About: George Davenport

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Colonel George Davenport, born George William King (1783 – July 4, 1845), was a 19th-century English-American sailor, frontiersman, fur trader, merchant, postmaster, US Army soldier, Indian agent, and city planner. A prominent and well-known settler in the Iowa Territory, he was one of the earliest settlers in Rock Island. He spent much of his life involved in the early settlement of the Mississippi Valley and the "Quad Cities". The present-day city of Davenport, Iowa, is named after him.

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  • Colonel George Davenport, born George William King (1783 – July 4, 1845), was a 19th-century English-American sailor, frontiersman, fur trader, merchant, postmaster, US Army soldier, Indian agent, and city planner. A prominent and well-known settler in the Iowa Territory, he was one of the earliest settlers in Rock Island. He spent much of his life involved in the early settlement of the Mississippi Valley and the "Quad Cities". The present-day city of Davenport, Iowa, is named after him. (en)
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  • George William King (en)
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  • 1783-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • George William King (en)
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  • George Davenport holding a rolled parchment city map of Davenport by Peter Britt, circa 1845 (en)
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  • 1845-07-04 (xsd:date)
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  • Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, United States (en)
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  • U.S. Government, American Fur Company, self employed (en)
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  • One of the first pioneers to settle in Rock Island, Illinois and one of the co-founders of Davenport, Iowa. (en)
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  • George Davenport (en)
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  • Sailor, frontiersman, soldier, fur trader, merchant, postmaster, Indian agent, city planner (en)
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  • George Davenport Signature.jpg (en)
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  • Cursive signature in ink (en)
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  • Colonel George Davenport, born George William King (1783 – July 4, 1845), was a 19th-century English-American sailor, frontiersman, fur trader, merchant, postmaster, US Army soldier, Indian agent, and city planner. A prominent and well-known settler in the Iowa Territory, he was one of the earliest settlers in Rock Island. He spent much of his life involved in the early settlement of the Mississippi Valley and the "Quad Cities". The present-day city of Davenport, Iowa, is named after him. (en)
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