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1819
Jeremiah Kirtley is
Sheriff
.
James Preston and Benjamin Fowler are
Justices of the Peace
.
Events
Boone County
The county's second oldest town, Caledonia, is incorporated and renamed
Petersburg
.
Abner Gaines
puts through a
stagecoach
line from Cincinnati to Lexington.
The
Bank of Burlington
is established with $100,000 capitol stock.
Kentucky
The
Carneal family
builds Elmwood Hall, the first permanent residence at Ludlow in Kenton County.
The seven million acre Jackson Purchase is negotiated with the Chickasaw by Isaac Shelby and Andrew Jackson.
General
George Rogers Clark
dies.
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The U.S. and Canada agree that the 49th Parallel will serve as their common border.
Congress resolves that the American flag will have 13 red and white stripes and a blue field with a white star for each state.
Illinois becomes the 21st state.
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, 1818.