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Nicholas County
Kentucky

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Nicholas County

Index to Locations Unknown location Private or family graveyards Unknown Location Nicholas County, Kentucky Politicians buried here:   Stephen Trigg (1742-1782) — Born in Spotsylvania County, Va., 1742. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1779-80. Killed in the Battle of Blue Licks, in what is now Robertson County, Ky., August 19, 1782 (age about 40 years). Interment somewhere.   Relatives: Son of William Trigg and Mary (Johns) Trigg; brother of John Johns Trigg and Abram Trigg; married 1758 to Mary Christian; grandfather of Stephen Trigg Logan.   Political family: Trigg family of Virginia.   Trigg County, Ky. is named for him. Private or family graveyard Nicholas County, Kentucky Politicians buried here:   Thomas Metcalfe (1780-1855) — also known as "Old Stonehammer" — of Carlisle, Nicholas County, Ky. Born in Fauquier County, Va., March 20, 1780. Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1812-16; U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1819-28 (4th District 1819-23, 2nd District 1823-28); resigned 1828; Governor of Kentucky, 1828-32; member of Kentucky state senate, 1834; delegate to Whig National Convention from Kentucky, 1839 (Convention Vice-President; member, Balloting Committee; member, Committee to Notify Nominees; speaker); U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1848-49. Slaveowner. During an epidemic, died of cholera, near Carlisle, Nicholas County, Ky., August 18, 1855 (age 75 years, 151 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Cross-reference: William T. Casto   Metcalfe County, Ky. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography

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