Col. Richard Henderson

ID: 1707
This file appears in: Transylvania Company

Richard Henderson formed what would become the Transylvania Land Company. The Transylvania Company established Henderson County out of a 200,000 acre land grant, and named it in his honor. Courtesy of the University of Kentucky.

This file appears in: Transylvania Company

By McKenzie Martin
Historical Marker #66 in Henderson commemorates the Transylvania Company. Formed by Richard Henderson, the Transylvania Company was created to settle the area around the Kentucky, Ohio, and…