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This database includes the complete text
of the Acts of the Virginia General Assembly and the Acts of
the Kentucky General Assembly creating all 120 Kentucky
counties. Also included are Fincastle, Kentucky, Beckham, Henrietta and Zollicoffer
counties. Original spelling and punctuation formats have been
used for the text on this database. Information contained in
the "Note" field was obtained from Rone's "Kentucky & Her
Counties" and the "Kentucky Encyclopedia".
Provisions of Acts establishing many
Kentucky counties have been amended by supplementary
legislation. Acts regarding boundary changes will be added to
this database as they are identified. Although the Secretary of State's office receives, files and certifies maps of state
and city boundaries, maps of new counties and boundary changes
are not filed with this office.
Disclaimer:
The text of the Virginia & Kentucky Acts creating Kentucky
Counties was keyed for the Internet by the staff of the
Kentucky Secretary of State's Office. Where the published
Kentucky Acts were incomplete, staff relied on the microfilm
of enrolled bills filed with governors' journals. Although
efforts were made to ensure the accuracy of the Acts,
researchers should consult the published versions of the
Virginia and Kentucky Acts for official use. The official
"Acts of the Virginia General Assembly" and the official "Acts
of the Kentucky General Assembly" may be researched at the
Kentucky History Center Library, the Department for Libraries
& Archives, and the Supreme Court Law Library, all in
Frankfort, Kentucky. Enrolled Bills and Governor's Journals
(1792-1927) are available on microfilm at the Department for
Libraries & Archives.
If you need additional information, please contact Kandie
Adkinson.
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