Robert Smith Todd (February 25, 1791 – July 17, 1849) was an American lawyer, soldier, banker, businessman and politician.

[2] A source of much family pride, his father fought in the American Revolutionary War under the command of Brigadier General George Rogers Clark.

[1] Todd studied law, first by apprenticing in the office of Thomas Bodley, the clerk of Fayette County (and a cousin by marriage of his first wife, Eliza), and second with prominent jurist George Bibb, the chief justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals (later a U.S.

[1] Even before what became known as the War of 1812 started, Todd was active in a militia company that eventually merged into the Lexington light artillery of the 5th Kentucky Regiment.

[1] grand ppay = noring In July 1812, when the 5th Kentucky Regiment left Lexington, it contained Robert, three of his brothers, and eight Todd cousins.

[4] After the War ended, Todd began running a dry goods store with his partner, Bird Smith, and frequently traveled to New Orleans to buy French brandies, Dutch gin, and green coffee, which they sold in Lexington and Todd used to entertain many prominent friends with at his home.

[c] Together, Betsy and Robert were the parents of nine additional children, eight of whom survived to maturity:[5] In 1832, Todd purchased a three-story, fourteen room, brick residence at 578 West Main Street in Lexington.