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====== 1844 ======
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Robert Walton is [[Sheriff]].

===== Events =====
==== Boone County ====
  * 

==== Kentucky ====
  * Judge William Owsley is elected Governor, defeating Major William Butler.

==== U.S. & World ====
  * Democrat James K. Polk defeats Whig leader Henry Clay for the U.S. presidency.  Clay's opposition to Texas annexation, and his compromise position on [[slavery]] cost him the election. 

===== More Information =====
  * Boone County Tax Lists, 1844: [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/32229/0|District 1]], [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/32348/0|District 2]]