General Cassius M. Clay
This file appears in: Clay County, Kentucky
Cassius Marcellus Clay, the son of General Green Clay, was a prominent anti-slavery advocate. During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln appointed him minister to Russia. Courtesy of White Hall State Historic Site.
This file appears in: Clay County, Kentucky
Clay County, Kentucky
Historical Marker #836 in Manchester commemorates the naming of Clay County for Green Clay, a War of 1812 veteran.
Born in Virginia, according to one biographer, Green Clay "moved to Madison County in the 1780s and established himself as one…