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Pigeon Roost was established in 1809 by William E. Collings (1758–1828), and consisted mainly of settlers from Kentucky.Collings and his large family held the original land grants in what is now Nelson County, Kentucky, signed by the Governor of Virginia, Patrick Henry.
1807–1809 1811 1812–1815: Disbanded: 1809 (first time) 1811 (second time) June, 1815 (third time) Country ... which led to attacks such as the Pigeon Roost raid ...
Entrance to Pigeon Roost State Historic Site along U.S. Route 31, 5 miles south of Scottsburg 38°36′56″N 85°46′33″W / 38.61556°N 85.77583°W / 38.61556; -85.77583 ( Pigeon American Indian/Native American
Modern-day Pigeon Roost. September saw additional attacks across the territory. On September 3 in northern Clark County, Shawnees slaughtered the villagers of Pigeon Roost. Early September saw two separate attacks on Fort Harrison and Fort Wayne, but this time the defenders were able to repel the attack.
1862 map from the New York Times showing the plank road route out of Memphis. The Memphis and Hernando Plank Road was a toll road between Memphis, Tennessee, and Hernando, Mississippi, in the United States.
Pigeon Roost or Pigeonroost may refer to: Horse Creek (Kentucky), location of Pigeon Roost Creek and Pigeonroost post office; Pigeon Roost, Mississippi, a ghost town in Choctaw County; Pigeonroost, North Carolina, an unincorporated community in Mitchell County; Pigeon Roost Creek (Indiana), a stream; Pigeon Roost Creek (Missouri), a stream
The Indiana Territory, officially the Territory of Indiana, was created by an organic act that President John Adams signed into law on May 7, 1800, [1] to form an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1800, to December 11, 1816, when the remaining southeastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Indiana. [2]
Other battles that occurred within the boundaries of the present-day state of Indiana include the siege of Fort Wayne, the Pigeon Roost Massacre and the Battle of the Mississinewa. The Treaty of Ghent (1814) ended the war and relieved American settlers from their fears of attack by the nearby British and their Indian allies. [100]