Squire Boone Grant (1764 - 1833)

Born 19 Sep 1764 in Yadkin Valley, Rowan, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Susanna (Hann) Grant — married 27 Feb 1789 in Bourbon, Kentucky, United States

Husband of Mary (Johnson) Grant — married 30 Apr 1815 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States

Husband of Mary (Bartlett) Grant — married 1830 in Franklin, Kentucky

Descendants

Died 10 Jun 1833 at age 68 in Errondale, Kenton, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

He died in the cholera epidemic.

He was married 3 times

(1) Susannah Hann - 9 children

(2) Mary (Johnson) Drum a widow - 4 children

(3) Polly (Bartlett) Hickman - a widow with 4 Hickman children

Captain Squire Boone Grant was born September 19, 1764 in the Yadkin Valley, Rowan Co, North Carolina to William Grant and Elizabeth Boone, sister of Daniel Boone. The family moved to Boonsboro in 1777, but after trouble with the natives, they moved back to North Carolina. However, in 1780 they again returned to Kentucky. They settled at Bryan's Station and Elizabeth Grant was a leader in the bucket brigade that helped save the men fighting the natives on August 16, 1782. Squire was sent back to North Carolina to be educated, finishing in 1784. On 7 Jan 1785 he was appointed Deputy Surveyor of the "Lands granted to the North Carolina Continental Line." He engaged in surveying business with General Armstrong and surveyed land in North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky.

On 27 Jan 1789 in Bourbon Co Kentucky, Squire married Susanna Hahn. The immediately settled on the Elkhorn in Fayette County. In 1794 they moved to Campbell County and settled in Wilmington at the southern end of the county and built their Belvidere home. In 1808 they moved to a mill farm.

Captain Squire was a Kentucky State Senator 1801-1806. In 1804 he was a Commander in the 4th Brigade of Kentucky Volunteers. In 1810 he was appointed Sheriff of Campbell Co. In 1813 during the War of 1812, he went to Detroit as Captain of the 4th Kentucky Mounted Volunteers. Squire was also called to active duty in Canada. There he participated in the "Battle of the Thames" at Chatham, Ontario in which the great Shawnee Chief Tecumseh was killed.

By 1814 he and Susanna moved to Erondale in the big bend of the Licking on the Kenton County side of the river.

Squire Grant was a slave owner as listed in the Campbell County tax lists.

He was a personal friend of President Andrew Jackson and named one of his sons, Washington Jackson in his honor.

Squire acquired tremendous amounts of land. He owned 40,000 acres in Campbell and Kenton Counties. During the 1820’s and 1830’s he was faced with faulty deeds, overlapping claims and sloppy paperwork which reduced his holdings to less than 1000 acres at his death. In 1832 he rode a horse to Callaway County Missouri to visit his son, Israel B and his family.

For several years he operated a store near his brother John’s salt works at Grant’s Lick. He died of cholera on June 10, 1833, at Grants Bend "Erondale" in Campbell County. He was buried in the

For several years he operated a store near his brother John’s salt works at Grant’s Lick. He died of cholera on June 10, 1833, at Grants Bend "Erondale" in Campbell County. He was buried in the Grant Family Cemetery at Erondale.

Sources

• 1810; Census Place: Campbell, Campbell, Kentucky; Roll: 9; Page: 26; Image: 00034; Family History Library Film: 0181354

• 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Covington, Campbell, Kentucky; Page: 14; NARA Roll: M33_20; Image: 24

• 1830; Census Place: Campbell, Kentucky; Series: M19; Roll: 34; Page: 252; Family History Library Film: 0007813

• Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Kentucky Census, 1810-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.

*Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

* U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815: National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M602, 234 rolls.