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Submitted: 4/6/16 • Approved: 5/25/23 • Last Updated: 5/28/23 • R120209-G0-S3
COLONEL
Revolutionary War
May 19, 1757 - April 6, 1837
Born in Sutton, Massachusetts
Died in Natchitoches, Louisiana
Revolutionary War soldier appointed by Thomas Jefferson. 1805 Indian agent Natchitoches. Influential in US Spanish Boundary Dispute settlement; N W Louisiana Frontier Development; First Senator, Judge, Militia Colonel, Historian, Natchitoches Parish Owner Plantations N S C Site; Army Post Physician; Operated Drake Salt Mines.
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