Richard Pierpoint was born about 1744 in Bundu in what is Senegal.
10 Facts About Richard Pierpoint
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In 1788, Richard Pierpoint was located on 200 acres of land in present-day St Catharines.
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Richard Pierpoint didn't appear on either an assessment or census and no documentary evidence exists to explain the situation.
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Richard Pierpoint subsequently abandoned or sold his grant and supported himself as a laborer.
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Richard Pierpoint's offer was refused, but a small Black corps was raised locally by a white officer, Jordan tavern-owner Robert Runchey.
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Richard Pierpoint volunteered immediately for Captain Runchey's Company of Coloured Men even though he was in his sixties.
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Richard Pierpoint's request was denied, and instead, Pierpoint and several other Coloured Corps veterans were given land grants in Garafraxa, just outside present-day Fergus.
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Richard Pierpoint died sometime before September 1838, leaving no family or heirs.
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Richard Pierpoint's will left the Garafraxa property to Lemuel Brown.
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Brown, who lived in the Guelph area at the time of Richard Pierpoint's death, sold the land to the neighboring farmer.