1831
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1831
Thomas Connelly becomes the County Sheriff.
Events
Boone County
- The Richwood Presbyterian Church is organized.
- Florence Christian Church is organized, and its first building is constructed.
- The state Legislature authorizes the County Court to establish a road from Big Bone Lick through East Bend Bottom to Waggner's Ferry opposite Rising Sun, Indiana.
Kentucky
- Henry Clay is elected to the U.S. Senate.
U.S. & World
- Nat Turner's slave rebellion leads to 55 executions in Virginia and the murder of nearly 200 African-Americans.
- Cyrus McCormick demonstrates an early version of his famous mechanical reaper, which will revolutionize American agriculture.
- Young naturalist Charles Darwin journeys to the Galapagos Islands.
More Information
- Boone County Tax Lists, 1831.
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