When Captain Abraham Chapline was born on 27 December 1754, in Frederick, Maryland, United States, his father, William Chapline, was 28 and his mother, Anna Forman, was 23. He married Elizabeth Higgins on 3 July 1793, in Mercer, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He registered for military service in 1775. He died on 19 January 1824, in Harrodstown, Kentucky, Virginia, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Mercer, Kentucky, United States.
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Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
Historical Boundaries 1774: Oldtown, Fincastle, Virginia Colony 1776: Harrodstown, Kentucky, Virginia, United States 1785: Harrodsburg, Lincoln, Virginia, United States 1794: Harrodsburg, Mercer, Kentucky, United States
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Altered form of English Chaplin .
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