<P> Kentucky's second largest city, and former capital Lexington, is named for Lexington, Massachusetts, site of one of the first battles of the Revolution . As the first "new" west for the Patriots, Kentucky was situated in the Western theater of the American Revolutionary War . Bryan's Station is the fort built there during the last year of the war for defense against the British and their Native American allies . Kentucky was a battleground during the war . The Battle of Blue Licks, one of the last major battles of the Revolution, was fought there; the Americans were defeated . </P> <P> After Kentucky County was legislatively created on December 6, 1776 (effective 1777), the county militia was organized as follows: </P> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> George Rogers Clark--Brig General Northwestern Frontier 01 / 1781 </Li> <Li> John Bowman--Colonel--County Lieutenant of Kentucky County, Virginia 12 / 1776 & 11 / 1779 </Li> <Li> Anthony Bledsoe--Lieutenant Colonel </Li> <Li> John Todd--Captain--Virginia </Li> <Li> Benjamin Logan--Captain--Kentucky County, Virginia </Li> <Li> Daniel Boone--Captain--Boonesborough, Kentucky </Li> <Li> James Harrod--Captain--Harrodsburg, Kentucky </Li> <Li> David Robinson--appointed County Lieutenant but office was never filled . </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> George Rogers Clark--Brig General Northwestern Frontier 01 / 1781 </Li> <Li> John Bowman--Colonel--County Lieutenant of Kentucky County, Virginia 12 / 1776 & 11 / 1779 </Li> <Li> Anthony Bledsoe--Lieutenant Colonel </Li> <Li> John Todd--Captain--Virginia </Li> <Li> Benjamin Logan--Captain--Kentucky County, Virginia </Li> <Li> Daniel Boone--Captain--Boonesborough, Kentucky </Li> <Li> James Harrod--Captain--Harrodsburg, Kentucky </Li> <Li> David Robinson--appointed County Lieutenant but office was never filled . </Li> </Ul> </Dd>

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