Leonard Helm

Leonard Helm
Bornaround 1720
Diedaround June 4, 1782 (aged 62-61)
Jefferson County, Virginia (now Kentucky)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationEarly pioneer of Kentucky
Known forVirginia officer during the American Revolutionary War

Leonard Helm was an American frontiersman and military officer who served during the American Revolutionary War. Born around 1720 probably in Fauquier County, Virginia,[1] he died in poverty while fighting Native American allies of British troops during one of the last engagements of the Revolutionary War around June 4, 1782, in Jefferson County, Virginia (now Jefferson County, Kentucky).

  1. ^ English, 1:107