Editing Nelson County, Kentucky (section)

==History==

The fourth county created in what is now Kentucky, it was formed from [[Jefferson County, Kentucky]] in 1784, shortly after the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kyenc.org/entry/n/NELSO03.html|title=Nelson County|publisher=The Kentucky Encyclopedia|year=2000|access-date=August 23, 2014|archive-date=July 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717123300/http://www.kyenc.org/entry/n/NELSO03.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZFQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA26 | title=Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky: History of Kentucky, Volume 2 | publisher=Collins & Company | author=Collins, Lewis | year=1882 | pages=26 | access-date=October 31, 2016 | archive-date=July 20, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720045740/https://books.google.com/books?id=gZFQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA26 | url-status=live }}</ref> The county was named for [[Thomas Nelson Jr.]], the [[List of Governors of Virginia|Virginia Governor]] who signed the [[U.S. Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=luoxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA36 | title=The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Volume 1 | publisher=Kentucky State Historical Society | year=1903 | pages=36 | access-date=October 31, 2016 | archive-date=May 14, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514062849/https://books.google.com/books?id=luoxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA36#v=onepage&q&f=false | url-status=live }}</ref> In 1807, after Kentucky had become a state, a newly created [[Nelson County, Virginia|Virginia county]] was named in his honor.