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Simon Kenton<\/h1>\n
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Born<\/th>\nApril 3, 1755 modern Fauquier County, Virginia<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Died<\/th>\nApril 29, 1836 (aged\u00a081) New Jerusalem, Logan County, Ohio<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Resting place<\/th>\nOak Dale Cemetery, Urbana, Ohio<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Statue at Simon Kenton’s grave in Urbana, Ohio<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Simon Kenton<\/b> (April 3, 1755 \u2013 April 29, 1836) was a famous United States<\/a> frontiersman<\/a> and friend of Daniel Boone<\/a>, Simon Girty<\/a>, Spencer Records<\/a>, Thomas S. Hinde<\/a>, Dr. Thomas Hinde<\/a>, and Isaac Shelby<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Simon Kenton was born at the headwaters of Mill Run in the Bull Run Mountains April 3, 1755, in what is now Fauquier County, Virginia<\/a> (birthplace was part of Prince William County at time of his birth prior to formation of Fauquier in 1759) to Mark Kenton Sr. (an immigrant from Ireland<\/a>) and Mary Miller Kenton (whose family was Scot-Welsh in lineage). In 1771, at the age of 16, thinking he had killed a man in a jealous rage (the fight began over the love of a girl), he fled into the wilderness of Kentucky<\/a>, West Virginia<\/a> and Ohio<\/a>, and for years went by the name “Simon Butler.” He later discovered that the victim had lived, and Kenton readopted his original name. He is buried in Urbana, Ohio at N 40\u00b0 22.688 W 083\u00b0 39.399.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Site of the village of Chillicothe<\/a>, where Kenton ran the gauntlet<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In 1774, in a conflict later labeled Dunmore’s War<\/a>, Kenton served as a scout for the European settlers against the Shawnee<\/a> Indians. In 1777, he saved the life of his friend and fellow frontiersman, Daniel Boone<\/a>, at Boonesborough, Kentucky<\/a>. The following year, Kenton was in turn rescued from the Indians by Simon Girty<\/a> after enduring many days of running the gauntlet<\/a> and various other tortures that should have killed Kenton.<\/p>\n

Kenton served as scout on the famous 1778 George Rogers Clark<\/a> expedition to capture Fort Sackville<\/a> and also fought with “Mad” Anthony Wayne<\/a> in the Northwest Indian War<\/a> in 1793-94. Kenton moved to Urbana, Ohio<\/a> in 1810, and achieved the rank of brigadier general of the Ohio militia. He served in the War of 1812<\/a> as both a scout and as leader of a militia group in the Battle of the Thames<\/a> in 1813. This was the battle in which the famous Indian chief Tecumseh<\/a> was killed. Kenton was chosen to identify Tecumseh<\/a>\u2019s body but, recognizing both Tecumseh<\/a> and another fallen warrior named Roundhead, and seeing soldiers gleefully eager to carve up Tecumseh<\/a>\u2019s body into souvenirs, he identified Roundhead as Tecumseh<\/a>.[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

There is a large boulder on the west side of the Ritter Public Library, 5680 Liberty Avenue, Vermilion, Ohio that was found on a farm a few miles to the south inscribed “KENTON” and is believed to have been carved by Kenton himself. (no photo available) (no reference)<\/p>\n

After Martha Dowden died in a tragic house fire, Simon Kenton married Elizabeth Jarboe and had 6 children in his second marriage. Kenton died in (and was initially buried at) New Jerusalem in Logan County, Ohio<\/a>. His body was later moved to Urbana, Ohio<\/a>. After Kenton’s death, his widow and a number of descendents went to northwestern Indiana, to an area in Jasper<\/a>, White<\/a>, and Pulaski<\/a> Counties which was heavily settled by families who migrated there from Champaign County, Ohio<\/a>, where Kenton is buried. Simon Kenton was also called Cut-ta-ho-tha by the Shawnees.<\/p>\n

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The city of Kenton<\/a>, the county seat<\/a> of northwestern Ohio’s Hardin County<\/a>, was named in honor of Simon Kenton. A local school for the developmentally disabled<\/a> in Hardin County is named Simon Kenton.<\/p>\n

Kenton County, Kentucky<\/a> is named for him, as is Simon Kenton High School<\/a> in Independence, Kentucky<\/a>, the county seat. A statue honoring him is along Covington, Kentucky<\/a>‘s Riverside Drive Historic District<\/a>, overlooking the Ohio River<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are two Simon Kenton Elementary Schools, one in Greene County, Ohio<\/a>, in the city of Xenia<\/a>, and one in Clark County, Ohio<\/a> in the city of Springfield<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Simon Kenton Road is a residential street in a development at the base of Bull Run Mountain in Prince William County, Virginia<\/p>\n

The Simon Kenton Council<\/a> is the name of a geographical division of the Boy Scouts of America<\/a>, spanning from Central Ohio to northern Kentucky.<\/p>\n

In the Frontiersman Camping Fellowship<\/a> of the Royal Rangers<\/a> Indiana is designated the Simon Kenton Chapter.<\/p>\n

The Simon Kenton Pub<\/a> in Bath County, Virginia<\/a> is named after this notable frontiersman.<\/p>\n

The Simon Kenton Inn in Springfield, Ohio is located where Simon first settled in Ohio during the spring of 1799.<\/p>\n

.Read more at http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/61938550\/Revolutionary-War-in-Kentucky<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Simon Kenton Born April 3, 1755 modern Fauquier County, Virginia Died April 29, 1836 (aged\u00a081) New Jerusalem, Logan County, Ohio Resting place Oak Dale Cemetery, Urbana, Ohio Statue at Simon Kenton’s grave in Urbana, Ohio Simon Kenton (April 3, 1755 \u2013 April 29, 1836) was a famous United States frontiersman and friend of Daniel … <\/p>\n

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