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History of Henderson County KentuckySelect a City, Town, Village or Township: Our database does not include an historic photo for Henderson County Kentucky, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:The Biography of Lazarus Whitehead Powell Lazarus Whitehead Powell, senator, was born in Henderson county, Ky., Oct. 6, 1812. He was graduated from St. Joseph's college, Bardstown, Ky., in 1833; studied law at Transylvania university, 1833-35, and began to practise in Henderson county in 1835. He was a Democratic representative in the state legislature in 1836; a candiidate for presidential elector on the Polk and Dallas ticket in 1844, and was defeated for governor of Kentucky by John J. Crittenden in 1848. He was governor of Kentucky, 1851-55; a peace commissioner to Utah in 1857, and U.S. senator from Kentucky, 1859-65. His colleague, Garret Davis, introduced a resolution in the senate for his expulsion in 1862 on the ground of disloyalty, which was defeated, and thereupon Senator Davis retracted the charge. He was a delegate to the Union convention at Philadelphia in 1866. He died in Henderson county, Ky., July 3, 1867. Local History and Genealogy Links: |
Kentucky Facts: Henderson County Facts: Seat: HendersonEstablished: 1798 Formed from: Christian
Additional Local History Notes: The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: HENDERSON, a county in the W. N. W. part of Kentucky, bordering on Indiana, has an area estimated at 600 square miles. The Ohio river bounds it on the N., and it is also drained by the Green river. The surface is uneven. The soil is generally productive; The staples are Indian corn, oats, and tobacco. In 1850 this county produced 926,865 bushels of corn; 71,618 of oats; 4,292,960 pounds of tobacco. It contained 15 churches, 2 newspaper offices, 511 pupils attending public schools, and 125 attending academies or other schools. Stone coal is abundant. A railroad is projected from Henderson to Nashville. Organized in 1798. Capital, Henderson. Population, 12,171, of whom 7774 were free, and 4397, slaves. |