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The first oil well in Kentucky; notes on the history, geology, production and present status of the Beatty Oil Well, drilled in Wayne, now McCreary County, Kentucky, in the year 1818

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Willard Rouse Jillson

Call Number

TN872.K4 J326

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NKAA Entry: McCreary County (KY) Free Blacks and Free Mulattoes, 1920-1930

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“The first oil well in Kentucky; notes on the history, geology, production and present status of the Beatty Oil Well, drilled in Wayne, now McCreary County, Kentucky, in the year 1818,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed October 4, 2023, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300002444.

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