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40-838: This community was named its location near pioneer James John Floyd 's Ford Station. The Floyds Fork , a tributary of the Salt River , starts nearby. Floydsburg was the birthplace of the American Civil War Colonel and 14th Governor of Illinois (1865–1869) Richard J. Oglesby on July 25, 1824. He also served in the Illinois Senate (1860) and the United States Senate for Illinois (1873–1879). 38°18′38.62″N 85°27′35.20″W  /  38.3107278°N 85.4597778°W  / 38.3107278; -85.4597778 This Oldham County, Kentucky state location article

80-510: A black slave . They built cabins and a stockade, which came to be known as " Floyd's Station ". During the early 19th century, the area held several plantations and was known as the "garden of the state". As with most areas of the Inner Bluegrass Region , the area was settled by many migrants from Virginia , who brought slaves for labor. The major crops were labor-intensive tobacco and hemp ; breeding livestock, primarily horses,

120-462: A 2,000-acre (8.1 km ) site for himself in what is now St. Matthews, Kentucky . With the threat of a war with the Shawnee looming, Preston and Cap. William Russell sent frontiersmen Daniel Boone and Michael Stoner on a mission to warn settlers and surveyors to come back to Botetourt County. Unfortunately, Native Americans attacked Floyd's group before the warning arrived, killing two members of

160-535: A cabin near 3rd and Main Street in present-day Louisville for a temporary shelter for the women and children while they established a settlement near Beargrass Creek . The settlement became known as Floyd's Station as 10 more families located there, and a Stockade was added. There, he would be the leader of the area that took in part a small local war with the Native Americans and was led by George Rogers Clark. All

200-471: A female householder with no husband present, and 54.1% were non-families. 45.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.94 and the average family size was 2.76. In the city, the population was spread out, with 17.0% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 35.6% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

240-1114: A notice in a Williamsburg newspaper on December 26, 1776, that he intended to leave the colony of Virginia for a few months. Carter Braxton's instructions to Phoenix captain Joseph Cunningham of Boston indicated the schooner was to sail from Yorktown, Virginia to the West Indies for a three-month voyage. Floyd sailed out of Chesapeake Bay in early January 1777. The Phoenix successfully arrived back in Boston in early April 1777 but without Floyd, who had been captured and transported to Forton Prison near Portsmouth, England. In late October 1777, Floyd escaped from Forton and found his way to Paris. On October 30, 1777, Floyd received assistance in Paris from Arthur Lee who, along with Benjamin Franklin and Silas Deane , agreed to advance him funds to return to Virginia. While in Paris, Floyd "obtained his wedding Clothes,

280-580: A prominent frontier Virginian, was the surveyor for the western part of Virginia then known as Fincastle County, Virginia , which stretched as far as the Mississippi River . Floyd became a deputy surveyor under Preston, doing land survey jobs from time to time. When he was not working with Preston, he rode as a deputy sheriff with Daniel Trigg, working under Sheriff Col. William Christian of Botetourt County. Preston started receiving applications for land claims to be located and surveyed from veterans of

320-516: A rich and beautiful pair of brilliant shoe buckles for his intended bride, a Scarlet Coat for himself." Floyd returned to Virginia from Paris arriving in February 1778. After months of recuperating from his illnesses, Floyd married Jane Buchanan, a ward of Col. Preston's, on November 2, 1778. He lived in Virginia on his father's homestead for a year before meeting George Rogers Clark . Floyd returned to

360-500: A village of Native Americans but was discovered too early causing the group to flee and most of them escaped. In 1783, Virginia organized the government of Kentucky and Floyd was appointed to be one of the first two judges of Kentucky. Later in the year in March he would write Preston informing him of his brother in law Billy Buchanan being killed by Native Americans . Also in the letter Floyd wrote that he dreamed that his fate might become

400-490: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . James John Floyd Colonel James John Floyd (1750 – 10 April 1783) was an American military officer. An early settler of St. Matthews, Kentucky , he helped lay out Louisville. In Kentucky, he served as a Colonel of the Kentucky Militia in which he participated in raids with George Rogers Clark and later became one of the first judges of Kentucky. Floyd

440-568: Is also named after Floyd. Floyd Street, that runs North to South from downtown Louisville through the University of Louisville was named after him as well. St. Matthews, Kentucky St. Matthews is a city in Jefferson County , Kentucky , United States. It forms part of the Louisville Metro government but is separately incorporated as a home rule-class city . The population

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480-559: Is bordered by Woodlawn Park , Graymoor-Devondale , Lyndon , and Norwood . The separately incorporated cities of Richlawn , Beechwood Village and Norbourne Estates are enclaves within St. Matthews. As of the census of 2000, there were 15,852 people, 7,978 households, and 3,661 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,938.3 inhabitants per square mile (1,520.6/km ). There were 8,537 housing units at an average density of 2,121.0 per square mile (818.9/km ). The racial makeup of

520-428: Is named for John Floyd. He is also credited as the namesake of Floyd County, Indiana , although it has been argued that this county was actually named for Davis Floyd . Floyd's Station Springhouse still stands today. The Floyds Fork river is named after him as well, which when it meets with the Salt River is near the location where he was mortally wounded. Floydsburg, Kentucky , a small unincorporated community

