Henry Knox Portrait

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Henry Knox (1750-1806) became the first Secretary of War under President George Washington’s administration. Courtesy of the Library of Congress

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By Whitney Todd
Historical Marker #782 in Knox County relates the history of the county’s namesake, Henry Knox. Created in December 1799, Knox County became the forty-first county in the state of Kentucky. The…