Simon Kenton deposition, 1811 Aug. 17.

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Simon Kenton deposition, 1811 Aug. 17.

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This seven-and-a-half-page deposition was taken at the house of Hugh Power in Adams County, Ohio, on August 17, 1811. It concerns a Kentucky land claim for which Simon Kenton was providing evidence. The case was brought to the Mason County, Kentucky, Circuit Court with John Williams as complainant and John Kerchival as defendant. The document's format consists of questions posed by both the complainant and the defendant with Kenton's answers listed afterward. Kenton states that he came to Kentucky in 1775 and soon after "he became acquainted with the leading roads then traveled by Buffalo and Indians ..." He mostly describes his activities in 1779 and 1780, including conducting surveys for the Marshall family. He also mentions Daniel Boone, John Logan, Robert Patterson, and others with whom he traveled throughout Kentucky. This document contains two of his signatures.

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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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...