From: "Casey Rayls" Subject: Lincoln Co. Surveyor Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 6:25 PM I am seeking information on a Capt. Samuel Grant, who was a Deputy Surveyor in Lincoln Co. KY in 1781 and for whom Grant Co. Ky was named. See the email below from the Indiana State Data Center Coordinator Reference and Government Services Division Indiana State Library. In short, it states; GENEAL. 976.9 G3267 v. 1 Genealogies of Kentucky Families, A-M Grant Co. Kentucky was named after Samuel Grant, when Grant Co. was formed from Campbell Co. Kentucky in 1820. (the Grant Co. website states Grant Co.was formed from Pendleton Co. in 1820) My questions are: 1) What military "outfit" was Samuel Grant a Captain with ? 2) What military outfit was Col. Robert Johnson of Kentucky Commanding ?(this may answer question 1). Any help is appreciated Casey Rayls 812-438-2847 Rising Sun, IN. **Below is the response I got from the Indiana State Data Center Coordinator Reference and Government Services Division Indiana State Library. Mr. Rayls, In my efforts to find more info. about Samuel and Moses Grant, two books from our Genealogy Division gave the following information. It appears their deaths were actually in 1789. They were both born in North Carolina, but (it appears) lived in KY at the time of their deaths. They were children of William Grant II and Elizabeth (Boone) Grant. I haven't yet found any "outfit" information. G 929.2 B724s 1974 The Boone Family, by Ella Spraker p. 64: "Moses Grant b. 3 Oct., 1768; killed 13 Aug., 1789, by Indians while on an expedition over the Ohio River under Colonel Robert Johnson" p. 114 "Samuel Boone Grant, born 26 Nov., 1762, in North Carolina; died 13 Aug., 1789, near the Ohio River, in Indiana. Married Lydia Craig, daughter of Rev. Elijah Craig of Scott Co., KY. Samuel Grant was killed by Indians on Grant's Lick Creek in Indiana, at the same time that his brother Moses was. He was thought, by his nephew, Col. Samuel Moseby Grant, to have been a Captain under Col. Robert Johnson who led the expedition over the Ohio River, which ended disastrously for Moses and Samuel Grant in Switzerland County, Indiana. GENEAL. 976.9 G3267 v. 1 Genealogies of Kentucky Families, A-M p. 401: "The children of William, II, and Elizabeth Boone Grant (all recorded as "born at the Shallow Ford of the Yadkin in Rowan County, North Carolina") were:" p. 402 "6. Capt. Samuel Grant, born Nov. 29, 1762, killed by Indians August 13, 1789, while in active service with Col. Robert Johnson. He is recorded as a Deputy of the First Surveyor of Lincoln County, in 1781. His wife was Lydia Craig, daughter of Capt. Elijah Craig..." (Information about his children) "When a new county was cut off from Campbell in 1820 it was named Grant County for the slain Capt. Samuel Grant." p. 402 "8. Moses Grant, born October 3, 1768, killed by Indians on Grant's Creek, Indiana Territory, August 13, 1789, in his twenty-first year, unmarried. "August, 1789, a large body of Indians were camped on the other side of the Ohio and were continually coming over and doing a good deal of mischief. Robert Johnson took a Company; two Grants, Samuel and Israel were killed there. Samuel Grant was looking from behind a tree to sight an Indian and was shot. Israel Grant, his brother, went to see if he really was killed and an Indian shot him". (from an interview with old Ben Guthrie, a contemporary of the Grants, by John Shane, quoted in Filson Club Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 1, page 9. The ancient's memory was at fault as to the name. It was Moses, not Israel who was killed.) This tragedy occurred on the Indiana side of the Ohio River near a stream which was thenceforth called Grant's Creek Katie Springer From: Casey Rayls [mailto:crayls@orvcomm.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 1:16 PM To: Springer, Katharine Subject: Re: Grant Brothers Thank you so very much !! I would like to know: 1) What detachment/regiment/ "outfit" Samuel Grant was with, if possible to detect. 2) The same for Col. Johnson, as you are already seeking Please keep me advised. Your Most Obedient and Humble Servant, Casey Rayls 812-438-2847 From: Springer, Katharine To: Casey Rayls Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 10:39 AM Subject: RE: Grant Brothers Hello Mr. Rayls, I was able to find the following piece of legislation today in the volume of "Special Acts, passed at the fifteenth session, General Assembly of the State of Indiana" (1831). The act has nine sections detailing the formation of Grant County. The text you were interested in is within Section 1: "Chapter XII. An Act for the County of Grant, and for attaching certain Territory therein named. [Approved, February 10, 1831.] Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Indiana, That from and after the first day of April next, all that tract of country, included in the following boundaries, shall form and constitute a new county, to be known and designated by the name of the county of Grant, in memory of captain Samuel Grant and Moses Grant of Kentucky, who fell in a battle with the Indians, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty-nine, in that part of the state of Indiana now known as Switzerland county, to-wit: Beginning on the line dividing the counties of Madison and Delaware, three miles north of the township line, dividing townships twenty-one and twenty-two, in range 8 east; thence north to the corner of Delaware county; thence east six miles to the range line..." I'm now looking to see if I can find anything on Colonel Johnson of Kentucky (who is not mentioned in the Act). Thank you for using the Indiana State Library, Katie Springer Katharine Springer, MLS kspringer at library.in.gov State Data Center Coordinator Reference and Government Services Division Indiana State Library http://www.in.gov/library/3092.htm 140 N. Senate Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46204 Regional Federal Depository #0170 (phone) 317-232-3732 (fax) 317-232-3728 From: Casey Rayls [mailto:crayls@orvcomm.com] Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 4:07 PM To: Springer, Katharine Subject: Grant Brothers Here's what I found out today from the Switzerland. County Indiana Historical Museum, Vevay, IN. from an Ann Farnsley (812) 427-3560. The below is taken from the sign that was posted on the former picnic shelter in the 1970's at the confluence of Grant's Creek, Red Hog Pike Rd. and Lower Grants Creek Rd. in Switzerland County Indiana. An old Army "deuce" truck sits rusting very near there, in the same small field today, should any of you want to see the site. You can't miss the old truck as it's just 50 yrds. or so off the county road. "At this site lies the body of Samuel and Moses Grant members of a Co. of men under Col. Johnson of Ky. killed at the salt lick by Shawnee Indians 1802. Commemorated by act of IN. Legislature. 1831. The name of Grant County & Grant's Creek." (it means Grant County Indiana, with the city of Marion, IN. is the county seat, Grant's Creek separates Ohio and Switzerland Counties in