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Famous residents
James C. C. Black - U.S. Representative from Georgia. Born in Stamping Ground.
J. Campbell Cantrill - politician, U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born in Georgetown in 1870.
Daniel Cook - First Attorney General of Illinois.
Basil Duke - Confederate General, took part in Moargan's Raid. Brother-in-law of John Hunt Morgan.
David French - author, A Season for Justice: Defending the Rights of the Christian Home, Church and School.
William H. Hatch - politician, U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Georgetown in 1833.
Henry P. Haun - politician, U.S. Senator from California. Born near Newton in 1815.
George W. Johnson - politician, 1st Confederate Governor of Kentucky, mortally wounded at the Battle of Shiloh.
John T. Johnson - politician, U.S. Representative from Kentucky, brother of Richard M. Johnson. Born at Great Crossings in 1788.
Richard M. Johnson - politician, Vice-President of the United States 1837-43. Born in Louisville, Ky.
Tom L. Johnson - U.S. Representative from Ohio 1891-95, Mayor of Cleveland 1901-1909. Born in Georgetown in 1854.
James F. Robinson - politician, 22nd Governor of Kentucky. Was the Federal Governor during the Civil War. Cardome in Georgetown was his family home.
John M. Robinson - politician, United States Senator from Illinois. Born in Georgetown in 1794.
Robert Ward Johnson - U.S. Senator and Confederate States Senator from Arkansas. Nephew of Richard M. Johnson.
Gustavus W. Smith - General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, Confederate Secretary of War in 1862.
Junius Ward - 19th century horsman and plantation owner, founder of Ward Hall.
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