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In 1842, a request was made to the then Governor, Robert P. Letcher, to establish a new county in Eastern Kentucky. The Governor appointed Nat. Collins, Hiram Hogg and Benjamin Adams to lay out the new county. The Legislature of Kentucky enacted a law providing for the establishment of the new county and part of the Act reads: “That the surveyors of Knox and Clay counties shall be, and they are hereby appointed commissioner, with such assistance as they may deem necessary to employ, to run and mark the boundaries of said county, who shall be allowed two dollars per day for their services whilst engaged in the same, and the assistants shall be allowed one dollar per day for their services, payable out of the county levy of said county.” Tab After the Commissioners and surveyors had made their report to the Legislature, that body enacted the following law: Tab Tab Chapter 65 Tab “An Act concerning the boundary line of Letcher County. shaybo-therisingtide.blogspot/2014/05/whitesburg-ky-tiny-summit-city-to.html
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