Re: Battle of Thames, Johnson's KY Riflemen
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Re: Battle of Thames, Johnson's KY Riflemen
Glenn S. Gealy 10/20/00
Col. Bennett H. Yound (1903), The Battle of the Thames, in which Kentuckians defeated the British, French, and Indians, October 5, 1813. The Eighth Regiment (Calloway's) included Major John Arnold.The great Indian chief, Tecumsah, was killed at this battle.
I believe that the "John Arnold" referred to (with Johnson's Mounted Infantry) is likely the one who is subject of the following posting:
http://www.tngenweb.org/madison/families/arnold.htmhttp://www.tngenweb.org/madison/families/arnold.htm
Major John Arnold was born in Virginia, and migrated to Kentucky region (then a part of Virginia). He served in military units during the Revolutionary war, Indian wars, and the War of 1812. He was appointed as magistrate in Franklin Co. KY, and later to the State Legislature. He moved to Madison County, TN abt 1822, where he died on Sept. 2, 1830. His distinguished career is summarized in his obituary, appearing in the Jackson Gazette, Sept. 4, 1830:
'Another revolutionary hero has sunk to his silent tomb, full of years and honors. Our venerable and highly respected fellow-citizen Major John Arnold is no more! He died at his residence, in this vicinity, Thursday morning after a protracted illness.
The deceased was a native of Virginia, and at the commencement of the revolutionary war, he entered the service of his country, and continued to serve until the close of the war. He was among the first settlers of Kentucky, and lived thirteen years in the forts erected for the defense of the inhabitants, and on all occasions displayed that cool intrepidity for which he had rendered himself conspicuous in the war of the revolution. During the Indian war in Kentucky and on the north-west frontier he commanded a spy company, and such was his vigilance in partisan warfare, that he was known among the Indians as the "Black Wolf."
After peace had been made with the Indians, he retired to his farm, near Frankfort, until the late war, when he again (at the age of sixty-two) entered the service, and was in all campaigns at the northwestern frontier, the last of which eventuated in the defeat of the famous General Proctor, and the death of Tecumseh, at the battle of Thames. After the war ceased, unsolicited and unsought for, he was elected to the Legislature of Kentucky, from Franklin County. In 1822, he removed to this county, where he lived highly respected by all who knew him, and has left a numerous offspring to lament his loss.'
This contempory record indicates that John Arnold (~ 1743-1830) was an officer during the War of 1812 (where he rose to Major); he was son of Stephen Arnold (~ 1717-1793) and Jane Finney.I have not found a record of the family in Pennsylvania, and would be interested in the document that was referenced in the beginning of this message train.The first that I find of them is in the Scots-Irish "colony" at Augusta County, Virginia.See also:
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/special/afas/volume4/vol4no2.txthttp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/special/afas/volume4/vol4no2.txt
Sue Alexander?s Papers 50
Generation I - Stephen(1) Arnold of Virginia p.51
Generation II - Stephen(2), John(2) and James(2) Arnold of Kentuckyp.55
Regards,
W.D. Bostick
August, 2007