From Wikipedia.
April 9, 1753 to September 16, 1819.
U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Born in Albemarle County, Virginia. During the American Revolution, he was on the staff of George Washington for awhile and later lieutenant-colonel of the 10th Virginia and an original member of the Virginia Society of Cincinnati.
In 1796, he moved to Kentucky and settled on the Ohio River at Red Banks, now called Henderson. He served as a state judge as well as the Kentucky House of Representatives. He was a member of the Kentucky State Senate from 1809 to 1813.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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