Historical Sketches of Kentucky by Lewis Collins, Maysville, KY. and J. A.
& U. P. James, Cincinnati, 1847. Reprinted 1968. Boyle County.

GEN. JOHN CALDWELL, in honor of whom this county received its name, was a
native of Prince Edward county, Virginia.  He removed to Kentucky in 1781,
and settled near where Danville now stands.  He took an active part in the
conflicts with the Indians, and rose by regular steps from the rank of a
common soldier to that of a major general in the militia.  He served as a
subaltern in the campaign against the Indians in 1786, under Gen. George
Rogers Clark.  He was a prominent man of his day - esteemed in private and
political, as he was in military life.  He was a member, from Nelson
county, of the conventions held in Danville in 1787 and 1788.  In 1792, he
was elected from the same county a senatorial elector, under the first
constitution; and in the college of electors, he was chosen the senator
from Nelson.  He was elected lieutenant governor of the State in 1804, and
during his term of service removed to the lower part of the State.  He
died at Frankfort in the year 1807 or 1808, while the legislature was in
session.

Caldwell Clark
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Prince_Edward-VA Nelson-KY Frankfort-Franklin-KY

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