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Philip Alston (Feb. 18, 1740/41 – after 1799) was an 18th-century counterfeiter, both before and after the American Revolution, in Virginia and the Carolinas before the war, and later, in Kentucky and Illinois afterwards. He is associated with Cave-in-Rock and John Duff, as well as, an early settler of Natchez and the Cumberland and Red River valleys in Kentucky and Tennessee. ==Early life in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia== Philip Alston was born Feb. 18, 1740 or 1741, the son of Solomon and Sarah Ann "Nancy" (Hinton) Alston.〔Linda F. Harris. Sept. 1999. Descendents of Solomon Alston. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~digginforroots/alston/solomonpi.htm.〕 Alston is believed to have been born in the British colony of South Carolina but, moved with his family to North Carolina colony at an early age.〔 He is also, believed to have been married in 1765, in North Carolina, to a woman named to be either Temperance Smith, granddaughter of Capt. Nicholas Smith and great-great granddaughter of Robert Bell (Speaker of the House of Commons) or Mary Molly Temple. Philip Alston was known to have had five children: * Frances Alston, born about 1766, who married James D. Dromgoole (1758–1818) in 1782. * John McCoy Alston, born in 1767, and is likely the John Alston that proved the 1799 deed. Philip Alston's wife was Mildred McCoy. * Philip Alston, Jr., who is the recipient of a number of slaves in the 1799 deed. * Elizabeth Elise Alston, who married John Gilbert. * Peter Alston, the counterfeiter and river pirate, some identify as Little Harpe's partner in the murder of Samuel Mason. It is not known when Philip Alston learned and started counterfeiting but, in 1770–1771, he and his brother, John Alston, were wanted, by the law, for counterfeiting activities in North Carolina, and in 1773, in the colony of Virginia, as well.〔Kenneth Scott. 1957. “Counterfeiting in Colonial North Carolina.” ''North Carolina Historical Review''. 34:467–482. http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hp/colonial/Nchr/Subjects/Scott.htm.〕 With authorities targeting counterfeiters in North Carolina, as well as, the neighboring colonies of Virginia and South Carolina, the Alston brothers fled, in 1772 or 1773, to Natchez on the Mississippi River,〔Alex C. Finley. 1876, Reprint c. 2000. ''The History of Russellville and Logan County, Ky.'' Reprint: Russellville, Ky.: A. B. Willhite. 18 (number from reprint).〕 about 200 miles, upriver from New Orleans. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Philip Alston (counterfeiter)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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