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The Long Run Massacre & Floyd’s Defeat 2018
September 7-8

Presented by The Painted Stone Settlers


	Photos by Frank Jarboe & Kathy Cummings


	The Faces of The Long Run Massacre 2018


Settlers of the Painted Stone Station are Attacked near Long Run

	Squire Boone settled in Shelby County Kentucky in 1780. He built his station along the banks of Clear Creek. It was a site he had first visited in 1776 and he had marked the spot with a stone from the creek on which he had scribed his name and the date. Thus the station became known as The Painted Stone Station. But by September of 1781 Indian sign was increasing and Boone decided the families at the station should move to a more populated area. Settlers evacuated The Painted Stone Station on September 13, 1781 and were attacked by a group of Miami Indians as they forded Long Run Creek. On September 8, 2018 re-enactors portrayed this historic event.

		The Battle


		Floyd’s Defeat

	After defeating the settlers, the Indians decided to wait in the area. They knew that the settlers would return to bury their dead. The Indians were joined by over 300 Shawnee. Colonel John Floyd left Linn Station on the morning of September 14 with 27 men. They were no match for the waiting Indians and Floyd’s small force was also defeated.


	The Prisoner Exchange

		In a quest to better understand history, The Painted Stone Settlers provide visitors with a scenario about one of the many prisoner exchanges that were held throughout the Ohio valley in the late 1700’s in which natives and settlers came together to trade prisoners for goods.


	School Day with The Painted Stone Settlers Friday September 7, 2018

Education is the keyword for The Painted Stone Settlers. As a non profit 501 (c)3 the group is dedicated to teaching the history of Shelby County Kentucky. Each year 600-800 students arrive on site on Friday about 9 AM. These students and homeschoolers can visit 23 stations manned by volunteer re-enactors and demonstrators. To learn more about the school day visit the web site www.paintedstonesettlers.org and register for 2019.




	The Painted Stone Settlers not only shared knowledge but received some as well. Here students from Capital Day in Frankfort showed off their Revolutionary War era projects to PSS members Eric McClain and Eric Bland.


	School Day Photos 2018


	Special Presentation


	During the Presentation of Colors The Painted Stone Settlers were joined on the Field by The Governor Isaac Shelby Sons of the American Revolution. After posting the colors Lyndell Lee Shepherd of The Painted Stone Settlers presented the SAR a Painted Stone Flag. The flag was in commemoration of the recently deceased long time president of this chapter of the SAR Forrest Chilton.

The Presentation

At this time we would like to make a special presentation to our friends from the SAR – The Sons of the American Revolution – Governor Isaac Shelby Chapter.

I can’t remember how many years these gentlemen have been joining us in the field here. Their flags, their patriotism and their love of history make our two groups a perfect partnership in so many ways and we now have many members that belong to both groups.

And in Memorium of their Chapter president Reverend Forrest B. Chilton who passed in May the Painted Stone Settlers would like to add one more flag to their collection.

Forrest started the Governor Isaac Shelby Chapter in 2005 and served as president of the chapter for 10 of those 13 years.

He served our country in the 100^th division and was a retired Baptist Minister.

He also served as President of the Kentucky Chapter of the SAR and also served as Vice President General of the Central District, consisting of KY. IN, Ohio and West Virginia.

He received an award for being #1 in the nation for service to veterans. and his chapter also received an award for their service to veterans. He amassed over 10,000 hours with Veterans Administration Volunteer Service and was instrumental in the marking of over 300 Patriot Graves.

And every year that he was able Forrest Chilton was here on our school day, talking to the children, explaining the meaning of each flag and sharing his patriotism with them. To that end we, The Painted Stone Settlers, would like to present the Governor Isaac Shelby Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution one more flag. Our Painted Stone Flag to symbolize our educational mission so exemplified by the life of Forrest Chilton.

I would also like to recognize his wife Betty and Daughter Cheryl who or here with us today.

Ladies would you please stand so we can thank you for sharing your husband and father with all of us.

Thank you




		Photos by Frank Jarboe

The History

The Painted Stone Settlers were a group of settlers led by Squire Boone who built their station in 1780 Kentucky. By 1781, as Indian attacks were becoming more frequent the group opted to leave the settlement for a more populated station. Linn Station was 23 miles from Painted Stone. During the trek, the settlers with their livestock and household goods had to cross Long Run Creek. It was about noon and at this point that 50 Miami Indians with their British allies chose to attack.

Men, women and children were killed and scattered, many not reaching Linn Station until nightfall. On the following day Col. John Floyd, of the Jefferson County Militia led a party of men out to check for survivors and bury the dead. The Indians had stayed in the area knowing the settlers would return. This militia group was also attacked. Seventeen men were killed or captured. It became known as Floyd’s Defeat.

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