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999 Tanners Station 1789
Address:
KY, USA
Category: Markers
Marker reads, First settlement in Boone County. The Reverend John Tanner built blockhouse, and town began on 2,000 acres he and John Taylor owned. Shawnees captured Tanners 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.
