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PIONEER KENTUCKY DOCUMENT 1812
PIONEER KENTUCKY DOCUMENT 1812
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Pioneer Kentucky document dated 1812, signed buy Horatio Wade and William Larkin. Larkin promises to pay $22.50 to James Crutcher. Approx. 7-1/4 x 6 in. From the area od Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky. MAJOR JAS. CRUTCHER - Pioneer. Came to Kentucky from Virginia with his father & family, arriving at the Falls of the Ohio in early 1780s, and later moved to Bardstown. In 1796, he moved to Elizabethtown and became one of the earliest merchants there. Served terms in the legislature and came close to being elected lieutenant governor. He was at the battle of New Orleans as aide to General Thomas, commander of the Kentucky troops. He was involved in the flatboat business and it was said that after delivering a cargo by flatboat to New Orleans, Crutcher would walk back to Kentucky. On these trips he carried his money in a close fitting deer skin vest which he wore under his shirt.
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