age 78 Where born: Fairfax Co VA Son of: John Compton (1726 ? in Rev War) & Elizabeth Hill; m; ca 1789 Rosanna Phinnessee/Therwesse/Finnacy (15 Feb 1770 MA-1813 Keensburg; d/of Stephen Phinnessee & Nancy) Lived at: 1792 Warren Co KY to Wabash pct 1802 1840 Wabash Children: - John (21 Feb 1791 Wabash-1851 m: Jane Barney) -
Elijah (1794 KY) -
Mary (1796 KY-1831 m: Daniel Keen) -
Elizabeth (1797 KY) -
James (1799 KY) -
Levi (1802 KY-1823) Joseph (10 Jan 1807 Wabash -28 Nov 1887 Mt Carmel m: Mary Gard) -
Eli (1806 Wabash) -
Samuel (1807 Wabash); In 1804 - 1810 he and others built Compton's Fort; 1812 he helped others to bury dead from Indian Massacre; 1814 he built first horse mill; helped create the town of Palmyra 22 April 1815 with Seth Gard -
Peter Keen -
Gervase Hazleton -
John Waggoner; 1818 - delegate to First Constitutional Convention; signed the proposed constitution; served in the State Senate from 1818-1820; 1815-1819 Wabash County Treasurer; a Judge; a County Commissioner 1825 -
1826
