Photograph courtesy of Dave Redden. (03/15/01)
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Born 1734, died 1820. Entered Eastern Kentucky,
1767; explored Bluegrass Region, 1769-71; guided Transylvania
Company, blazed Wilderness Trail, built Fort Boonesborough in 1775; directed
defense of the fort, 1778; emigrated to Missouri, 1799; "reinterred", with
wife Rebecca, in Frankfort Cemetery, 1845. Photograph courtesy of Dave Redden. (03/15/01) Return to Franklin County marker listing |