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Simon Girty (November 14, 1741 – February 18, 1818) also known by his Seneca Nation name, Katepacomen, or "Renegade Girty" was a Pennsylvania-born Loyalist and white chief of several tribes within the Shawnee-Iroquoian nations between the period of 1777 - 1812, and slave owner.
Jan 22, 2008 · Simon Girty, frontiersman, British Indian agent, Loyalist settler in Upper Canada ( Ontario ), (born 14 November 1741 near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; died 18 February 1818 in Malden, Upper Canada). Girty fought in the American Revolution and in wars involving Indigenous peoples and white settlers.
Oct 18, 2015 · One of the stories involved a trading post built by Girty on the north bank of the Maumee River shortly after the Revolutionary War. In the middle of the river south of his home was a densely wooded 40 acre island that Girty used as a safe haven in the event of an attack on his post.
May 21, 2015 · The Life and Myth of Simon Girty. Contemporary sketch of Simon Girty based on a 19th century engraving. Illustration by Mike Burke. In the decades following the American Revolution, no one was more universally hated by frontier residents than former Indian captive Simon Girty.
Feared and hated on the American frontier, Simon Girty eventually retired to a farm in Amherstberg, Upper Canada where he raised corn for the government. Blind, crippled and a shadow of his former self, he spent his happiest hours at his favourite public house recounting tales of his spine-tingling career.
Aug 9, 2010 · This historical marker is located on Simon Girty's homestead and in the front yard of a residence that is just two houses south of where Simon Girty's gravestone is also located in front of another residence.
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Born near Harrisburg, Girty crossed cultural boundaries between native and white societies. He was captured and adopted by Seneca Indians in 1756. Upon his release, he settled here with his family. (A historical marker located in Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.)
