Perryville in Boyle County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Milton J. Durham

Photographed by Mark Parker, August 18, 2025

1. Milton J. Durham Marker

Inscription. University of Louisville law degree; three time Congressman from Eighth District; first Comptroller of the Treasury; founding member of the Bank of Lexington; deputy clerk for Kentucky for the Internal Revenue Service. His grandfather, John Durham, founded the first Methodist Church west of the Allegheny Mountains. He taught school in Perryville.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics.

Location. 37° 39.009′ N, 84° 57.094′ W. Marker is in Perryville, Kentucky, in Boyle County. It is at the intersection of South Buell Street (U.S. 68) and East 2nd Street (U.S. 68/150), on the right when traveling north on South Buell Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 204 S Buell St, Perryville KY 40468, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Bluegrass Region.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Lt. Col. Charles C. Bond (here, next to this marker); Nina Bruce Warren Clooney (here, next to this marker); Robert McNutt McElroy (here, next to this marker); Kendall Hayes (here, next to this marker); Carry Nation (a few steps from this marker); Gravicalymene Hagani (a few steps from this marker); John Michael and Eddie Montgomery

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(a few steps from this marker); James Harbeson (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Perryville.

Also see . . . Durham, Milton James 1824-1911. From the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Durham, Milton Jameson, a Representative from Kentucky; bornnear Perryville, Mercer County (now Boyle County), Ky., May 16, 1824; attended the common schools; was graduated from Indiana Asbury (now De Pauw) University, Greencastle, Ind., in 1844; taught school for several years; was graduated from the Louisville (Ky.) Law School in 1850; was admitted to the bar in the same year and commenced practice in Danville, Boyle County, Ky.; circuit judge of the eighth judicial district in 1861 and 1862; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1879); chairman, Committee on Revision of the Laws (Forty-fourth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1878; resumed the practice of law in Danville, Ky.; appointed First Comptroller of the Treasury of the United States on March 20, 1885, and served until the office was discontinued on April 22, 1889; moved to Lexington, Ky., in 1890 and engaged in banking; appointed
Photographed by Mark Parker, August 18, 2025

2. Milton J. Durham Marker, part of a series of markers located in the center
deputy clerk, Internal Revenue Service, at Lexington, Ky., in 1901 and served until his death in that city on February 12, 1911; interment in Belleview Cemetery, Danville, Ky.

(Submitted on September 6, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.)

Milton J. Durham image. Click for full size.

Public Domain: Source, Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky by H. Levin (1897)

3. Milton J. Durham

Credits. This page was last revised on September 7, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 6, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 102 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 6, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.