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County: Fayette

John Bradford

Marker Number: 

1864

Location: 

1916 Iron Works Pike, Lexington

Built on this property Flemish bond brick home, "Fairfield," ca. 1785-1800. Earlier a surveyor, Bradford became publisher and editor of Kentucky Gazette, state's first newspaper, printed Aug. 11, 1787. Active in public life, he served as trustee of city and Transylvania Univ., in Ky. legislature, and as Fayette Co. sheriff. His early Ky. "Notes" are a valued source on era.

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