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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29E7_isaac-shelby_Stanford-KY.html
The General and Statesman Isaac Shelby's military decisions at the Battle of King's Mountain in 1779 secured a critical victory for America during the Revolutionary War. Before war's end, Shelby had also served in the North Carolina legisl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29DQ_isaac-shelby-cemetery_Stanford-KY.html
Isaac Shelby, soldier, statesman, and surveyor, was Kentucky's first governor. He served from 1792 to 1796 and was re-elected in 1812. Shelby came to Kentucky in 1774 when he was hired by the Transylvania Company to survey the new Kentucky terr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29DB_travelers-rest_Stanford-KY.html
Isaac Shelby, 1st & 5th governor, came to Ky. as a surveyor in 1775. He claimed 1400 acres in 1776 by raising a crop of corn. In 1779 he received 1st land settlement & premption deed granted by Va. Land Commission. His home, Traveler's Rest, compl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29D7_boneyville_Stanford-KY.html
One of several "free towns" in Lincoln Co. Created in 1867 from Hugh Hays' estate and named for founder, Napoleon Bonaparte Hays (1838-1907). "Boney" earned freedom in 1864 enlisting at Camp Nelson as Pvt., Co. C., 12th Regt. U…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29CX_mccormack-christian-church_Stanford-KY.html
Daniel McCormack donated land for church, graveyard and school, 1819, to replace log church built by Baptists, circa 1785. Structure was used by several denominations. In 1830 most of original members became affiliated with the Disciples of Christ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25LG_benjamin-logan_Stanford-KY.html
Established Logan's Fort 1775 Pioneer, Patriot, Soldier, Statesman 1925
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-6b511_the-cedars_Stanford-KY.html
Side 1This home was built in 1853 by Dr. Thomas Montgomery, son of James Montgomery, a judge and congressman. His wife, the former Evaline Whitley, was the niece of Gen. Benjamin Logan, founder of Stanford, and granddaughter of Col. William Whitle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-cbf72_stanford-female-college_Stanford-KY.html
Side 1The Stanford Female Seminary was incorporated by the Ky. Legislature on Feb. 26, 1869, but the name was changed to the Stanford Female College in 1871. The original brick structure (west side of building) was completed & the college opened i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-0b341_lt-richard-caswell-saufley-birthplace-of-naval-aviation-pioneer_Stanford-KY.html
Lt. Richard Caswell SaufleyThis aviation pioneer was awarded two Aviation Medals of Merit by the Aero Club of America: one for efficient air service in an expedition, 1914, and another for breaking the world's altitude record twice in succession, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-03708_lincoln-county_Stanford-KY.html
Benjamin Logan built Logan's Fort at St. Asaphs, mile to west, 1776. Kentucky County, Virginia, formed 1776. First land court, St. Asaphs 1779. Kentucky made into Lincoln, Jefferson, Fayette counties, 1780. In 1785 part of Lincoln taken for Madiso…
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