Timeline story
John Floyd
Virginia surveyor John Floyd led a 1774 Fincastle party into Kentucky, staked 2,000 acres on Beargrass Creek, and came back in 1779 to stockade Floyd's Station near today's St. Matthews.
Virginia made him one of Louisville's first seven trustees, colonel of the Jefferson militia, and in 1783 one of Kentucky's first two judges.
On April 8 that year he rode toward Bullitt's Lick in a scarlet coat bought in Paris. A shot from ambush dropped him. He died two days later, at 32. Floyd County, Floyds Fork, and the station springhouse still carry his name.
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Snowden, Shannon. "John Floyd." Kentucky History Drive. Published September 12, 2026. Last revised September 24, 2026. https://kyhistorydrive.com/stories/john-floyd/.
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Snowden, Shannon. "John Floyd." Kentucky History Drive, published 12 Sept. 2026, last revised 24 Sept. 2026, https://kyhistorydrive.com/stories/john-floyd/.
