789 Site of Finley Home

Category: Markers

Marker reads, John Finley, 1748-1837, pioneer-surveyor who came to KY. in 1773. Discovered Upper Blue Salt Licks, surveyed land to KY. River near present Frankfort. Commissioned major, 1783, for notable service in Revolution. Judge Advocate of NW Terr., 1792. Came here with family, 1796, from Penn., farmed 1,000-acre land grant. Member Kentucky House of Representatives, 1800-04.