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Wisconsin Society Sons of the American Revolution |
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American Revolutionary War Patriot
Jacob Konkapot Jr (?-1835) whose birth date is unknown, was a Stockbridge Indian Scout. He enlisted May 2, 1775, in Captain William Goodrich's Company of Colonel John Paterson's Regiment for an eight-month term. Konkapot served at the siege of Boson for three month and seven day. Jacob Konkapot moved to Wisconsin with the first migration of Stockbridge Indians around 1822 and established a small sawmill on a creek near Kaukauna, which today is known as Konkapot Creek. WISSAR funded the placement of a highway marker on the bridge over the creek. The GPS coordinates for this marker are: N44.27549°; W088.28182°. Jacob and Hendrick Aupaumut also share a state Historical Markers located in a Kaukauna park, Konkapot died in 1835. He bled to death as the result of an accident felling timber. He is buried in the old Stockbridge Indian Cemetery on the Frank Thelen farm, near Kaukauna, Outagamie County. A Wisconsin Historical Marker, in tribute to Konkapot and Captain Aupaumut is located in the City of Kaukauna's Thelen Park, nearly where the Old Stockbridge cemetery existed. GPS coordinates -- N44.26854°; W088.28182° (Portions reprinted from Solders of the American Revolution Buried in Wisconsin by Robert G. Carroon, who was Curator of Research Collections for the Milwaukee Country Historical Society in 1975.)
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