. Historical sketches of Kentucky : embracing its history, antiquities, and natural curiosities, geographical, statistical, and geological descriptions. ess, in the Wabash expe-dition, and fought side by side with that gallant officer in the battle of Tippeca-noe. For his bravery on this occasion, combined with his intelligence and mili-tary qualifications, he was promoted to the rank of captain in the regular 1813, at the battle of the river Raisin, where so many of the gallant 3oungmen of Kentucky found a bloody grave, the company of Captain Meade com-posed a part of the regular f
. Historical sketches of Kentucky : embracing its history, antiquities, and natural curiosities, geographical, statistical, and geological descriptions. ess, in the Wabash expe-dition, and fought side by side with that gallant officer in the battle of Tippeca-noe. For his bravery on this occasion, combined with his intelligence and mili-tary qualifications, he was promoted to the rank of captain in the regular 1813, at the battle of the river Raisin, where so many of the gallant 3oungmen of Kentucky found a bloody grave, the company of Captain Meade com-posed a part of the regular force. He occupied a very exposed position, and fellat the head of his company, while gallantly leading them on, early in the action. * These settlements comprised several stations and many highly resjuctahle families—amongthem, the Hynes, the Helms, the Rawlings, the Millers, the Ventrees, the Vanmatres, the Harts, theFairleiglis, the Larues, the llodgens, &c., &.C., and extended into what is now Larue county. tThis individual was no doubt Big Joe Logston. See an account of his rencounter with twoIndians under the head of Greene MERCER COUNTY. 449 MERCER COUNTY. Mercer county is one of the nine counties formed by Virginiain 1786, and received its name in honor of General Hugh is situated near the centre of the State, on the waters of theKentucky river—bounded on the north by Anderson, on the eastby Woodford, Jessamine and Garrard, on the south by Boyle, andon the west by Washington. The surface is undulating, and theland generally of a good quality—some portions very rich, andthe whole finely watered. Mercer is a heavy grain growing andstock raising county, and before Boyle county was stricken fromit, produced a much larger quantity of corn than any other countyin the State. In 1840, Mercer gathered 3,397,406 bushels of corn,while Harrison, the next highest on the list, gathered 1,716,484bushels. This county, being settled at the very earliest periodof
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