TIP#265 - FLOYD'S , BOWMAN'S, McCONNELL'S, JOHN CRAIG'S, GILBERT'S CREEK, STOCKTON, BIG CROSSING Floyd's Station is location about 1 ½ miles from Spring Station and about six miles from Louisville. It was settled in 1779 and named for Col. John FLOYD. The following names are shown in Draper msss 13 CC11-12 - these were among those killed and wounded in an Indian attack when they were attempting to to "Harrod's Old Town after the campaign under Logan." John THICKSTON (wounded); John and Christopher WESTERFELT, Jas? SWAN, Jas McGAUGHLIN, Thos. PYBURN (all these were killed), Polly and Debbs WESTERFELT (daughters of Christopher), "cousin" Betsy SWAY. All the above were taken prisoner and a GARRETT was tomahawked; Wm. THICKSTON was wounded; Thos. PEARCE, wounded. The Widows McLAUGHLIN and PYBURN (who were killed) lived afterward at FLOYD's. Old Mrs. WESTERFELT and her son Sam, escaped. It was written that the survivors dug a great hole and buried about 20 altogether. There were 10 families. James and Betsy SWAN were attacked and Betsy wounded and tomahawked in coming to Floyd's from beyond LINN's Station along with the WESTERFELTS. Col. John FLOYD was the oldest of brothers, then Robert, then Chas., Ishel, Nancy PRYOR, Abby LEMASTERS, Mrs. TOOLEY. After Col. John FLOYD was killed, his widow later married Capt. Alexander BRACKENRIDGE and they continued to live at Floyds. Bowman's Station was located 6 miles east of Harrodsburg and was settled by Col. Abram BOWMAN in 1779. According to the Draper mss 13CC170-1 in an interview with Herman BOWMAN, it was stated that seven families came with his father from Virginia in the fall of 1779: Robert BOWMAN, Stephen COLLINS, Joseph COLLINS, Joel COLLINS (the rest of his family stayed in Virginia), Elisha PRUETT, Robt. PRUETT, Joshua PRUETT (this man had no family); Wm. HALL, Thomas GLASS; James COX. Of the above individuals, HALL and GLASS moved on to Lexington. McConnell's Station was located one mile west of Lexington and was founded by William McCONNELL in 1779. Drapes mss. 13CC82 "These all but my father went up to McConnell's Station at Lexington:" Alexander McCONNELL, uncle; John McCONNELL, Thos Smith, widow Mary HARPER, Danl. CAMPBELL, Robt EDMISTON. In mss 11CC221 Thos. STEVENSON was named as being there. John CRAIG's Station was settled in either January or February 1782. According to the Shane Paper, there is an interview with a Mrs. ARNOLD. She stated that those who came with CRAIG were: Old Mr. LAY, John PATTY; Tom BELL; John VAUGHN, Col. YOUNG, old Mr. COLLINS, Andrew JOHNSON, Danl. WILLCOX, John ARNOLD, John CRAIG and Mrs. ARNOLD. Joe CRAIG was also mentioned. Gilbert's Creek Station was established in 1781, assumed to have been in Garrard County. Gilbert's Creek Baptist Church was established there that year. Mrs. FALCONER was interviewed by Draper (mss 11C137) who said the following families were stationed here: Wm. YOUNG's, JOHNSTON's, HAMPTON's, FALCONER's and Nixon CHESTER's. The CRAIGS came in the fall of 1783. All but John CRAIG remained here and she mentioned a Ben CRAIG's Station that was settled in the spring of 1784 by Mr. FINNEY, James SMITHEY, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. MARTIN, Jos. FALCONER. She also mentioned Lewis MASTIN and his brother-in-law, Seth COOK of Fayette Co and tells of an Indian attack. Stockton's Station was located 2 miles from Winchester in Clark County. It was founded by George STOCKTON in January 1787. Draper mss 12CC231 shows an interview with Capt. George C. STOCKTON. He stated that the WILLIAMS and BARNS family settled at this station and Zadock WILLIAMS and his brother were killed. George STOCKTON had come to the area as early as 1776 from Pennsylvania with his half-brother, John FLEMING, Wm. McCLEARY (his brother-in-law), and Sam. STRODE (a boy). Big Crossing Station was in Scott County, KY and settled by Col. Robert JOHNSON in the fall of 1783. Draper mss 11CC253 includes an interview with Ben GUTHRIE wherein he states that Cave JOHNSON, brother of Robert, was in the company, Dickey CAVE, Dick TAYLOR, the families of Robert JOHNSON, Robert BRADLEY, SHORTRIDGE, John SUCKETT, David HERNDON (also spelled HEARN), Thomas HRNDON, Henry HERNDON (single), widow HERNDON (their mother), Julius GIBBS, Jimmy STURRETT and Stephen LOWRY. To be continued with the stations in northern Kentucky. (c) Copyright 21 October 1999, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved. sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Colonel Sandi Gorin 205 Clements,Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 or E-fax (707)222-1210 Member Glasgow-Barren County Chamber of Commerce Gorin Genealogical Publishing: http://members.delphi.com/gorin1/index.html TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios ARCHIVES: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl