American pioneer, born in Fauquier County, VA, on the 3rd of April 1755. At the age of sixteen he had an affray arising from a love affair, and, believing that he had killed his adversary, fled from Virginia to Kentucky, where he ranged the country as a spy against the Indians until 1778, when he was captured by the Indians, but escaped same months afterward, and during the invasion of Kentucky by the British and Indians, led a company and aided in driving out the invaders. In 1782 he again commanded a company, and then, learning that the man he supposed he had killed was still living, visited his old home, but soon afterward re-entered the army. In 1793 he was major of a battalion of Kentucky volunteers; in 1805 became a brigadier-general of Ohio militia, and fought at the battle of the Thames in 1813. In 1824, having lost his vast possessions of land through the invasion of pioneers, he appeared in Frankfort, KY, before the legislature, in tattered garments, petitioning for relief, which was granted, and a pension of $240 procured for him from Congress. He died in Logan County, OH, on the 29th of April 1836.
