Simon Kenton

Born on April 3, 1755, to Mark and Mary Kenton, Simon is known as a child who will do anything to avoid work on the Kenton family farm in Virginia. His father is a sharecropper and Simon simply hates farming work. He loves the woods and spends all the time he can in his beloved woods. When he's whipped for avoiding his chores, he works until the enforcer's back is turned and then slips away, sometimes for days. He loves to hear the stories of his uncle who tells of the frontier. When Simon has a fight with a neighbor man and fears he killed him, he heads out for the frontier and doesn't return for many years. Simon willingly works along the way for food and clothing, though he seems to do so with an eye toward funding his own expedition into the frontier. He's a quick study...