Robert Todd (pioneer)

Robert Todd
BornApril 1754
DiedMarch 1814
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPolitician
Known forEarly pioneer and statesman of Kentucky; co-founder of Lexington, Kentucky
SpouseNancy Ann Todd
Children
  • Levi
  • John
  • Mary
  • Eliza
  • Thomas
RelativesJohn Todd (brother)
Levi Todd (brother)
Robert Smith Todd (nephew)
Mary Todd Lincoln (great-niece)

Brigadier General Robert Todd (April 1754 – March 1814)[1] was an 18th-century American pioneer, politician and soldier. As an officer in the Kentucky militia he took part in the western theater of the American Revolutionary War and the Northwest Indian War. Together with his brothers John Todd and General Levi Todd, he was involved in the early economic and political development of Kentucky prior to its admission into the United States in 1792.[2]

  1. ^ McAdams, Ednah Wilson (2009) Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records, p. 232
  2. ^ Harrison, Lowell Hayes. Lincoln of Kentucky. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2000. (pg. 65) ISBN 0-8131-2156-6