William Arnold

William Arnold and his wife Eleanor and family consisting of three daughters and a son came from Pendleton County in 1795 to settle very near the present High Street bridge in Williamstown. The big spring in the field directly west of the Court House supplied the family with a good source of water. The first home was soon replaced by a large one-story brick which stood just north of the bridge where the cute was made for the railroad in 1875. This house burned down some time before the Civil War and was replaced by members of the Arnold Family with a house on the same plan built of wood. The house was moved to its present location just east of the railroad where it now stands. William Arnold was a native of New Jersey. He joined the Virginia line at the age of sixteen and fought under General LaFayette at the Battle of Yorktown and in other engagements. He came to Kentucky after the surrender of Cornwallis. In 1790 he was commissioned a lieutenant in the Kentucky Militia. He was severely wounded at the battle of the Maumee towns in General Harmar's campaign against the Indians.

Published in Footsteps of the Past,
Issue 1

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Beulah Wiley Franks
Grant County Coordinator, KY/ALHN