George Robertson
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Noted Kentucky artist Paul Sawyier drew this portrait of Judge George Robertson. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.
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Judge George Robertson
Historical Marker #816 in Robertson County commemorates the naming of that county after George Robertson, a prominent judge who tangled with Abraham Lincoln about slavery during the Civil War.
Born in Mercer County in 1780, Robertson was a…