Richard Henderson

ID: 1857
This file appears in: Home of Capt. Nathaniel Hart
Richard Henderson

Richard Henderson was the founder of the Transylvania Company. He and his associated negotiated a massive land purchase from the Cherokee Indians that would eventually become the state of Kentucky. Courtesy of the University of Kentucky.

This file appears in: Home of Capt. Nathaniel Hart

By Friends of Boone Trace, Inc.
Historical Marker #1577 in Madison County commemorates the home of early Kentucky settler Captain Nathaniel Hart. Hart, a Revolutionary War soldier, was a member of the Transylvania Land Company. As chief negotiator and a leading advocate for…