|
 Simon Kenton - Maysville, KY, USA
N 38° 38.818 W 083° 45.695
17S E 259665 N 4281219
Marker is in Maysville, Kentucky. Marker is on Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge (U.S. 62). The marker is a bronze plaque fastened to the concrete cable anchorage on the southbound side. The DAR insignia is in the bottom center.
Waymark Code: WM1845F
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 05/26/2023
Views: 1
Simon Kenton (aka "Simon Butler") (April 3, 1755 – April 29, 1836) was an American frontiersman and soldier in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio. He was a friend of Daniel Boone, Simon Girty, Spencer Records, Thomas S. Hinde, Thomas Hinde, and Isaac Shelby. He served the United States in the Revolution, the Northwest Indian War, and the War of 1812. Surviving multiple gauntlets and ritual torture, in 1778, he was adopted into the Shawnee people. He married twice and had a total of 10 children. ~ Wikipedia ~ ( visit link)
DAR Chapter: Limestone Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution
Date Placed: 01/01/1931
Inscription:
Simon Kenton, born in Fauquier County, Virginia, was the outstanding pioneer of northern Kentucky. As a spy and scout he was “as prudent as he was brave.” For twenty years he was the leader and guardian of settlers on the northern border.
In 1771 he first came down the Ohio seeking the cane-land of Kentucky. In 1775 he landed in a canoe at the mouth of Cabin Creek, six miles above Maysville. In the same year he built a camp three miles south of Maysville and planted the first corn planted north of the Kentucky River by a white man. To this camp he returned in 1784 and established Kenton's Station.
From 1774 to 1793 he participated in invasions of Indian territory under Dunmore, Lewis, Clark and Wayne.
Near Maysville in 1778 he was captured by Indians, suffered eight months of Indian torture and eight times ran the gauntlet.
In 1802 he moved to Ohio where he became Brigadier General of militia, but joined Kentucky troops to take part in the Battle of the Thames. He died April 29, 1836 and his remains lie in Urbana, Ohio.
Erected by Limestone Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution.
1931
|
Visit Instructions:
- Please provide a photo you have taken of the monument or memorial clearly showing the DAR Marker.
- And please write a little about your visit to the site. Tell us what you thought, did you like it?
Recent Visits/Logs:
| There are no logs for this waymark yet. |
|
|
|
|