784 County Named 1803

Category: Markers

Marker reads, For Christopher Greenup, governor of KY., 1804-08. Born Va., 1750, officer in American Revolution. Began law practice in KY., 1783. Clerk of Va. court for district of KY., 1785-92. Member, conventions for KY. statehood, 1784, 85, 88. Elected one of the first two KY. members of U.S. Congress, 1793-97. Presidential elector, 1808. Died, 1818, buried in Frankfort Cemetery.