Irvine, Kentucky
Irvine, Estill County, Kentucky
Marker Inscription
Irvine. Named, 1812, for Col. Wm. Irvine. Member from Madison Co. of 1787 and 1788 conventions that sought separation from Va. and statehood for Ky.; member of Constitutional Convention, 1799. "He had strong hold on affection of people. Few have gone to grave more lamented." Dedicated May 16, 1863.
Erected by Kentucky Historical Society
The Story
Founded in 1812, the town of Irvine was named for Colonel William Irvine of Madison County, a leader in Kentucky's road to statehood. He sat in the 1787 and 1788 conventions that pressed Virginia for separation and in the state's 1799 Constitutional Convention. Remembered as a man with a "strong hold on the affection of people," he was widely mourned at his death.
Why it matters
Irvine honors one of the local statesmen whose convention work turned a cluster of frontier settlements into the commonwealth of Kentucky.
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Related people
- · William Irvine
Related events
- · Kentucky statehood conventions
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