Scott-Franklin County KyArchives Biographies.....Gano, Daniel 1758 - April 8, 1849 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandi Gorin http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00002.html#0000404 April 20, 2005, 5:21 am Author: The Biographical Encyclopaedia of Kentucky, J. M. Armstrong & Company Captain Daniel Gano was born in North Carolina, in 1758, and was the son of Rev. John Gano, minister of the Baptist Church. At the age of seventeen he left Brown University, Rhode Island, and entered the artillery service of the army; in 1776, became a lieutenant, served under Montgomery, at Quebec; was afterward Captain of Artillery; served on the Staff of General Clinton; came to Kentucky while a captain in the regular army, and became one of the first settlers of Frankfort, which he aided in establishing in 1787. In 1809, he removed to Scott County, where he became one of the most influential and valuable men of the country, and was one of the noted characters of his day. He raised a large family. Captain Gano died at his residence in Scott County, April 8, 1849. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/scott/bios/gano233gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/