Thomas Metcalfe

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This file appears in: Metcalfe County
Thomas Metcalfe

Portrait of Governor Thomas Metcalfe, governor of Kentucky. Metcalfe was born in Virginia. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and a stonemason, nicknamed "Old Stonehammer," who laid stone in the present Old State Capitol. Metcalfe was a state legislator, an ally of Henry Clay, a congressman (1819-28), and a U.S. senator (1848-49). From the Kentucky Historical Society's Hall of Governors.

Image Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society

This file appears in: Metcalfe County

By Sanders
Historical Marker #799 in Edmonton commemorates the naming of Metcalfe County for Kentucky Governor Thomas Metcalfe, who was a War of 1812 veteran. Born in Virginia in 1780, Metcalfe lived in Fayette County before settling in Nicholas County. He…