Stephen Trigg

Stephen Trigg (* 1744, † August 19, 1782 ) was an American pioneer and soldier of the state of Virginia. Colonel Stephen Trigg was killed ten months after the Battle of Yorktown in one of the last battles of the American Revolutionary War. He led the militia of Lincoln County in present-day Kentucky, then still Virginia, in the Battle of Blue Licks.

Stephen Trigg, son of William and Mary Trigg, worked in the early years of the border counties in southwestern Virginia and the areas which should form Kentucky later, as a civil servant and officer of the militia. He was at that time one of the wealthiest men in the border region. He was a member of the first Virginia - conferences and a member of Fincastle Security Committee, which drafted the Fincastle Resolutions as a forerunner to the American Declaration of Independence. He was also elected to the House of Representatives from Virginia.

Stephen Trigg 1779 the Regional Court Commission of Virginia assigned with claims settlement on the border with Kentucky. After fulfilling his duties at court, he settled in Kentucky and continued to work as an official. As a Native American tribes in 1782, together with British forces attacked Bryan's Station in Kentucky, Kentucky, diverse militias united to retaliate to the attackers. A wing was commanded by Stephen Trigg, another of Daniel Boone. This proved to be ambush, and Stephen Trigg, like many other men, including Boone's son, killed. After the battle, his body was found quartered. In tribute to his role in the pathogenesis of Kentucky Trigg County was named after him.

Early years and family life

Stephen Trigg was the son of William and Mary Trigg, was known on the frontier of Virginia their family. His father was a judge at the Court of Chancery and the Court of Bedford County. His four brothers William, John, Abram and Daniel also served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. John Abrams and represented Virginia later in the House of Representatives of the United States. Stephen Trigg married Mary Christian, daughter of the Virginian pioneer Israel Christian. In the early years of his life he lived in southwestern Virginia, where he owned an inn in Botetourt County.

Stephen and Mary Trigg had three sons and two daughters. Her daughter, also Mary, married to General David Logan, who named their son Stephen Trigg Logan. This served in the Illinoischen General Assembly and was a partner of Abraham Lincoln in his law office in Springfield (Illinois ).