The Formation of Barren County
Submitted by Reggie Sadler
CHAPTER CLII
An ACT for forming a new County out of the counties of Warren and
Green.
Approved December 20, 1798
Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That all that part of the counties
of Warren and Green, included in the following boundary, towit: Beginning at the
junction of Skagg's Beaver creek and Big Barren river, to run north to Green river;
thence up the same to the mouth of Little Barren river; thence up the same to the Elk
Lick; thence with the Green county line four miles; thence a straight line to the
Pilot Knob; thence a straight line to the mouth of the east fork of Little Barren
river; thence up the same till on a reduced line there shall be six miles taken from
Green, by running a parallel or south line so far that a due west line from the
Marrow-Bone spring will intersect the Green line to the Tennessee state line; thence
with the same a due west course so far that a due north course will strike the
beginning, shall be one distinct county, and called and known by the name of Barren.
But the said county of Barren shall not be entitled to a separate representation,
until the number of free male inhabitants therein contained, above the age of
twenty-one years, shall entitle them to one representative, agreeable to the ratio
that shall be hereafter established by law. A court for the said county shall be held
by the justices thereof on the fourth Tuesday in every month in which the courts of
quarter sessions are not hereafter directed to be held.
Section 2. The justices to be named in the commission of the peace for the said
county of Barren, shall meet at the house of Henry Rinicks, in the said county, on the
first court day after the said division shall take place, and having taken the oaths
prescribed by law, and a sheriff being legally qualified to act, the justices shall
proceed to appoint and qualify a clerk, and fix on a place for holding courts inthe
said county, at or as near the centre thereof as the situation and convenience of the
place shall admit; and thenceforth the said court shall proceed to erect the necessary
public buildings at such place; and until such buildings be completed, to appoint such
place for holding courts as they shall think proper. Provided always, that the
appointment of a place for erecting the public buildings shall not be made unless a
majority of the justices of both courts of the said county shall concur therein. Each
court shall appoint its own clerk, a majority of such court concurring therein; but a
majority of those present on any court day may appoint a clerk pro tempore.
Section 3. And be it further enacted, That the court of quarter sessions for said
county, shall be held, annually, in the months of April, June, September, and
February.
Section 4. It shall be lawful for the sheriffs of Warren and Green to collect and
distress for any public dues or officers' fees, which shall remain unpaid by the
inhabitants thereof at the time such division shall take place; and shall be
accountable for the same in like manner as if this act had not been made. And the
courts of the said counties of Warren and Green shall have jurisdiction in all actions
and suits, either in law or equity, which shall be depending before them at the time
of such division, and shall try and determine the same, issue process and award
execution thereon.
This act shall be in force from the tenth of May next.
Littell's Laws of Kentucky Vol. II, page 222
CHAPTER CLXXVIII.
An ACT for adding a part of Cumberland County to the County of
Barren
Approved November 29, 1799
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That all that part of the county of
Cumberland in the following bounds, to wit: Beginning where the said county line and
Barren County line corner in the state line between Tennessee and Kentucky, thence
eastwardly with said state six miles, thence north to a corner of said Barren and
Cumberland, thence west six miles to Barren county line, thence with the said county
line south to the beginning, shall be, and the same is hereby added to and made a part
of the said county of Barren.
Section 2. And be it further enacted, That the sheriff of Cumberland is hereby
directed and empowered to collect and make distress for all public dues and officers'
fees which shall remain due and unpaid by the inhabitant hereby added to the county of
Barren as aforesaid, at the time such division shall take place. And the court of the
said county of Cumberland, shall have jurisdiction in all cases, either in law or
equity, which shall then be depending before them, to issue process and award
execution thereon.
Littell's Laws of Kentucky Vol. II, page 265
CHAPTER LXXXV.
An ACT erecting an Election in Barren County.
Approved December 1, 1803.
Be it enacted by the general assembly, That all that part of the county of Barren
lying within the following bounds, viz. beginning on Cumberland county line, opposite
Moses Dooley's, thence to the head of Glover's creek, thence down said creek to the
mouth, thence to M'Cormack's on Warren county line, including the said M'Cormack,
shall compose one district, and shall be called and known by the name of Sulphur
precinct. Elections shall be held for said precinct, at the house of Thomas Flipping,
by the sheriff of the county of Barren or one of his deputies, at the same time and in
like manner as elections are by law directed to beheld; and the voters in the residue
of the county of Barren shall vote at the courthouse of said county as heretofore. The
county court of the aforesaid county shall from time to time appoint judges and clerk
to attend elections in said precinct, in like manner as the law directs in similar
cases, and on failure of such court so to do, or non attendance of the said judges and
clerk, or either of them, the sheriff shall fill such vacancy: the said judges, clerk
and sheriff shall be entitled to the same allowance, to be paid in the like manner,
and be subjected to the same penalties as is directed by law in similar cases. The
sheriffs attending such of the elections in the said county of Barren shall meet at
the court-house of said county on Saturday next succeeding the close of the said
elections to compare their respective polls, and after ascertaining by faithful
addition and comparison, the person or persons who are duly elected shall give a
certificate thereof to each person elected and make return thereof in the manner
prescribed by law.
Littell's Laws of Kentucky Vol. III, page 103
CHAPTER XXXIV.
An ACT concerning the Town of Glasgow, in the County of Barren.
Approved January 31, 1809.
Section 1. BE it enacted by the general assembly, That it shall and may be lawful for
the free male inhabitants of the said town, and who shall have attained to the age of
twenty-one years or upwards, to meet at the courthouse in said town, on the first
Monday in May next, and on the first Monday in May in each year thereafter, and to
elect five trustees for the said town; which trustees shall posses the qualifications
hereafter mentioned; and a majority of them so elected shall be sufficient to
constitute a board, who shall be and they are hereby authorized to make such by-laws
for the government and regulations of the said town, as to them shall seem proper, not
inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this commonwealth. The said trustees,
or a majority of them, shall have full power and authority to impose a tax annually
not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars, on any property real or personal within
the said town, as to them shall seem proper and just, to be by them appropriated for
the purpose of keeping the streets in good repair with the town aforesaid, in such
manner as they may direct.
Littell's Laws of Kentucky
Vol. IV, page 24
(According to Sandi Gorin, "Littell's Laws of Kentucky" were the original
set of laws for our commonwealth. Reggie Sadler.)
CHAPTER CCIV.
An ACT to amend the act concerning the Town of Glasgow in Barren
County.
Approved December 19, 1810.
BE it enacted by the general assembly, That the trustees of the town of Glasgow and
their successors in office, are hereby authorized and empowered to make titles to all
such lots, within the limits of said town, where titles have not been heretofore made.
Littell's Laws of Kentucky
Vol. IV, page 204
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