Colonel George Nicholas

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Colonel George Nicholas was an American Revolutionary War officer and influential early Kentucky statesman often regarded as the "Father of the Kentucky Constitution."

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Colonel George Nicholas canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Revolutionary War officer
Kentucky statesman
human
burialPlace Lexington Cemetery (probable or traditional attribution)
linked to: Lexington Cemetery
conflict American Revolutionary War
countryOfBirth Colony of Virginia
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
United States of America
dateOfBirth c. 1754
dateOfDeath 1799
educatedAt College of William & Mary
familyName Nicholas
father Robert Carter Nicholas Sr.
givenName George
memberOf Kentucky constitutional convention
Virginia House of Delegates
militaryBranch Continental Army
nickname Father of the Kentucky Constitution
notableFor advocacy for ratification of the United States Constitution in Virginia
leadership in early Kentucky statehood politics
notableWork principal drafter of the first Kentucky Constitution
occupation lawyer
politician
soldier
participantIn drafting of the first Kentucky Constitution
placeOfBirth Williamsburg, Virginia Colony
placeOfDeath Lexington, Kentucky
politicalAlignment Federalist
linked to: Federalists
positionHeld Attorney General of Kentucky
delegate to the Virginia Ratifying Convention
leading framer of the Kentucky Constitution
member of the Virginia House of Delegates
residence Lexington, Kentucky
Virginia
sexOrGender male
sibling John Nicholas
Wilson Cary Nicholas
spouse Mary Smith Nicholas
linked to: Mary Smith
workLocation Lexington, Kentucky
Virginia

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