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Clay however, took the lead & kept it. Young as I
then was, I paid particular attention to the speeches
made at that Court, the first I ever heard & I determined
then to be a lawyer, if I could. Mr. Clay's
success & career are too well known to be particularly
noticed. Mr. Bibb also became highly distinguished
as a lawyer & has been twice on the bench
of the Supreme Court in Kenty, Chancellor at Louisville,
Senator in Congress, & Secretary of the Treasury
of the U. S. during part of Mr. Taylors administration.
Mr. Bledsoe, was a man of the first
order of talents, an accomplished classical scholar,
a man of exquisite wit - a poet & an orator. He
was in fact a most eloquent man & not
withstanding his many failings was a favorite
with the people. He soon acquired great
eminence at the bar & was considered amongst
the best advocates in the State. He was Secretary
of State during Genl. Scotts administration from
1808 to 1812. He was afterwards in the Senate
of the U. S. & a Judge on the Circuit Court bench
in Kenty. His besetting sin was "intemperance"
that impaired his usefullness from the commencement
of his professional & political career,
and ultimately brought to his Brave. He
died an outcast in Nacogdoches Texas in 1836.
He married the eldest daughter of the late
Col. Nathaniel Gist of Clarke County; she was
at that time one of the "belles" of Kenty &
was sister to Mrs Doct. Boswell Mrs Capt Nat Hart
brother of Mrs. Clay (killed at the river Raisin)
Mrs. F. P. Blair, & Mrs. Gratz. Her mother (Ann
Gist) was married to Genl. Charles Scott in 1812
a short time before he was elected Gov. of Kenty.
In addition to the members of the bar, particularly
noticed, there were others, as usual who were not
prominent or distinguished. Mr. Patterson Bullock, a
nephew of Capt. Bullock, Mr. William Clark, son of
the old Judge & brother of the late Gov. Clark, Jno Cranford
& Mr. George Webb.