560-634: The American Revolution in late 1776. In 1776, when Fincastle County was abolished by the Virginia legislature, John Floyd's job as a surveyor ended. In September 1776, Floyd left Boonesborough and returned to Virginia. Floyd traveled to Williamsburg and signed on to a privateering syndicate and agreed to serve on board the Massachusetts schooner Phoenix . The syndicate members included Robert Morris , Carter Braxton , Michael Gratz, Dr. Thomas Walker , Edmund Pendleton , and others. Floyd placed

600-659: The American Revolutionary War by Col . James John Floyd of Virginia. He had conducted an important survey of the Jefferson County area in 1774, and bought 2,000 acres (8 km ) of land from Virginia and other colonial veterans who had been awarded the parcels for their service in the French and Indian War (known as the Seven Years' War in Europe). He arrived overland on November 8, 1779, bringing several family members and

640-560: The Falls of the Ohio again in October 1779 with his new wife and son, William Floyd. His brothers Isham, Robert, and Charles , and sisters Jemima and Abadiah, came with him to Kentucky this time. Floyd had returned to the 2,000 acres (8.1 km ) of land he bought in 1774 to keep squatters off his land and became the first settler in Jefferson County who had ownership of the land he lived on. They built

680-464: The French and Indian War . In 1774, Floyd was selected to lead a group of surveyors into what is now West Virginia and Kentucky . Floyd and a team of seven surveyors set out for the Falls of the Ohio on April 7, 1774 with a group of men claiming land. They traversed the Kanawha and Ohio River for most of the trip. Floyd had previously surveyed land for George Washington and Patrick Henry along

720-718: The Mississippian and Fort Ancient cultures. During the 18th century, the area was claimed by various Indian tribes, including the Shawnee from the northwest and the Iroquois to the east; based in New York and Pennsylvania, the Iroquois used the Ohio Valley as a hunting ground by right of conquest. The area eventually known as St. Matthews was first settled by European Americans in 1779 during

760-423: The cotton gin had made cultivation of short-staple cotton profitable. The St. Matthews community developed around the intersection of what are now Breckenridge Lane, Shelbyville Road, and Westport Road. By 1840, it was known as "Gilman's Point", after local tavern owner Daniel Gilman. The name "St. Matthews" was adopted in 1850 after the completion of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, the area's first. It became

800-519: The rescue of Jemima Boone from four Shawnee and one Cherokee in July 1776, an event that would become a popular frontier story. The first night, only five miles were covered due to a delay at crossing a river. The next day they tracked them over 40 miles (64 km) and overtook them while the Native Americans prepared a campfire to cook. Information began trickling into the Kentucky Country about

840-483: The County Lieutenant of Jefferson County in 1781 making him responsible for the defense of the settlers in the county. The area was regularly being raided by Native Americans and dozens of settlers had been killed. Floyd wrote two letters to Thomas Jefferson pleading for support. In September 1781, Floyd led 27 men in a rescue/burial mission as a result of the previous day's Long Run Massacre . When they reached

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880-600: The Floyd brothers participated. In 1780, by the act of the Virginia General Assembly , Floyd was placed as one of seven trustees of Louisville with the power to layout and establish the town. Later, George Rogers Clark convinced Governor Thomas Jefferson in 1781 to appoint Floyd as Colonel of the Kentucky Militia, and also later in the year, Justice of the Peace and surveyor of Jefferson County. Floyd succeeded Col. Christy as

920-467: The Kanawha River. In mid-May, they arrived in Kentucky Country and had an experience with Native Americans who came down the river and had passes from the commandant at Fort Pitt warning off white men as a part of Lord Dunmore's War . This scared off some of the group, but none of the surveyors left, and the rest of the expedition continued on. While in the area sectioning land tracts, Floyd bought

960-463: The church. St. Matthews was connected to the Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railroad , as well as a later railroad that connected Louisville to Anchorage and Middletown . The railroad did not greatly alter the economy of St. Matthews, however, which remained heavily agricultural well into the 20th century. In the early 20th century, it produced so many potatoes that it was a major center of

1000-479: The cities of Broad Fields , Cherrywood Village , Fairmeade , Plymouth Village , and Springlee . St. Matthews is located in north-central Jefferson County at 38°15′0″N 85°38′33″W  /  38.25000°N 85.64250°W  / 38.25000; -85.64250 (38.249931, −85.642613). It is 7 miles (11 km) east of downtown Louisville . According to the United States Census Bureau ,

1040-412: The city has a total area of 4.3 square miles (11.2 km ), of which 0.02 square miles (0.04 km ), or 0.36%, are water. The present boundaries of St. Matthews are roughly Cannons Lane to the west, I-264 to the south and east, and several subdivisions off Brownsboro Road to the north. These include Bellewood , Brownsboro Village , Maryhill Estates , and Windy Hills . Farther east, St. Matthews

1080-401: The city was 90.32% White , 4.95% African American , 0.15% Native American , 2.62% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 0.59% from other races , and 1.36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.69% of the population. There were 7,978 households, out of which 19.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.9% were married couples living together, 8.4% had

