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The life of the county can be well charted through the cases heard by the County Court. This transcript covers all the items addressed by the County Court of Boone County, Kentucky in 1830. Orphans... |
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Thomas Ingles was the son of another Thomas Ingles, who (along with his mother, Mary Draper Ingles, and older brother) was captured by Shawnee as a child. Thomas, the father, lived with the Shawnee... |
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These extracts taken from the New York Mercury are early sources for the story of Mary Ingles and her travelling companion, the German woman whose name is unknown. |
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John Uri Lloyd was a pharmacist, scientist, manufacturer and novelist. His most
important contributions were in the field of pharmacy and pharmacognosy. He was in
large part responsible for the... |
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Mary Draper was 18 when she married 21-year-old William Ingles in 1750. They lived near their parents in Draper's Meadows, a settlement of 10 people, in Augusta County, Va. On July 30, 1755, the... |
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In July 1755 Mary Draper Ingles was captured during a Shawnee raid on Draper's Meadows in Augusta County, Virginia. Mary was eventually taken to Big Bone Lick in present-day Boone County, Kentucky.... |
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This short biography of the famous scientist, pharmacist and novelist, John Uri Lloyd, was presented before the Boone County Historical Society on May 18, 2000. |
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