Symmes

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Other Names: John Cleves Symmes

Assumed Gender: Male

Birth Date: 1742

Birth Place: New York

Death Date: 1814

Death Place: Ohio

Affiliations: United States Government

Notes: Delegate to the Continental Congress from New Jersey, and later a pioneer in the Northwest Territory. Member of New Jersey Senate in 1776 & 1780, served on New Jersey Supreme Court in 1777 & 1778. Uncle of Capt. Symmes. Judge at Monmouth Court-house, committed Thomas Eddy to prison.

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