Samuel Mason or Meason (1739–1803) was a Revolutionary War militia captain on the frontier, who following the war, became the leader of a gang of river pirates and highwaymen on the lower Ohio River and the Mississippi River in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was associated with Cave-in-Rock, Stack Island, and the Natchez Trace.
Read more about Samuel Mason: Early Life and Revolutionary War Service, Piracy, Arrest and Death, Fictional Representation and Historical Inaccuracies