Historical Marker

Justice Todd House

Historical marker location:
Frankfort, Kentucky
( Wapping and Washington Sts., Frankfort)

Home of Thomas Todd, built 1812. Clerk, the 10 Danville conventions leading to Kentucky statehood. Court of Appeals, 1801-1806. Its chief justice, 1806-1807. Justice on the US Supreme Court, 1807-1826. Born in Virginia, 1765. Died in 1826. His second marriage was to Lucy Payne Washington, sister of Dolley Madison, in the first recorded White House wedding, 1812.