Historical Marker

Matthew Walton, 1759-1819

Home, office of political "father" of Washington Co. Born, Va. Came Ky., 1784. Danville Convs., 1785, 1787; Va. Fed. Const. Ratification Conv., 1788; Va. Assembly, 1790; Ky. Const. Conv., 1792; Legis., 1792, 1795, 1808; Ky. Sen., 1800-03; US Cong., 1803-07. Owned nearly 200,000 acres. This house erected about 1784. Manor house built here about 1791. It was razed in 1900.