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Stephen Trigg (c. 1744 – August 19, 1782) was an American pioneer and soldier from Virginia. He was killed ten months after the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown in one of the last battles of the American Revolution while leading the Lincoln County militia at the Battle of Blue Licks, Kentucky. A son of William and Mary (Johns) Trigg, he mainly worked as a public servant and militia officer during the early years of the frontier counties of southwest Virginia, which then Kentucky. He was one reportedly of the wealthiest men on the frontier.〔Kegley, ''Early Adventurers'', 1:171.〕 Trigg was a delegate to the first Virginia Revolutionary conventions, and was a member of the Fincastle Committee of Safety that drafted the Fincastle Resolutions, a precursor to the Declaration of Independence passed by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. He was also elected to the Virginia House of Delegates. Trigg was appointed to the Virginia Land Court Commission in 1779, charged with settling land titles in Kentucky. He then settled in Kentucky himself. In 1782, a raiding party of Shawnee Indians led by British and Loyalist officers attacked Bryan Station, but were driven off. Kentucky militia companies pursued the invaders. Trigg commanded one half o the men, Daniel Boone the other. Ignoring Boone's warnings of a trap, the militiamen charged into an Indian ambush at Blue Licks. Trigg and many others, including Boone's youngest son, were killed. Trigg's body was later found cut into pieces. Trigg County, Kentucky, was named in memory of Stephen Trigg. == Early life and family == Trigg was the son of William Trigg (1716–1773) and Mary (Johns) Trigg (1720–1773) of Virginia, whose family was prominent on the Virginia frontier. His father served as a Judge of the Court of Chancery, an equity court, and the Bedford County Court.〔Virkus, ''The Compendium of American Genealogy, 887.〕 He had four brothers, William, John, Abram and Daniel, who were all involved as soldiers in the Revolutionary War. Two of these brothers, John and Abram, later represented Virginia in the U.S. Congress. Stephen married Mary Christian, daughter of another Virginia pioneer, Israel Christian. Trigg lived the early part of his life in southwest Virginia and ran a tavern in Botetourt County.〔Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission, ''Revolutionary Virginia: Road to Independence'', 3:309.〕 Trigg and Mary Christian had three sons and two daughters. His daughter Mary married General David Logan; their son was Stephen Trigg Logan. Logan later served in the Illinois state legislature and was the law partner of Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lincoln/Net at Northern Illinois University )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stephen Trigg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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