Madisonville, KY, United States
County Named, 1806. For Samuel Hopkins, 1753-1819. On Washington's staff and in many campaigns, War of the Revolution. Came to Ky., 1797, as Transylvania Company agent. In 1799, organized and named judge of first court held in original Henderson County, which included this area. In Ky. House, 1800-0
6; Senate, 1809-13. Commander in Chief, Western Frontier, 1812; U.S. Congress, 1813-1815.
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