Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-02-08
CHRISTIAN COUNTY.

From the Notes on our County History.l
1t seems almost incredible to us
now that little more than hundred
years ago, Kentucky, with her 376S0
luare miles, and her III counties,
formed but part Of an individual
county; yet, such is fact Of history.
In ITO, when the original thirteen
colonies rcvoltcd, and cast off the yoke
of the mother country, tie territory
now embraced in the State of Ken
lucky, constituted part Of Fincastle
county, Virginia, which was divided
into three counties, Of which Ken
lucky formed one cGuniy Of the Old
Dominion. lnl73l Kentucky county
was divided by an act Of the Genei al
Assembly of Virginia into three coun-
ties, viz: Jefferson, Fayctte and Lin
coin. Jefferson embraced chat part
III the south side of X kentucky river
which lies west and north CT line
beginning at the mouth Of Bcnson's
big creek, and running up the same
and lis main fork TO the head ; thence
south 10 The nearest waters of Ham
monds creek and down the same to
its junction with the Town fork of
Salt river; thence south to Green
river, and down the same to its june
ton with the DINO" FNyctte en-
Oraccd that part which lies north Of
the line beginning at the mouth OF
Kentucky river, and up the same to
its middle fork TO The head; and
thence southeast to tlie Washington
line (Thc present State Of Tenncs-
see was tlGn known us the "DistriCt
If Washington" and was represented
by deputies chosen by the coloniaI
Assembly Of North Carolina. "Lin-
coin embraced the residue Of the
original county Of Kentucky"
by an act of the General Assembly
Of Virginia, passed in October 1854,
Jefferson county was divided, and
that portion south of Salt river was
formed into an independent county,
and called Nelson. an act passed
May |, 1875 divided Fayette, calling
tile northern part Bourbon, and an
other act passed August |, Of the
same year sub-dividcd Lincoln, Great
ing Mercer and Madison counties.
May /, liSS Mason county was formed
ont ola part Of Bourbon, and Wood
ford out Of part of l'ayctte-thcreby
making four counties out Of the orig
inal Fayettr, two out ofJellcrson and
three cut Of Lincoln. These nine
counties comprised the Common.
wealth Of Kentucky at the time of its
admission into the onion as State,
June |, 1892.
Washington was the first-born of
the new State, and was formed out Of
a part of Nelson the same year (l7J2)
the State was omitted. Also during
the same year Scott was formed from
Il part of WooGiord; Shelby from a
part Of Jefferson; Logan from part
Of lincoln; Clark from portions of
/ Lincoln and Nelson. Harrison was
formed in 1893 from portions of Bour-
bon and Scott; Franklin in 1874 from
portions Of Woodford, Mercer and
Shelby, and Campbell from portions
of Harrison, Scott and Mason. Butler
was formed in l796 from portions of
Jefferson and Nelson, and the same
year Christian was formed from 4
part of Logan land, was therefore, the
Dist county organized in the State.
Christian traces her origin, ances-
trally speaking, back to Lincoln, one
of the three original counties, being
a daughter Of Logan, and a grand
daughter of Lincoln, etc, etc. See
chapter on organization of Christian
county.