Memoirs of Wayne County - chapter 4 The discovery opf White Water Valley had been credited to Judge PETER FLEMING & Joseph WASSON - a Revolutionary soldier who accompanied the former from Kentucky - in 1804 & the first settlement in the valley was made in 1805 by George HOLMAN , Richard Rue & Thomas McCoy . page 36 1811 --- the county buisness being done by Judge - PETER FLEMING -> see previous e-mail for TURNER for article in its entirety