Person:Daniel Shawhan (1)

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Daniel Shawhan
b.1738
d.1791 Harrison, Kentucky, United States
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  1. John Shawhan1771 - 1845
  2. Joseph Shawhan1781 - 1871
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Name[1] Daniel Shawhan
Gender Male
Birth? 1738
Marriage to Margaret Bell
Death? 1791 Harrison, Kentucky, United States
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  1. ↑ Perrin, William Henry, ed. History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky. (Chicago, IL, USA: O. L. Baskin, 1882)
    492.

    MAJOR JOHN SHAWHAN, deceased. The subject of this sketch was born Oct. 2, 1811, in Harrison County, Ky.; was a son of Joseph Shawhan and Miss Ewalt; Joseph being a son of Daniel Shawhan.

    The Shawhans came here from Maryland about the year 1795 [1] and settled near the Harrison and Bourbon County line.

    To Daniel Shawhan were born eight children.
    - Joseph and John settled in this county and were large landholders ...

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    [1] Incorrect date. The Shawhans arrived in Bourbon County in the summer of 1788. [Filson Club Publication No. 27:121, ­­petition No. 57: a request of the inhabitants of Bourbon Co. for the establishment of a town at Bourbon C.H. lists the names of Daniel Shawhan, Daniel Shawhan, Jr., and John Shawhan, July 1788. [The Kentuckian-Citizen (Paris, KY), 28 Mar 1944, 2]

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