This biography was submitted to Crawford Co., INGenWeb by Dan Houser

Note--> Reuben Kemp was a Private in the Revolutionary War. Served under Captain Edward Worthington and General George Rogers Clark's Expedition. Service Pension # S16901 Virginia Line.

In 1833 Reuben Kemp sold 80 acres of land located in Crawford County to Jesse Kemp. The deed doesn't reveal their relationship. On June 28, 1831, Jesse Kemp married Margrett Brown {Crawford County}. ASA and Solomon also married girls with the last name of Brown. Robert Kemp's family book says that ASA's wife was a sister to Solomon's and to William Coopers wife Margrett, Checking the Dubois County marriage list, I find that William Cooper married Margrett Brown in 1842.

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Reuben Kemp a colonial pioneer and Revolutionary soldier and pioneer settler and farmer of Kentucky. Born 1754 place unknown to date, died in 1834 near Alton, Indiana, buried in Scheckles Cemetery near Alton. He was a farmer in western Virginia what is now Hardin county, Kentucky. He served about two years in the Revolutionary Army under General George Rogers Clark of Virginia, from 1780 to some time in 1783. His first wife was Massey, his second wife was Patsy Crofton the widow of Joseph Crofton. He resided in Crawford County, seventeen years, he come there in 1817. Reuben Kemp's last pension check was payed at the Pension Agent's office, at Coryden, Indiana, on May 5, 1834, he must have died in the summer of 1834. While residing in Harrods Station, in the District of Kentucky, Reuben Kemp enlisted sometime in 1780, marched in Captain Edward Worthington's Company to the Falls of the Ohio, there joined General George Rogers Clark's Expedition, went on to Fort Jefferson on the Mississippi River, was there attacked by the Indians was out on frequent scouting parties, and was discharged at the Falls of the Ohio River, sometime in January 1783. He was allowed a pension on his application executed October 2, 1832 in Crawford County, Indiana at which time he was aged seventy-eight years. Certificate #7430. Issued April 10, 1833, Commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Indiana Agency. Rate &80.00 per annum. He drew $240.00 pension. His family consisted of seven boys and three girls believed to of been in the following order: Virginia Jane, Samuel, Phebe, Charles, Polly Ann, William, Reuben, Henry, Asa, Solomon. The last two were from his second marriage to Patsy Crofton.

Records to prove this family line are as follows:

Lincoln Co., Ky. tax list for the years 1787 and 1795
Mercer Co., Ky. tax list for the year 1789
Hardin Co., Ky. tax list for the years 1795-1816
Federal Census Records 1810 Hardin Co., Ky
Federal Census Records 1820 Crawford Co., Indiana
Federal Census Records 1830 Crawford Co., Indiana
Hardin Co. Deeds, Deed Book A page 91
Deed Book A page 378
Deed Book A page 594
Deed Book A page 633
Deed Book E page 13
Deed Book F page 22
Crawford Co. Deeds, Deed Book A page 493
Hardin Co. Marriage Records
Marriage Book A page 4 and 22 Reuben Kemp to Patsy Crofton
Marriage Book A page 5 and 26 Virginia Jane to William Hendrickson
Marriage Book A page 4 and 21 Phebe Kemp to William Smith
Marriage Book A page 4 and 22 Nancy Crofton to Jacob McIntire
Marriage Book A page 8 and 36 Patsy Crofton to Henry Hawkins
Marriage Book A page 165 Reuben Kemp Sr.,Jr.? to Elizabeth Royalty
Marriage Book A page 98 William Kemp to Hester Reed
Crawford Co. Marriage Records
No. 126 William Kemp to Elizabeth Finch
No. 158 Charles Kemp to Elvina Martin
No. 349 Asa Kemp to Lucinda Jewel
No. 539 Asa Kemp to Mariah Brown
No. 452 Solomon Kemp to Mary Brown
No. 85 Samual Kemp to Eve Finch
Pension No. S16901 Reuben Kemp for service in Revolutionary War

General George Rogers Clark Expedition
Historical Register of Vinginians in the Revolution by John H. Gwathney 1775-1832 page 438
Soldiers of the Revolution buried in Indiana D.A.R.
Certificate book of Virginia Land Commision page 164 Reuben Camp 400 acres Jefferson Co. Ky.

