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====== 1824 ======
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Whitfield Early is [[Sheriff]].

===== Events =====
==== Boone County ====
  * The town of [[Burlington]] is first incorporated.
  * The //General Pike//, a high-pressure [[steamboats|steamboat]] of 150 tons, is built at [[Big Bone]].
  * The General Assembly approved an Act to legalize the proceedings of the Trustees of the town of [[Burlington]]. (28 December 28, 1824; Collins, "History of Kentucky", Vol. 2, page 51, states: "Burlington, the county seat of [[Boone county]] was incorporated in 1824."

==== Kentucky ====
  * The Court of Appeals abolishes the Old Court and establishes a new court. The Old Court refuses to be abolished beginning a state court crisis.

==== U.S. & World ====
  * Congress passes the Tariff Act of 1824, promoted by Henry Clay to support American industry.
  * The Marquise de Lafayette, America's French ally during the Revolutionary War, comes for a year-long tour of the nation.
  * Robert Owen becomes a prominent British reformer, preaching in favor of the abolition of [[slavery]], the liberation of [[Women of Boone County|women]], and the end of exploitation. He starts the New Harmony commune in Indiana, the first of many doomed Owenite communities in the United States.

===== More Information =====
  * Boone County [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/32123/0|Tax Lists]], 1824.