Kentucky County (aka Kentucke County), later the District of Kentucky, was formed by the Commonwealth of Virginia from the western portion (beyond the Big Sandy River and Cumberland Mountains) of Fincastle County effective 1777. [2]

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, (1798), in U.S. history, measures passed by the legislatures of Virginia and Kentucky as a protest against the Federalist Alien and Sedition Acts.

The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799 in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.

Virginia's General Assembly created the county of Kentucky in 1776. It was later divided into multiple counties as population grew, and in 1792 all were incorporated in the new state of Kentucky. The land called Kentucky had been occupied by humans for 15,000 years.

The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, initially drafted by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, respectively, were issued by the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures in response to the federal Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798.

Oct 27, 2023 · In 1776, Kentucky was made a separate county within Virginia. The last major battle of the Revolutionary War was fought in what would become Kentucky. Known as the Battle of Blue Licks, it resulted in the sound defeat of Revolutionary forces by British and Native American armies (via Kentucky Historical Society).

Creating the current Virginia-Kentucky state boundary involved less conflict and less debate than creating the boundaries that now exist between Virginia and North Carolina, Tennessee, Maryland, and the District of Columbia.

The Kentucky Resolutions, authored by Jefferson, went further than Madison’s Virginia Resolution and asserted that states had the power to nullify unconstitutional federal laws.

The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions played a crucial role in shaping early American political discourse, influencing later debates on civil rights and state versus federal power, especially during crises like the Civil War.

Kentucky County (aka Kentucke County), later the District of Kentucky, was formed by the Commonwealth of Virginia from the western portion (beyond the Big Sandy River and Cumberland Mountains) of Fincastle County effective 1777. [2]