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- Simon Girty - Wikipedia
Simon Girty (14 November 1741 – 18 February 1818) was an interpreter and intermediary with the British Indian Department during the American Revolutionary War and the Northwest Indian War He and his brothers James and George were captured as children and adopted by Native Americans
- Birth of a Controversial Frontiersman: Simon Girty Born Near Harrisburg . . .
During the American Revolutionary War, Girty initially served with the Pennsylvania Continental Army but later defected to the British side, becoming a Loyalist and an agent of the British Indian Department
- Simon Girty (1741-1818) | West View, PA - wvboro. com
Simon Girty was an early settler who sided with the British during the Revolutionary War and eventually joined a group of Native American renegades When he was young, his family was captured by Seneca Native Americans who later adopted them
- The Life and Myth of Simon Girty - Heinz History Center
In the decades following the American Revolution, no one was more universally hated by frontier residents than former Indian captive Simon Girty Born near Chambersburg, Pa in 1741, Girty and his brothers were captured and adopted by Indians during the French Indian War
- Girty, Simon - Encyclopedia. com
Simon Girty was too restless for farm life, though He often left home to visit Indian villages and stir up the residents against the increasing numbers of white settlers He took part in a few more battles against American forces during outbreaks of white-Indian violence on the frontier
- Simon Girty (1741-1818) - Find a Grave Memorial
Like his contemporaries Daniel Boone and Simon Kenton, Girty would become a legend in his own lifetime His military career began as a scout during Lord Dunmore's War in 1774, a brief conflict pitting Virginia and Pennsylvania against the Shawnee tribes for control of southwestern Pennsylvania
- American Revolution Simon Girty - RevWarTalk
Simon Girty (1741 – February 18, 1818) was an American colonial of Scots-Irish ancestry who served as a liaison between the British and their Native American allies during the American Revolution
- Simon Girty - famousamericans. net
He was an avid supporter of the Virginia faction in Pittsburgh and served as a spy, scout, and intermediary for Lord Dunmore during Dunmore’s War with the Shawnees By this time, Simon had befriended Simon Kenton and they remained friends for the duration of their lives
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