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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Collins, Joshua | Person |
| Gardner, unknown | Person |
| Title | Class |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |