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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EST_benedict-joseph-flaget_Bardstown-KY.html
A priest for 62 years, the "First Bishop of the West" became Bishop of Bardstown, 1810; of Louisville, 1841. Jurisdiction embraced area of Ky., Tenn., and old Northwest Territory. Flaget directed founding of colleges, congregations, and St. Joseph…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ESF_coxs-station_Bardstown-KY.html
The first settlement in Nelson County, KY. Three miles east of this spot stood Cox's Station, established in 1775 by Colonel Isaac Cox, a Colonial and Revolutionary War officer who came from Virginia to Kentucky and who was killed by the Indians i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ESB_bardstown_Bardstown-KY.html
Side A Bardstown area was explored in mid-1770s. William Bard came here in 1780 as agent for his brother David, and John C. Owings and laid off the town. Settlement was first called Salem. A land grant of 1000 acres was issued by the Virginia Gene…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DFE_civil-war-in-bardstown_Bardstown-KY.html
(obverse)On October 4, 1862, Terry's Texas Rangers, CSA, under the command of Col. John Wharton, were posted north of Bardstown at Fairgrounds crossroads on the Louisville Pike, to intercept units of Buell's Union Army of the Ohio, moving south. B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DFD_an-early-turnpike-mile-stones-ca-1835_Bardstown-KY.html
An Early Turnpike
The Bardstown Louisville Turnpike Company, chartered by the Kentucky Legislature in 1831, was capitalized at $130,000, increased to $200,000. Shares owned half by individuals, half by state. Turnpike completed July 1, 1838, at…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DFC_nazareth-college_Bardstown-KY.html
Mother House of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth since 1822. The first establishment was made in 1812 at St. Thomas Plantation five miles southwest of Bardstown. The site of Nazareth Academy, now Nazareth College of Kentucky, founded 1814, chart…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DFB_fromans-road-and-station-mcgees-stone-castle_Bardstown-KY.html
Froman's Road and Station
One mile to the northwest, Paul Froman, grandson of pioneer Joist Hite, cut his wagon road in 1781 from the Salt River stations near Bullitt's Lick to his new station (1782) on the east side of Froman's Creek. First im…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKQ1_rogers-station-1780_Bardstown-KY.html
Site of station located on 1,000-acre tract "marked and improved" in 1775 by Col. James Rogers. Born Va., 1742; died Ky., 1828. Fought in Dunmore's War, 1774, and Revolutionary War. Appointed Colonel of Nelson Co., Ky. Militia and a Justice of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKP3_the-first-cedar-creek-baptist-church_Bardstown-KY.html
Organized July 4, 1781, as Cedar Creek Baptist Society. Constituted by Joseph Barnett, first pastor. Assisted by John Gerrard and John Whitaker. Early members and trustees included Col. James Rogers, Atkinson Hill, Evan Williams, Anthony Foster an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKP1_cedar-creek-baptist_Bardstown-KY.html
(Side A) One mile south, site of The First Cedar Creek Baptist Church, second Baptist church consituted in Ky., July 5, 1781, fifth anniversary of Declaration of Independence. Pioneer settlers of nearby Rogers Station, 1780, Col. James Rogers, fir…