Daniel Boone, Surveyor/Bush Settlement

DANIEL BOONE, SURVEYOR

Daniel Boone earned substantial

income as a deputy county surveyor

(1783-1797), a dangerous job in

frontier Kentucky. He made legal

surveys in six Kentucky counties,

including Clark. Boone’s first

eleven were for William Bush and

became the basis for the Bush

Settlement. The first was made

January 7, 1783. Over.

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BUSH SETTLEMENT

Daniel Boone surveyed 6,147 acres

for Captain Billy Bush. Bush

located the land for himself and

others, then served as pilot and

marker on the surveys. Baptist

families from Virginia and North

Carolina began settling here in

November 1784. The nucleus of the

settlement was Providence Church

on Lower Howard’s Creek.

Presented by Winchester-Clark County Tourism Commission.

For more information see ExploreKYHistory: Daniel Boone, Surveyor / Bush Settlement

Dedicated January 7, 2018.