Floyd's Station, Kentucky
Floyd's Station was a fort on Beargrass Creek in what is now St. Matthews, Kentucky. In November 1779 James John Floyd built cabins and a stockade near what is now Breckenridge Lane.[1] In 1783, John Floyd, future Governor of Virginia was born in the Station. The pioneer's father was killed by Indians twelve days before the birth of his son.[2] The station was one of six on Beargrass Creek and was involved in local conflict with Native Americans in the area for the next five years.[3] All that remain today of Floyd's Station are a spring house and cemetery.[4]
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James John Floyd
John Floyd
Charles Floyd
2008 Area Scene
See also
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- Corn Island (Kentucky)
- Fort Nelson (Kentucky)
- Fort-on-Shore
- Fort William (Kentucky)
- Spring Station (Kentucky)
- Low Dutch Station
- Bryan's Station
- Station (frontier defensive structure)
References
- ↑ Yater, George H. (1987). Two Hundred Years at the Falls of the Ohio: A History of Louisville and Jefferson County, 2nd edition, Filson Club, Incorporated, 12-13.
- ↑ http://www.s9.com/Biography/Floyd-John
- ↑ Adventure West with Famous Floyds
- ↑ Lewis and Clark in Kentucky
Further reading
- Neal O. Hammon, ed. (2013). John Floyd: The Life and Letters of a Frontier Surveyor. Louisville: Butler Books. ISBN 978-1-935497-69-1. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
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