Editing Nicholas County, Kentucky (section)

== Notable residents ==
* [[Barton S. Alexander|Barton Stone Alexander]], born in Nicholas County, [[brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]] in the [[American Civil War]], designer of [[Fort McPherson]]<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">{{cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | location = Chicago | year = 1963}}</ref>
* [[Daniel Boone]], moved to Nicholas County in 1795 after living in the [[Kanawha Valley]], [[West Virginia|Virginia]]. ''Circa'' 1798, Boone moved to the mouth of the Little Sandy River at the site of present-day [[Greenup, Kentucky|Greenup]], [[Kentucky]]. Boone left Kentucky with his extended family for [[Missouri]] in 1799. While in Nicholas County, Boone lived on the Brushy Fork of Hinkston Creek in a cabin owned by his son Daniel Morgan Boone.<ref name="Robert Morgan">{{cite book | title = Boone A Biography | publisher = Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill | location = Robert Morgan | year = 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://carlisle-nicholascounty.org/boones-cabin|title=Daniel Boone's Cabin &#124; Carlisle & Nicholas County, KY}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Metcalfe (Kentucky politician)|Thomas Metcalfe]] (March 20, 1780 – August 18, 1855), also known as Thomas Metcalf or as "Stonehammer", was a U.S. Representative, Senator, and the tenth Governor of Kentucky. Following his political career, he retired to "Forest Retreat", his estate in Nicholas County, where he died of cholera in 1855. Metcalfe County, Kentucky was named in his honor.<ref>Carolyn Murray-Wooley (May 1984). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Thomas Metcalf House". National Park Service.</ref>
* Author [[Barbara Kingsolver]] was raised in Carlisle, Nicholas County.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/b/the-bean-trees/barbara-kingsolver-biography|title=Barbara Kingsolver Biography}}</ref>
* [[Joseph Drake (soldier)|Joseph Drake]] was born in Nicholas County. Drake was a lawyer, plantation owner, and Colonel in the Confederate States Army during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].
* [[David Rice Atchison]] (1807–1886) lived for a brief period in Nicholas County and holds the distinction of (possibly) being President of the United States for one day.<ref>Atchison, David Rice." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed</ref>