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County: Anderson

County Named, 1827

Marker Number: 

847

Location: 

N. Main Street Lawrenceburg

For Richard Clough Anderson, Jr., 1788-1826. Served in Ky. Legis. three terms. Elected Congress, 1817, for two terms. Returned Ky. Legis., 1822, chosen Speaker. Appointed Minister to Colombia by Pres. Monroe, 1823, where he negotiated first treaty with a South American nation, 1824. Interred, "Soldier's Retreat," family home, near Middletown, Ky.

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