First Fayette County Clerk, Ellerslie, Lexington, Kentucky
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Levi Todd, first county clerk for Fayette County, Kentucky
Waymark Code: WMJMRM
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 12/06/2013
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Ellerslie
The home which stood on this site from 1787 to 1947 was built by Levi Todd (1756-1807), who named it for his ancestral village in Scotland. He was one of a party of hunters who named Lexington in 1775; first Fayette County clerk; aide to George Rogers Clark, 1779, Kaskaskia Expedition; Maj., Battle Blue Licks; trustee, Transylvania; grandfather of Mary Todd Lincoln.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1792
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