Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
July 7, 1885 Knott County came into actual being. People came from miles around and gathered around the troublesome creek to celebrate their new county.
The Kentucky by Thomas D. Clark pg: 372
July 7, 1893, Carlisle County lynched Seay J. Miller, a black male, for rape and murder.
July 7, 1951, Army PVT Carroll N Ramsey from Louisville died in the Korean War.
July 7, 1965, Army PFC Johnie E. Rice Jr. from Freeburn in Pike County died in the Vietnam War.
July 7, 1967, Army PFC Bobby L. Foreman from Lexington died in the Vietnam War.
July 7, 1968, Army SGT Lavaughn Elliott from Russellville in Logan County died in the Vietnam War.
July 7, 1970, Army SGT Gerald L. Risinger from Jeffersontown died in the Vietnam War.