Historical Marker
Colonel William Sudduth
Born in Virginia on November 25, 1765, he was an early settler of Clark Co. He served under Anthony Wayne in the campaign of 1794 & was Clark Co. surveyor for 30 yrs. A justice of the peace & sheriff, Col. Sudduth was last surviving member of the 1799 convention that framed Kentucky’s second constitution. He died in 1845.
During the Civil War, Kentucky was officially neutral, but the state was divided in its loyalties, with many citizens fighting on both sides of the conflict.