Kenton, Simon, 1755-1836
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Kenton, Simon, 1758-1836.
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Kentucky and Ohio frontiersman, pioneer, and settler.
Simon Kenton, a pioneer settler of Kentucky, was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, April 3, 1755. In the spring of 1775, Kenton and Thomas Williams explored the area of Mason County, Kentucky, where they set up camp. Kenton moved on to Boonesborough in the fall of that year and became a famous scout and Indian fighter. Shortly after his first wife's death, Kenton married Elizabeth Jarboe in 1798. That same year, Kenton moved to Ohio where he spent the rest of his life, mostly in poverty. He managed his finances badly, lost large amounts of land, and was even briefly imprisoned for debt while on a visit to Washington, Kentucky, in 1820. Kenton died near Zanesville, Ohio, April 29, 1836.
American explorer, land owner, and general in the Ohio Militia.
Indian fighter, scout, and army officer.
Frontiersman, scout.
Kenton, a native of Virginia, lived in Kentucky for more than twenty years. He worked with Daniel Boone and George Rogers Clark and fought in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
Frontiersman, Indian fighter, and early settler (1802) with friend and business partner William Ward on Miami or Symmes Purchase lands in the Mad River Township (9th range of townships) of Greene County (now Champaign County), Ohio.
Kenton and Ward purchased their land from Cincinnati land speculator John Cleves Symmes, who in 1788 obtained the Miami Purchase lands from the federal government.
Simon Kenton was born in Fauquier County, Virginia in 1755. At the age of sixteen, he migrated west and spent two years hunting along the Ohio River. After serving in Dunmore's War in 1774, Kenton moved to Boonesborough, Kentucky where Daniel Boone hired him as a scout. During the Revolutionary War, Kenton scouted for George Rogers Clark and others.
After receiving large tracts of land (which he later lost), Kenton moved to Ohio in 1798 and served as a brigadier general in the Ohio Militia. He also fought in the War of 1812. Kenton died in 1836, impoverished except for his twenty dollar monthly pension. Kenton County, Kentucky is named for him.
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Ohio--Champaign County
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Ohio
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Ohio--Adams County
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Kentucky
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Kentucky--Mason County
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Kentucky--Mason County
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United States
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Kentucky--Bath County
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Ruddells Station (Ky.)
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Mason County (Ky.)
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Champaign County (Ohio)
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