1820
Table of Contents
1820
Joseph Graves is Sheriff.
Cave Johnson and Moses Scott are Justices of the Peace.
Events
Boone County
- A small corner of Gallatin County is added to Boone County.
Kentucky
- A Frenchman, De Tocqueville, travels through Kentucky, recording his experiences in his journal.
U.S. & World
- Daniel Boone dies in Missouri.
- The negotiation of the Missouri Compromise allows slave-holding Missouri to apply for statehood.
- Congress passes the Public Land Act, lowering the price of western lands to $1.25 an acre. Though real estate speculators gain the most from the Act, it is intended to promote settlement of the West.
- President James Monroe wins re-election, defeating John Quincy Adams.
More Information
- 1820 U.S. Federal Census for Boone County
- 1820 U.S. Federal Census Index for Boone County
- Boone County Tax Lists, 1820.
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