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Kentucky Highlands Timeline - 1830
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The legislature authorizes the county courts to establish school districts and to levy voluntary taxes to support them. |
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http://www.kentuckyhighlands.com/kh/History/county/ bath/john_bell_hood.asp>John Bell Hood</a> (June 1, 1831 – August 30, 1879), a Confederate general during the American Civil War, was born in Owingsville, Kentucky, son of John W. Hood, a doctor, and Theodocia French Hood. Hood had a reputation for bravery and aggressiveness that sometimes bordered on recklessness. |
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1832 |
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John Breathitt is elected governor. |
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1832 |
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A three-year cholera epidemic that will affect virtually every area of the state begins. |
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1833 |
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The Nonimportation Act bans commercial importation of slaves. |
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1834 |
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James T. Morehead is elected governor. |
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1834 |
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Marion County is established. |
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1835 |
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The Board of Internal Improvements is created by the General Assembly. |
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Clinton county was established in 1836 and named after DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828) He was the governor of New Your and the projector of the Erie Canal. The county seat is Albany. |
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1836 |
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James Clark is elected governor. |
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1836 |
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The Kentucky Historical Society is organized with John Rowan as its first president. |
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1837 |
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Trimble County is established. |
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1837 |
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The Panic of 1837 creates fiscal problems for the state that halt progress on road work. |
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1838 |
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Cherokee Indians on the Trail of Tears pass through parts of southern Kentucky when the federal government removes them from their homeland in the southeast to Oklahoma. |
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1838 |
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The General Assembly allows widows who live in rural school districts with school-age children to vote in elections for school trustees. |
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1838 |
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The legislature establishes a Board of Education. |
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1838 |
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The Kentucky Agricultural Society is formed. |
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1838 |
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Carroll County is established. |
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1838 |
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Carter county was established in 1838 and named after Col. William Grayson Carter (?-1850), a Kentucky State Senator. The county seat is Grayson. |
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1839 |
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Charles Wickliffe is elected governor. |
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1839 |
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Breathitt county was established in 1839 and named after John Breathitt (1786-1834), Kentucky's eleventh governor. The county seat is Jackson. |
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