Judge George Corwin's Account of Peter Patrick, first published in 1844.

ID: 316 ~ Source: “Early Attempt at Settlement” American Pioneer , a Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Objects of the Logan Historical Society; or, to Collecting and Publishing Sketches Relative to the Early Settlement and Successive Improvement of the Country. Vol. 1, No. 1 (John S. Williams: Cincinnati, 1844): 56-59. ~ Creator: Andrew Feight, Ph.D. ~ Date: 1844
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Judge George Corwin's Account of Peter Patrick, first published in 1844.

Detail image of opening lines of Judge George Corwin's letter to John S. Williams, editor and publisher of the American Pioneer (Cincinnati, 1844).

This file appears in: How Pee Pee Creek Got Its Name

By Andrew Feight, Ph.D.
Pee Pee Creek, whose waters fill Lake White, derives its name from one of the settlers who, just before the deadly attack, carved his initials into the trunk of a large beech tree. Years later, when the threat of Indian attack had ended, and…