Historical Marker

County Named, 1819


For Col. Abraham Owen. Born Va., 1769. Came to Ky., 1785. In Indian campaigns of 1790 and '91. Member of the Ky. Legislature, Senate and Constitutional Conv. of 1799. First Kentuckian to join command of Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison in Indian campaign, upper Wabash Valley. Nov. 7, 1811, Owen killed in the battle of Tippecanoe. Owen County out of Scott, Franklin, Gallatin.

Constitutional Convention William Henry Harrison Battle of Tippecanoe War of 1812
The famous Hatfield-McCoy feud, a long-running and violent conflict between two Appalachian families, began in Kentucky in the late 19th century.
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