Jessamine County KyArchives Biographies.....Price, John 
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Author: Bennett H. Young

John Price.

   Col. John Price early settled in Jessamine county in what is known as the
Marble creek district. He came to Kentucky in 1788 and was one of the best
educated of the Revolutionary soldiers who made the county their home. His
letters show that he was man of fine mind and good scholarship and he influenced
a great many of his Revolutionary friends to settle in Jessamine, Fayette and
Woodford counties. He was one of the first men to respond to the call to arms in
the Revolutionary war.

   While born in Maryland he was descended from a distinguished Virginia family.
He was severely wounded at the battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777. He was
also at Monmouth and Princeton and at the surrender of Cornwallis, at Yorktown.
He died at his residence in Jessamine county on the 10th of August, 1822.

   He started the agitation for the creation of a new county. He and his
neighbors had been subjected to what they termed petty persecution, on the part
of the constables and sheriffs, or their appointees, and as these all resided at
Lexington and were not elected by the people, the inhabitants of that part of
Jessamine became aggrieved at the conduct of these officers and this
dissatisfaction produced the movement which finally ended in the organization of
a county.

   He was the first man to represent the county in the legislature and was
elected late in 1798. It must have been a special election called for the
purpose of choosing a representative. As the county was created on December
19th, 1798, and as the elections for 1798 under the constitution, were .in May
of that year, he must either have been appointed or elected as the first member
from the county. A letter which he wrote to Col. Joseph Hamilton Daveiss on the
28th of August, 1799, explains much, about which there have been different
statements in the county, and shows that Col. Joseph Hamilton Daveiss and others
assisted Colonel Price in securing the creation of the new county.

   Colonel Price affiliated with the Baptist church. He was a man of great
kindness of heart and liberality. He was a friend of all who needed his help and
especially of the old Revolutionary soldiers. Buried upon the old homestead, his
grave was nor marked. The place is now owned by a Mr. Hinds and while it is
known in what enclosure he was buried, there is no stone to designate his grave.

   Many of his descendants now reside in Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and in the
West, and the distinguished publisher John P. Morton, of Louisville, was a
grandson of Colonel Price.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

A HISTORY OF JESSAMINE COUNTY, KENTUCKY,
FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO 1898.
By BENNETT H. YOUNG,
PRESIDENT POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; MEMBER FILSON CLUB; MEMBER CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION, 1890; AUTHOR HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF KENTUCKY, OF "BATTLE OF
BLUE LICKS, ETC, ETC.

S. M. DUNCAN, ASSOCIATE AUTHOR.

Every brave and good life out of the past is a treasure which cannot  be
measured in money, and should be preserved with faithfullest care.

LOUISVILLE, KY.: COURIER-JOURNAL JOB PRINTING CO., 1898.


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