African Americans of the Kentucky Borderlands

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• Marion County (Ky.)
  Located in central Kentucky, the county was named for Revolutionary War general Francis Marion. The county seat is Lebanon.
• Magoffin County (Ky.)
  Located in east central Kentucky, the county was named for Governor Beriah Magoffin. The county seat is Salyersville.
• Lyon County (Ky.)
  Located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky, the county was named for U.S. Congressman Chittenden Lyon. The county seat is Eddyville.
• Lincoln County (Ky.)
  Located in central Kentucky, the county was named for Revolutionary War general and Secretary of War Benjamin Lincoln. The county seat is Stanford.
• Lewis County (Ky.)
  Located in the northeastern corner of Kentucky along the Ohio River, the county was named for famed explorer Meriwether Lewis. The county seat is Vanceburg.
• Letcher County (Ky.)
  Located in the southeastern corner of Kentucky, the county was named for Kentucky Governor Robert P. Letcher. The county seat is Whitesburg.
• Leslie County (Ky.)
  Located in the southeastern corner of Kentucky, the county was named for Governor Preston H. Leslie. The county seat is Hyden.
• Lee County (Ky.)
  Located in east-central Kentucky, the county was named for Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The county seat is Beattyville.
• LaRue County (Ky.)
  Located in central Kentucky, the county was named for early settler John P. LaRue. The county seat is Hodgenville.
• Knott County (Ky.)
  Located in south-eastern Kentucky, the county was named for Kentucky Governor J. Proctor Knott. The county seat is Hindman.
• Johnson County (Ky.)
  Located in eastern Kentucky, the county was anmed for War of 1812 General Richard M. Johnson, who also served as a U.S. Representative and Vice-President. The county seat is Paintsville.
• Jackson County (Ky.)
  Located in east-central Kentucky, the county was named for President Andrew Jackson. The county seat is McKee.
• Hopkins County (Ky.)
  Located in western Kentucky, the county was named for General Samuel Hopkins, a veteran of both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. The county seat is Madisonville.
• Henderson County (Ky.)
  Located in western Kentucky along the Ohio River, the county was named for Colonel Richard Henderson who was instrumental in the establishment of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The county seat is also called Henderson.
• Hart County (Ky.)
  Located in south-central Kentucky, the county was named for Captain Nathaniel G.T. Hart, who died in the War of 1812. The county seat is Munfordville.
• Harlan County (Ky.)
  Located in the southeastern corner of Kentucky, along the Virginia border, was named for early settler Major Silas Harlan who served under General George Rogers Clark and died at the Battle of Blue Licks in Illinois. The county seat is also called Harlan.
• Green County (Ky.)
  Located in central Kentucky, the county was named for Revolutionary War hero General Nathaniel Greene. It is unknown why the state legislature approved the misspelling of the county name. The county seat is Greensburg.
• Grayson County (Ky.)
  Located in west-central Kentucky, the county was named for Revolutionary War Colonel William Grayson, who also served in the Continental Congress. The county seat is Leitchfield.
• Graves County (Ky.)
  Located in the southwest corner of Kentucky, along the Tennessee border, the county was named for Major Benjamin Franklin Graves who died in the Battle of River Basin in 1813. The county seat is Mayfield.
• Fulton County (Ky.)
  Located in the extreme southwestern corner of Kentucky along the Ohio River, bordering both Tennesse and Missouri, the county was named for Robert Fulton who developed the first commercially successful steamboat in the United States. The county seat is Hickman.
• Floyd County (Ky.)
  Located in central-eastern Kentucky, the county was named for Colonel John Floyd, a Jefferson County surveyor. The county seat is Prestonburg.
• Estill County (Ky.)
  Located in central Kentucky, the county was named for Captain James Estill who died in the Battle of Little Mountain in 1782. The county seat is Irvine.
• Elliott County (Ky.)
  Located in northeast Kentucky, the county is believed to have been named for John Milton Elliott who served in the U.S. Congress, the Congress of the Confederate States, and as a Justice in the Kentucky Court of Appeals. The county seat is Sandy Hook.
• Edmonson County (Ky.)
  Located in west-central Kentucky, the county was named for Captain John Edmonson who died in the Battle of River Basin in 1813. The county seat is Brownsville.
• Daviess County (Ky.)
  Located along the Ohio River in western Kentucky, the county was named for Kentucky and U.S. Attorney Colonel Joseph Hamilton Daveiss, famed for prosecuting Aaron Burr for treason. His name was misspelled in the county's original charter, and the misspelling was retained. The county seat is Owensboro.