Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Na farko da colonels daga majagaba mazauna kamar Colonel Daniel Boone iya zama wani daga waɗanda daga 1776-1793 ko watakila har 1895 a lokacin da take hukuma ya zama girmamawa, akwai daban-daban iri colonels a farkon Kentucky: akwai colonels da suke shugabannin yankuna; akwai colonels a lura da kamfanonin; a colonel iya zama shugaban wani 'yan bindiga shigarwa kamar wani sansanin soja; a colonel a lura da wani infantry umurnin; ritaya Revolutionary War colonels; wadanda da manyan ƙasar warrants; akwai colonels a ko'ina. Kiran wani a matsayin colonel a farkon Kentucky hanya ce mai daraja da girmamawa don nuna ikonsu. A cikin 1802, Sojojin Amurka a hukumance sun karɓi matsayin colonel a cikin matsayi mai kama da waɗanda ke cikin Sojojin Burtaniya
, hada da colonel a cikin Sojojin Amurka ya sake bayyanawa kuma ya bambanta da colonel daga shugaban farar hula na mallaka, kamfani ko 'yan bindiga ban da zama shugaban rundunar sojoji (birgedi) tare da laftanan ɗaya da manyan mayaka huɗu.