Law and legislation--Kentucky; Constitutions--Kentucky
Kentucky's third constitution, ratified by voters in 1850 is important historically as the first state charter for which complete record of the convention that drafted it was published, making it possible to research the intentions of the framers....
Law and legislation--Kentucky; Constitutions--Kentucky
Kentucky's third constitution, ratified by voters in 1850 is important historically as the first state charter for which complete record of the convention that drafted it was published, making it possible to research the intentions of the framers. ...
Law and legislation--Kentucky; Law and legislation--Virginia; Constitutions--Kentucky; Constitutions--Virginia
Littell's Statute Law of Kentucky, published from 1809-1819, has the first critically edited compilation of Kentucky statutes. It has long been recognized by lawyers as one of the founding documents of state law and by historians of early Kentucky...
Law and legislation--Kentucky; Law and legislation--Virginia; Constitutions--Kentucky; Constitutions--Virginia
Littell's Statute Law of Kentucky, published from 1809-1819, has the first critically edited compilation of Kentucky statutes. It has long been recognized by lawyers as one of the founding documents of state law and by historians of early Kentucky...
Law and legislation--Kentucky; Law and legislation--Virginia
Littell's Statute Law of Kentucky, published from 1809-1819, has the first critically edited compilation of Kentucky statutes. It has long been recognized by lawyers as one of the founding documents of state law and by historians of early Kentucky...
Law and legislation--Kentucky; Law and legislation--Virginia
Littell's Statute Law of Kentucky, published from 1809-1819, has the first critically edited compilation of Kentucky statutes. It has long been recognized by lawyers as one of the founding documents of state law and by historians of early Kentucky...
Law and legislation--Kentucky; Wills--Kentucky; Justice of the peace--Kentucky; Sheriffs--Kentucky
Littell's Statute Law of Kentucky, published from 1809-1819, has the first critically edited compilation of Kentucky statutes. It has long been recognized by lawyers as one of the founding documents of state law and by historians of early Kentucky...
Law and legislation--Kentucky; Law and legislation--Virginia
Littell's Statute Law of Kentucky, published from 1809-1819, has the first critically edited compilation of Kentucky statutes. It has long been recognized by lawyers as one of the founding documents of state law and by historians of early Kentucky...
Adolphus E. Richards was born in Virginia in 1844. His education was interrupted by the Civil War, he served in the Confederate Army, where he rose to the rank of major before his twenty-first birthday. At the war's end, he returned to school,...
Andrew McDonnell January Cochran was born in Maysville, Kentucky, in 1854. He attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, where he graduated in 1873. He then pursued his law studies at Harvard University, where he graduated LL.B. in 1877. He was...
Andrew T. Wood was born in Fleming County, Kentucky, in 1834. He received a good common-school education and in 1862, he enlisted in the Federal army, Company C, Tenth Kentucky Cavalry. He was mustered out in 1863 and moved to Mount Sterling,...
Archibald Dixon was born in Caswell County, North Carolina, in 1802. He moved with his parents to Henderson, Kentucky, in 1805. Educated in the local schools, he read law and was admitted to the bar in 1824. He established a practice in Henderson....
Belvard J. Peters was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, November 3, 1805. He attended Buck Pond Academy, in Woodford County, then Transylvania University, where he graduated in 1825. He read law under Chief Justice John Boyle, received a license...
Bennett H. Young was born in Nicholasville, Kentucky, in 1843. He joined the Confederate army in 1861, served with John Hunt Morgan raiders. Captured in a 1863 raid in Ohio, he escaped to Canada where he organized a daring series of bank robberies...
Born in 1819 in Shelby County, Kentucky, Bland Ballard attended Hanover College and the Law Department of Transylvania University where he received an L.L.B in 1846. He read law under James T. Morehead. In 1846, he married Sarah McDowell, daughter...
Charles J. Bronston was born in 1848 in Richmond, Kentucky. He was a successful lawyer and powerful politician. He served as Fayette County Commonwealth Attorney and represented Lexington in the Kentucky Senate. He was a delegate from Fayette...
Charles Morehead Thomas was born in 1847 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He attended the common schools of Warren County, Kentucky, but was caught up in the turmoil of the Civil War, joining the Confederate Army as a youth. After the war he returned to...
Charles B. Rudd was born in 1873 in Owensboro. He graduated at the Owensboro high school in the class of 1889. He attended the University of Notre Dame, then returned home and took up the study of law under Chapeze Wathen. He was admitted to the...
Charles Griffith Richie was born in Louisville in 1868. He attended Male High School, graduating in 1887. He was admitted to the law department of the University of Louisville, where he graduated with honors in 1889. In 1894, he was the Republican...
Charles William Buck was born in Vicksburg, Miss., in 1849. He later moved to his large family estate in Woodford County, Kentucky, and was admitted to the bar. He practiced law, farmed and was a member of the Woodford County magisterial court. He...
