Save the Date: Lake Cumberland Juneteenth announces Celebration to be held June 21st
The annual Juneteenth Celebration will take place in Downtown Somerset from 4pm to 8pm at the Lake Cumberland Farmer’s Market located at 401 E. Mount Vernon Street. This event is […]
Habitat for Humanity of Pulaski County’s Louis D. Garrett Veteran’s Village
Ned Modrell – Purchased His Freedom and about 500 Acres in Pulaski County
The following information on Ned Modrell was submitted by Richard Curtis from Nashville, TN to the NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database. “In her book Old Burnside, Harriett Simpson Arnow […]
Thomas Kenney Robb – Yard Master in Burnside, Kentucky
Joseph S. Ballew: One of the First Black Police Officers in Omaha, Nebraska from Pulaski County, Kentucky
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Lake Cumberland Slaves Memorial
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Pulaski County, Kentucky Enslaved, Free Blacks, and Free Mulattoes, 1850-1870 and 1800 and 1850 Census Information and Instructions
In 1798, Pulaski County was created from parts of Green and Lincoln Counties. It was first inhabited by Revolutionary War veterans who chose to honor their fallen comrade, Casimir Pulaski, […]
Jesse Alexander: Leader in the YMCA and Inducted into the National Black Achievers Hall of Fame by the YMCA from Somerset, Kentucky
The son of Reella (Lackey) Alexander (1901-1977) and Jesse Wilson Alexander (1894-1984), Jesse Nelson Alexander, Jr. was born in Somerset, Kentucky on August 19, 1928. At the age of 16 […]
Free Frank McWorter: From Slave to Wealthy Free Black Man from Pulaski County, Kentucky
A History of Blacks in Kentucky: From Slavery to Segregation, 1760-1891
Description A History of Blacks in Kentucky traces the role of African Americans from the early exploration and settlement of Kentucky to 1891, when African Americans gained freedom only to […]
