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County: Crittenden

Courthouse Burned

Marker Number: 

596

Location: 

Courthouse Lawn, Marion

Twenty-two Kentucky courthouses were burned during Civil War, nineteen in last fifteen months: twelve by Confederates, eight by guerrillas, two by Union accident. See map on reverse side. The courthouse at Marion was burned by guerrillas in January, 1865. Building a total loss, though walls stood. County records lost. Courthouse again burned in 1870.

Erected in 1963.

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