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Carpenter's Fort or Carpenter's

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as it was sometimes called, was established in the summer of 1781 when John Carpenter built a

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above the mouth of Short Creek on the Ohio side of the Ohio River in what is now

, near

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. John Carpenter, born c1737-1738, died in Aug 1806 in

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, reportedly served in the

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from

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under

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.J. H. S. Trainer and W. M. Trainer: "History of Jefferson County, Ohio" in ''History of the Upper Ohio Valley'', Brant & Fuller, Madison, Wis., 1890, pp. 32-33.

References

* William G. Wolfe: ''Stories of Guernsey County, Ohio, History of an Average Ohio County'', published by the Author, Cambridge, O., 1943, pp. 873–87

* N. N. Hill Jr.: ''History Of Coshocton County, Ohio, Its Past And Present, 1740-1881'' * A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, Newark, O., 1881 * John H. Gwathmey: ''Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, 1775-1783'' * Dietz Press, Richmond, Va., 1938., p. 31 * Frank D. Henderson, John R. Rea, and Jane Down Dailey: ''The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in the State of Ohio'', The F. J. Heer Printing Co., Columbus, O., 1929, p. 69 * J. A. Caldwell: ''History of Belmont and Jefferson County, Ohio, 1880'', cited in ''The Epistle'', Rosemary Bachelor, ed., Vol. XIII, No. 6, November 1987, p. 32 * ''History of the Upper Ohio Valley with Family History and Biographical Sketches'', Brant & Fuller, Madison, Wis., 1890, pp. 32–33. Populated places in Coshocton County, Ohio {{CoshoctonCountyOH-geo-stub

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