Clay's Birthplace

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, August 19, 2009

1. Clay's Birthplace Marker

Inscription. Three miles northwest is Clay Spring, where Henry Clay was born, April 12, 1777. He passed most of his early life in Richmond, removing to Kentucky in 1797. His career as a public man and as a peacemaker between North and South is an important part of American history.

Erected 1934 by Conservation & Development Commission. (Marker Number ND-6.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • Patriots & Patriotism. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical date for this entry is April 12, 1777.

Location. This marker has been replaced by another marker nearby. It was located near 37° 42.482′ N, 77° 23.018′ W. Marker was near Hanover, Virginia, in Hanover County. It was at the intersection of Hanover Courthouse Road (U.S. 301) and Stumpy Road, on the right when traveling south on Hanover Courthouse Road. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Hanover VA 23069, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in Virginia’s Piedmont,

in Central Virginia,

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and in the Richmond Metropolitan Area.

It was also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

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

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Henry Clay's Birthplace (within shouting distance of this marker); Hanover Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Janie Porter Barrett (approx. 1½ miles away); Slash Church (approx. 1.7 miles away); The "Dissenters' Glebe" Of The Rev. Samuel Davies (approx. 2.3 miles away); Cornwallis’s Route (approx. 3 miles away); John Henry Smyth (approx. 3.1 miles away); The Colonial River Road (approx. 3.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hanover.

More about this marker. Marker removed by VDOT early 2015. Hanover County Historical Society working to replace it

Clay's Birthplace Marker on US 301. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, August 19, 2009

2. Clay's Birthplace Marker on US 301.

through DHR at same basic location.

Marker was replaced.

Also see . . . Henry Clay. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. (Submitted on August 24, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.)

Birthplace of Henry Clay. image. Click for full size.

3. Birthplace of Henry Clay.

Henry Clay painted by J.W. Dodge (engraving). image. Click for full size.

Photographed by H.S. Sadd, N.Y., circa 1843

4. Henry Clay painted by J.W. Dodge (engraving).

Library of Congress [LC-DIG-pga-03227]

Credits. This page was last revised on November 3, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 24, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,315 times since then and 35 times this year. Last updated on February 25, 2016, by Art Taylor of Beaverdam, Va 23015. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 24, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.