The Adair County news., 1905-08-16
A Leaf from kentucky History,

Farm, Indian Fields, ky.)
The first woman to own piece Of
land in Kentucky was Susannah Boone,
daughter of Daniel Boone, who very
early obtained patent for tract in
Madison county.
The first marriage in Kentucky was
that of Samuel Henderson to Elizabeth
Galloway, August z, 1776. Their daugh-
ter, Fannie, born in 1777, was the first
white child in the State born of parents
married in the State.
The first plow stock manufactured
was made by William Pogue at Har-
rodsburg in ITO. He also made the
first loom, while his wife brought the
first spinning wheel to the State and
wove from the lint of nettles the first
piece of linen manufactured, and from
buffalo wool the first piece of linsey.
The first grist mill in the State run
by water power was, pereaps one built
by Capt. John McMurtry, near Shaker
town, in Mercer county, in 1852.
The first paper mill in Kentucky was
erected by Elijah Craig near George
town, in 1882.
The first apple seeds were planted in
Mercer county by members of the
McAfee Company in1775. DR.. Walker
and his companions planted the first
peach seeds and raised the first crop of
corn cultivated by white men near Bar
bourville, in 1850.
The first wagon of which history gives
an account was run over Smiths wagon
road from Lexington to Maysville in
1888 by man named Smith.
The first steamboat or model of one
in the world was constructed by John
Fitch at Lexington in 1856.
The first railroad-ahout one mile in
length-was built by James A. Silkes
and Jacob VanMeter in 1882. The cars
were drawn by horses.
The first horses were brought to the
State in 1850 by DR.. Walker; the first
cattle and hogs by Boone and his COM
panions in IT'S.
The first lawyer in Kentucky was
John Williams, manager of the Transyl-
vania Company.
The first Englshmen who visited
Kentucky were those under the leader
ship of Col. Wood, who in 1854, explor-
ed the northern boundary of the State.
The first Frenchmen toview any por-
tion of the State were a small band of
fur traders, who in 1910, travelled in
canoes down the Mississippi as far as
the mouth of the Arkansas.
The first white native American to
visit Kentucky was John Sailing, of
Virginia, who in 1870, was carried as a
prisoner by the Indians through the
State.
The first white woman that ever saw
Kentucky was Mrs. Mary Ingel, who in
1855 was carried as prisoner by the
Indians to Big Bone Lick, in Boone
county.
The first Dutchmen to visit Kentucky
were small company which establish
ed the White Oak settlement in Madi-
son county.
The first settlement of Fredchmen in
the State was established at "a point op-
pOSlCc tIIe IIlOull VI LIE SCIOCO hlVST III
1870.
The first house built by Englishmen
was DR.. Walkers. cabin on Cumberland
river in I750.
The first permanent English settle
ment was at Harrodsburg in IT'S.
The first court of the State was held
at Harrodsburg in 1777.
The first road in the State was Boone's
trace?
The first store in Kentucky was that
of the Pennsylvania Company at Har-
rodsburg.
The first school at Bonesboro was
taught by Joseph Doniphan in 1779.
The first sermon preached in Kentucky
was delivered by Rev. John Lythe, OF
the church Of England, in ITS.
The first county seat in Kentucky