Editing Kentucky (section)

===Kentucky County and the Cherokee-American wars===
{{Further information|Kentucky County, Virginia|Cherokee-American wars|Fort Nelson (Kentucky)|History of Louisville, Kentucky}}

On December 31, 1776, by an act of the [[Virginia General Assembly]], the portion of [[Fincastle County]] west of the [[Big Sandy River (Ohio River)|Big Sandy River]] (including today's [[Tug Fork]] tributary) terminating at the North Carolina border (today Tennessee) extending to the Mississippi River, previously most of what was known as ''Kentucky (or Kentucke) country'', was split off into its own county of [[Kentucky County, Virginia|Kentucky]]. Harrod's Town (Oldtown as it was known at the time) was named the county seat.

A 1790 U.S. government report states that 1,500{{spaces}}Kentucky settlers had been killed by Native Americans since the end of the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]].<ref>{{cite book|author=James, James Alton|title=The Life of George Rogers Clark|location= Chicago|publisher= [[University of Chicago Press]]|year= 1928|isbn=978-0-404-03549-5}}</ref>