Rogers Station
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N 37° 48.657 W 085° 32.062
16S E 629012 N 4185851
Location of Kentucky pioneer settlement.
Waymark Code: WMB23E
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 03/25/2011
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"Site of station located on 1,000-acre tract "marked and improved" in 1775 by Col. James Rogers. Born Va., 1742, died Ky., 1828. Fought in Dunmore's War, 1774, and Revolutionary War. Appointed Colonel, Nelson Co., Ky. Militia and the Justice of the Peace by Patrick Henry, Gov. of Va. Signer of "Petitions of Early Inhabitants of Ky." for separation from Va."
Marker Name: Rogers Station
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Other
Marker Number (for official markers): 820
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Kentucky Historical Society
Kentucky Department of Highways
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