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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