Simon Kenton collection, 1780-1865.

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Simon Kenton collection, 1780-1865.

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This collection consists of a certificate of payment, certificates of purchase, receipts, a land grant, and indentures of Simon Kenton. The certificate of payment, dated Aug. 10, 1787, was signed by Isaac Shelby of the District of Kentucky authorizing Kenton's pay for services as captain in the Shawnee Expedition under Col. Benjamin Logan. The six Register's Office certificates of purchase were for land bought in Kentucky by Kenton in 1804 and 1805. A document signed by Gov. James Garrard of Kentucky May 18, 1800, verifies Simon Kenton's grant of land in Mason County, Oct. 19, 1780. One indenture between Kenton and John Caldwell transferred land in Mercer County, Kentucky, to Caldwell on Dec. 6, 1794. Another indenture, dated Aug. 29, 1818, transferred land in Bath County, Kentucky, from Kenton to Andrew Kinkead. An indenture for land in Mercer County, Kentucky, was made between Simon Kenton and Charlotte and Alexander Walker, Sally and Greenberry McGinnis, and Jenny and John Wright, Apr. 21, 1824. A copy of the Apr. 29, 1802 indenture between John and Elizabeth Kinkead and Simon Kenton for land in Mason County, Kentucky, was made Mar. 29, 1865. Also in this collection are photographs, shot in Maysville, Kentucky, Sept. 1, 1939, of two documents: one receipt of payment by Thomas Marshall, July 1, 1791 for scouting up the Ohio River and the other, a copy of the marriage bond of Kenton and his second wife, Elizabeth Garboe (Jarboe) March 27, 1798.

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7408407

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Kinkead, Elizabeth.

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Kenton, Simon, 1755-1836

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Kentucky and Ohio frontiersman, pioneer, and settler. From the description of Simon Kenton : miscellaneous papers, 1798-1818. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49244572 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 f...

Kinkead, John, fl. 1802.

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Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826

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Isaac Shelby, Kentucky's first governor, was born in Maryland in 1750. As a young man, he served in Lord Dunmore's War and the Revolutionary War, from which he emerge as one of the heroes of the Battle of King's Mountain, South Carolina. Following the war, he and his bride, Susannah Hart, moved to Lincoln County, Kentucky, where he quickly became a leader in Kentucky politics. He was chosen as Kentucky's first governor, serving from 1792-1796. Just before the War of 1812, Shelby was persuaded by...

Garrard, James, 1749-1822

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Kentucky governor, 1796-1804. From the description of James Garrard : miscellaneous papers, 1797-1803. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49223937 James Garrard was born to Col. William and Mary Naughty Garrard in Stafford County, Virginia January 14, 1749. He served as the captain of a schooner in the Revolutionary War, during which time he was also elected to the Virginia House of Delegates. He was married to Elizabeth Mountjoy December 20, 1769, and the...