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Came to Bath County in 1800 from Maryland. An early iron master, he operated the Bourbon Iron
Works, Slate and Maria forges. Iron Works Pike, Owingsville to Lexington, built to haul iron from this
area to the Bluegrass, there being no nearby river route. Owings was four times state representative and a
state Senator, 1823-27. Town named for him, 1811. See over.
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