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Fries, John (1750–1818)| US revolutionary insurgent, who gained fame for his participation in the 1794 Whisky Insurrection, when Pennsylvania farmers resisted federal efforts to impose a tax on their whisky production. In 1799 he took the lead in resisting a federal property tax imposed the previous year; he signed a petition denouncing the tax and led a band of 50 men to eject persistent collectors and to liberate prisoners in federal custody. Stopped by federal militia, he was twice sentenced to death for treason but was pardoned by President John Adams. |
| He was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and worked as an itinerant auctioneer. In 1775 he was made captain of a revolutionary militia company in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. |
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