An Inspection Station is to be Established in Boone County for tobacco, hemp and flour on the lands of Zarah Tousey across the Ohio River from Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
Kentucky
General Charles Scott is elected to succeed Christopher Greenup as Governor.
Jefferson Davis, future president of the Confederacy, is born in rural Kentucky.
U.S. & World
In accordance with the timetable allowed by the U.S. Constitution, Congress outlaws the importation of slaves.