LOUISA, KENTUCKY

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KENTUCKY- LOUISA, KY- 8/07/00

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LOUISA, KENTUCKY

COUNTY NAMED, 1821
For Captain James Lawrence, whose charge, "Don't give up the ship," when mortally wounded in battle between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon off Boston, June 1, 1813, met highest traditions of U S Navy and has inspired all Americans. Buried with honor by British in Halifax: reentered at Trinity Church, New York. Lawrence County was formed from Greenup and Floyd.

LAWRENCE COUNTY COURTHOUSE
and Grounds

LOUISA IN CIVIL WAR
River traffic caused Union forces under General James A Garfield, 20th U S President, to occupy Louisa December 1861. CSA troops attempted capture March 12 and 25 - 26, 1863. Southern partisans raided area November 5, 1864, burning houses and two steamers, and looting stores. Fort Bishop, USA, completed here just as war ended in 1865. Also called Fort Gallup and Fort Hill.

VANCOUVER'S FORT
On the Point 700 feet east of this spot in the Spring of 1798 was established the first settlement in this section known as VANCOUVER'S FORT. Charles Vancouver was granted 15,000 acres on December 17, 1788 by Governor Beverly Randolph of Virginia. He and his men cleared land, built the Fort and planted a crop. A year later they were driven out by the Indians. This tablet erected by the Louisa Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, 1945.

Landscaping given in Memory, in Honor, and through generous contributions by families, friends and businesses in the Louisa area.

BIRTHPLACE OF FRED M VINSON
Chief Justice of United States Supreme Court. Born January 22, 1890. This plaque erected by Louisa Business Men's Association and Friends, 1950.

FREDERICK M VINSON
"A great jurist, a distinguished Secretary of the Treasury, and a noted Congressman." Born in Louisa January 22, 1890. City Attorney. Comm. Attorney, Congressman, 1923 - 1929, 1931 - 1938. D C Court of Appeals, 1938 - 1943. Director Economic Stabilization, Federal Loan Administrator, Director War Mobilization, Secretary of Treasury, 1945. U S Chief Justice 1946 until death, September 8, 1953.

DOWNTOWN LOUISA, KENTUCKY as recorded on 11/07/03

Main Street across from Courthouse

CHURCHES of LOUISA, KENTUCKY

This historic church building is owned by the Young Funeral Home and used as a chapel for services. It was previously owned and used as a church building by the First Baptist Church of Louisa.