Kenton, Simon (1755–1836), a United States frontiersman who became a living legend during 42 years as a scout and Indian fighter. Kenton was born in Fauquier County, Virginia. At the age of 16, mistakenly believing that he had killed a man in a fight, he fled to the upper Ohio River region. He joined Daniel Boone's settlement in Kentucky in 1775, and saved Boone's life during a Shawnee raid in 1777. Kenton served in George Rogers Clark's expedition against the British in Illinois in 1778 and took part in many Indian wars. Once he barely escaped death when captured by Indians. Kenton served under Anthony Wayne in the 1794 Indian campaign in the Northwest Territory and fought in the War of 1812. In his later years, he lost land he held in Ohio because of faulty land titles and was forced to live on a government pension.
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