Grant County Historical Society
About UsWho are we?
The Grant County Historical Society is a local Non-Profit Organization that is dedicated to preserving and sharing the History of Grant County. We work to make historical connections, preserve historical items, and engage with the local community about the history that came before. We believe that an understanding of Grant County History will aid in the continued success of our communities.
Location: Grant County Court House
101 N Main St., Williamstown, Ky 41097.
Email: historyofgrantcounty@gmail.com
President: Colton Simpson
Email Colton Simpson at jcoltonsimpson@gmail.com.
Vice President: Amanda Hackett
“Be it remembered, that agreeably to an act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, passed on the twelfth day of February, 1820 entitled, ‘An act for the division of Pendleton County,’ Jediah Ashcraft, William Layton, Samuel Simpson, Nathaniel Henderson, John Sipple, William Woodyard, and Benjamin McFarland, Gentlemen Justices, named in the Commission of the Peace, met at the house of Henry Childers on the Dry Ridge Road in the County of Grant.”
-From the Minutes of the County’s first Court Meeting.