Question: Facts: - death place: turtle creek , ohio - birth name: john j. hardin - battles: 1st battle at saratoga harmar campaign - death date: may 1792 - allegiance: kingdom of great britain united states 1777 - spouse: jane daviess - nickname: the indian killer - children: daviess rosanna hardin sarah hardin martin d. hardin hardin lydia ann hardin mark hardin mary hardin - birth date: october 1 , 1753 - unit: 8th pennsylvania regiment - name: john j. hardin - branch: virginia militia continental army - laterwork: judge of washington county , virginia - birth place: prince william county , virginia - rank: colonel Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john hardin .
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john j. hardin -lrb- 1 oct 1753 -- circa may 1792 -rrb- was a soldier , farmer , rancher , noted marksman and hunter .he was wounded fighting in lord dunmore 's war ; served as a continental army officer in the american revolutionary war and as a kentucky co. , virginia militia commander in the northwest indian war .he was a member of the methodist church and one of the first judges in the original washington county , virginia -lrb- later to become washington county , ky -rrb- .john hardin was killed in an ambush while acting as a peace emissary -lrb- under the direction of the president , george washington -rrb- to the shawnee indian people .