Grant County Historical Society
The History of Grant CountyDocuments, Histories, Articles, and Essays
Below we will continue to post various histories and documents, new and old, that have been written and shared to aid in the understanding of Grant County History.
Grant County General History
“A Concise History of Grant County,” Written by J. Colton Simpson
First Minutes of the Grant County Fiscal Court
“A History of the Public Square,” Written by J. Colton Simpson
“Accommodations for Travelers,” Written by John B. Conrad
Education
Trustees of the Grant Seminary Minutes
Dry Ridge Graded School Dedication Program
Town Histories
“A History of Crittenden,” Written By Lloyd W. Franks
“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.