2000 Population:
6,748 County Seat: Sandy Hook
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From History
of Kentucky by Kerr, 1922
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Elliott County was named for Judge John
M. Elliott, who was born in Scott County, Virginia, May 16, 1820. Judge
Elliott was admitted to the bar in 1843, and established an office in Prestonsburg
in Floyd County. He was prominent in public affairs, especially in the
Civil War period. He was a judge of the Court of Appeals at the time of
his death. He was murdered by a man who was affected by an adverse decision
of the court.
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History from
Collins' History of Kentucky, 1877
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Elliott county, the 114th in order,
was formed in 1869, out of parts of Morgan, Carter, and Lawrence,
and named in honor of Judge John M. Elliott. It is situated in the
north-eastern part of the state, and bounded N by Carter, E by Lawrence,
S by Lawrence and Morgan, and W by Rowan county. It is surrounded by high
hills on three sides, the waters from which shed outwardly into Big Sandy
and Licking rivers, but inwardly into Little Sandy river, forming along
its tributaries a succession of moderately rich and very pretty valleys. |
