William
Meriwether

Another Revolutionary Patriot Gone
Louisville Public Advertiser (Louisville, KY),
5 March 1842

By the Mills' Point Commercial Herald [Mills Point, Fulton Co., Kentucky], we learn the death of Capt. William Merriwether, in the 86th year of his age, who, for many years, was a resident of this county. Capt. Merriwether entered the service of his country early in the Revolutionary struggle – was at the battle of Monmouth, and other hard fought fields. About the year 1779, he accompanied General George Rogers Clarke to the falls of the Ohio, and assisted that gallant officer in defending the infant settlements in Kentucky from the incursions of the Indians.

To those who knew Capt. M., it is useless to say that he never turned his back upon a foe, so long as any other dared to stand. He was a patriot of the old stamp, and the love of his country and of her republican institutions, was strong and enduring in his bosom as life itself. He was the father of our friend and fellow citizen, the Hon. D. Merriwether, of this county

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