Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky, by H. Levin, editor, 1897. Published
by Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago.  Reprinted by Southern Historical
Press.  p. 639.  Bourbon County.

JAMES GARRARD, in whose honor Garrard county was named, was the second
governor of Kentucky and was an important factor in founding the state
and molding its early policy.  He was born in Stafford county, Virginia,
January 14, 1749, and served with distinction as one of the Revolutionary
patriots.  He was a member of the Virginia legislature and at an early
day removed to Kentucky, where he bore a prominent part in the events
which formed the early history of the state.  He was a member of the
convention which met in Danville in 1785, looking to the formation of a
new state; served in the conventions of 1787 and 1788, representing
Bourbon county, and was a member of the Virginia legislature from Kentucky.
He was also a prominent figure in the convention of 1792, which framed the
first state constitution; was several times the representative of his
district in the Kentucky legislature, and in 1796 was elected the second
governor of the new commonwealth, filling the office by re-election for
eight years, the only man so honored in the history of the state, he
administering its affairs with distinguished ability and thereby promoting
the peace and prosperity of the state.
     He was beloved by all Kentuckians and was honored for his able public
service, for his Christian character and the purity of his private life.
He died at his home in Bourbon county, January 19, 1822, and in the winter
of that year the legislature ordered a monument to be erected to his
memory.

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