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In 1840, U. S. Census records reflect that 23% of Kentucky’s population was enslaved. A decade later it decreased to 21.4%. In 1850 Franklin County had 634 enslavers with 3360 people enslaved.

Why would a veteran of the War of 1812 be unlisted in military records, left out of history journals, and omitted from monuments and plaques?

While Dolly spent her life of over 80 years enslaved to the Callaway family, her son Frederick Hart experienced a labyrinthine journey of enslavement to several interrelated families of prominent early Kentucky settlers.

Liberty Hall welcomes guest writer Rachel Grimes for a series of blog posts entitled Tracing the Harts!

In 1860, Mason Brown enslaved about 31 people, and one was a little girl around five years old. Recently, we’ve discovered that her name was likely Amanda Preston née Nichols.

Here is the truth about Liberty Hall's Gray Lady... she was a very real person and beloved member of the Brown Family. An Aunt to Margaretta Brown, Margaretta Varick lived in the New York area until she came westward for a visit.

In late August of 1865, Mary Yoder Brown (granddaughter of John & Margaretta Brown) married Union Colonel William T. Scott, and one of the gifts they received was fine silver service set.

When the French formally joined the Americans as allies against the British in 1778, Kentuckians started adopting French names for their new counties, cities, and towns in honor of France, America’s oldest ally.