Notable Visitors Archives - Historic Locust Grove

President Zachary Taylor

Son of Locust Grove neighbors, Taylor was a planter and career officer whose casual appearance earned him the nickname “Old Rough and Ready.” He was a family friend and frequent...

President Andrew Jackson

The first frontier President was last to have lived through the revolution. A self-taught Tennessee lawyer, Jackson became a hero in the War of 1812 in the battle of New...

President James Monroe

Monroe was 18 when he joined William Croghan at the Battle of Trenton under the command of George Washington. Monroe helped negotiate the purchase of Louisiana, and became the fourth...

John James Audubon

Born in Haiti of French background, naturalist John James Audubon came to Kentucky with his new wife, Lucy Bakewell, in 1807-1808. Living temporarily at the Gwathmey’s Indiana Queen Hotel, Audubon...

Aaron Burr

New York lawyer, Valley Forge veteran, and third Vice-president, Burr will forever be known as the man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel in July 1804. Connected by marriage...