History of Henderson County, KY By Edmund Lyne Starling 876 pages, indexed, searchable *********************************************************** EBook CD Requires Adobe Reader 5.0 or higher to View *********************************************************** $11.99 + $1.99 shipping and handling http://cgi.ebay.com/Henderson-County-KY-History-Kentucky-Genealogy-/200362966025?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ea6903c09 Henderson County, Kentucky was formed in 1799, and named for Colonel Richard Henderson who originally purchased 17,000,000 acres of land from the Cherokee Indians, only to have the purchase voided by the Virginia legislature. Then, in 1778, the Richard Henderson Company was granted 200,000 acres in recognition of the $50,000 paid by the company to the Indians in the Treaty of Watauga. Land in that grant is included in the present boundary of Henderson County. BOOK CONTENTS Chapter I. Early Explorers and Settlers Chapter II. Aboriginal Chapter III. Second colony Chapter IV. Pioneer trials Chapter V. Establishment and organization of Henderson County Chapter VI. The first county court Chapter VII. Getting ready for work Chapter VIII. I have stated in the first chapter Chapter IX. County clerk's offices Chapter X. County Court proceedings 1779 Chapter XI. First criminal court Chapter XII. Tobacco as a currency Chapter XIII. Establishment of ferries Chapter XIV. Mistake in the census Chapter XV. The second steamboat Chapter XVI. County divided into precincts Chapter XVII. Milk sickness Chapter XVIII. Slaves emancipated Chapter XIX. New Constitution Chapter XX. The war clouds Chapter XXI. Navigation of the Ohio placed under military control Chapter XXII. Colonel Glenn and his colored troops Chapter XXIII. Population Henderson Precincts Educational Religious Secret societies Henderson enterprises Sketches and recollections Biographical