Black plaque № 45486

Petersburg, KY, United States

Tanner's Station 1789. First settlement in Boone County. The Rev. John Tanner built blockhouse, and town began on 2,000 acres he and John Taylor owned. Shawnees captured Tanner's 9-year-old son here, held him until grown. An ardent Baptist, Tanner preached in Carolinas, Virginia; came to Kentucky in

1781; moved to Missouri, 1798; died there, 1812, age about 80. Town was named Petersburg, 1818.

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