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Kentucky Highlands Timeline - 1860
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Boyd county was established in 1860 and named after Linn Boyd (1800-1859). He was the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and he elected the Kentucky Lt. Governor. However, he died before completing the entire tem. The county seat is Catlettsburg. |
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Magoffin county was established in 1860 and named after Beriah Magoffin (1815-1885), a lawyer, judge, senator and Kentucky Governor. The county seat is Salyersville. |
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1860 |
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U.S. Senator John J. Crittenden tries unsuccessfully to introduce a set of compromise proposals to stop sectional conflict over the slavery issue. |
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Metcalfe County is established. |
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Webster County is established. |
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Wolfe county was established in 1860 and named after Nathaniel Wolfe (1710-1865) He was a representative of Jefferson County in the Kentucky Legislature. The county seat is Campton. |
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1861 |
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Governor Magoffin refuses Lincoln's request for Kentucky troops to suppress the rebellion in South Carolina and issues a proclamation of state neutrality. |
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1861 |
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Camp Dick Robinson opens in northern Garrard County to recruit soldiers for the Federal army and the Confederate Congress votes to recruit within Kentucky. |
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Governor Magoffin resigns and Speaker of the Senate James F. Robinson becomes governor. |
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The Union army begins drafting black soldiers. |
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1863 |
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Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation frees the slaves in states in rebellion. |
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1863 |
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Thomas Bramlette is elected governor. |
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1863 |
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John Hunt Morgan and 2,460 men cross the Cumberland River near Burkesville and begin the "Great Raid." |
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1863 |
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Union General Ambrose E. Burnside declares martial law in the state just before the August 3 election. |
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1864 |
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John Hunt Morgan leads his last raid to Kentucky in June. He is killed in Greeneville, Tennessee, in September. |
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1865 |
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Stephen Burbridge is removed as military commander of Kentucky. |
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1865 |
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The General Assembly rejects the Thirteenth Amendment freeing slaves throughout the nation, but the Amendment is ratified by the requisite number of states. |
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1865 |
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President Andrew Johnson orders the end of military rule in Kentucky. |
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John Fee establishes Berea Literary Institute as an interracial school for students in kindergarten through college. |
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1867 |
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John Helm is elected Governor. He dies in office and Lieutenant Governor John White assumes the governorship. |
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Bell County was established in 1867 and named after Joshua Fry Bell (1811-1870. He was Danville lawyer, a congressman and a Kentucky legislator. The county seat is Pineville. |
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1867 |
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Robertson County is established. |
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1868 |
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John White Stevenson wins a special election for governor. |
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Elliott county was established in 1869 and named after John Milton Elliott (1820-1879), a U.S. Congressman and a Confederate Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals. |
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1869 |
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Menifee county was established in 1869 and named after Richard Hickman Menifee (1809-1841), a lawyer, Kentucky Legislator and U.S. Congressman. The county seat is Frenchburg. |
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