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The first we found was near the bank of the Ohio, and the second near the mouth of White Water. Soon after we landed, the Ohio raised seas to overflow all the bottoms at the mouth of the Big Miami. We went over therefore to the Kentucky side, and cleared thirty of forty acres on a claim of a man by the name of Tanner, whose son was killed by ...
Long before white men entered “Ken-ta-ke,” a magic word among the Indians, the Cherokee and the Shawnee traveled through the Cumberland Gap along a game trail later called the “Warriors’ Path” by white emigrants. Though neither tribe lived in Kentucky, both would travel the path in and out of the area, which was used as hunting grounds.
The Carmel Indians (pronounced Car'-mul) are a group of Melungeons who lived in Magoffin County, Kentucky and moved to Highland County, Ohio. Dr. Edward Price observed that the most common surnames among the families were Gibson, Nichols and Perkins.
American Indians apparently first spread the tale of a race of White Indians who lived in the falls area on the Ohio, where Madoc’s followers may have established their largest settlement.
The state of Ohio claims more than forty vanished communities that were occupied by people of color. So-called “Negro” settlements, or colonies, as they were called, were primarily agrarian and separated from urban centers.
If we assume this date of 1792 to be correct, this deed could be credited to Squire Boone, who was living at this early date in the vicinity of Doe Run across the Ohio in Kentucky. The Harbisons and Penningtons are said to have settled near a salt spring at present day Lanesville prior to 1800.
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Jul 16, 2020 · The original inhabitants of Ohio consisted primarily of three nations: the Erie, Kickapoo and Shawnee, the first two both residing in areas near modern-day Toledo. The Kickapoo Tribe*
