Daniel Boone
frontiersman, early pioneer of America, explorer of Kentucky (outside the 13 Colonies), settler, Lewis & Clark expeditions, folk hero in the United States
Adriaen van der Donck
Dutch colonist, landowner, famous for the lands of Yonkers, NY
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David Fasken
Landowner, lawyer, attorney, his family founded Fasken Oil & Ranch on 300,000 acres of land in Texas
Davy Crockett
Native Indian explorer, frontiersman aka King of the Wild Frontier, soldier, military veteran, folk hero of American settlers, politician, US representative during the Texas revolution at The Alamo
1786-1836 (50)
Donald Scott
Landowner of Trails End Ranch due to family inheritance, LA County executed him in an asset forfeiture due to suspected marijuana, house burnt down due to arson and the National Park Service ordered to stand down firefighters
General Patton
US army general aka George Patton IV, military leader, descendent of James Patton a friend of Davy Crockett
George Kennedy
Businessman, the Canadian city Georgetown, Ontario was named after him.
1799-1870 (71)
Henri Menier
Chocolate maker, built the town of Port-Menier on Anticosti Island after purchasing the island in 1895 for $125,000, and named Vauréal Falls after his home town in France.
HF Dangberg
Farmer, first settler and creator of Minden, Nevada
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Capt. James Callaway
military officer of the Missouri Rangers in the War of 1812, grandson of Daniel Boone
1783-1815 (32)
James Patton
military veteran of the War of 1812, fought for Andrew Jackson during the Creek Indian War in 1813 against the Red Sticks, disputed information whether he was killed-in-action (KIA) during the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814 (or sometime in November of 1813), married his cousin Elizabeth in 1809 and birthed George Patton I (the 1st) who is the direct bloodline patriarchy for General Patton (George Patton IV)
1784-1813 (29)
John Rolfe
Navigator on the Deliverance ship, early settler to Jamestown, cultivation of tobacco
John Winthrop
Governor of Massachusetts Colony, very wealthy political family dynasty
Nathan Boone
contract surveyor, trailblazer, explorer, soldier, lieutenant colonel, military captain in the 1st United States Regiment of Dragoons, married to Olive in 1799, military veteran of the War of 1812, son of Rebecca & Daniel Boone, he bought 680 acres of land in exchange for his horse & saddle which became Boonville (aka Boone’s Lick for its saltwater springs)
1780-1856 (76)
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Peter Stuyvesant living
settler, colonial governor of the colony of New Netherland from 1647-1664 until it ceded territory to England (as the United States of New York and New Jersey)
1592- (432)
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Thorvald Eiriksson
Norse settler, son of Erik the Red, brother of Leif Erikson
975 AD-1006