From: KyArchives [Archives@genrecords.org] Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 2:07 PM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Irvine.William.unknown.Muhlenberg.BIOS William Irvine unknown - 1820 Muhlenberg County KyArchives Biography Author: The Biographical Encyclopaedia of Kentucky, J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878 Col. William Irvine was a native of Virginia, and one among the early settlers of Kentucky. He built Irvine's Station, in Madison County; took part in most of the bloody encounters with the Indians; was engaged in "Estill's Defeat," at Little Mountain, in Montgomery County, in 1782, in which he was severely wounded; and, although living for thirty-eight years after that fatal engagement, the balls were never extracted from his body. On the organization of Madison County, he became Clerk of the Quarter Sessions and County Courts; was afterwards made Clerk of the Circuit Court, and continued to hold the offices until his death; was elected to the Legislature of Virginia from the district of Kentucky; was a delegate to the conventions held at Danville, looking to the organization of the new State; was a member of the convention of 1799, which framed the second Constitution of the State; and was, at several times, Presidential Elector. He died in 1820, and was one of the most beloved and valuable men of his day. Submitted by: Sandi Gorin http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00002.html#0000404 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/