GREENUP COUNTY, situated at the northeasterly corner of Kentucky, with Ohio river on the north and northeast, and Sandy river on the southeast. Area, 768 square miles. Face of the country, hilly and broken; soil inferior. Seat of justice, Greenupsburgh. Pop. in 1820, 4,311; in 1830, 5,853; in 1840, 6,279; in 1850, 9,654.

GREEN COUNTY, situated in the central part of Kentucky, and traversed by Greene river. Area, 460 square miles. Face of the country undulating and level; soil fertile. Seat of justice, Greensburgh. Pop. in 1810, 6,735; in 1820, 11,943; in 1830, 13,138; in 1840, 14,212; in 1850, 9,060.

GRAYSON COUNTY, situated toward the westerly part of Kentucky. Area, 800 square miles. Face of the country broken; soil of middling quality. Seat of justice, Litchfield. Pop. in 1810, 2,301; in 1820, 4,055; in 1830. 2,504; in 1840. 4,461; in 1850. 6,837.

Graves County, Ky., c. h. at Mayfield. Bounded N. by McCraken co., E. by Marshall and Calloway counties. S. by Tennessee, and W. by Hickman and Ballard counties. Surface level, and drained by Mayfield Creek; soil productive.

GRANT COUNTY, situated in the northerly part of Kentucky. Area, 184 square miles. Face of the country hilly; soil of middling quality. Seat of justice, Williamstown. Pop. in 1820, 1,805; in 1830, 2,987; in 1840, 4,192; in 1850, 6,531.

GARRARD COUNTY, situated toward the central part of Kentucky, with Kentucky river on the north. Area, 240 square miles. Soil fertile. Seat of justice, Lancaster. Pop. in 1810, 9,186; in 1820, 10,851; in 1830, 11,870; in 1840, 10,480; in 1850, 10,237.

Mitchel's career lasted barely two decades. His scientific contributions may seem relatively slight, but one must consider the difficulties he overcame. First, in order to validate his credentials as an astronomer he had to transform his observatory into a research institution, which eventually cost him community support despite the innovation and resiliency of the CAS. Second, the same qualities that made him a brilliant lecturer--his quick mind and powerful ego--led to conflicts with his peers that were difficult to reconcile, given the fluidity of antebellum scientific organizations.

In 1841 he was elected to Congress. Throughout his tenure as a congressman, Howard was an outspoken opponent of slavery. After completing his term, he returned to private practice in Michigan. In 1850, when arguing a fugitive slave case before the U.S. circuit court, he publicly denounced the Fugitive Slave Law and predicted that the country would eventually come to armed conflict over the issue of slavery.

HOWARD, Jacob Merritt, a Representative and a Senator from Michigan; born in Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vt., July 10, 1805; attended the district schools and the academies of Bennington and Brattleboro; graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1830; studied law; moved to Detroit, Mich., in 1832; admitted to the bar in 1833 and commenced practice in Detroit; city attorney of Detroit in 1834; member, State house of representatives 1838; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843); was not a candidate for renomination in 1842