| [[1790s]] | [[1800s]] | [[1810s]] | [[1820s]] | [[1830s]] | [[1840s]] | [[1850s]] | [[1860s]] | [[1870s]] | [[1880s]] | [[1890s]] | [[1900-2000]]| ====== 1808 ====== | * [[1800]] | * [[1801]] | * [[1802]] | * [[1803]] | * [[1804]] | * [[1805]] | * [[1806]] | * [[1807]] | * 1808 | * [[1809]] | Moses Scott is [[Justice of the Peace]]. ===== Events ===== ==== Boone County ==== * The Boone [[County Court]] hears a murder charge against Ziba or Zedick Campfield for the beating death of a [[slavery|slave]] boy named Ned. * Aaron Burr again passes through [[Florence]]. * Tanner's Station is renamed [[Petersburg|Caledonia]]. * An Inspection Station is to be Established in [[Boone County]] for tobacco, hemp and flour on the lands of [[Zarah Tousey]] across the [[Ohio River]] from Lawrenceburg, Indiana. ==== Kentucky ==== * General Charles Scott is elected to succeed Christopher Greenup as Governor. * Jefferson Davis, future president of the Confederacy, is born in rural Kentucky. ==== U.S. & World ==== * In accordance with the timetable allowed by the U.S. Constitution, Congress outlaws the importation of [[slavery|slaves]]. ===== More Information ===== * Boone County Tax Lists, 1808: [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/32746/0|District 1]], [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/32797/0|District 2]].