1120-479: The country for this crop. From 1910 to 1946, it was home to the St. Matthews Produce Exchange, which was once the second-largest potato shipper in the country. The area began changing in the early 20th century as a result of urban transit and automobile traffic. Gradually the farms were subdivided and developed as residential areas. The original landowners' names – including Brown, Rudy, Nanz, Monohan, Oeschner, and Stich – were used for local streets. The town's first bank

1160-543: The main army's trail and arrived half a day late to the October 10, 1774, battle that ended Dunmore's War at the Battle of Point Pleasant . On April 21, 1775, Floyd began preparing to re-enter Kentucky through Cumberland Gap . Floyd took a party of 32 men to Dix River in 1775 to set up a camp. Only twenty miles from Boonesborough, Kentucky , which was founded by Daniel Boone on the Kentucky River . On May 23, 1775, Floyd

1200-408: The official name of the community in 1851 when the newly opened U.S. post office adopted it. Later numerous other Protestant churches were founded, including Baptist . Holy Trinity, the oldest of the three Catholic churches in the city, was completed in 1882, following immigration to the area of Catholics from Switzerland and Germany. Trinity High School was established nearby in association with

1240-587: The present. As with later European cultures, indigenous cultures were often divided near the falls of the Ohio River , which marked a transition zone in travel and settlement. During the late Woodland period ( c.  1st century), this area was between the Ohioan Hopewell culture and the Illinois Crab Orchard culture that extended to the west. Later ( c.  1200 ), it was the boundary between

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1280-442: The same. This proved true as a month later Floyd was wounded on April 8, 1783, by Native Americans while on his way to Bullitt's Lick while wearing the scarlet coat he had brought from Paris. He died of his injuries on April 10, 1783. His widow Jane preserved the scarlet coat until 1812 when the coat was buried with her, as she had requested. Floyd is buried near Floyd's Station at Breckinridge Cemetery. Floyd County, Kentucky ,

1320-511: The site, Floyd's detachment was ambushed. Several of his men were killed, but Floyd narrowly managed to escape. This became known as Floyds Defeat . Floyd participated in the Battle of Blue Licks which then led George Rogers Clark to raid several Native American villages along the Great Miami River . Floyd also took part in these raids. On November 4, 1782, it was reported during the raids by Clark that Col. Floyd took 300 men to approach

1360-422: The surveying party. The remaining members of Floyd's group fled to safety down the Ohio and Mississippi River to New Orleans . Floyd, unable to hold out by himself, went for the most direct route to Virginia, traversing across the terrain in 16 days. He arrived near Clinch Mountain in Virginia to discover the locals rallying for Dunmore's War. Floyd, eager to participate, gathered a militia together and followed

1400-419: The younger Floyd knew opportunity to do better was in the west. At the age of 18, he married Matilda Burford, daughter of Daniel Burford, sheriff of Amherst County, but she died a year later during the birth of their daughter, Mourning Floyd. In 1770, at the age of 20, Floyd moved to Botetourt County, Virginia , to seek employment. He worked as a teacher while living in the home of William Preston . Preston,

1440-502: Was 17,472 at the 2010 census , up from 15,852 at the 2000 census . It is the 23rd-largest city in the state. St. Matthews is one of the state's major shopping areas, home to the fifth-largest mall in Kentucky ( Mall St. Matthews ) along with many smaller shopping centers along Shelbyville Road . Dating the arrival of American Indians to present-day Kentucky remains controversial , with estimates ranging from 40,000 to 10,000 years before

1480-620: Was also important to the economy. There were some changes to mixed crops because the soil was exhausted from tobacco. In the years before the Civil War , Kentucky planters had a surplus of slaves and sold many at markets in Louisville to traders who took them to the Deep South in the domestic slave trade. Demand was high as the South was being developed for sugar and especially cotton . The invention of

1520-571: Was born in 1750 in Amherst County, Virginia , to William and Abadiah (Davis) Floyd, descendants of Welsh immigrants. Family legend was that his mother was a descendant of the Powhatan chieftain Opchanacanough . Another family tradition maintains that her brother was Evan Davis, the grandfather of Jefferson Davis . In Virginia, the Floyd family operated a farm and made a decent living there, but

1560-534: Was founded in 1905. A modern shopping district began developing in the 1920s, to include the landmark Vogue Theater , opened in 1938. Growth of the area was accelerated by the Ohio River flood of 1937 , which caused many families to leave low-lying ground in Louisville and move to St. Matthews. It incorporated as a city in 1950, partially to address infrastructure problems and to build a sewer system. The Mall St. Matthews , Louisville's first indoor shopping mall, opened around this time. In 2001, St. Matthews annexed

1600-556: Was sent as a delegate from the settlement of St. Asaph to Boonesborough to meet to agree on laws and regulations for requirements to establish a colony called Transylvania . This marked the earliest form of any government west of the Allegheny Mountains. During the summer of 1776, he was living in Boonesborough and accepted the surveyor of Transylvania by Richard Henderson the leader of the colony attempt. Floyd participated in

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