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Squire Boone was responsible for establishing Painted Stone Station in1780 along the banks of Clear Creek. It began as a thriving fort of 13 families and several individuals until Indian harassment made it clear the fort should be evacuated because of its isolation. As settlers fled the fort in Sept. 1781 on their way to Lynn’s Station in present day Jefferson County, KY, they were ambushed by Indians. Those who lived to tell about it referred to it as The Long Run Massacre. Boone went on to become involved in many of the same exploits as his more famous brother, Daniel.
Nicholas Meriwether arrived on the frontier a few years after Squire Boone, and made just as big of an impact. He was a land locator, entrepreneur and settler. Meriwether eventually purchased the land Boone’s fort had been built on, a fort Van Stockum said was “the first real settlement in Shelby County.” Van Stockum’s late wife, Susanne de Charette Van Stockum, was a great-great-great-granddaughter of Nicholas Meriwether.
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