Grant County, Kentucky

The History of Grant County, if written in full, instead of being contained in a small essay that could be read on an occasion like this, would fill quite a volume, and, consequently, we only have endeavored to give a tolerably minute history of its formation and character of its early inhabitants, and then a brief sketch of its material improvements up to the present day.

Ladies and Gentleman:

It is always a pleasant and an agreeable task to acknowledge a favor, hence it is a very great pleasure in acknowledging our obligations and gratitude for the favor and compliment in promoting us to the position of historian on this occasion, but our duty to say that the responsibility and amount of labor required in so short a time as was given us, are too great for one whose acquaintance with the history of the county was so limited as ours.

The History of Grant County, if written in full, instead of being contained in a small essay that could be read on an occasion like this, would fill quite a volume, and, consequently, we only have endeavored to give a tolerably minute history of its formation and character of its early inhabitants, and then a brief sketch of its material improvements up to the present day.