Green County
Greensburg, Green County, Kentucky
Marker Inscription
Green County, 1792. Formed from parts of Lincoln and Nelson counties. The last of seven formed during first legislature. Named for General Nathanael Greene, who, in the Revolutionary War, commanded a unit at Boston, 1776; helped plan defense of New York; fought at Trenton, Brandywine and Monmouth. Sent south by Washington. Greene's Carolina campaign forced British to leave Charleston, 1782.
Erected by Kentucky Historical Society
The Story
Created in 1792 as the last of seven counties formed by Kentucky's first legislature, Green County was named for General Nathanael Greene of the Revolutionary War. Greene fought at Trenton, Brandywine, and Monmouth before Washington sent him south, where his Carolina campaign helped drive the British from Charleston in 1782.
Why it matters
The naming carried the memory of a key Revolutionary commander onto the trans-Appalachian frontier as Kentucky took shape as a state.
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