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SCOTT COUNTY
Kentucky

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County History
Its county seat is Georgetown.
Founded 1792.
Scott County was explored as early as 1774. One of the early settlers was John McClelland of Pennsylvania. The area became subject to hostile Indian attacks, and was abandoned by 1777.
In 1783, Robert Johnson established the first permanent settlement at Johnson's Station. In 1786, Maryland Catholics established the second parish in Kentucky at St. Francis, Kentucky.
Scott County was formed in 1792. It was one of the first counties created after Statehood. It was named for Revolutionary War hero, Gen. Charles Scott, who led the Kentucky Militia at the disastrous Battle of the Wabash in 1791. Gen. Scott went on to the 1794 victory at Fallen Timbers, and served as Governor from 1808 - 1812.
On November 18, 1861, Scott County native George W. Johnson was elected provisional Confederate governor of Kentucky. In the American Civil War, Scott County furnished the Union army with 118 soldiers and the Confederacy with approximately 1,000.

RECORDS OF INTEREST

Biographies Births Marriages Deaths

Cemetaries Obits Surnames Wills

Website Updates:
23 Feb. 2008: Bio of John M. Palmer

Cities and towns

Corinth
Georgetown
Sadieville
Stamping Ground

SURROUNDING COUNTIES

Grant / Harrison / Bourbon / Fayette / Woodford / Franklin / Owen

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.

Research Aids

Kentucky Historical Society
100 W. Broadway
Frankfort, KY 40601
502.564.1792

Office of Vital Statistics
Department for Health Services
275 East Main Street
Frankfort, KY 40621

County Courthouse

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