Boone County Matters, 1847
| Formed | 1798 |
| County Seat | Burlington |
| Terms of County Court | First Mondays in each month |
| Justices of the Peace | Benjamin W. White, Jeremiah Garnett, Henry F. James, James Corbin, John Wallace, Joseph C. Foster, James N. Stephens, John Gaynes, Thomas R. Johnston, Joseph C. Hughes, Chasteen Scott, Washington Watts, Samuel Hind, Wilson Harper, James C. Shepherd, Andrew Boyle, John Dawson. |
| Sheriff | Robert B. Vickers. Oakwoods, commissioned, 1946 |
| Deputy Sheriff | James A. Pritchard, Burlington |
| Clerk | Isham G. Hamilton, do. |
| County Attorney | Edmond F. Vanter, do. |
| Jailer | Benjamin W. Sherill, do. |
| Coroner | Edward Graves, Bulletsburg |
| Constables | Sandy Ryle, Et Bend; V. M. Calvert, E. A. Hughes, James Calvert, Burlington; W. W. Hedges, Francisville; Samuel Hardesty, Petersburg; William Herndon, Florence; Thomas Cushman, Union. |
| Notaries Public | none |
| Surveyor | Moses Scott Rice |
| Commissioner of Tax | Milton Hamilton, Burlington; Peter Clarkson, Oak Grove |
| Attorneys At Law | Edmond F. Vanter, E. S. Armstrong, Charles Chambers, James W. Calvert, John Cave, Burlington; Wm. Halden, Florence. |
| Physicians | Henry M'Guffey, Elisha Morgan, Petersburg; Thos. J. Trundle, Richwoods; James R. Hawkins, Landing; Samuel G. Merdgier, John H. Stevenson, Florence; James T. Grubbs, B. W. Chamblin, David M. Pollard, Richard Collins, Burlington. |
| Principal Merchants | Hawes & Latimer, Benjamin W. Shenile, B. G. Willis, Geo. H. Scott, Burlington; Ezra K. Fish, Florence; William Haydon, Taylorsville; M. M. M'Manama, Hamilton; Thos. Stephens, Rabbethark [sic]. |
Data is from The Kentucky State Register for the Year 1847, edited by Taliaferro P. Shaffner, Morton & Griswold, publishers, Louisville, 1847.