KY KY - James Harrod, 46, 1792

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An interesting early pioneer, explorer, Indian fighter who has been a missing person for 218 years now. Theories concerning his disappearance are many and varied.

... As the settlement of Harrodstown grew, James Harrod became a wealthy farmer, owning more than 20,000 acres across Kentucky. He also became increasingly socially detached and wont to make long, solitary excursions into the wilderness. In February 1792, he and two other men entered the wilderness of Kentucky to hunt for beaver. Harrod never returned from the expedition.

Many theories have been proposed as to the fate of James Harrod. That he was killed by Indians or fell ill and died in the wilderness are among the common explanations.

Several other theories hinge on the idea that Harrod abandoned his family and went to another part of the country:

- A legal deposition from Harrod's sister claims that Harrod came to live with her following his disappearance in Kentucky.
- Another tradition holds that Harrod had been married in Pennsylvania before his pioneer days, and that he simply returned to his first family.
- A third tradition holds that two pioneers from Kentucky who were being held captive by Indians near Detroit, Michigan saw a man enter the Indian camp. They claimed to recognize him, and addressed him as "Colonel Harrod." Upon returning to Kentucky, the pair indicated that Harrod had intended to return to his family, but had not said when...

Harrod's wife, daughter, and son-in-law believed that Harrod had been killed by one of his fellow hunters, a man named Bridges. The family claimed that Harrod and his companions had not been hunting beaver, but were instead searching for a silver mine that a man named Jonathan Swift had claimed to have discovered years before....

LINK:
James Harrod - Wikipedia

Missing for 220 years...
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When Colonel James Harrod was born on 14 April 1746, in Bedford, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, John Harrod, was 41 and his mother, Sarah Moore, was 33. He married Ann Coburn in 1778, in Logan, Shelby, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died in 1792, in Harrodsburg, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 46.

James Harrod
BIRTH 14 Apr 1746
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
DEATH 1792 (aged 45–46)
Lee County, Kentucky, USA
BURIAL Burial Details Unknown, Specifically: Body never found.


LINKS:

FamilySearch.org

James Harrod (1746-1792) - Find a Grave Memorial