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Simon Kenton ( April 3 , 1755 - April 29 , 1836 ) was a famous United States Frontiersman and friend of the renowned Daniel Boone and the infamous Simon Girty . FAMILY AND EARLY LIFE Simon Kenton was born in the Bull Run Mountains , Prince William County , Virginia to Mark Kenton, Sr. and Mary Miller Kenton. In 1771, at the age of 16, thinking he had killed a man in a jealous rage, he fled into the wilderness of Kentucky and Ohio , and for years went by the name "Simon Butler." In 1782, when he learned that the victim was still alive, he returned to Virginia and readopted his original name. NOTED ACTIVITIES Kenton served as a scout against the Shawnee in 1774 in the conflict between Native Americans and European settlers later labeled Dunmore's War . In 1777, he saved the life of his friend and fellow frontiersman, Daniel Boone , at Boonesborough, Kentucky . The following year, Kenton was in turn rescued from torture and death by Simon Girty . Kenton served on the famous 1778 George Rogers Clark expedition to capture Fort Sackville and also fought with "Mad" Anthony Wayne in the Ohio Indian Wars in 1793-94. Kenton moved to Urbana, Ohio in 1810, and achieved the rank of brigadier general of the Ohio militia. He served in the War Of 1812 as both a scout and as leader of a militia group in the Battle Of The Thames in 1813. Kenton died in New Jerusalem, Ohio (in Logan County ) and was first buried there. His body was later moved to Urbana, Ohio. Kenton, Ohio , seat of Hardin County , in northwest Ohio was named in honor of Simon Kenton. A local school for the Developmentally Disabled in Hardin County is named Simon Kenton. Simon Kenton High School home of the Pioneers, is in Independence, Kentucky . Kenton County, Kentucky is also named for Simon Kenton. The Simon Kenton Council is the name of a geographical division of the Boy Scouts Of America , spanning from Central Ohio to northern Kentucky . The Simon Kenton Pub in Bath County, Virginia is named after this notable frontiersman. REFERENCES
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