Daniel Boone earned substantial
income as a deputy county surveyor
(1783-1797), a dangerous job in
frontier Kentucky. He made legal
surveys in six Kentucky counties,
including Clark. Boone’s first
eleven were for William Bush and
became the basis for the Bush
Settlement. The first was made
January 7, 1783. Over.
Reverse Description:
BUSH SETTLEMENT
Daniel Boone surveyed 6,147 acres
for Captain Billy Bush. Bush
located the land for himself and
others, then served as pilot and
marker on the surveys. Baptist
families from Virginia and North
Carolina began settling here in
November 1784. The nucleus of the
settlement was Providence Church
on Lower Howard’s Creek.
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