"The Heritage of Hopkins County, Kentucky 1806-1998."

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"The Heritage of Hopkins County, Kentucky 1806-1998."

Book seal from "The Heritage of Hopkins County, Kentucky 1806-1998." Written by the Hopkins County Genealogical Society in 1998. From the collections of the Kentucky Historical Society.

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This file appears in: Hopkins County, Kentucky

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Historical Marker #849 in Madisonville commemorates Hopkins County being named in honor of a War of 1812 veteran. Samuel Hopkins, a soldier and politician, was born in Albermarle County, Virginia, in 1753. Hopkins fought in the Revolutionary…