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Green/Taylor County lines - not an easy split Use the CM Comment Form to share memories and information about the County split. By Larry Joe Smith Being a person with a passion about local history, I'm fascinated about how Green and Taylor Counties were split and how accurate the county lines really are. The two counties were split in 1848 and I've always heard that people from the eastern part of old Green (the Spurlington Mannsville) area had a long horse back ride to Greensburg to do business at the courthouse and petitioned to the state to create a courthouse that would be closer. I'd like to hear stories from friends about this subject. Betty Gorin responded, "I have looked in Green and Taylor written records and Louisville, Lexington, and Frankfort papers about anything that mentioned the split between the counties. I have found zero information. Now that these papers are digitized maybe something will be located. "Before the split, if you will read old Green County minutes, it is clear that our court members would come to court when we had business and Green court members would attend meetings when their business was to be brought up. Therefore, we were divided even before the official designation." Sheena Robin Harris wrote "I just wanna know how the line between the two time zones ended up in my house." Larry responded, "It was built on the county line and it could have been for the purpose of voting in one county and paying taxes in the other county."" Laura Hawkins Johnson responded to Larry's question, "I clipped two 1848 articles from a Louisville newspaper that talk about the formation of Taylor County. Many interesting details!" She included clips of the newspaper column with details. This story was posted on 2025-01-19 13:32:03
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