John Stuart (Virginia settler)
John Stuart | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Virginia Ratifying Convention from Greenbrier County | |
| In office 1788 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 2, 1795 |
| Died | August 18, 1823 (aged 74) |
| Resting place | Stuart Manor, Greenbrier County, Virginia |
| Occupation | Pioneer, military officer, politician |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | Virginia militia |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | American Revolutionary War Battle of Point Pleasant Fort Randolph Fort Stuart |
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Colonel John Stuart (17 March 1749 in Augusta County, Virginia – 18 August 1823 in Greenbrier County, Virginia [now West Virginia]) was a Revolutionary War commander, author and pioneering western Virginia settler. A veteran of the Battle of Point Pleasant (1774), he surveyed and settled the Greenbrier Valley and is known locally as the "Father of Greenbrier County". Owing to his Memoir of Indian Wars and Other Occurrences, written in 1799, he has been called "the most important chronicler of pioneer history in southern West Virginia".