Person:Daniel Applegate (4)

Daniel Applegate

Daniel Applegate, born 1768; died in St. Louis, Mo. on Feb. 11, 1826. He married on June 10, 1790 in Fayette Co., Ky. to Rachel Lindsay, born c1769; died after 1830, daughter of Anthony(1736-1808) and Rachel(Dorsey)Lindsay(1737-1805), who had come from Maryland.^S1

When his father joined the army and his mother died, Daniel was placed with a "Dutch Farmer". He did not like this arrangement and ran away, looking for his father. He was unable to find him, but was permitted in Jan. 1780 at Battle Hill, Morris Co., NJ, to join the army during the Revolutionary War, serving in the 1st NJ Regiment under Col. Israel Shreve as a drummer, fifer and color bearer. He served until June of 1783 in various units serving mostly as fifer or drummer, under such leaders as Capt. Ballard, Col. Elias Dayton, and Capt. Ogden. Col. Shreve taught him martial music. After the war, he went to sea. (One tradition is that he went with a son of Col. Shreve who was a shipmaster).^S1

He went to Kentucky probably about the time of his father and was married in Fayette Co. in 1790. He farmed about 50 acres of land in Franklin Co., Ky. adjoining that of his father-in-law, Anthony Lindsay. He sold this land in 1797 to Harry Toulmin who in Nov. 7, 1804 sold it to Lewis Craig of Mason Co., Ky. and John Saunders of Gallatin Co., Ky. (Ky. Court of Appeals Deed book, Vol. 2, Michael L. and Bettie A. Cook). Daniel received 100 acres of bounty land issued Mar. 13, 1799(Warrent 8084) for his service in the Revolutionary War; he assigned this property to Abraham Bell. He was probably the Daniel Applegate who was admitted to the Ghent Baptist Church, Carroll Co., Ky.; was dismissed on Nov. 2, 1802. Daniel and his family moved to Henry Co., Ky. about 1808 as there is a record that he was fined 15 shillings and detained 3 hours in jail on Feb. 4, 1808 for cursing in the Henry Co., Ky. Court. On Sept. 30, 1821, he was given permission by the Henry Co., Ky. court to keep a tavern in his house for one year. The following year, he moved his family to St. Louis, Mo.^S1

1.   The Applegate Trail, in Webpage created by Dr. John C. Butler.