Kenton County (Ky.)
Item
- Title
- Kenton County (Ky.)
- Description
- Located in northern Kentucky along the Ohio River, across from Cincinnati, Ohio, Kenton County has two county seats--Covington and Independence. The county was named for pioneer Simon Kenton (1755–1836).
- Has beginning
- 1840
- Identifier
- USGS GNIS ID: 516905
- U.S. Census code: 99117
- Parent division/institution
- Kentucky
- Related resource
- The official website of Kenton County, Kentucky
- Item sets
- Counties--Kentucky
Linked resources
Title | Class |
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Kentucky General Assembly List for Boone, Campbell, and Kenton Counties by Legislative Session Year, 1900-1930 | Bibliographic Resource |
Slaveholders in the Campbell County Tax List, 1795 | Bibliographic Resource |
Slaves identified in Kenton County: Kentucky clerk's and Kenton County vital statistic records, 1840-1865 | Bibliographic Resource |
Title | Class |
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Collins, Joshua | Person |
Gardner, unknown | Person |
Title | Class |
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Bromley (Kenton County, Ky.) | Location |
Covington (Ky.) | Location |
Elsmere (Ky.) | Location |
Erlanger (Ky.) | Location |
Fort Mitchell (Ky.) | Location |
Independence (Ky.) | Location |
Morning View (Ky.) | Location |
Title | Class |
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1802--Artful Billy | Event |
1845--Isom Excluded from Dry Creek Baptist Church | Event |
1845--John Excluded from Dry Creek Baptist Church | Event |
1847--First of Two Group Escapes | Event |
1848--Death Before Separation | Event |
1855--Family Escape | Event |
1856--Mass Escape of Fourteen Freedom Seekers | Event |
1856--Nine Slaves Escape From Near Covington | Event |
1856--Sidney Family Escape | Event |
1857--Angela and Irwin Broadus Captured | Event |
1857--Freedom Seeker Captured | Event |
1857--Freedom Seeker Caught By F. M. Bess | Event |
1857--Six Slaves Escape Across Frozen River | Event |