Courthouse Burned - Morehead KY
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Don.Morfe
N 38° 11.064 W 083° 25.998
17S E 286883 N 4229073
The marker is on the grounds of the old Rowan County Courthouse, on East
Main Street, Morehead KY 40351. It was erected 1n 1966 by the Kentucky Historical Society-Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 972.)
Waymark Code: WM18G8P
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 07/29/2023
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Courthouse Burned
Twenty-two Kentucky courthouses were burned during the Civil War, nineteen in last fifteen months; twelve by Confederates eight by guerrillas, two by Union accident. Courthouse at Morehead burned by guerrillas March 21, 1864, the eastern most damaged incident to war. Building was again burned in 1880. County records before 1880 all destroyed by fires.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1966
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Kentucky Historical Society-Kentucky Department of Highways
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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