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====== 1846 ======
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John P. Graves is [[Sheriff]].

===== Events =====
==== Boone County ====
  * [[Lewis Webb]], Leonard Stephens and [[boone county|county]] surveyors are appointed to mark the line between Boone and Kenton counties.
  * The name of the [[towns|town]] of Landing is changed to [[Hamilton]], in honor of [[Joel Hamilton]].
  * A [[roads|road]] is put through from Carlton's Ferry on the [[Ohio River]] to [[Union]], and then to the Covington-Lexington Turnpike.

==== Kentucky ====
  * Radical temperance advocate Carrie Nation is born in Garrard County, Kentucky.

==== U.S. & World ====
  * Failing in his attempt to purchase the New Mexico territory from Mexico, President James Polk orders Zachary Taylor to advance to the Rio Grande. Congress declares War on Mexico.
  * The U.S. and Britain sign the Oregon Treaty, demarcating the northwest border and ending calls for war with Britain. 
  * Brigham Young leads his Mormon followers west, outside what was then the U.S. border.

===== More Information =====
  * Boone County Tax Lists, 1846: [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/32087/0|District 1]], [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/32350/0|District 2]].