Grant Book 10 page 57 #1943 Grant for 400 acres Jefferson Co., Ky. also the survey bearing the same number 1943 Article from the Boonville Standard 7-17-1942, 101 years old Isabelle Kemp Simmons, Grandaughter of Revolutionary Soldier

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Federal Census Records showing Reuben Kemp, the 1790 and 1800 census of Kentucky were destroyed when the British burned the capital in the War of 1812. As a substitute several private individuals have published old tax lists.

1790 Virginia Taxpayers by Fothergill page 21
Reuben Camp Lincoln Co., Va. Now Mercer Co., Kentucky based on 1787 tax list. 1787 Lincoln County tax list taxed June 27, Reuben Camp.
Heinamanns 1st census of Kentucky
Rubin Kemp Mercer County, Kentucky based on the 1789 tax list
1789 Mercer County tax list Rubin Kemp
1800 Cliffs 2nd census of Kentucky
Reuben Camp Hardin County Kentucky based on the 1800 tax list
1810 Federal Census Hardin County Kentucky
1820 Federal Census Crawford County Indiana page 11
1830 Federal Census Crawford County Indiana page 478 {240}
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Rev. War Vets

Reuben Kemp {Have Military & Pension Record}
Enlisted {1780 to 1783} as a private under Capt. Edward Worthington, Col. George Rogers Clark, in Virginia Line. Proof - Pension Claim S16901
Book Title - Rooster, Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution, Buried in Indiana.

Page 218, Reuben Kemp, Born - 1754, Service - Enlisted as pri. under Capt Edward Worthington, Col. George Rogers Clark, in Vir. Line. Proof - Pension Claim S16901 Died - 1834. Buried Sheckle's Graveyard on Little Blue River, N. of Alton,
Ind. Government Marker placed by George R. Wilson.
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Crawford County, Indiana -- Veterans Grave Registrations
Kemp, Reuben No dates Pvt. In Clark's Boone Twp.
Exped. to Vincennes Sheckell Cem.
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From the Book "Conquest of the Country, Northwest of the River Ohio, 1778- 1783 and Life of Gen. George Rogers Clark."
pg 1060
Officers and Privates who served in some of the campaigns of George Rogers Clark, but who were not allotted land in Clark's Grant and whose names are consequently not on the roll in the twenty-first chapter of this work.
pg 1064 Kemp, Reuben Private.
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From the Book "George Rogers Clark and his Men, Military Records, 1778-1784."

pg 52
Document 173 {1 June 1780 - 30 November 1781}
Pay Roll of Capt Edward Worthington's Company of Infantry of the Illinois Regt Commanded by Col. George Rogers Clark in the Virginia State Service from the date of inlistments to the 30th of November 1781 incluseve.
pg 53
Rubin Kemp, Rank Private, Comencg 30 Jany. 1780, Ending 30 Nov. 1781, Years Time in Service Month-Days-1 1 10 2, Dollars per month 6 2/3, Amount 44, Sh. 2, D. 8, Casualities Present.
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"FIRST CENSUS" OF KENTUCKY 1790
[p.1] HISTORY OF THE FIRST UNITED STATES CENSUS OF KENTUCKY
[p.5] Kentucky Counties in 1790
page 54
Kemp, Rubin Mercer 3/27/1789

THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS Volume 1 Part 1
CHAPTER III OLD KENTUCKY GRANTS (1793-1856) THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY
page 196
Grantee: Kemp, Reubin
Acres: 1,000
Book: 12
Page: 265
Date Survey: 9-18-1798
County: Hardin
Watercourse: Rough Cr

This biography was submitted to Crawford Co., INGenWeb by Dan Houser