James Brenton (1740–1782)
| James Brenton | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1740 Frederick County, Virginia (now Hampshire County, West Virginia) |
| Died |
August 19, 1782 Kentucky County, Virginia (now Robertson County, Kentucky) |
James Brenton (1740–1782) was an American Revolutionary War officer. He was killed by American Indians during the Battle of Blue Licks in Robertson County, Kentucky (then Kentucky County, Virginia). He married Rebecca Scott (1740-1771) abt. 1763 in Frederick County, Virginia, and then married Mary Woodfield (1750 – 1834) in 1772, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
In 1768, James traveled over the Allegheny Mountains to Westmoreland County (now Washington County), Pennsylvania, where he settled near the Monongahela River, neighboring Redstone Old Fort (now Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania). It's likely that James and his brother William helped build Williams Cabin near Old Bedford Village, in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
In 1774, Brenton was commissioned a Captain by Colonel Angus McDonald, who mustered roughly 400 men to take part in the Wakatomica Campaign of Dunmore's War. The Shawnee settlements of Wakatomika (present day Dresden, Muskingum County, Ohio) as well as four other villages were burned. Three American Indian Chiefs were taken prisoner.
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