Simon Kenton's Birthplace
Historical highway marker F-14 · Prince William County
Near Hopewell Gap, five miles west, Simon Kenton was born, 1755. Leaving home in 1771, he became an associate of Daniel Boone and George Rogers Clark in Indian fighting. He won fame as a scout and as one of the founders of Kentucky. Kenton died in Ohio in 1836.
Virginia Conservation Commission, 1942