- Yes, date unknown
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Name |
William Rogers |
Suffix |
Sr. |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
Yes, date unknown |
Person ID |
I89265 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
17 Nov 2020 |
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Notes |
- A true companion of Daniel Boone's--on the Kentucky Run, not far fromRichmond, Kentucky.
"Minerva Rogers, wife of George W. Scott and mother of the subject,was a daughter of William Rogers, Jr., whose father, William Rogers,Sr., was a companion of Daniel Boone and was with that intrepidbackwoodsman and hunter when his little company of settlers werebesieged by the Indians on the Kentucky Run, not far from the presentsite of Richmond. The Rogers family originally settled in Virginia,near Culpeper Court House, where William Rogers, Jr., was born whilethe father was being besieged in the block house as stated above.""Weiks History of Putnam County Indiana" by Jesse W. Weik. 1910, B.F.Bowen & Co., Publishers, Indianapolis IN" See.usgenweb.comIndiana-Putnam County.
NOTE: See great grandson James William Scott's notes.
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