Bourbon County Chronology

1786, May 1 - BOURBON created by Virginia from FAYETTE. (Hening, 12:89-91)

1789, May 1 - BOURBON lost to creation of MASON. (Hening, 12:658-659)

1792, Jun 1 - BOURBON became a Kentucky county when the state of Kentucky was created from the Kentucky District of Virginia. (Hening, 11:85; U.S. Stat., 1:189)

1793, Feb 1 - BOURBON lost to creation of CLARK. (Ky. Acts 1792, 1st assy., 2d sess., ch. 12, sec. 1/pp. 19-20)

1794, Feb 1 - BOURBON lost to creation of HARRISON. (Ky. Acts 1793, 2d assy., ch. 24, sec. 1/pp. 29-31)

1798, Dec 18 - BOURBON lost to CLARK. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 5, sec. 1/pp. 10-11)

1800, Jun 1 - BOURBON lost to creation of NICHOLAS. (Ky. Acts 1799, 8th assy., ch. 11, secs. 1, 6/pp. 31-33)

1809, Feb 4 - Boundary between BOURBON and HARRISON was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1808-1809, 17th assy., ch. 49, sec. 1/p. 62)

1809, Feb 9 - Boundary between BOURBON and HARRISON was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1808-1809, 17th assy., ch. 73/p. 97)

1820, Jan - BOURBON boundaries were clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1809-1810, 18th assy., ch. 99, secs. 1-2/p. 13)

1817, Mar 1 - BOURBON lost to NICHOLAS. (Ky. Acts 1816-1817, 25th assy., ch. 27, secs. 1, 5/pp. 44-45)

1870, Jan 1 - Boundary between BOURBON and MONTGOMERY was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1869-1870, vol. 1, ch. 31, secs. 1, 5/pp. 34-35)

1890, Apr 2 - Boundary between BOURBON and HARRISON was clarified [no discernible change]. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 1, ch. 482, secs. 1-2/pp. 1075-1076)

Sources:

The Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, Chicago, IL. Kentucky, Bourbon County Chronology. View @ Newberry Library