Revolutionary War Soldiers  Buried in Northern Kentucky

I have been researching the number of Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Boone County and several other adjacent counties in Northern Kentucky. (Kenton, Campbell, Bracken, Mason) The 1840 Census lists those who were still alive at that time, but the list is far from complete. I have utilized earlier documents and the research of Anna Fitzgerald to compile a more accurate total. The Boone County DAR was also helpful, as they had a record of many Revolutionary soldiers buried, and some graves previously dedicated with DAR markers. The Boone County Library also had similar records of the grave dedications of eight -10 Patriots.

Tom Geimeier

 Boone County

(Some records from the Kentucky 1840 Census & Anna Fitzgerald’s research)

Name                      Date     Age                        Name                     Date      Age

William Aldridge     1833      75                           Elizabeth Allen      1840        65

John Alexander      1833      76                            (widow)

(wife –Jerusha)                                                    Joseph Barlow       1840        80

Asa Beech              1818      68                           William Brady         1820        62

Jacob Brewno         1840      86                           Jane Bridges          1840        74

Peter Brumback      1840      87                           Jacob Bruner          1821        62

Richard Butler         1820      64

(Jacob Piatt’s son-in-law)                                      David Clarkson       1833       72

(wife- Phebe)

Joseph Cobbs        1840     50                             John Hawkins Craig  1833     70

(too young)                                                       (wife -Sally Snelling)

(Cave Johnson’s brother in law)

William Golding       1833    74                             Daniel Goft                1840      80

John Grant              1840     51

(too young, 51 in 1840)                                        William Hamilton        1833      93

(wife- Ruth, also Illin. Reg.)

Jeremiah Hayden    1818     56                            Richard Hubbell         1833      72

John Isham                                                           Cave Johnson            1833     72

(wife – Elizabeth)                                                (wife- Betsy Johnson, Bryans Station)

James Kay                                                           Joseph Kennedy         1833     70

Alexander McPherson1818        66                     Thomas Mills               1820     68

(wife- Rebecca)

Jacob Piatt               1833       85                          Zachariah Reed          1819     57

(wife-Martha)                                                         Alexander Ross          1833      71

James Ruddell         1833       75                          Jacob Rouse               1832      74

Samuel Rouse         1832        80                          Isaac D. Sanders        1840     51

(too young)

William Smither       1833        78                           Hugh Steers                1840      81

John Stephenson    1833        78                           Samuel Stribing           1818      72

John Swindle           1832        86

(wife- Hannah)                                                        Frederick Tanner         1840      80

John Tomlinson        1840       81                           Thomas Vance            1840       80

(wife –Sarah)

George Vest              1840      80

Bracken County

James Arbuckle         1840        80                            Phillip King                 1840        53 (too young)

William Sargent          1840        81                            John Hamilton           1840        76

Bartholomew Taylor   1840        80                            John J. Thomas         1840        82

Michael Dean              1818        80                            Edward Dehaven      1821        63

George Maines           1817        70                            William Owens           1832        69

Jacob Morris                1832        69                           Benjamin Henderson  1833       75

William Jaco                1820        84

ARBUCKLE, James, Pvt., VA State Troops; 12 May 1834; $30; age 72.

BLACK, Rudolph, Pvt., VA Militia; 30 Jan 1834; $20; age 72.

DEAN, Michael, Pvt., VA Line; 18 Mar 1819; 2 Nov 1818; $96; age 94.

DILMAN, Andrew, Pvt., VA Line; 15 Nov 1820; 5 Oct 1818; $96; age 67.

FRANKLIN, Joseph, Pvt., VA Line; 18 Mar 1819; 11 May 1818; $96; age 73;

died 30 Dec 1829.

HAMILTON, John, Pvt., PA Line; 8 Jan 1834; $53.33; age 69.

HENDERSON, Benjamin, Pvt., NC Militia; 8 Jan 1823; $23.33; age 76.

JACO, William, Pvt., VA Line; 2 Aug 1821; 13 July 1818; $96; age 98.

KENDALL, Aaron, Pvt., NJ Militia; 29 May 1834; $20; age 62.

KIMMER, Nicholas, Cpl. 4th Regt. PA Line; 6 Oct 1828; 3 Mar 1826; $88;

transferred to Fayette Co IN.

KING, John, Pvt., PA Line; 21 Aug 1833; $46.66; age 73.

KING, William, Pvt., VA Militia; 31 Oct 1833; $20; age 71.

MAINES, George, Pvt., VA Line; 16 Dec 1828; 16 Nov 1828; $96; age 84; died

9 Nov 1833.

MIRANDA, Samuel, Pvt., PA Militia; 12 Feb 1834; $20, no age shown, died 6

Nov 1833.

MOORE, Thomas, Pvt., VA Line; 18 Mar 1819; 2 Nov 1818; $96; age 84; died 18

Aug 1825.

MORRIS, Jacob, Pvt., NJ Militia; 29 May 1823; $20; age 62.

MORRIS, Nathaniel G., Capt., VA Line; 18 Mar 1819; 4 Mar 1818; $240; age

76; died 15 Sept 1824.

OWENS, William, Pvt., VA Militia; 18 Feb 1833; $20; age 71.

RICE, Philip, Musician and Sgt., VA Militia; 20 Dec 1833; $67; age 75.

ROBINSON, William, Sgt., Bull’s PA Regt., 10 Sept 1828; 3 Mar 1826; $120;

died 15 Feb 1835.

SERGEANT, William, Pvt., MD Line; 6 June 1834; $23.22; age 74.

TAYLOR, Benjamin, Pvt., MD Militia; 17 June 1834; $20; age 79.

THOMAS, John T., Pvt., Lee’s Legion; 18 Mar 1819; 4 May 1828; $96; age 74.

TUCKER, John, Pvt., MD Line; 9 July 1833; $80; age 88.

None in county, 1840 – total for county:

Kenton County

John McGlasson          1840      Dec                    Joseph Casey           1840        78

(wife-Nancy Doyle, 72)

William Worthington    1840       90                       Stephen Collins           1840        85

Edmond Massey         1840       95                       John Ducker                1840        81

John Keen                   1840       81

Mason County

Mary Ann  Shepherd  1840       75                           Leonard Bean             1840         80

William Bickley           1840       83                           Isabella Pelham          1840         74

Elizabeth Cole             1840       81                          John Campbell            1840         65

(too young)

John Ward                   1840       78                          Samuel H. Stitt           1840         ?

John White                  1840       82

Campbell County

Jacob Medford            1840       77                         Rolling Stone              1840         75

John Waterfield           1840       80                         Charles Galloway       1840         83

Joseph Dunn               1840       89                         Nicholas Henson        1840         81

William Wilkins            1840       81                         John Fritzell                1840         82