Biography of Jesse Hord (1749-1814)
authored by his great great grandson,
Reverend Arnold Harris Hord, 1893
Jesse Hord (Thomas, Gentleman; John, Gentleman) born October 31, 1749; married his cousin Antoinette (Anthoret) Hord, daughter of Peter Hord I, brother of Thomas Hord, Gentleman, May 7, 1772. They had a total of ten children. He was an officer in the Virginia Militia during the Revolution, and after the close of the war emigrated to Kentucky in 1786, and settled on Mill Creek in Mason County, where he died in 1814. He was a famous hunter and Indian fighter. The following story is related to him:
"On one occasion, when he was a very old man, he was going down the Licking River, Kentucky, in a canoe with his son Elias. They heard chopping in the woods near the banks of the river. The canoe was paddled to the shore, and Jesse Hord, taking his rifle, crawled up the bank, leaving his son, Elias, in the canoe. The boy saw his father cock his rifle and take a long sight at something. Then he would lay down the rifle and seem to be convulsed with laughter, as if something amused him very much. He would then pick up the rifle again, take another sight, and repeat the same actions. His son, much astonished, left the canoe and crept up the bank to see what was the matter. In reply to his son's questions, the father pointed to two Indians, one standing on the shoulder of another, chopping the bark from a slippery elm tree with a tomahawk. He said that he was laughing to think what a fall he intended to give the smaller Indian who was standing on the shoulders of the other, and controlling his laughter, he fired at the Indian standing on the ground, who fell dead, while his companion, turning two or three somersaults, fell to the ground. He immediately sprang to his feet with a frightened yell and fled into the wood like a deer, leaving behind him his dead companion and his own blanket and gun."
Jesse Hord died in Mason County, Kentucky however, his resting place is unknown; it is likely that he is located in another undiscovered Hord Family cemetery in Mason County.
Source:
Phil Hord Mullen
47735124
authored by his great great grandson,
Reverend Arnold Harris Hord, 1893
Jesse Hord (Thomas, Gentleman; John, Gentleman) born October 31, 1749; married his cousin Antoinette (Anthoret) Hord, daughter of Peter Hord I, brother of Thomas Hord, Gentleman, May 7, 1772. They had a total of ten children. He was an officer in the Virginia Militia during the Revolution, and after the close of the war emigrated to Kentucky in 1786, and settled on Mill Creek in Mason County, where he died in 1814. He was a famous hunter and Indian fighter. The following story is related to him:
"On one occasion, when he was a very old man, he was going down the Licking River, Kentucky, in a canoe with his son Elias. They heard chopping in the woods near the banks of the river. The canoe was paddled to the shore, and Jesse Hord, taking his rifle, crawled up the bank, leaving his son, Elias, in the canoe. The boy saw his father cock his rifle and take a long sight at something. Then he would lay down the rifle and seem to be convulsed with laughter, as if something amused him very much. He would then pick up the rifle again, take another sight, and repeat the same actions. His son, much astonished, left the canoe and crept up the bank to see what was the matter. In reply to his son's questions, the father pointed to two Indians, one standing on the shoulder of another, chopping the bark from a slippery elm tree with a tomahawk. He said that he was laughing to think what a fall he intended to give the smaller Indian who was standing on the shoulders of the other, and controlling his laughter, he fired at the Indian standing on the ground, who fell dead, while his companion, turning two or three somersaults, fell to the ground. He immediately sprang to his feet with a frightened yell and fled into the wood like a deer, leaving behind him his dead companion and his own blanket and gun."
Jesse Hord died in Mason County, Kentucky however, his resting place is unknown; it is likely that he is located in another undiscovered Hord Family cemetery in Mason County.
Source:
Phil Hord Mullen
47735124
Biography of Jesse Hord (1749-1814)
authored by his great great grandson,
Reverend Arnold Harris Hord, 1893
Jesse Hord (Thomas, Gentleman; John, Gentleman) born October 31, 1749; married his cousin Antoinette (Anthoret) Hord, daughter of Peter Hord I, brother of Thomas Hord, Gentleman, May 7, 1772. They had a total of ten children. He was an officer in the Virginia Militia during the Revolution, and after the close of the war emigrated to Kentucky in 1786, and settled on Mill Creek in Mason County, where he died in 1814. He was a famous hunter and Indian fighter. The following story is related to him:
"On one occasion, when he was a very old man, he was going down the Licking River, Kentucky, in a canoe with his son Elias. They heard chopping in the woods near the banks of the river. The canoe was paddled to the shore, and Jesse Hord, taking his rifle, crawled up the bank, leaving his son, Elias, in the canoe. The boy saw his father cock his rifle and take a long sight at something. Then he would lay down the rifle and seem to be convulsed with laughter, as if something amused him very much. He would then pick up the rifle again, take another sight, and repeat the same actions. His son, much astonished, left the canoe and crept up the bank to see what was the matter. In reply to his son's questions, the father pointed to two Indians, one standing on the shoulder of another, chopping the bark from a slippery elm tree with a tomahawk. He said that he was laughing to think what a fall he intended to give the smaller Indian who was standing on the shoulders of the other, and controlling his laughter, he fired at the Indian standing on the ground, who fell dead, while his companion, turning two or three somersaults, fell to the ground. He immediately sprang to his feet with a frightened yell and fled into the wood like a deer, leaving behind him his dead companion and his own blanket and gun."
Jesse Hord died in Mason County, Kentucky however, his resting place is unknown; it is likely that he is located in another undiscovered Hord Family cemetery in Mason County.
Source:
Phil Hord Mullen
47735124
authored by his great great grandson,
Reverend Arnold Harris Hord, 1893
Jesse Hord (Thomas, Gentleman; John, Gentleman) born October 31, 1749; married his cousin Antoinette (Anthoret) Hord, daughter of Peter Hord I, brother of Thomas Hord, Gentleman, May 7, 1772. They had a total of ten children. He was an officer in the Virginia Militia during the Revolution, and after the close of the war emigrated to Kentucky in 1786, and settled on Mill Creek in Mason County, where he died in 1814. He was a famous hunter and Indian fighter. The following story is related to him:
"On one occasion, when he was a very old man, he was going down the Licking River, Kentucky, in a canoe with his son Elias. They heard chopping in the woods near the banks of the river. The canoe was paddled to the shore, and Jesse Hord, taking his rifle, crawled up the bank, leaving his son, Elias, in the canoe. The boy saw his father cock his rifle and take a long sight at something. Then he would lay down the rifle and seem to be convulsed with laughter, as if something amused him very much. He would then pick up the rifle again, take another sight, and repeat the same actions. His son, much astonished, left the canoe and crept up the bank to see what was the matter. In reply to his son's questions, the father pointed to two Indians, one standing on the shoulder of another, chopping the bark from a slippery elm tree with a tomahawk. He said that he was laughing to think what a fall he intended to give the smaller Indian who was standing on the shoulders of the other, and controlling his laughter, he fired at the Indian standing on the ground, who fell dead, while his companion, turning two or three somersaults, fell to the ground. He immediately sprang to his feet with a frightened yell and fled into the wood like a deer, leaving behind him his dead companion and his own blanket and gun."
Jesse Hord died in Mason County, Kentucky however, his resting place is unknown; it is likely that he is located in another undiscovered Hord Family cemetery in Mason County.
Source:
Phil Hord Mullen
47735124
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