Henry Clay, Jr. Will

ID: 3810 ~ Creator: Henry Clay, Jr. ~ Date: June 29, 1846

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Henry Clay, Jr. Will — Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate.

The first page of Henry Clay, Jr.'s will, written on June 29, 1846 at Camp Oakland in Louisville, Kentucky. List amongst his property was "one Negro man John."

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Henry Clay, Jr.

By Daniel Burge

Historical Marker #1 in Lexington notes the location of Ashland, the home and estate of Kentucky statesman Henry Clay. Henry Clay, Sr. was born in 1777 in Virginia. The son of a Baptist minister, Henry was the seventh of nine children. Clay worked…