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County: Fayette

Lexington

Marker Number: 

136

Location: 

Cardinal HIll Hospital, duplicates on Nicholasville rd. & at. Paris Pike

(Duplicate markers in front of Zandale Shopping Center, Nicholasville Rd., US 27, and approximately 11/2 mi. NE of New Circle Rd. & Paris Pike, US 27, Fayette Co.) Named in honor of first Battle of the American Revolution. William McConnell was among the party of hunters who came to site from Harrodsburg in 1775. Built cabin to obtain land title but driven off by Indians. Lexington later settled by Robert Patterson and companions, 1779. Major frontier town. Home of Henry Clay, Mary Todd Lincoln and John C. Breckinridge.

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