Historical Marker
Calmes Tomb
Historical marker location:
Versailles, Kentucky
( Paynes Mill Rd., off US 60, Versailles)
This stone mausoleum was built in family cemetery of "Caneland" plantation by Gen. Marquis Calmes, a friend of Lafayette during Amer. Revolution. Calmes (1755-1834), born in Va. of Huguenot ancestry, assisted in laying out Versailles and named it after French city. He and wife Priscilla Heale buried here. Tomb restored in July 1990. Presented by Genealogical Society of Versailles.