1729-1800
Joseph DENTON was born on 14 Feb 1729 in Orange CO, NY. Died in 1800 in Stockton Valley, KY. From "The Denton Family" by David H. Templin: "It seems that Joseph Denton moved about a great deal. Joseph was a member of a militia company which was commanded by Captain John Tipton during 1775. A Joseph appears briefly in Washington County, NC and after a brief pause in the Cumberland settlements. Joseph then moved north into Kentucky and appears in the Stockton Valley of Kentucky." Apparently Joseph deserted from Col. John Tiptons company in the Revolutionary War and probably moved at that time to North Carolina. This was noted in a manuscript called the "Romney and Winchester Pay Roll," which included a list of Col. John Tipton's company. Joseph set up a Station north of the Cumberland River opposite what is now Nashville, TN in 1779. He endured Indian skirmishes until about 1783. His name is on the Cumberland Compact of May 13, 1780. At that time he was further west than any other Denton. Later he would move northeast up the Cumberland into Kentucky. He received a grant for 200 acres in 1806 on the Alligator Fork Creek of the Wolf River in Stockton's Valley, KY. Joseph and Ann simply faded away with no documented final chapter. However, their children left their mark along the Kentucky and Tennessee Border. He married Ann HOGG in 1750 in NC. Ann HOGG was born in 1730. Died in Cumberland River section of TN/KY 1800 or before. They had the following children: Martha DENTON
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