Spencer County, KY

Headnote
SPENCER COUNTY, situated toward the north part of Kentucky. Area, 260 square miles. Seat of justice, Taylorsville. Pop. in 1830, 6,812; in 1840, 6,581; in 1850, 6,842. (Fanning's, 1853)
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Kentucky

Spencer County, Kentucky (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
SPENCER COUNTY, situated toward the north part of Kentucky. Area, 260 square miles. Seat of justice, Taylorsville. Pop. in 1830, 6,812; in 1840, 6,581; in 1850, 6,842.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 341.
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In Kentucky, notorious Confederate guerrilla leader William Quantrill is wounded and captured Battles/Soldiers
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