- George M. Bedinger
George Michael Bedinger (
December 10 ,1756 -December 7 ,1843 ) was a U.S. Representative fromKentucky , uncle ofHenry Bedinger .Born in
Hanover, Pennsylvania , Bedinger attended an English school. He moved to Virginia about 1762 and to Kentucky in 1779 and settled at Boonesborough. During theAmerican Revolutionary War , he served as adjutant in John Bowman's expedition against Chillicothe in May 1779. He returned to Virginia and served at thesiege of Yorktown , and therefore missed theBattle of Blue Licks in Kentucky.During the
Northwest Indian War , he was a major inDrake's Regiment in 1791, a major commanding the Winchester Battalion of Sharpshooters in theSt. Clair expedition in 1791, and a major commanding the Third Sublegion of the United States Infantry fromApril 11 ,1792 , toFebruary 28 ,1793 .He served as member of the State house of representatives of the first legislature of Kentucky in 1792. He served in the State senate in 1800 and 1801.
Bedinger was elected as a Republican to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses (
March 4 ,1803 -March 3 ,1807 ).He engaged in agricultural pursuits.He died atBlue Licks Springs, Kentucky ,December 7 ,1843 .He was interred in the family cemetery on his farm nearLower Blue Licks Springs, Kentucky .References
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