Download or read book History of Greenup County, Kentucky written by Nina Mitchell Biggs and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the pioneers coming into Kentucky followed the windings of the rivers, and, on coming to a big bend in the Ohio, with a broad valley enclosed by green hills, decided that the northeastern section of the new land would be a pleasant place to live. Apparently there were no Indians nor many savage animals here and it would be an ideal location for these English and Scotch-Irish farmers, whose ancestors had come to Virginia.