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Allen County, formed in 1815 by act of the assembly from Warren and Barren Counties, was named for Lieutenant Colonel John Allen. Born in Virginia in 1771, he came to Kentucky in 1779, practiced law in Shelby County, served as a state representative from 1801 to 1807 and in the state senate from 1807 to 1813, and was killed in battle at River Raisin on January 22, 1813. He was one of nine officers from that battle for whom Kentucky counties were named.
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