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Following his military service, Imlay sought his fortune in Kentucky (then still part of Virginia) and purchased a tract of land in Fayette County in 1783. He arrived there in March 1784, and quickly became involved in land speculation.
Five months later he purchased 5,662 Fayette County acres. In 1785 he filed entries for 13,600 acres in Fayette, but withdrew on 7,800 of those. He came alone to Kentucky in 1790, bought property for a home, and brought his family 1793.
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Gilbert Imlay Imlay, an army officer during the American War for Independence, settled for a time in Kentucky, writing from his experiences on the then-frontier a valuable Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America , published in London in 1792 .
The settlement of Arkansas, 1820- 1880, was only a part of a larger contemporary movement - the westward spread of the population of the United States over almost half a continent. The reasons why people moved to Ar- kansas are as varied as the causes of the westward move- ment itself, among them being discontent with economic
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IMLAY, Gilbert, author, born in New Jersey about 1750. He was a captain in the American army during the Revolutionary war, and after its termination emigrated to Kentucky, where he was appointed a deputy surveyor under George May, at Louisville.
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Lafayette County (pronounced locally as la-FAY-ette) was established in 1827 from a portion of Hempstead County. The county is named for French noble Marquis de Lafayette, who joined Americans in the fight for independence during the Revolutionary War. The county seat is Lewisville.
