History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 593.
[Scott County]  [Georgetown City and Precinct]

L. L. HERNDON, father, P. O. Great Crossings, whose portrait appears in
this work was born to John and Elizabeth Herndon, on March 29, 1811, his
birthplace being three miles from Georgetown, Scott County, Ky.  His
parents were married in 1810, and his mother was a daughter of Major Rodes
Thompson, of Scott County.  His father was born in Orange County, Va., in
1870, and came to Kentucky about 1809; being an invalid, and coming with
a few servants and but limited means, it was due alone to his great
energy and perseverance that he achieved pecuniary success; from farming
and the manufacture of hemp, which he began near Georgetown as early as
1835, being one of the first manufacturers.  At the time of his death,
which occurred in 1849, he owned several large factories.  His wife bore
him eight children, four sons and four daughters.  Like him, she was a
consistent member of the Christian Church; she died in 1832.  Three of
the sons are residents of Scott county, and one lives in Henry county.
His father was again married, the lady being Mrs. Prewitt, of Woodford
County; she bore him to daughters.  L. L. Herndon was educated in the
schools of this county; at twenty-one he began farming.  In 1837 he went
to Arkansas, where for a period of two years he was engaged in cotton
raising.  In his early life he, like his father, raised a few thoroughbred
horses, but was never a turfman in the modern sense.  He moved to his
present place at the Crossings in 1850; this formerly was owned by Col.
James Johnson.  One day recently, while remodeling a building, a
Georgetown newspaper, published in 1810, was found between the wall and
the fire place mantel, and he sealed it up with others of later dates,
returning them to the same place.  Mr. Herndon has been extensively
engaged in buying and selling real estate, at which he has been very
successful, his operations proving lucrative.  His present large estate
has been acquired largely by his own sturdy efforts.  Under the old
constitution he was sheriff of the county two terms.  In 1859, Mr.
Herndon made a tour of continental Europe, in company with A. Keene
Richards and L. L. Johnson, making the trip for pleasure, and the profit
gained by observation.

Herndon Thompson Prewitt Richards Johnson
=
Woodford-KY Orange-VA Europe

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