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Alexander Wake 1797 - 1867
Jessamine-Woodford County KyArchives Biography

Author: Bennett H. Young

Alexander Wake.

   Alexander Wake was the first County Judge of Jessamine county under 
the Constitution of 1850. He was born in Fauquier county, Virginia, in 
1797, and died in Nicholasville in 1867. Through his maternal and paternal 
ancestors, he inherited the love of liberty, for both took part in the war 
for independence.
In the beginning of the present century, Judge Wake's father removed to 
Woodford county. He brought with him from Virginia, a large number of slaves. 
Judge Wake commenced the study of law and was admitted to the practice of his 
profession in 1820. In 1851, when he was elected County Judge, he refused to 
grant license to sell liquor. Judge James Letcher, of Garrard county, was the 
first judge Who refused to grant such license, and he was immediately followed 
by Judge Wake, of Jessamine. He was a fearless man in the discharge of his 
official duty; he knew neither friend or foe on the bench; he followed the 
dictates of his conscience and his judgment, and commanded the respect and 
confidence of his fellow-citizens.


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Extracted from:

A HISTORY OF JESSAMINE COUNTY, KENTUCKY, FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO 1898.
By BENNETT H. YOUNG,
PRESIDENT POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; MEMBER FILSON CLUB; MEMBER CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, 
1890; AUTHOR HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF KENTUCKY, OF "BATTLE OF BLUE LICKS, ETC, 
ETC.

S. M. DUNCAN, ASSOCIATE AUTHOR.

Every brave and good life out of the past is a treasure which cannot  be measured in 
money, and should be preserved with faithfullest care.

LOUISVILLE, KY.: COURIER-JOURNAL JOB PRINTING CO., 1898.


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