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====== 1861 ======
|  * [[1860]]  |    * 1861  |    * [[1862]]  |    * [[1863]]  |    * [[1864]]  |  * [[1865]]  |    * [[1866]]  |    * [[1867]]  |    * [[1868]]  |    * [[1869]]  |


===== Events =====
==== Boone County ====
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==== Kentucky ====
  * [[the_underground_railroad_in_boone_county|Underground Railroad]] conductor, [[Elijah Anderson]], dies under suspicious circumstances in a Kentucky penitentiary on the day he is due to be released.
  * Kentucky declares its neutrality in the [[Civil War]].

==== U.S. & World ====
  * With the secession of ten more states, the Confederate States of America is formed.
  * April 11 - The [[Civil War]] begins at Fort Sumter.



===== More Information =====
  * [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/history/search/results?qu=1861+tax+lists&qf=PERIOD_DATE%09Date%091861%091861&lm=LHDC|Boone County Tax Lists, 1861]]