentucky|title=Kentucky: Secretary of State - Land Office - Kentucky County Formations}}</ref>The name of the county was taken from a Native American place name that came be associated with a river in east central Kentucky, and gave the [[Kentucky River]] its name. During the three and one-half years of Kentucky County's existence, its [[County seat|seat of government]] was Harrodstown (then also known as Oldtown, later renamed [[Harrodsburg, Kentucky|Harrodsburg]]).<ref name='kleber'>{{cite book | last = Kleber | first = John E. | title = The Kentucky Encyclopedia | publisher = The University Press of Kentucky | year = 1992 | location = Lexington KY | isbn = 0-8131-1772-0 }}</ref><br />
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Kentucky County was abolished on June 30, 1780, when it was divided into [[Fayette County, Kentucky|Fayette]], [[Jefferson County, Kentucky|Jefferson]], and [[Lincoln County, Kentucky|Lincoln]] counties.<ref name="apps.sos.ky.gov"/> Afterward, these counties and those set off from them later in that decade were designated collectively as the District of Kentucky by the [[Virginia House of Delegates]]. The counties of the district frequently petitioned both the Virginia legislature and the [[Continental Congress]] seeking [[Admission to the Union|statehood]]. Finally successful, the [[Kentucky|Commonwealth of Kentucky]] was admitted to the [[United States]] as the 15th state in 1792.<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Name and Status History of the several States and U.S. Territories|url=http://www.thegreenpapers.com/slg/statehood.phtml|website=TheGreenPapers.com|access-date=March 31, 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Militia officers==<br />
After Kentucky County was legislatively created on December 6, 1776 (effective 1777), the county militia was organized as follows:<ref>Otis Rice, ''Frontier Kentucky'' (University Press of Kentucky, 1975), 85.</ref><br />
*[[George Rogers Clark]] – Brig General Northwestern Frontier 01/1781<br />
*[[John Bowman (pioneer)|John Bowman]] – Colonel – County Lieutenant of Kentucky County, Virginia 12/1776 & 11/1779<br />
*[[Anthony Bledsoe]] – Lieutenant Colonel<br />
*[[John Todd (Virginia soldier)|John Todd]] – Captain – Virginia<br />
*[[Benjamin Logan]] – Captain – Kentucky County, Virginia<br />
*[[Daniel Boone]] – Captain – Boonesborough, Kentucky<br />
*[[James Harrod]] – Captain – Harrodsburg, Kentucky<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Illinois County, Virginia]]<br />
*[[History of Kentucky]]<br />
*[[List of former counties, cities, and towns of Virginia]]<br />
*[[Trans-Appalachia]]<br />
*[[Wilderness Road]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://apps.sos.ky.gov/land/nonmilitary/coformations/countysearch1.asp?searchby=NEW+COUNTY&searchstrg=Kentucky 1776 Act to create Kentucky County, Virginia] State of Kentucky Secretary of State website<br />
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[[Category:History of Virginia]]<br />
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[[Category:1776 establishments in Virginia]]<br />
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