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1786 · 32355 — Lincoln County Kentucky 1786. Single sheet 8.75" x 10". Completely in manuscript approximately 20 lines signed and sealed on January 19 1786 by Sampson Mathews George Winter Benjamin Logan John Campbell and Christopher Greenup. Paper seal attached with wax near Mathews' signature. Old folds two short fold splits with a few letters affected but not lost minor toning and wear at folds. Good.<br/><br/> Sampson Mathews 1737-1807 served as commissary of Col. Charles Lewis' regiment in the Point Pleasant campaign as Colonel of the Augusta Militia in 1781 where he led the American defense against Benedict Arnold's January 1781 raid of Richmond and fought at the Siege of Yorktown. He served in the first Virginia State Senate 1776-1781 and 1790-1792 and was a founder of what became Washington and Lee University. Waddell: ANNALS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY VIRGINIA 1902 pp.185 220 310. <br/> Benjamin Logan 1743-1802 was an American Revolutionary War officer and brother of John Logan 1747-1807 a Kentucky pioneer and politician. Both Benjamin and John were Justices of the County Court of Lincoln County which was organized in 1781; this was the first court in what would become the State of Kentucky. Benjamin Logan Colonel of the Kentucky County Virginia militia was second in command of all Kentucky militia during the Revolutionary War. He also led in the effort to achieve Kentucky statehood. Kleber: THE KENTUCKY ENCYCLOPEDIA 1992 p.388.<br/> Christopher Greenup 1750-1818 was an officer during the Revolutionary War and <br/>Governor of Kentucky from 1804-1808. He helped settle Lincoln County where he studied law and worked as a surveyor and land speculator. He served on a committee with Benjamin Logan which sought to achieve statehood for Kentucky. Active in three state conventions from 1784-1788 he was also accused in complicity in the Burr conspiracy while serving as Governor. Kleber p.388.<br/> Samuel McDowell 1735-1817 served under General Washington during the French and Indian War; in the American Revolution under the command of Nathanael Greene. He presided over the 1782 convention that framed a constitution for the independent territory of Kentucky presided over the first district court in Kentucky and its first county court. McDowell and presided over nine of the ten conventions that drafted the first Kentucky Constitution. <br/> Caleb Wallace 1742-1814 was born in Virginia and moved to the Kentucky district in 1783. He was a cousin of Samuel McDowell was a pioneer jurist in the Supreme Court for the District of Kentucky was active in the movement for Kentucky Statehood played a role in the struggle for religious freedom in Virginia and was a founder of what became Washington and Lee University. Kleber p.925.<br/> John Campbell is likely Col. John Campbell 1735-1799 the Revolutionary War soldier and namesake of Campbell County Kentucky. He was one of the drafters of the Kentucky Constitution the Speaker Pro-Tem of the Kentucky Senate in 1798 where he signed the Kentucky Resolutions and a founder of Louisville having staked his claim to a military grant of land on that site in 1774. Kleber p.154. unknown books