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Subject: Simpson.Peter.1758.Jessamine.BIOS


Peter Simpson 1758 - 1835
Jessamine County KyArchives Biography

Author: Bennett H. Young

Peter Simpson

Was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1758. He served two years in the Revolutionary 
war under General Wayne, was in several battles and skirmishes in New York and New Jersey, and 
at the battle of Monmouth was slightly wounded. He was visiting Jessamine county in 1794, and 
was present at Colonel Price's Fourth of July celebration that year. He returned to Virginia, 
and in 1802 removed from the valley in Virginia and settled in the Marble creek neighborhood, 
where he lived until his death in 1835.


Submitted by: Joy Fisher
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Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

A HISTORY OF JESSAMINE COUNTY, KENTUCKY, FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO 1898.
By BENNETT H. YOUNG,
PRESIDENT POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; MEMBER FILSON CLUB; MEMBER CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, 1890; 
AUTHOR HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF KENTUCKY, OF "BATTLE OF BLUE LICKS, ETC, ETC.

S. M. DUNCAN, ASSOCIATE AUTHOR.

Every brave and good life out of the past is a treasure which cannot  be measured in money, 
and should be preserved with faithfullest care.

LOUISVILLE, KY.: COURIER-JOURNAL JOB PRINTING CO., 1898.


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