July 9th
- 1750 – Thomas Posey born.
- 1850 – Zachary Taylor died, aged 65.
- 1861 – John Hunt Morgan's Confederate cavalry captured Tompkinsville.
- 1870 – J. Campbell Cantrill born.
- 1887 – Walter C. Whitaker died, aged 63.
- 1902 – John C. Watts born.
- 1941 – Scotty Baesler born.