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Col Thomas Paxton

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Col Thomas Paxton

Birth
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
1813 (aged 73–74)
Clermont County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Loveland, Clermont County, Ohio, USA
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When Col Thomas Paxton's family arrived in America from County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland. They first settled in Lancaster County, PA, near the town of Gettysburg. Colonel Paxton was commissioned on December 10, 1777. He took part in Valley Forge and dined with General George Washington, Marquis de Lafayette, Baron DeKalb, General John Patterson of New Jersey, and Alexander Hamilton amongst others on Christmas Day of 1777. He was also present at the Battle of Fallen Timbers leading fifty Indian Scouts.

He was the first white man to settle to inland between the Little Miami and Scioto Rivers or in the entire area of the Virginia Military Tract in 1794. He is credited with building the first log cabin and planting the first field of corn. The first Presbyterian church service was held in his log cabin. The first voting/polling booths in Clermont County were also located within his cabin. In 1801, he was elected Auditor of Supervisor's Accounts in O'Bannon Township.

Colonel married Elizabeth Quaite (who died in 1780) first and later married Martha White (who died in 1835). He sired a total of 11 children, 3 sons and 8 daughters. His daughter Isabelle Paxton married Captain John Ramsey and their family then built the White Pillars Homestead where the family burial ground stands to this day. Their granddaughter Isabelle married James Loveland whom the town of Paxton was then renamed after.

When Colonel Paxton died in 1813, his land totaled nearly 2,000 acres.
When Col Thomas Paxton's family arrived in America from County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland. They first settled in Lancaster County, PA, near the town of Gettysburg. Colonel Paxton was commissioned on December 10, 1777. He took part in Valley Forge and dined with General George Washington, Marquis de Lafayette, Baron DeKalb, General John Patterson of New Jersey, and Alexander Hamilton amongst others on Christmas Day of 1777. He was also present at the Battle of Fallen Timbers leading fifty Indian Scouts.

He was the first white man to settle to inland between the Little Miami and Scioto Rivers or in the entire area of the Virginia Military Tract in 1794. He is credited with building the first log cabin and planting the first field of corn. The first Presbyterian church service was held in his log cabin. The first voting/polling booths in Clermont County were also located within his cabin. In 1801, he was elected Auditor of Supervisor's Accounts in O'Bannon Township.

Colonel married Elizabeth Quaite (who died in 1780) first and later married Martha White (who died in 1835). He sired a total of 11 children, 3 sons and 8 daughters. His daughter Isabelle Paxton married Captain John Ramsey and their family then built the White Pillars Homestead where the family burial ground stands to this day. Their granddaughter Isabelle married James Loveland whom the town of Paxton was then renamed after.

When Colonel Paxton died in 1813, his land totaled nearly 2,000 acres.

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