Stephen Trigg

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Stephen Trigg was an American Revolutionary War officer and early Kentucky pioneer who was killed at the Battle of Blue Licks and later honored as the namesake of Trigg County, Kentucky.

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Stephen Trigg canonical 4

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instanceOf American Revolutionary War officer
Kentucky pioneer
person
commemoratedIn place name Trigg County, Kentucky
conflict Battle of Blue Licks
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfDeath 1782
ethnicGroup American colonists
historicalEra 18th century
honoredBy Trigg County, Kentucky
militaryBranch Virginia militia
militaryRank colonel
movement westward expansion into Kentucky
namedAfter Stephen Trigg
notableEvent killed at the Battle of Blue Licks
notableFor death at the Battle of Blue Licks
role as an early Kentucky pioneer
service as an officer in the American Revolutionary War
occupation frontiersman
soldier
participatedIn American Revolutionary War
placeOfActivity Kentucky
Virginia
placeOfDeath near present-day Mount Olivet, Kentucky
regionOfOrigin Virginia

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Trigg County, Kentucky namedFor Stephen Trigg
Trigg County, Kentucky namedAfter Stephen Trigg
subject linked to: Stephen Trigg
Battle of Blue Licks commander Stephen Trigg
Battle of Blue Licks notableDeath Stephen Trigg