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John Cave is [[Sheriff]].

===== Events =====
==== Boone County ====
  * The Burlington Turnpike is established from Porter's Ferry on the [[Ohio River]] opposite Lawrenceburg, to a point on the Covington-Lexington Turnpike towards the direction of Georgetown.
  * An 1836 act of the General Assembly stated: "The trustees of [[Burlington]] shall have the power to cause the side walks or streets of said town to be paved, etc".



==== Kentucky ====
  * The legislature establishes a common [[schools|school]] system, creating districts within each county.
  * The Kentucky Rifles fight for Texan independence at the Battle of San Jacinto.
  * The Kentucky Geological Survey is formed.


==== U.S. & World ====
  * Mexican President Santa Anna sends an army to the Alamo, eventually overwhelming and killing the fort's defenders.
  * Texas settlers declare independence from Mexico. They defeat Mexican troops at the Battle of San Jacinto and pass a constitution legalizing [[slavery]] in the new republic.
  * Southern members of Congress get a majority in the House to pass a gag rule effectively prohibiting all discussion of anti-slavery petitions. The rule remains in effect till the mid-1840s.
  * The transcendentalist movement develops in the U.S. as Ralph Waldo Emerson publishes his essay, //Nature//. 

===== More Information =====
  * Boone County [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/32001/0|Tax Lists]], 1836.