Squire Boone's Station
The fortified settlement was attacked by about 20 Indians in April 1781. Boone was hit twice, once in his right side and once through the bones in his right arm, injuries which appeared fatal and required months of recovery. His right arm was 1.5 inches (38 mm) shorter than his left for the rest of his life. In September, warned of an imminent attack by Maj. Bland Ballard, most settlers abandoned the site for Linn's Station, but Squire Boone's injury forced his family to remain; a shortage of packhorses also caused the widow Hinton's family to remain as well. The refugees were attacked roughly ⅔ of the way to Linn's Station by Indians and British soldiers under Capt. Alexander McKee in the Long Run Massacre. The families at Squire Boone's Station were rescued a few days later by a 300-man party from the Falls. An attempt at returning to the station two or three weeks later failed when he ran into an Indian party; he spent the winter at Low Dutch Station and later settled at Fort Harrod.
Squire Boone returned to the station in late 1783 with several families including his cousin Samuel Boone's. They arrived in the middle of winter to find the entire site burnt to the ground. The Boones remained and over the next year Squire built a grist- and sawmill.
Boone's land speculation succeeded for a number of years before failing in 1786, resulting in the loss of all of his property (including the station) to his creditors and his removal to Well's Station. In 1786, Squire Boone's Station was turned over to a Colonel Lynch, and its name was changed to "Lynch’s Station".
Upon the creation of Shelby County in 1792, Squire Boone's Station was considered as a site for the county court but that honor was given to Shelbyville after local landowner William Shannon donated land for the erection of public buildings.
See also
- Station, a frontier defensive structure
- Boone's Station, now known as "Boonesborough", founded by Daniel Boone
- Boone's New Station, now known as "Boone Station State Historic Site", founded by Daniel Boone
- Boone's Station, now known as "Booneville", named in Daniel Boone's honor
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Squire Boone's Station
- ^ Kentucky Historical Society. Road Marker 848: "Pioneer Station". Op. cit. Hay, Melba P. & al. Roadside History: A Guide to Kentucky Highway Markers, p. 65. Univ. Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 2002. Accessed 8 October 2013.
- ^ Spraker, Hazel & al. The Boone Family: A Genealogical History of the Descendants of George and Mary Boone who Came to America in 1717, Containing Many Unpublished Bits of Early Kentucky History, pp. 79 ff.. Genealogical Publishing Co., 1922.
- ^ King, George H.S. "Some Notes Relative to the Virginia Ancestry of President Harry S. Truman". Genealogies of Virginia Families, p. 655. Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981. Accessed 8 October 2013.
- ^ The Kentucky Encyclopedia, p. 571. "Long Run Massacre". University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1992. Accessed 8 October 2013.
- ^ Shelby County Tales of the Past
- ^ Rennick, Robert. Kentucky Place Names, "Shelbyville". University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987.