Bracken County (Ky.)
Item
- Title
- Bracken County (Ky.)
- Description
- Located in northern Kentucky along the Ohio River and the boundary with Ohio, the county is 50 miles northeast of Lexington, and the county seat is Brooksville. The county is reportedly named for Big and Little Bracken Creeks, which were named for William Bracken, an early settler and avid hunter who settled along one of the streams.
- Has beginning
- 1796
- Identifier
- USGS GNIS ID: 516858
- U.S. Census code: 99023
- Parent division/institution
- Kentucky
- Related resource
- The official website of Bracken County, Kentucky
- Item sets
- Counties--Kentucky
Linked resources
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Records of the Post Office Department, 1773-1971. Reports of Site Locations, 1837-1950 | Bibliographic Resource |
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Augusta (Ky.) | Location |
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1852--Escape and Imprisonment | Event |
1853--Slave Escapes From Walter Linn | Event |
1855--Four Slaves Escape | Event |
1855--Group Escape | Event |
1858--Eleven Slaves Escape | Event |
1858--Juliet Miles Caught | Event |
1860--Three Slaves Escape, One Captured | Event |
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Currans, Elijah | Person |
Gaines, Lucy | Person |
Harris, Joseph | Person |
Terrill, Jesse, Rev. | Person |
Terrill, John B. | Person |
Walton, Josiah Hester [1] | Person |
Walton, Nancy | Person |
Wilks, Mills | Person |
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Wilks, Mills | Person |
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Brockman, Mary "Polly" | Person |
Duncan, John [2] | Person |
Hedges, Washington W. | Person |
Robison, David | Person |
unknown, Legrand [3] | Person |
Walton, John Edward Hester | Person |
Walton, Josiah Hester [2] | Person |