Knott County Courthouse

ID: 1125
This file appears in: Knott of Lebanon/Governor's Homesite

Knott County, Kentucky, is named for J. Proctor Knott. The county's courthouse at that time is shown in this 1960s photograph. 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…