J. Proctor Knott

ID: 1122
This file appears in: Knott of Lebanon/Governor's Homesite

This portrait of Governor Knott was painted by Katherine Helm, the daughter of Governor John Larue Helm. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Knott of Lebanon/Governor's Homesite

By Tim Talbott
Historical Markers #728 and #1341, one in Lebanon and the other in Marion County, note the accomplishments of J. Proctor Knott, a U.S. congressman and governor of Kentucky. Knott was born in 1830…