County Named, 1806

Historical marker location:

Manchester, Kentucky

( 102 Richmond Road, Manchester)

For Gen. Green Clay, 1757-1826. Born in Va. Came to Ky., 1777. In Va. Legislature, 1788-89, and Va. Convention that ratified Federal Constitution. From 1793 to 1808 in Ky. House, Senate, Const. Conv. In May, 1813, Gen. Clay with 3,000 Kentuckians, at Ft. Meigs, held back British and Indians. Cousin of Henry Clay. County formed from parts of Madison, Floyd and Knox.

Henry Clay Constitutional Convention Forts and Stations War of 1812