Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:
1. That from and after the first day of April, 1869, so much of the counties of Morgan, Carter, and Lawrence as is included within the following boundary, is hereby erected into and established a separate and distinct county, to be called the county of Elliott, viz: Beginning on the county road where it crosses the dividing ridge between the open fork of Little Sandy and the North Fork of Licking river, in Morgan county; thence due west to the county road leading from West Liberty to the head of the Chusty Fork of Triplett creek; thence with said road to the Rowan county line; thence with the Rowan county line to the Carter county line; thence around the dividing ridge with the same between the waters of Caney creek and the waters of Triplett and Tygart creeks, to opposite the head of Big gimblett; thence around with the ridge between said Big gimblett and Tygart waters, to the ridge or point on the north side of said Gimblett, and down said ridge or point, including all the waters of said Big gimblett, to Little Sandy river; thence down Little Sandy river, with the meanders of the same, to a point below the farm of Travis Herton; thence a straight line so as to include said Herton's farm, running to the mouth of a branch near the house of William Stevens Huen as the "Squire Frazier" branch; thence up said branch to its head, on the dividing ridge between the waters of Little Sandy river and the waters of the Little Fork; thence with said dividing ridge to the head of the Brushy Fork of Little Fork of little Sandy; thence down the point or ridge, so as to include all the waters of said Brushy Fork, to the Little Fork; thence a straight line to the Lawrence county line, running to the top of the ridge on the southeast side of said Little Fork; thence running up said ridge, including all the waters of said Little Fork, to the head of Blain, to where the Morgan and Lawrence county lines come together at the head of Newcomb's Fork, where the county road leading from Sandy Hook to Louisa crosses the ridge; thence with the Morgan and Lawrence county lines to the top of the ridge at the head waters of Paint creek; thence around said ridge between said Paint creek and Newcomb's Fork, including all the waters of said Newcomb's Fork, to the head waters of Elk Fork; thence running with the dividing ridge between the waters of Elk Fork and the waters of Little Sandy, to the head waters of the right hand fork of the North Fork, Licking river; thence with the dividing ridge between the waters of Little Sandy and the said right hand fork of the North Fork of Licking river to the beginning.
Acts of Assembly 1869 vol. 1 pages 69 - 70
AN ACT to change and define the county lines between the counties of Morgan and Elliott.
Approved January 28, 1870
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:
1. That the county lines between Morgan and Elliott counties be, and the same are hereby, changed as follows: Beginning at the county road leading from Morehead to West Liberty, at the upper end of Joseph Baley's farm, including it, in Morgan county; thence running so as to include the farm upon which John Ginnings, in Morgan county; and also to include in Morgan county the following citizens, viz: David C. Blair, William L. Elam, Jacob Ellington, Isaac Cassety, Cyrus Perry, William Blair, J. J. Nickell, Edmund Cassety, and Margaret Lewis; thence from the farm of said Margaret Lewis, with the original line of Elliott county, to the top of the ridge between the Middle Fork of Little Sandy and the Elk Fork of Licking, to a part of said ridge opposite the ce of Frank Hutchinson; thence running so as to include the said Hutchinson's residence in Elliott county, thence running to the top of the dividing ridge between the Elk Fork and the Open Fork of Paint creek; thence with said dividing ridge to the Elliott county line, as originally established.
2. This act to take effect from and after its passage.
Acts of Assembly 1869-70 page 14
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